# List of film scores by Nino Rota

This is a list of 171 film scores by the Italian composer Nino Rota (1911–1979). The films are categorized by release date, the original title, English title, alternate title (other language, regional, theatrical or DVD title), and film director.
| Date | Original title (Italian title) | English title | Alternate title | Director | Notes |
| 1933 | Treno popolare | Tourist Train | | Raffaello Matarazzo | |
| 1942 | Giorno di nozze | Wedding Day | | Raffaello Matarazzo | |
| 1943 | Il birichino di papà | | | Raffaello Matarazzo | |
| 1944 | Zazà | Zaza [it] | | Renato Castellani | |
| 1944 | La donna della montagna | The Mountain Woman | | Renato Castellani | |
| 1945 | La freccia nel fianco | The Arrow | | Alberto Lattuada Mario Costa (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Lo sbaglio di essere vivo | My Widow and I | | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | |
| 1945 | Le miserie del signor Travet | His Young Wife | | Mario Soldati | |
| 1946 | Vanità | Vanity | | Giorgio Pàstina | |
| 1946 | La primula bianca | | | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | |
| 1946 | Un americano in vacanza | A Yank in Rome | | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1946 | Albergo Luna, camera 34 | Hotel Luna, Room 34 | | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | |
| 1946 | Mio figlio professore | Professor, My Son | | Renato Castellani | |
| 1946 | Roma città libera | Rome, Free City | La notte porta consiglio | Marcello Pagliero | |
| 1947 | Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo | Flesh Will Surrender | | Alberto Lattuada | |
| 1947 | Daniele Cortis | Daniele Cortis | Elena | Mario Soldati | |
| 1947 | Come persi la guerra | How I Lost the War | | Carlo Borghesio | |
| 1947 | Gli uomini sono nemici | Crossroads of Passion | | Ettore Giannini | |
| 1947 | Il segreto di Don Giovanni | When Love Calls | | Camillo Mastrocinque Mario Costa | music also by Fernando Previtali |
| 1947 | Vivere in pace | To Live in Peace | | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1948 | Totò al giro d'Italia | Toto Tours Italy | | Mario Mattoli | |
| 1948 | Proibito rubare | Hey Boy | No Stealing Guagilo | Luigi Comencini | |
| 1948 | Molti sogni per le strade | The Street Has Many Dreams | Woman Trouble | Mario Camerini | |
| 1948 | Sotto il sole di Roma | Under the Sun of Rome | | Renato Castellani | |
| 1948 | Fuga in Francia | Escape to France | Flight into France | Mario Soldati | |
| 1948 | È primavera... | It's Forever Springtime | Springtime in Italy | Renato Castellani | |
| 1948 | Senza pietà | Without Pity | | Alberto Lattuada | |
| 1948 | Arrivederci, papà! | Be Seeing You, Father | | Camillo Mastrocinque | |
| 1948 | Amanti senza amore | Prelude to Madness | | Gianni Franciolini | |
| 1948 | Anni difficili | Difficult Years | The Little Man | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1948 | L'eroe della strada | | | Carlo Borghesio | |
| 1949 | Quel bandito sono io | Her Favourite Husband | The Taming of Dorothy | Mario Soldati | |
| 1949 | The Glass Mountain | The Glass Mountain | La montagna di cristallo | Henry Cass Edoardo Anton | |
| 1949 | Come scopersi l'America | How I Discovered America | | Carlo Borghesio | |
| 1949 | Obsession | Obsession | The Hidden Room | Edward Dmytryk | |
| 1949 | I pirati di Capri | The Pirates of Capri | Captain Sirocco The Masked Pirate | Edgar G. Ulmer Giuseppe Maria Scotese | |
| 1949 | Campane a martello | Alarm Bells | | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1949 | Children of Chance | Children of Chance | | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1950 | Vita da cani | A Dog's Life | It's a Dog's Life | Mario Monicelli Steno | |
| 1950 | Peppino e Violetta | Never Take No for an Answer | The Small Miracle | Maurice Cloche Ralph Smart | |
| 1950 | Napoli milionaria! | Side Street Story | | Eduardo De Filippo | |
| 1950 | È più facile che un cammello... | His Last Twelve Hours | Twelve Hours to Live | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1950 | È arrivato il cavaliere! | | | Mario Monicelli Steno | |
| 1950 | Due mogli sono troppe | Honeymoon Deferred | | Mario Camerini | |
| 1950 | Donne e briganti | Of Love and Bandits | The King's Guerrillas | Mario Soldati | |
| 1951 | Valley of Eagles | Valley of Eagles | Valley of the Eagles | Terence Young | |
