World cinema has gone through different movements and phases throughout history, with the American film, Hollywood, being the best known and most successful. Nevertheless, after the end of World War II, a new film movement emerged, seen as an alternative to Hollywood. Focusing more on daily struggles, injustice, social concerns, etc. of the poor working population, the movement offered distinctive and unorthodox filmmaking and representation techniques in the 1940s and 1950s. The movement is known as Italian Neorealism and one can find over twenty classic neorealist films of this period. Bicycle Thieves (1948) by director Vittorio De Sica is one of the best of the movement, as it focuses on the difficulties of Italy's difficult economic and moral suffering, such as neglect, injustice and solidarity, through stylistic techniques that characterize Italian neorealism. Italian neorealism focuses on the unrest of the working population of post-war Italy. This dates from after the end of World War II, when the psyche and daily living conditions of Italy and its population were undergoing major changes. Italian society faced poverty, oppression, injustice and despair; each being major themes of neorealist films. After the execution of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 – 1945) and the liberation of Italy from Germany in April 1945, the nation began to abandon its old notions and adopt new methods, also known as Italian spring. This conformation also affected the film industry which turned towards a new (neo)realist approach. In the history of Italian cinema, neorealism is defined as a movement or trend, rather than a true school or group of directors motivated by theories. Ossessione (...... middle of article ...... is a new topic of knowledge, with filmmaking techniques such as using non-professional casting, avoiding cutting and editing shots in post-production, and filming on locations, as well as questioned the social welfare of post-war Italy by targeting the poor working class, with endings often leaving unanswered questions and no classic Hollywood happy ending neglecting the direction Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves is one of the greatest of all time, and presents all the characteristics of the daily life of Italian workers in the manner the most realistic and touching, making the audience think about actions and relationships While Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti are among the best followers of neorealism and filmmakers in general, Vittorio De. Sica hits the audience with it. his masterpiece Bicycle Thieves still today, far from post-war Italy.