The New Monsters (1977) on Netflix

Plot summary

Fourteen short episodes make up the film, a sequel of the same kind to I mostri, made in 1963. They show the meanness of Italian middle-class life in the 1970s. A cardinal leads a congregation with liberal views, a driver gives a ride to a hitchhiker, and parents consider their daughter's participation in a pornographic film. Other pieces include tramps with mental challenges and a scheming husband. Among the figures are a prince, a cook, a police commissioner, the princess Altoprati, a protesting priest and a terrorist. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.