Italian Comedies
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1. The Great War (1959)
Approved | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Bernard Blier, Folco Lulli
Votes: 4,603
2. Il vigile (1960)
104 min | Comedy
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini, Mara Berni
Votes: 1,567
3. Everybody Go Home! (1960)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, War
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is disbanded and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Martin Balsam
Votes: 1,449
4. A Difficult Life (1961)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Lea Massari, Franco Fabrizi, Lina Volonghi
Votes: 2,186
5. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 14,171
6. The Fascist (1961)
102 min | Comedy
The quest of a Fascist soldier, whose mission is to catch a political enemy during at the end of World War II.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Georges Wilson, Mireille Granelli, Stefania Sandrelli
Votes: 831
7. The Easy Life (1962)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudio Gora
Votes: 12,408
8. Gli anni struggenti (1979)
90 min
In the early sixties the world was fascinated with Texas culture. Two young lovers meet and live out the philosophy of the timeless Texan American artist Dustin Barnes.
Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Fabio Traversa, Laura Lenzi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marisa Traversi
Votes: 12
9. La voglia matta (1962)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged and slightly conservative businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one named Francesca. He is pursuaded to join their party and even pay for most of it, as ... See full summary »
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Catherine Spaak, Béatrice Altariba, Gianni Garko
Votes: 544
10. La marcia su Roma (1962)
94 min | Comedy
After the 1st world war, two veterans, starving, but fools, are enlisted with the fascists, where they can eat. But when it comes to killing, they drop out.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin, Mario Brega
Votes: 736
11. The Organizer (1963)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, History
A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli
Votes: 3,275
12. La parmigiana (1963)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino and makes up her mind to join him. But he has found a new lover.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Catherine Spaak, Didi Perego, Lando Buzzanca
Votes: 343
13. Made in Italy (1965)
100 min | Comedy
A group of Italians--tourists and immigrants--take a flight to Sweden. Two bourgeois couples choose a typical Italian restaurant by its name, 'La Trattoria', and are disgusted by the ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Renzo Marignano, Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Lionello Pio Di Savoia
Votes: 318
14. L'armata Brancaleone (1966)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 5,272
15. Serafino (1968)
GP | 96 min | Comedy
Serafino is a naive shepherd in a little vilage in Italy. Upon the death of his aunt, he inherits a huge fortune, causing the envy of his family.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Ottavia Piccolo, Saro Urzì, Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Votes: 700
16. Il medico della mutua (1968)
98 min | Comedy
The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 1,695
17. Come Have Coffee with Us (1970)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Emerenziano, a middle-aged tax inspector, is in search of a wealthy wife. He travels to Italy where he meets three sisters, who, though wealthy, are not by any stretch of the imagination young or beautiful. He decides to marry one of them.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Milena Vukotic, Angela Goodwin
Votes: 580
18. Why? (1971)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 1,011
19. Between Miracles (1971)
122 min | Comedy
Little Benedetto came out of an accident uninjured on his First Communion day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and make him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That... See full summary »
Director: Nino Manfredi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Delia Boccardo, Paola Borboni, Mario Scaccia
Votes: 609
20. In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A judge investigates the death of a young woman, possibly a murder. He suspects a famous industry tycoon with high political connections. But to what extent do the latter's lies and frauds influence the magistrate's opinion?
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 1,702
21. Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Saro Urzì
Votes: 1,184 | Gross: $0.15M
22. The Scopone Game (1972)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,596
23. Bread and Chocolate (1974)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Italian immigrant Nino steadfastly tries to become a member of Swiss Society no matter how awful his situation becomes.
Director: Franco Brusati | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Anna Karina, Paolo Turco, Ugo D'Alessio
Votes: 1,972
24. Scent of a Woman (1974)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A young private is assigned to accompany a blind captain. It soon becomes clear that they are both complex personalities.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli, Moira Orfei
Votes: 5,155
25. We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
124 min | Comedy, 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.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Stefano Satta Flores
Votes: 7,275
26. Amici miei (1975)
R | 140 min | Comedy, Drama
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret, Duilio Del Prete
Votes: 7,985
27. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977)
122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A meek middle-aged man finally takes justice into his own hands.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti, Renzo Carboni
Votes: 3,052
28. The Good Thief (1980)
108 min | Comedy
In AD 33, a fake magician from Galilee shares his fate with Jesus Christ, whom he mistakes for a rival swindler.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont, Sara Franchetti
Votes: 575
29. Traffic Jam (1979)
128 min | Drama
A tremendous congestion hit the Roma highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen endures for more than 36 hours. People blocked in their cars react at the beginning normally. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Annie Girardot, Fernando Rey, Patrick Dewaere
Votes: 1,189
30. Café Express (1980)
100 min | Comedy
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on a night train to Naples.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Luigi Basagaluppi
Votes: 727
31. The Sleazy Uncle (1989)
105 min | Comedy
A businessman has trouble reuniting with his roguish con-artist uncle, especially when the uncle propositions school-age girls and comes on to his nephew's mistress.
Director: Franco Brusati | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol, Kim Rossi Stuart
Votes: 124
32. Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
What shall we do with our folks when we, young ones,want to have fun and to make the best of our life ?
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Virna Lisi, Michel Serrault, Mattia Sbragia, Consuelo Ferrara
Votes: 134
33. Tolgo il disturbo (1990)
94 min | Drama
Augusto Scribani is an old retiree, cultured and genteel, who comes to Rome to visit his children and his granddaughter Rosa.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Dominique Sanda, Elliott Gould, Valentina Holtkamp
Votes: 192
34. Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992)
105 min | Comedy
During the Christmas celebrations, a surprising announcement takes a family by surprise and threatens to break the delicate balance that regulates the familial relationships.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Tommaso Bianco, Renato Cecchetto, Marina Confalone, Alessandro Haber
Votes: 2,216 | Gross: $0.04M
35. Le rose del deserto (2006)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, War
A sanitary battalion of the Italian army is sent to Sorman Oasis in Libya during the African campaign in 1940. Soon, an Italian missionary living nearby succeeds in transforming the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giorgio Pasotti, Alessandro Haber, Fulvio Falzarano
Votes: 449
36. Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Four generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Francesco Anniballi, Maria Bosco, Giselda Castrini, Alfredo D'Ippolito
Votes: 9,112 | Gross: $0.01M
37. The Boom (1963)
88 min | Comedy
During the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Elena Nicolai, Ettore Geri
Votes: 1,338 | Gross: $0.06M
38. Mafioso (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio
Votes: 2,966 | Gross: $0.40M
39. The Monsters (1963)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca, Marino Masé
Votes: 2,779
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