| 1951 | Totò e i re di Roma | Toto and the King of Rome | | Mario Monicelli Steno | |
| 1951 | Il Monello della strada | Street Urchin | | Carlo Borghesio | |
| 1951 | Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino | The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino | | Pietro Francisci | |
| 1951 | Napoleone | Napoleon | | Carlo Borghesio | |
| 1951 | Filumena Marturano | Filumena Marturano | | Eduardo De Filippo | |
| 1951 | Era lui... sì! sì! | It's Him!... Yes! Yes! | | Marino Girolami Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz | |
| 1951 | Anna | Anna | | Alberto Lattuada | |
| 1952 | Ragazze da marito | | | Eduardo De Filippo | |
| 1952 | I tre corsari | The Three Pirates | Three Corsairs | Mario Soldati | |
| 1952 | La mano dello straniero | The Stranger's Hand | | Mario Soldati | |
| 1952 | Something Money Can't Buy | Something Money Can't Buy | | Pat Jackson | |
| 1952 | I sette dell'orsa maggiore | Hell Raiders of the Deep | Human Torpedoes | Duilio Coletti | |
| 1952 | La regina di Saba | The Queen of Sheba | | Pietro Francisci | |
| 1952 | Noi due soli | We Two Alone | | Marino Girolami Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz | |
| 1952 | Marito e moglie | Husband and Wife | | Eduardo De Filippo | |
| 1952 | Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero | Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair | Yolanda | Mario Soldati | |
| 1952 | Gli angeli del quartiere | The Angels of the Neighbourhood | Angels of the District | Carlo Borghesio | |
| 1952 | Due soldi di speranza | Two Cents Worth of Hope | | Renato Castellani | music also by Alessandro Cicognini |
| 1952 | Un ladro in paradiso | A Thief in Paradise | | Domenico Paolella | |
| 1952 | Lo sceicco bianco | The White Sheik | | Federico Fellini | |
| 1952 | Venetian Bird | Venetian Bird | The Assassin | Ralph Thomas | |
| 1953 | Star of India | Star of India | Stella dell'India | Arthur Lubin | |
| 1953 | Scampolo 53 | Scampolo 53 | | Giorgio Bianchi | |
| 1953 | Riscatto | Riscatto | Il Riscatto – Tu sei il mio giudice | Marino Girolami | |
| 1953 | La domenica della buona gente | Good Folk's Sunday | | Anton Giulio Majano | |
| 1953 | Fanciulle di lusso | Finishing School Luxury Girls | Des gosses de riches Les mondaines | Bernard Vorhaus | |
| 1953 | Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! | What Scoundrels Men Are | | Glauco Pellegrini | remake of Mario Camerini's 1932 What Scoundrels Men Are! |
| 1953 | La nave delle donne maledette | The Ship of Condemned Women | Ship of Lost Women | Raffaello Matarazzo | |
| 1953 | Le boulanger de Valorgue | The Wild Oat | | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1953 | I vitelloni | I Vitelloni | The Young and the Passionate | Federico Fellini | |
| 1953 | Anni facili | Easy Years | | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1953 | Musoduro | The Hunt | Amore selvaggio | Giuseppe Bennati | |
| 1953 | L'Ennemi public n° 1 | The Most Wanted Man | Public Enemy Number One The Most Wanted Man in the World | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1953 | Via Padova 46 | | Lo scocciatore | Giorgio Bianchi | |
| 1954 | Vergine moderna | Modern Virgin | | Marcello Pagliero | |
| 1954 | La grande speranza | Submarine Attack | Torpedo Zone The Great Hope | Duilio Coletti | |
| 1954 | Le due orfanelle | The Two Orphans | Les deux orphelines | Giacomo Gentilomo | based on the play Les deux orphelines by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon |
| 1954 | Divisione Folgore | Folgore Division | | Duilio Coletti | |
| 1954 | Cento anni d'amore "Garibaldina""Pendolin" | 100 Years of Love "Garibaldina""Pendolin" | | Lionello De Felice | omnibus film; music also by Mario Nascimbene and Teo Usuelli |
| 1954 | Appassionatamente | Appassionatamente | | Giacomo Gentilomo | |
| 1954 | L'amante di Paride | Loves of Three Queens | The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships | Marc Allégret Edgar G. Ulmer | |
| 1954 | La strada | La strada | The Road | Federico Fellini | |
| 1954 | Mambo | Mambo | | Robert Rossen | music also by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| 1954 | Ragazze al mare | | In vacanza al mare | Giuliano Biagetti | |
| 1954 | Senso | Senso | | Luchino Visconti | music by Anton Bruckner adapted by Rota |
| 1954 | Proibito | Forbidden | | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1955 | Io piaccio | | La via del successo con le donne | Giorgio Bianchi | |
