Cento has been used as the set for a number of important films such as:
- Guercino (1950, directed by Adelchi Bianchi)
- Permette? Rocco Papaleo (1971, directed by Ettore Scola)
- La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (1974, directed by Pupi Avati)
- Tutti defunti...tranne i morti (1977, directed by Pupi Avati)
- Gli occhiali d'oro (1987, directed by Giuliano Montaldo)
- La settimana della Sfinge (1990, directed by Daniele Lucchetti)
- Le Barzellette (2004, directed by Carlo Vanzina)