Many films have been shot in Matera in recent decades, many of them directed by nationally and internationally famous directors. Among the actors who have performed in the streets, squares and neighborhoods of the historic center of the city, there are many stars of Italian and foreign cinema.
- 1953 THE WOLF by Alberto Lattuada
- 1962 THE ROARING TIES by Luigi Zampa
- 1963 THE DEMON by Brunello Rondi
- 1964 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1965 MADE IN ITALY by Nanni Loy
- 1967 ONCE UPON A TIME by Francesco Rosi
- 1973 THE CITY OF THE SUN by Gianni Amelio
- 1974 ALLONSANFAN by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- 1974 YEAR ONE by Roberto Rossellini
- 1974 THE TIME OF THE BEGINNING by Luigi Di Gianni
- 1975 THE GUERNICA TREE by Fernando Arrabal
- 1975 HERE BEGINS THE ADVENTURE of Carlo Di Palma
- 1978 VOLUNTEERS FOR UNKNOWN DESTINATION by Alberto Negrin
- 1979 CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI by Francesco Rosi
- 1980 THE PRIORE’S LEGACY by Anton Giulio Majano
- 1985 KING DAVID by Bruce Beresford
- 1990 THE SUN EVEN AT NIGHT by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- 1995 THE STAR MAN by Giuseppe Tornatore
- 1999 SURTENED EARTH by Fabio Segatori
- 2004 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST by Mel Gibson
- 2005 REVELATIONS (episode no. 6) by Lesli Linka Glatter
- 2006 NATIVITY by Catherine Hardwicke
- 2006 OMEN – THE OMEN by John Moore
- 2007 THE DISPENSER by Fabrizio Cattani
- 2008 ARTEMISIA SANCHEZ by Ambrogio Lo Giudice
- 2008 PAUL VI by Fabrizio Costa
- 2010 CRIMES 2 (EPISODE N. 7)
- 2013 A SUNDAY NIGHT by Giuseppe Marco Albano
- 2014 LOVE TODAY by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi
- 2014 BLUE LIPS by Antonello Novellino
- 2014 THREE TOUCHES by Marco Risi
- 2015 LET’S GET MARRIED by Jiang Liu
- 2015 WE AND GIULIA by Edoardo Leo
- 2015 ONE TEN THOUSAND LIRE by Luciano Luminelli
- 2015 MONTEDORO by Antonello Faretta
- 2016 BEN HUR by Timur Bekmambetov
- 2016 JESUS VR by David Hansen
- 2016 THE YOUNG MESSIAH by Cyrus Nowrasteh
- 2016 AS FAST AS THE WIND by Matteo Rovere
- 2016 JAGGU DADA by Raghavendra Hegde
- 2017 ADEPSIC REBOURS by Amila Aliani
- 2017 THE PROMISE OF DAWN by Eric Barbier
- 2017 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTEI by Antonio Andrisani and Pascal Zullino
- 2017 THE RED LANDS by Giovanni Brancale
- 2017 FOLLOW ME by Giovanni Sestieri
- 2017 WONDER WOMAN by Patty Jenkins
- 2017 SISTERS by Cinzia Th. Torrini
- 2017 TEK by David Cinnella
- 2018 THE KING’S MUSKETEERS by Giovanni Veronesi
- 2018 MARY MAGDALENE by Garth Davis
- 2018 7 MIRACLES by Rodrigo Cerqueira and Marco Spagnoli
- 2019 THE THIEF OF DAYS by Guido Lombardi
- 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 IMMA TATARANNI by Francesco Amato
- 2019 STIGE by Amila Aliani
- 2019 WAR by Siddharth Anand
- 2019 BEAUTIFUL GERMANY by Gregor Schnitzer
- 2020 THE NEW GOSPEL by Milo Raw
- 2021 THE WAY OF THE WIND by Terence Malick
- 2021 NO TIME TO DIE by Cary Fukunaga
- 2022 WITHOUT BLOOD by Angelina Jolie (not yet in cinemas)
- 2024 THE LIGHT IN THE FARM by Riccardo Donna and Tiziana Aristarco