| 1955 | Accadde al penitenziario | | | Giorgio Bianchi | |
| 1955 | Un eroe dei nostri tempi | A Hero of Our Times | | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1955 | Bella non piangere! | | | Duilio Coletti David Carbonari | |
| 1955 | Il bidone | The Swindle | The Swindlers | Federico Fellini | |
| 1955 | Amici per la pelle | Friends for Life | The Woman in the Painting | Franco Rossi | |
| 1955 | La bella di Roma | The Belle of Rome | | Luigi Comencini | |
| 1956 | War and Peace | War and Peace | | King Vidor | 1957 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner |
| 1956 | Londra chiama Polo Nord | The House of Intrigue | London Calling North Pole | Duilio Coletti | |
| 1956 | Città di notte | City at Night | | Leopoldo Trieste | |
| 1957 | Il medico e lo stregone | Doctor and the Healer | Le médecin et le sorcier | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1957 | Italia piccola | | | Mario Soldati | |
| 1957 | Il momento più bello | The Most Wonderful Moment | Wasted Lives | Luciano Emmer | |
| 1957 | Le notti bianche | White Nights | | Luchino Visconti | 1958 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner |
| 1957 | Le notti di Cabiria | Nights of Cabiria | Cabiria | Federico Fellini | music also by Pasquale Bonagura |
| 1957 | Viaggio nella valle del Po alla ricerca dei cibi genuini | | | Mario Soldati | TV documentary |
| 1958 | Giovani mariti | Young Husbands | | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1958 | Fortunella | Fortunella | | Eduardo De Filippo | |
| 1958 | This Angry Age | This Angry Age | Barrage contre le Pacifique The Sea Wall | René Clément | |
| 1958 | El Alamein (it) | Tanks of El Alamein | Deserto di gloria | Guido Malatesta | |
| 1958 | Gli italiani sono matti | The Italians They Are Crazy | | Duilio Coletti Luis María Delgado | |
| 1958 | La legge è legge | The Law Is the Law | La loi c'est la loi | Christian-Jaque | |
| 1959 | La grande guerra | The Great War | | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1959 | Un ettaro di cielo | Piece of the Sky | | Aglauco Casadio | |
| 1960 | Chi legge? Un viaggio lungo il Tirreno | | | Mario Soldati | TV miniseries documentary |
| 1960 | Plein soleil | Purple Noon | Blazing Sun Full Sun Lust for Evil | René Clément | based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith |
| 1960 | La dolce vita | La Dolce Vita | The Sweet Life | Federico Fellini | 1961 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner |
| 1960 | Sotto dieci bandiere | Under Ten Flags | | Duilio Coletti | |
| 1960 | Rocco e i suoi fratelli | Rocco and His Brothers | Rocco et ses frères | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1961 | Fantasmi a Roma | Ghosts of Rome | Phantom Lovers | Antonio Pietrangeli | |
| 1961 | Il brigante | The Brigand | | Renato Castellani | |
| 1962 | Mafioso | Mafioso | | Alberto Lattuada | music also by Piero Piccioni |
| 1962 | The Best of Enemies | The Best of Enemies | I due nemici | Guy Hamilton | |
| 1962 | The Reluctant Saint | The Reluctant Saint | | Edward Dmytryk | |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70: "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" | Boccaccio '70: "The Temptation of Dr. Antonio" | | Federico Fellini | omnibus film |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70: "Il lavoro" | Boccaccio '70: "The Job" | | Luchino Visconti | omnibus film |
| 1962 | I sequestrati di Altona | The Condemned of Altona | | Vittorio De Sica | based on the play by Jean-Paul Sartre; music actually used in the film is from the third movement of the Symphony No. 11 in G minor "Year 1905" by Dmitri Shostakovich |
| 1962 | L'isola di Arturo | Arturo's Island | | Damiano Damiani | music also by Carlo Rustichelli; based on the novel by Elsa Morante |
| 1963 | Il Gattopardo | The Leopard | | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1963 | 8½ (Otto e mezzo) | 8½ | Federico Fellini's 8½ | Federico Fellini | 1964 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner |
| 1963 | Il maestro di Vigevano | The Teacher from Vigevano | | Elio Petri | |
| 1964–1965 | Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca | Gian Burrasca's Diary | | Lina Wertmüller | TV series in 8 episodes of 60 minutes |
| 1964 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | Joan Kemp-Welch | TV film |
