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Movies Like S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago

If you liked S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994), a comedy movie directed by Carlo Vanzina, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…

  2. 2Oscar

    Oscar (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…

  3. 3The Con Artists

    The Con Artists (1976)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organizes his jail break. But instead of Philip, it is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, who escapes. Now Felix is obliged to help Philip to…

  4. 4The Italian Job

    The Italian Job (1969)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie…

  5. 5Fun Is Beautiful

    Fun Is Beautiful (1980)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Three characters' misadventures in semi-deserted, summertime Rome: a dim-witted mama's boy falls for a tourist; a would-be womanizer struggles to find company for his sex tourism trip to Kraków; a hippie is drawn into…

  6. 6Pocket Listing

    Pocket Listing (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    A satirical thriller about L.A.'s real estate roller coaster. Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensues when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles…

  7. 7The Monster

    The Monster (1994)

    ★ 6.9/10Also 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…

  8. 8Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

  9. 9Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.

  10. 10Real Men

    Real Men (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

  11. 11Fletch

    Fletch (1985)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With…

  12. 12Easy Money

    Easy Money (1983)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.

  13. 13A Night in Casablanca

    A Night in Casablanca (1946)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

  14. 14...Watch Out, We're Mad

    ...Watch Out, We're Mad (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Estranged, quarreling brothers Carezza and Sorriso have to put aside their differences to reclaim their father's beloved dune buggy from predatory real estate developer Torsillo, with the help of beautiful circus…

  15. 15Johnny Stecchino

    Johnny Stecchino (1991)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after…

  16. 16The Comeback Trail

    The Comeback Trail (2020)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.

  17. 17The Ladies Man

    The Ladies Man (1961)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with…

  18. 18Tough Guys

    Tough Guys (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new…

  19. 19Doctor on Call

    Doctor on Call (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    65 year old doctor Pierfrancesco works as a night-shift medical guard. He’s a grumpy man, full of aches and pains and is very rough with his patients. One night, he’s involved in a road collision with 30 year old…

  20. 20Boot Hill

    Boot Hill (1969)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers

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