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Massimo Gaudioso

Massimo Gaudioso

Writer · Born February 18, 1958 (68) · Napoli, Italy

Massimo Gaudioso was born in 1958 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Gomorrah (2008), Dogman (2018) and Tale of Tales (2015).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
February 18, 1958 (68)
From
Napoli, Italy
Works as
Writer
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 23% in 30 days

What are Massimo Gaudioso's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
25%
Bonds
19%
Survival
18%
Power
13%
Morality
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDisplacement2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 7

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
8
Dread
6
Joyful
3
Warm
2
Other
10

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Massimo Gaudioso's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Massimo Gaudioso's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

48 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.

  • Il grande Boccia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Screenplay

  • The Illusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Questi fantasmi! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Screenplay

  • Hey Joe(2024)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Napoli milionaria! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Screenplay

  • Io Capitano(2023)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Delta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Screenplay

  • Filumena Marturano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Screenplay

  • Strangeness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Brado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Non ti pago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Screenplay

  • Sabato, domenica e lunedì (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Screenplay

  • The Catholic School(2021)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Lolita Lobosco(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Natale in casa Cupiello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Screenplay

  • 18 Presents(2020)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Il flauto magico di Piazza Vittorio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Screenplay

  • Rafaël (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Co-Writer

  • Little Tito and the Aliens(2017)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Dogman(2018)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • An Almost Perfect Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Big Score(2016)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Tale of Tales(2015)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • La scuola più bella del mondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Screenplay

  • The Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer

  • Mafia Millionaires(2014)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Ideal City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • La logica delle cose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer

  • It Was the Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay

  • Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay · Story

  • È nata una star? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay

  • Tatanka(2011)

    Screenplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Welcome to the South(2010)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Past Is a Foreign Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Screenplay

  • Gomorrah(2008)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Mid-August Lunch(2008)

    Art Direction · Supervising Art Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • One Out of Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Screenplay

  • Primo amore(2004)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Embalmer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Light of My Eyes(2001)

    as The Traveller

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Roman Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Screenplay · Story

  • La vita è una sola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • The Case of Force Majeure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Writer · as Massimo

  • Il caricatore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • Bianco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

  • Colt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

  • Desiderio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

  • Il primo giorno di vita di Leonardo Revelli, figlio unico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 47 titles, 43 of them dated from 1996 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Welcome to the South (2010)

$46M worldwide

Highest rated

Io Capitano (2023)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

  • 2001Screen debut· Light of My Eyes

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 47: 1 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting4 of 47: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting45 of 47: 41 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thOther crew1 of 47: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

47 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and acting overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · 3 acting · 3 crew2000s8 · 1 acting · 7 crew2010s16 · crew2020s16 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Massimo Gaudioso's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · writer

Little Tito and the Aliens (2017)

62nd percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Io Capitano (2023)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Massimo Gaudioso's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles83–89 · median 85 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles22–76 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles13–87 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 80 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Massimo Gaudioso work with?

People who share at least 2 of Massimo Gaudioso's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matteo Garrone shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers