Movies that capture the atmosphere of the city.
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Summertime (1955)
David Lean’s romantic drama stars Katharine Hepburn as an awkward spinster on a solo trip to Venice, where she loses her heart in a doomed affair with suave shopkeeper Rossano Brazzi. Along the way, Hepburn famously tumbles into the canal near Campo San Barnaba.
Bread and Tulips (2000)
A sweet and quirky Italian film about a middle-aged housewife who inadvertently gets left behind by her tour group at a truck stop, so she heads to Venice on her own, renewing her sense of adventure, making oddball friends, and finding new love.
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Based on the life of famed courtesan and writer Veronica Franco, this costume drama offers a lushly filmed if lightweight glimpse of courtesans, the Inquisition, and women’s roles in 16th-century Venice.
Don’t Look Now (1973)
The city of canals provides an ominous backdrop for this creepy classic about a couple (Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland) reeling from the heartbreak of their young daughter’s drowning death and tormented by what may or may not be messages from her from beyond.
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Al Pacino is a bitter and tragic Shylock and Jeremy Irons is a resigned Antonio in this critically acclaimed adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are lured to Christopher Walken’s palace on the Grand Canal in this nightmare set in decaying Venice, based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
Casanova (2005)
A silly romp through the lives and loves of perhaps the most famous lover in history, Venice’s own Giovanni Giacomo Casanova; stars the late Heath Ledger in the title role.
