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The Index · 243 Films · Est. 2017
The largest English-language catalog of films shot in Rome — from Roman Holiday on the Spanish Steps to Ripley in a modernized EUR — cross-referenced to the exact piazzas, palazzi, and trattorias where the cameras rolled.
243 films · 600+ verified locations · curated by Rome-based film critics since 2017
Browse by Era
Jump straight to the period your favorite film belongs to. Each decade opens a curated subset of the 243-film archive.
The Catalog in Posters
Our editors index everything from neorealist landmarks to last week's Netflix release — each entry mapped to a Google Maps pin, a transit route, and a 2,800-word walking essay.
Each card opens the long-form 720px reading column with embedded Maps pins, transit routes, and a sticky right-rail of nearby film locations.
The Auteur Lens
Our catalog is organized the way cinephiles think — by the people behind the camera, not by IMDB keywords. Each auteur profile cross-references every film they shot here.
Featured Auteur · 14 Films Indexed
"Rome is a woman. I have only ever made love to her on film."
Fourteen Fellini productions were shot between Rome and Cinecittà between 1952 and 1990 — from The White Sheik on Via Appia to La Dolce Vita on Via Veneto and the final dream of La voce della luna in Piazza Navona. Our editors have walked every surviving set.
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The father of neorealism shot his Rome Trilogy on location in the bombed quartiere of Tiburtino and the still-rural EUR of the postwar years.
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From the EUR of The Great Beauty to the garrets of The Young Pope, Sorrentino's Rome is nocturnal, baroque, and obsessively mapped.
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Four Rome-set features including To Rome with Love and The Bop Decameron, shot largely around Piazza Trilussa and the Jewish Ghetto.
Open index →A Note from the Editors
Every entry in this index was verified on foot.
Since 2017, our team of three founders and twelve Rome correspondents has walked the actual locations behind all 243 films in this catalog. We don't rely on press kits. We confirm by standing on the cobblestones, talking to the restaurant owner, and — wherever possible — corresponding with the original location scout. Each entry includes the address, the transit stop, a Google Maps pin, and an honest note on what has changed since filming. Many sites have been renovated: we say so.
The index is free to read. The walkable Rome Film Map — covering all 600+ verified sites in a single downloadable PDF — supports the work and unlocks the quarterly updates.
Browse by Neighborhood
Every film entry resolves to a real piazza, palazzo, or trattoria. Pick a neighborhood and we'll show you what to walk past between your morning espresso and dinner reservation.
52 films shot here
From Roman Holiday's Vicolo della Moretta to the rooftop of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Trastevere holds the densest cluster of any neighborhood in the catalog.
Walk Trastevere →
78 films shot here
Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, and Via dei Coronari carry the bulk of the city's on-screen history — including the newsroom steps in Il Postino.
Walk Centro Storico →
21 films shot here
A 1942 model district turned film set. The Great Beauty, Ripley, and a dozen poliziotteschi car chases have used its marble boulevards as a stand-in for power.
Walk EUR →
18 films shot here
The working-class quarter south of the Aventine — used by Pasolini, Sorrentino, and the recent HBO series My Brilliant Friend for its unstaged Roman daily life.
Walk Testaccio →