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Director · Writer · age 81

Gianni Amelio

Best rated (directing): The Stolen Children (7.6)

Directing films
14
Directing avg
6.73
Peak run
1990’04
7+ run
3 films
CompareBacon number
Directing films, by TMDB rating

The career

Gianni Amelio, directing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1990 to 2004, 7.07678198519901995200020052010201520202025The Stolen Children 7.6Hammamet 5.9Career avg 6.73

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Gianni Amelio's career barcodecoolhot
198214 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.43 vs career 6.73 (−0.30)
  1. LIntrepido: A Lonely Hero2013 · 6.3−0.4
  2. LTenderness2017 · 6.3−0.4
  3. LHammamet2020 · 5.9−0.8
  4. WLord of the Ants2022 · 7.2+0.5
  5. LBattlefield2024 · 6.4−0.3
As a director, films with 25+ votes

Gianni by the numbers

Average
6.73
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.71
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.50
rating spread
Career
45y
1982 to 2026
Total votes
1.48K
across every film
Best
7.6
The Stolen Children
Worst
5.9
Hammamet
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2026No Pain posterNo Pain·8
2024Battlefield posterBattlefield6.4112
2022Lord of the Ants posterLord of the Ants7.2220
2020Hammamet posterHammamet5.9414
2017Tenderness posterTenderness6.3224
2013Intrepido: A Lonely Hero posterIntrepido: A Lonely Hero6.383
2011The First Man posterThe First Man6.541
2006The Missing Star posterThe Missing Star6.829
2004The Keys to the House posterThe Keys to the House6.588
1998The Way We Laughed posterThe Way We Laughed6.842
1994Lamerica posterLamerica7.267
1992The Stolen Children posterThe Stolen Children7.6100
1990Open Doors posterOpen Doors7.339
1982Blow to the Heart posterBlow to the Heart·16
Better together?

Gianni Amelio's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Gianni Amelio and Franco Piersanti movies · Gianni Amelio and Luca Bigazzi movies · Gianni Amelio and Luan Amelio Ujkaj movies · Gianni Amelio and Tonino Nardi movies

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On Gianni Amelio

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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