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Massimo Wertmüller

Massimo Wertmüller

Actor · Born August 13, 1956 (70) · Rome, Italy

Massimo Wertmüller was born on 13 August 1956 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Barney's Version (2010), Amélie (2001) and Absolute Power (1997). He was previously married to Anna Ferruzzo.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
August 13, 1956 (70)
From
Rome, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 78 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Massimo Wertmüller's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Drama 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
Bonds
27%
Self
22%
Society
17%
Ideas
16%
Morality
8%
Survival
6%
Power
3%
Identity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 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 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Mentor
1 of 3
Herald
1 of 3
Threshold guardian
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
7
Warm
4
Tense
4
Absurd
3
Romantic
2
Other
10

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Wertmüller's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Massimo Wertmüller'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

78 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • L'amore sta bene su tutto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Maledetto tempo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Massimo

  • Minimarket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as Massimo

  • Fuori la verità (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Ennio

  • Inspector Gerri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as Santeramo

  • Il migliore dei mali (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • La farfalla impazzita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Umberto

  • All the things that remain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • The Worst Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as dottor Vullo (segment "Natale")

  • Still Time(2022)

    as Marcello

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A muso duro - Campioni di vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Dottor Navarra

  • La donna per me(2021)

    as Padre di Ludovica

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • America Latina(2021)

    as Padre di Massimo

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • La volta buona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Pasquale

  • Appena un minuto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Mario

  • Nel nome di Antea - L’Arte italiana al tempo della guerra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • The Vertical Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Flavio Gioia

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • How to Win a War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Stanotte a Venezia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Ospite

  • In arte Nino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Regista Cinecittà

  • What’s the Big Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Manlio

  • Lampedusa - Dall'orizzonte in poi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as CV (CP) Lannes

  • Orecchie(2016)

    as Gastroenterologo

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Beauty and the Beast(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Maurice Dubois

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • I Segreti Di Borgo Larici (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 7 episodes · as Don Costante (2014)

  • The Fifth Wheel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as padre di Ernesto

  • Io... donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • L'ultimo Papa Re (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as prosecutor

  • Saint Barbara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Dioscoro

  • Barney's Version(2010)

    as Rome Doctor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • R.I.S. Roma – Delitti imperfetti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 60 episodes · as Guglielmo Abrami

  • Tutta la verità (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Umberto Salviati

  • Anti-Mafia Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 6 episodes · as Goffredo Collina

  • Pane e libertà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Palmiro Togliatti

  • Pane e libertà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Palmiro Togliatti

  • Crociera Vianello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Comadante Giansanti

  • Commediasexi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as On. Nappi

  • Crimes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Marzio Natoli

  • Pontormo - Un amore eretico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Bronzino

  • Una cosa in mente. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo

  • Francesca and Nunziata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Angelo Limieri

  • Tornare indietro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Stefano Faenza

  • Honolulu Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as collega di Margherita

  • The Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 169 episodes · as Giorgio Pettenella

  • Assassini per Caso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • La quindicesima epistola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Mar. Attilio Scarpa

  • Mio padre è innocente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Lamberto Melandri

  • Stressati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Ottoni

  • L'avvocato delle donne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Alberto Nobili

  • Infiltrato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Bruno aspetta in macchina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as don Carlo

  • Il cielo è sempre più blu(1996)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Esercizi di stile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Various characters

  • Un bel dì vedremo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Marco

  • Croce e Delizia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Animanera

  • Heartless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Massimo Salvadori

  • Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Roberto

  • Agosto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • La fine è nota (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Carlo Piane

  • Allullo drom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Sergio

  • Nottataccia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Andrea Gomma

  • Cinecittà Cinecittà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Luigi

  • In nome del popolo sovrano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Eufemio Arquati

  • The Voyage of Captain Fracassa(1990)

    as Leandro

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Nulla ci può fermare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Il barman

  • Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love(1989)

    as Max

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Le finte bionde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Giovanni

  • NightClub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as ragionier Piero Grassi

  • I padroni dell'estate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Miki, Turi's assistant

  • Softly, Softly(1984)

    as Ginetto

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Al limite, cioè non glielo dico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Felice

  • A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Beniamino

  • Attore, amore mio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · as Allievo della scuola di recitazione

  • A Night Full of Rain(1978)

    as Friend

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • A prova d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Ina e gli altri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Motion Actor · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles, 76 of them dated from 1978 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

America Latina (2021)

$717K worldwide

Highest rated

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)

Midcredits 84th

Most popular right now

Softly, Softly (1984)

Film career

19782026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1990Screen debut· The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
  • 2023Career best· Still Time

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 78: 77 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndOther crew1 of 78: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s10 · acting1990s19 · acting2000s14 · acting2010s19 · acting2020s13 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles
9015

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Massimo Wertmüller's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

America Latina (2021)

70th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Barney's Version (2010)

Midcredits 85th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 63. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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.

Who does Massimo Wertmüller work with?

People who share at least 2 of Massimo Wertmüller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lina Wertmüller shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers