1964 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerHamletGrigoriy KozintsevWhen the king of Denmark dies suddenly, his son, crown prince Hamlet, returns home to find that his uncle Claudius has usurped the throne and married Hamlet's recently widowed mother. Then, one night, Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost who commands hiAmazonThe Gospel According to St. MatthewPier Paolo PasoliniThe life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.Amazon

1965 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerI Am TwentyMarlen KhutsievFollowing three lifelong friends who return to Moscow after military service, we see their aspirations juxtaposed against everyday life in 1960 Soviet Union.AmazonSimon of the DesertLuis BuñuelSimon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.Amazon

1966 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerChappaquaConrad RooksSemi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran.AmazonYesterday GirlAlexander KlugeThe film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life.Amazon

1967 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerChina Is NearMarco BellocchioA pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry. Their targets are a professor, Vittorio Gordini Malvezzi ,(Glauco Mauri), who is...AmazonLa chinoiseJean-Luc GodardA small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.Amazon

1968 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerLe SocrateRobert LapoujadeShows the eccentricties of Le Socrate, a philosopher who has divorced himself from materialistic society and a local policeman assigned to watch him.AmazonOur Lady of the TurksCarmelo BeneAvant Garde piece from Carmelo Bene. A series of vignettes drive a whirl of sounds, images and poetry - is it horror, is it comedy, make your own mind up.Amazon

1980 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerAlexander the GreatTheodoros AngelopoulosBased on some historical events, the film gives a romanticized biography of Theodoros Kolokotronis, a Greek historical hero serving as a metaphor for Greece herself. Based on a circular ...Amazon

1981 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerSweet DreamsNanni MorettiNuovamente nei panni del suo alter-ego Michele Apicella, Nanni Moretti scrive la sua commedia apparentemente più ilare ma anche surreale ed inquietante. Il regista Michele, ancora sulla ...AmazonThey Don't Wear Black TieLeon HirszmanUnion leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.Amazon

1982 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerImperativeKrzysztof ZanussiAmazon

1983 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerBiquefarreGeorges RouquierBiquefarre is a small farm in Aveyron. The changing economics of farming lead Raoul, in late middle age, to decide to sell and move to Toulouse. At least two neighboring farmers want to buy...Amazon

1984 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize WinnerFavourites of the MoonOtar IosselianiAwarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ...Amazon