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Plot Summary:
Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired. So he becomes a barman, and he discovers a special formula that turns simple water into the "Immortality drink". He is robbed of the magic water copyright. So he tries to set up a theatrical company, but the first show is a fiasco. Since finding a normal job seems a mission impossible, he tries to set the sentimental side of his life. He targets the most beautiful girl of his building, and for her he builds a robot able to dance like Tony Manero (John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever (1977)). The robot gets drunk (!). It is another fiasco. So he targets an ugly girl and finally with her succeeds to live his surreal world for ever.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, silent, silent film
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Holy Tongue (2000)
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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The Comics 2 (1991)
Plot Summary:
A few funny little novels about different aspects of life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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I Won the New Year's Lottery (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his typewriter. Ironically his director order to him to write an article on the mysterious winner. When he is back home he discovers all his furniture has been confiscate and will go on a public auction. He will try desperately to buy back the worthless typewriter while all his previous problems still follows him, especially the mobster.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, slapstick comedy
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She Made Me a Criminal (2006)
Plot Summary:
The movie is about a very naive young man (Ahmad Helmi), who wants to fix his house before it falls, but does not have the money, and rich girl who likes to spend money uncontrollably (Ghada Adel), whose father is scrooge (Hassan Hosni), who would not give her access to her trust fund. In order to force her father to give her money, she stages a kidnapping with the assistance of her best friend (Reham Abdul Ghafoor) and the naive young man, who ends up falling in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Gorilla (1982)
Plot Summary:
Ruby has been trained in martial arts by her father and now has a job safeguarding a wide range of people and their valuables. A clumsy artist named Adelmo falls for Ruby at first sight but remains clueless about her profession. Things are complicated by Adelmo's French neighbor and sometime model having a crush on him, and Ruby's father trying to hook up his daughter with various body builders while putting the moves on the French girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Vieni avanti cretino (1982)
Plot Summary:
Pasquale Baudaffi, amnistiato, esce dal carcere ed inizia a cercare un lavoro aiutato dal cugino Gaetano. Prima però va in una casa compiacente. Durante i giorni del carcere la casa non è più sede di appuntamenti ma è stata rilevata e affittata come studio dentistico. Pasquale si trova al centro di equivoci a non finire. Prova a fare il guardiacaccia ma non va bene lo stesso, prova a fare il cameriere di un bar: sbaglia subito le ordinazioni e viene licenziato. Negativa la sua prova da guardiano di un garage. L'ultimissima esperienza è in una società di Elettronica ma il suo inserimento nel meccanismo avveniristico scatena le più pazze complicazioni. L'incontro con un cagnolino smarrito gli permette di conoscere la padrona e scoprire così la donna della sua vita.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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My Brother Has Come (1985)
Plot Summary:
Ovidio Ceciotti is a teacher, he is plump and he is not a man of character. He is treated badly by his school-master, by his students, by Lidia, his girl and even by his dog. One day his twin arrives. He calls himself Ralph Benson and has a completely different character. He is impudent, genial, he is popular with women, he is not plump, he spent six months in a jail. Even the dog likes him more than Ovidio. Ralph plays in a bar with the beautiful Esmeralda. They will have to live together. How long will it last?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Journey with Papa (1982)
Plot Summary:
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 lives in a community with other guys like him. The movie proceeds showing us, ironically, the differences, the different ways to think, to act, to treat the women between father and son.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, hot
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Anni ruggenti (1962)
Plot Summary:
In the thirties, during the Fascist Dictatorship, an insurance broker, Omero Battifiori, reaches a small country town from Rome seeking for new customers. The main authorities, expecting an incognito inspection from the Fascist Party of the capital, suspect him to be the inspector and a very important member of the Party. The misunderstanding leads to a number of equivocals until Omero reveals his identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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It's a Hard Life (1964)
Plot Summary:
Licenziato dai padroni della miniera presso cui lavora come responsabile dei servizi culturali, Luciano Bianchi decide di vendicarsi, anche per scuotere l'opinione pubblica sulla morte di alcuni minatori avvenuta in una grave sciagura sul lavoro. Raggiunge perciò Milano, con l'intento di far saltare con la dinamite la sede centrale della miniera. In città conosce Anna, giovane corrispondente di un giornale di sinistra, della quale s'innamora. Per poter sopravvivere nella metropoli, senza lavoro, Luciano si arrangia a fare il traduttore per una casa editrice; ma, dopo un pò, trova la sua ispirazione nel produrre e realizzare spot pubblicitari. Questo lavoro, che egli disprezza, farà venir fuori tutta la sua genialità e gli consentirà, addirittura, di ottenere un'ottimo lavoro presso la stessa società che lo aveva licenziato. La vendetta sembra ormai dimenticata e con essa la moglie ed il figlio lasciati in provincia. Vorrebbe costruire una vita "tranquilla" con Anna, ma l'amore.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Complexes (1965)
Plot Summary:
I complessi is a 1965 commedia all'italiana film compesed by three episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 894
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anthology, italian comedy
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The Boom (1963)
Plot Summary:
Sweet-sour comedy on Italy's 1950's rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife's craving for luxury and a "respectable life" so he becomes heavily indebted. In desperation he agrees to sell a precious part of his body for a large sum of money. But just before the crucial operation he panics.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: italian comedy
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How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover (1978)
Plot Summary:
Alberto deceived by his wife, goes to some place in the mountains to escape. There he meets a woman who was there for the same reasons that he was.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, erotic
