Movie · 116 min · 9 · cmy, drm, rma, war, eur
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Where to watch Life Is Beautiful
- Amazon Video
- Netflix
- SF Anytime
- Apple TV Store
- Blockbuster
- Rakuten TV
- JustWatch TV
- Zavvi
- U-NEXT
- Telia Play
- Sky Go
- pva
- Pathé Thuis
- Amazon Prime Video
- Oldflix
- Now TV
- Claro tv+
- MovistarTV
- KPN
- FOD
- Elisa Viihde
- Catchplay
Available on 22 platforms across 9 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 13 countries, best placed at #118 in Belgium.
Available languages
Audio: Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
Subtitles: Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Chart history
Life Is Beautiful has spent 3 days in a top 3, 7 days in a top 10 and 155 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz, Lidia Alfonsi, Giuliana Lojodice, Amerigo Fontani, Pietro De Silva, Francesco Guzzo, Raffaella Lebboroni, Claudio Alfonsi, Gil Baroni, Massimo Bianchi, Jürgen Bohn, Verena Buratti
Crew
Vincenzo Cerami (screenplay), Roberto Benigni (screenplay), Gianluigi Braschi (producer), Roberto Benigni (director), Elda Ferri (producer)
Awards
10 wins from 20 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Actor 1999 — won
- Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 1999 — won
- Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 1999 — won
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1998 — won
- European Film Award for Best Film 1998 — won
- European Film Award for Best Actor 1998 — won
- David di Donatello for Best Film — won
- César Award for Best Foreign Film — won
- David di Donatello for Best Film — won
- César Award for Best Foreign Film — won
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1999 — nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards 1999 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 1999 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 1999 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Picture 1999 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 1999 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actor 1999 — nominated
- European Film Award for Best Actor 1998 — nominated
- European Film Award for Best Film 1998 — nominated
- David di Donatello for Best Director — nominated