Movies like Mortacci
If Mortacci's comedy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Mortacci's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The New Monsters
1977 · Directed by Mario Monicelli · 115 min7.0
Why you'll like itWith Vittorio Gassman · Also a Italian comedy
A collection of dark-humoured vignettes, including tales of a cardinal with a liberal congregation, a motorist and a hitchhiker, mentally challenged tramps, parents contemplating their daughter's participation in a…
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The Marquis of Grillo
1981 · Directed by Mario Monicelli · 139 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy · From the same decade (1980s)
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize…
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Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
1975 · Directed by Luciano Salce · 108 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.
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My Friends Act II
1982 · Directed by Mario Monicelli · 130 min7.6
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy · From the same decade (1980s)
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they…
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The Second Tragic Fantozzi
1976 · Directed by Luciano Salce · 110 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
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Be Sick… It's Free
1968 · Directed by Luigi Zampa · 94 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
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The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles
2015 · Directed by Edoardo Leo · 115 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Five down-on-their luck strangers meet by chance while looking at a property in the country none of them are able to afford. They decide to join forces and risk everything to turn it into a B&B, only for the local…
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The Monster
1994 · Directed by Roberto Benigni · 112 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising situations (for which there is…
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Marilyn's Eyes
2021 · Directed by Simone Godano · 110 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Clara and Diego, under the guidance of the psychiatrist of a day rehabilitation center for disturbed people who attend, decide to transform the treatment center into a restaurant, involving all their other companions.
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Fantozzi Still Suffers
1983 · Directed by Neri Parenti · 85 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy · From the same decade (1980s)
After a hard day at work and a condominium-board meeting, accountant Ugo Fantozzi goes on a trip with his family. Unfortunately, he will face a nasty surprise upon his return.
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My Name Is Tanino
2003 · Directed by Paolo Virzì · 109 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
During a sun-soaked Sicilian summer, aimless filmmaking undergrad and back-seat radical Tanino has a fling with Sally, a dreamy American tourist from an upper background.