Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Malavita | Rate Furlan | Jacqueline Pierreux, Aldo Nicodemi, Franco Silva | Drama | |
Mamma Mia, What an Impression! | Roberto Savarese | Alberto Sordi, Giovanna Pala, Carlo Giustini | Comedy | |
Matrimonio alla moda | Luciano Emmer | | | Short film |
The Medium | Gian Carlo Menotti | Marie Powers, Leopoldo Savona | Drama | Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and also screened at the 1987 Festival |
Messalina | Carmine Gallone | María Félix, Georges Marchal | Historical | |
Metano | | | | |
Il Microfono è vostro | Giuseppe Bennati | Aroldo Tieri, Gisella Sofio | Comedy | |
Milano miliardaria | Marino Girolami, Vittorio Metz Marcello Marchesi | Tino Scotti, Isa Barzizza | Comedy | |
Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois | Yves Allégret | Alida Valli, Jean Marais | | French/Italian co-production |
Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano) | Vittorio De Sica | Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa | Italian neorealism | Palme d'Or winner |
Miracle in Viggiù | Luigi Giachino | Teddy Reno, Silvana Pampanini, Antonella Lualdi | Comedy | |
Il Monello della strada | Carlo Borghesio | Erminio Macario | Comedy | |
Mr. Peek-a-Boo | Jean Boyer | Bourvil, Joan Greenwood | Comedy | Co-production with France |
My Heart Sings | Mario Mattoli | Ferruccio Tagliavini, Franca Marzi | Comedy | |
The Mysteries of Venice | Ignazio Ferronetti | Virginia Belmont, Renato Valente, Tito Schipa | Drama | |
Napoleon | Carlo Borghesio | Renato Rascel, Marisa Merlini | Comedy | |
O.K. Nerone | Mario Soldati | Gino Cervi, Silvana Pampanini | Comedy | |
Operation Mitra | Giorgio Cristallini | Steve Barclay, Marina Berti | Thriller | |
Othello | Orson Welles | Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Robert Coote | Tragedy | |
Paris Is Always Paris | Luciano Emmer | Aldo Fabrizi, Jeannette Batti | Comedy | Co-production with France |
The Passaguai Family | Aldo Fabrizi | Aldo Fabrizi, Ave Ninchi, Peppino De Filippo | Comedy | |
Patto d'amicizia | | | | |
La Paura fa 90 | Giorgio Simonelli | Silvana Pampanini, Ugo Tognazzi | Comedy | |
Perdizione | | | | |
Porca miseria | Giorgio Bianchi | Carlo Croccolo, Francesco Golisano | Comedy | |
Quelli che soffrono per voi | Alessandro Blasetti | | Documentary | |
Red Moon | Armando Fizzarotti | Renato Baldini, Maria Frau | Melodrama | |
The Reluctant Magician | Marino Girolami | Tino Scotti, Isa Barzizza | Comedy | |
Revenge of Black Eagle | Riccardo Freda | Rossano Brazzi, Gianna Maria Canale | Adventure | |
Revenge of the Pirates | Primo Zeglio | Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont | Adventure | |
The Rival of the Empress | Jacopo Comin, Sidney Salkow | Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese | Adventure | |
Rome-Paris-Rome | Luigi Zampa | Aldo Fabrizi, Sophie Desmarets | Comedy | |