Movies like Kryptonite!
If Kryptonite!'s mix of tradition, sicily, italy and superhero stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Kryptonite!'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Parenthood
1989 · Directed by Ron Howard · 124 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family · Also comedy and drama
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in…
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 · Directed by Ettore Scola · 125 min8.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
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Amarcord
1973 · Directed by Federico Fellini · 123 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior.
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I Vitelloni
1953 · Directed by Federico Fellini · 103 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about…
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Ugly, Dirty and Bad
1976 · Directed by Ettore Scola · 115 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the…
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They Call Me Jeeg
2016 · Directed by Gabriele Mainetti · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the…
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Reality
2012 · Directed by Matteo Garrone · 117 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his…
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The Goddess of Fortune
2019 · Directed by Ferzan Özpetek · 114 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis.
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Bad Tales
2020 · Directed by Fabio D'Innocenzo · 98 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and…
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Caterina in the Big City
2003 · Directed by Paolo Virzì · 105 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian comedy
When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships…
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White as Milk, Red as Blood
2013 · Directed by Giacomo Campiotti · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Like all sixteen-year-olds, Leo prefers the company of friends, motorbike rides and music to school. None of the teachers seem to be able to arouse his interest until the arrival in his class of a young history and…
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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.