| 1965 | Oggi, domani, dopodomani: "L'ora di punta" | The Man, the Woman and the Money: "L'ora di punta" | Kiss the Other Sheik | Eduardo De Filippo | omnibus film |
| 1965 | Giulietta degli spiriti | Juliet of the Spirits | | Federico Fellini | |
| 1966 | Spara forte, più forte, non capisco | Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand | | Eduardo De Filippo | |
| 1968 | Much Ado About Nothing | Much Ado About Nothing | | Alan Cooke | TV film based on the play by William Shakespeare |
| 1967 | La tormenta | | | Raúl Araiza | TV series |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | The Taming of the Shrew | La bisbetica domata | Franco Zeffirelli | based on the play by William Shakespeare |
| 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet | Franco Zeffirelli | based on the play by William Shakespeare 1969 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner |
| 1968 | Histoires extraordinaires: "Toby Dammit" | Spirits of the Dead: "Toby Dammit" | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Federico Fellini | omnibus film of stories by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 1969 | Block-notes di un regista | Fellini: A Director's Notebook | | Federico Fellini | TV documentary; episode of NBC Experiment in Television series |
| 1969 | Fellini – Satyricon | Fellini Satyricon | The Degenerates | Federico Fellini | music also by İlhan Mimaroğlu, Tod Dockstader, Andrew Rudin |
| 1970 | Paranoia | A Quiet Place to Kill | A Beautiful Place to Kill | Umberto Lenzi | music also by Gregorio García Segura |
| 1970 | Waterloo (Ватерлоо) | Waterloo | | Sergei Bondarchuk | additional music by Wilfred Josephs |
| 1971 | I clowns | The Clowns | Les clowns; Die Clowns | Federico Fellini | TV film |
| 1972 | Roma | Roma | Fellini's Roma | Federico Fellini | |
| 1972 | The Godfather | The Godfather | Mario Puzo's The Godfather | Francis Ford Coppola | 1972 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score winner 1972 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music winner 1973 Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special winner 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Score nominee (later withdrawn) |
| 1973 | Hi wa shizumi, hi wa noboru (陽は沈み陽は昇る) | Sunset, Sunrise | | Koreyoshi Kurahara | |
| 1973 | Amarcord | Amarcord | I Remember | Federico Fellini | |
| 1973 | Film d'amore e d'anarchia | Love and Anarchy | | Lina Wertmüller | |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | The Godfather Part II | Mario Puzo's The Godfather Part II | Francis Ford Coppola | additional music by Carmine Coppola 1974 Academy Award for Best Original Score winner |
| 1974 | The Abdication | The Abdication | | Anthony Harvey | |
| 1975 | E il Casanova di Fellini? | | | Gianfranco Angelucci Liliane Betti | TV documentary |
| 1976 | Ragazzo di Borgata | Slow Boy | | Giulio Paradisi | music also by Carlo Savina |
| 1976 | Caro Michele | Caro Michele | Dear Michael | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1976 | Il Casanova di Federico Fellini | Fellini's Casanova | Casanova | Federico Fellini | 1977 David di Donatello Award for Best Score winner |
| 1976 | Alle origini della mafia | Origins of the Mafia | | Enzo Muzii | TV miniseries in 5 episodes of 50 minutes |
| 1977 | Il furto della Gioconda | | | Renato Castellani | TV miniseries |
| 1977 | Las alegres chicas de "El Molino" | | | José Antonio de la Loma | |
| 1978 | Prova d'orchestra | Orchestra Rehearsal | Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal | Federico Fellini | 1979 Nastro d'Argento for Best Score winner |
| 1978 | Kontakt (Контакт) | Contact | | Vladimir Tarasov | animated short film; 10 minutes |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Death on the Nile | Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile | John Guillermin | |
| 1978 | Il teatro di Eduardo | | | Eduardo De Filippo | TV film |
| 1978 | Quei figuri di tanti anni fa | | | Eduardo De Filippo | TV film |
| 1978 | La dodicesima Notte | | | Giorgio De Lullo | |
| 1979 | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979 TV series) | | | Denys de La Patellière | TV miniseries in 4 episodes; music also by Carlo Savina |
| 1979 | Ten to Survive "Tutti i bambini""Handicap" | Ten to Survive "Tutti i bambini""Handicap" | | Giancarlo Zagni Arnoldo Farina | animated film produced by UNICEF and consisting of 10 episodes, 2 of which were set to music by Rota |
| 1979 | Hurricane | Hurricane | Forbidden Paradise | Jan Troell | |