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I Made a Splash (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three girls share a flat in Milano in the '80s. Luisa is a beginner actress dreaming about a career in the show business, Angela is university student and Carlina a part-time teacher. One day Maurizio go to visit them. Maurizio is fallen asleep in front of television when he was six years old and woke up just since few days after twenty! He doesn't speak at all and obviously he is very strange. The life of the three girls will change turning into a surreal experience.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Fun Is Beautiful (1980)
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Three stories, three characters all played by Verdone. The first is an awkward young man, who meets a Spanish tourist in Rome. The second has planned a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens. The last one is a hippy whose father tries to convince him to get back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anthology
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The Precarious Bank Teller (1980)
Plot Summary:
The accountant Arturo De Fanti has problems in the bank because he threatens to be hunted. But he does not import of this troubles, because he hopes to find comfort with his lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Evil Thoughts (1976)
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Mario Marani is a well-respected lawyer in late 70s Milano. He and his wonderful wife Francesca have an intense high social life. But Mario has a problem. He is obsessed by bad thoughts (cattivi pensieri); he is always concerned about his wife, thinking continuously to be betrayed by her. It is a nightmare, every time Mario sees Francesca talking to one of their friends immediately starts to see her and him in an hot affair. Jealousy and suspects increase and increase, till their life cross with a young man hidden inside their flat.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sex comedy
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I Am Self Sufficient (1976)
Plot Summary:
Michele Apicella lives in Rome, in an apartment paid for by his father. Abandoned by his wife and his son Andrea, he occupies his time acting in an experimental theater company under the artistic direction of his friend Fabio.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, experimental, semi serious, surreal, independent film
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Stefano Quantestorie (1993)
Plot Summary:
La storia di Stefano (Maurizio Nichetti) sembra molto "normale" ma cosa sarebbe successo nella sua vita se... Le molte vite possibili di Stefano si intrecciano in modi imprevedibili.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, thought provoking, intellectual, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, suspense, melancholic, surreal, harsh, dark fantasy
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Happy Family (2010)
Plot Summary:
A blocked screenwriter, Ezio (Fabio De Luigi), is trying to finish a story about two off-kilter families thrown together when their teenage children announce they’re getting married. So Ezio writes himself into the story with a romantic part—a development his characters welcome, as they’ve got some ideas of their own for bigger and better roles.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, semi serious, humorous, realistic, non-linear
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Lady Football (1983)
Plot Summary:
In Italy in the early 1980s, a Brazilian football ace is afflicted by nostalgia for his country and for his beautiful girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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EuroTrapped (2013)
Plot Summary:
AmeriQua is the story of a lazy recent graduate, Charlie (Bobby Kennedy), whose rich parents cut him off with a $5000 check and an ultimatum to start a life of independence and responsibility. Instead, he buys a plane ticket to Italy, gets robbed upon arrival and winds up in Bologna in the care of his new friend Lele (Lele Gabellone), the self-proclaimed King of Bologna, who lives with a scraggly punkabbestia, Ballo (Gianlucca Bazzoli), and the insatiable prostitute frequenter, Il Pisa (Giuseppe Sanfelice). In Bologna, Lele teaches Chrlie the subtle strategies that the King knows so well, namely hitting on Italian women, throwing all-night parties and inciting general anarchy. Charlie takes to it like a pro and in the process meets the dangerously beautiful Valentina (Alessandra Mastronardi) and all-American Jessica (Eva Amurri).
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, road movie, sexy, hot
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But Forever in My Mind (1999)
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Silvio (Silvio Muccino, the director's younger brother) has no interest in the student rebellion taking place at his high school. His fascination lies with Valentina (Giulia Carmignani), the prettiest girl in the school. However, Valentina already has a jealous boyfriend, Martino (Simone Pagani). After Silvio finally has a moment alone with Valentina (where they share a kiss), he makes the mistake of telling his gossipy best friend, Ponzi (Giuseppe Sanfelice). By the end of the day the entire school knows about the kiss, including a very angry Martino.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious, crying
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To Want to Fly (1991)
Plot Summary:
Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, independent film, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy, 2d animation, hot
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The 1000-Euro Generation (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Milan, Matteo is an underemployed physicist, giving the occasional lecture at a university while working at a PR firm where he knows he'll be fired. Without his really trying, two women are attracted to him, a blond and a brunette. The blond is Angelica; they meet smoking on the office rooftop. To his surprise, she has clout in the company and soon has him flying off (with her) to make presentations. The brunette is Beatrice, a new flatmate, hoping for a teaching job in the national service. Angelica dangles a posting with her in Barcelona; Beatrice is simply Beatrice. Will Matteo figure out what he wants - and decide before opportunity passes him by?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, humorous
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Here Come the Teachers (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Manzoni High School in Milan is the worst in Italy. When the percentage of those promoted falls to 12%, it's time for the last resort: to entrust the classes to the worst of the available teachers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sincere, humorous, captivating
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White Collar Blues (1975)
Plot Summary:
Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety of sketches, segments and provocative sequences making Fantozzi a very unlucky person indeed.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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Welcome to the North (2012)
Plot Summary:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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Playtime (1967)
Plot Summary:
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, witty, funny, satirical, stylized, semi serious, art house, visual, existential
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Welcome to the South (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alberto (Claudio Bisio), post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia (Angela Finocchiaro), is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, sentimental, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, realistic