La Grande bellezza is the first Italian film in the top 100 of the best films of the century compiled by the Guardian. The film Paul Sorrento , awarded the Oscar in 2014, appears in the 17th place of the prestigious list.

Among the 100 best movies of XXI century, according to the head of the English, there are also Fuocoammare (Fire at sea is the English title), the documentary Gianfranco Rosi (53rd), Lazarus happy to Alice Rohrwacher (65), The room of the son of Nanni Moretti (83), Gomorrah, Matteo Garrone (88) and Call me by your name, Luca Guadagnino (95).