Italian Language Passport Collection

Megan Joyce

• Published on November 7, 2023 • Last modified on May 10, 2024

From the cobblestone streets of ancient cities to the picturesque landscapes of the countryside, this collection immerses you in the beauty and traditions of Italy. Enjoy side-splitting comedies like “Mafia Only Kills in Summer” and shows that celebrate art and fashion like “Paradise,” set in 1965 Milan. Dive into Italian storytelling, where each show offers a unique journey through captivating narratives, vibrant characters, and breathtaking scenery.

Seasons 1-4 available

Paradise

Paradise is a profound drama portraying tightknit relationships between workers at a store amidst the societal expectations of the 1950s.

season 1 available

Giovanna's Journey

After learning that she was kidnapped as an infant, Giovanna travels through Italy to discover the truth about her real family.

seasons 1-2 available

The Silence of Water

When tragedy strikes a tiny town by the sea, investigator Luisa Ferrari is sent in to assist the locals. Beneath the surface, idyllic Castel Marciano is seething with secrets

season 1 available

All Heart

Step inside the halls of Turin’s Le Molinette hospital in the late 1960s. As the world changes, is brilliance any match for chauvinism?

season 1 available

One Step From Heaven

Visit the magical world of San Candido, where love, friendship, mysterious pasts, and the unpredictability of nature--animals and people--are intertwined. Part drama, part western, part police procedural--totally fascinating.

Seasons 1-2 available

Rosy Abate

Spun off from the popular Squadra Antimafia, Rosy Abate finds Rosy living in Liguria under a new identity. While working on having a normal life, she discovers that her son is alive and will stop at nothing to get him back.

seasons 1-2 available

Love & Sacrifice

Set against the striking backdrop of the Carrara marble quarries, this is the story of Brando and his revolt to improve working conditions across Italy. Will love blind him from his mission, or embolden him to push further?

season 1 available

The Good Apprentice

In Rome, Alice is a medical student who falls in love with forensic medicine. Can she manage her private life at the same time she’s struggling to be a great medical examiner?

season 1 availabLe

Lolita Lobosco

Based on the wildly popular novels by Gabriella Genisi, this vibrant crime series is steeped in the beauty, vitality, creativity, warmth and sensuality of Italy.

season 1 available

The Lady with the Black Veil

Presumed dead, Clara returns--hidden behind a black veil--to unmask her attacker and set right the wrongs of the past. Can she untangle the web of greed, lies and betrayal?

seasons 1-4 available

Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders

An unorthodox Italian police commissioner finds himself far from his beloved Rome when he is transferred to a mountain station where a murderer is at large.

seasons 1-2 available

Mafia Only Kills In Summer

Salvatore and his family try to avoid any involvement with the Mafia in Palermo, Sicily, during the roaring 1970s in this touching coming-of-age story.

season 1 available

Luisa Spagnoli: Queen of Chocolate

What do the 1920’s, world-famous Perugina chocolate, angora rabbits and high-end tailoring have in common? One woman: Luisa Spagnoli. Teeming with entrepreneurial spirit and endowed with extraordinary modernity and creativity, she made her mark in an environment unfriendly to powerful, visionary women.

seasons 1-4 available

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Stubborn and determined detective Valeria Ferro endeavors to solve the challenging puzzles behind crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas, and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice. She struggles with her own demons from her past that come back to life when her mother is released from jail after seventeen years.

season 1 available

Redemption

Valerio is an ex-cop. After losing his job and the affection of his only son Ettore, he isolated himself from everything and everyone. Then, he receives the most awful news imaginable: Ettore is dead, his body found sprawled askew along a bank of the Tiber River. Almost everyone is certain that it was suicide--but not Valerio.

season 1 available

Off Grid

Claudio and Silvia Caruana have money, respectability, a 20-year marriage and two children who have never given them trouble. But when Claudio is engulfed in a financial scandal--and the main suspect in his colleague’s murder--the family has no choice but to flee, to save themselves and discover the truth.

season 1 available

Inspector Ricciardi

In 1930s Naples, police commissioner Luigi Alfredo Ricciardi possesses a unique talent. He can see the ghosts of people who have died violent deaths and listen to their final thoughts. Shrouded in an air of mystery that drive most away, he never laughs and his heart beats for two women.

season 1 available

Two Sisters

Chiara, a brilliant lawyer living single and childless in Rome, must step in when her niece and nephews are left alone. Chiara’s estranged sister Elena has disappeared before, but this time feels different. Now, it up to Chiara to return home and look after them--and to defend them from the unsympathetic locals.

seasons 1-2 available

Solo

Marco is an undercover agent, codename “Solo,” on a mission to disrupt business for the Calabrian crime families. He quickly learns that surviving even a single day in Calabria is not a foregone conclusion in this story of drugs, corruption, deceit and murder.

Season 1 available

Back to the Island

The small island of Carloforte overlooks the glittering Sardinian Sea. There, local pediatrician Pietro is tightly tied to his community.

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