Movies like Io e lui
If Io e lui's comedy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Io e lui's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Marquis of Grillo
1981 · Directed by Mario Monicelli · 139 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
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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The New Monsters
1977 · Directed by Dino Risi · 115 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy · From the same decade (1970s)
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 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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Talcum Powder
1982 · Directed by Carlo Verdone · 97 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
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On Our Watch
2021 · Directed by Pif · 108 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Arturo loses his tech job to an algorithm he created and ends up working as a delivery man, monitored by an unreasonably strict app. His only solace comes from Stella, a hologram-for-girlfriend whose free trial is…
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Too Much
1986 · Directed by Carlo Verdone · 110 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.
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Journey with Papa
1982 · Directed by Alberto Sordi · 108 min6.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who…
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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.