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Movies Like The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury

If you liked The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury (1973), a comedy movie directed by Joe D'Amato, 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. 1Totòtruffa '62

    Totòtruffa '62 (1961)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy

    Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their…

  2. 2The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

    The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the…

  3. 3The New Monsters

    The New Monsters (1977)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    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…

  4. 4The Widower

    The Widower (1959)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from…

  5. 5Good Gals

    Good Gals (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    The story of a gang of French female robbers disguised as men, who operated in the Avignon area in the mid-1980s.

  6. 6Ci hai rotto papà

    Ci hai rotto papà (1993)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Kids from a huge apartment complex in Rome form a secret society to unite their forces and get back at the nasty adults who 'oppress' them, playing pranks on them to expose their weaknesses.

  7. 7Ho visto le stelle

    Ho visto le stelle (2003)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    The young Antonio wants to participate in a reality show and leaves Naples for Milan with his best friend Eugenio.

  8. 8He's Worse than Me

    He's Worse than Me (1985)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Two reckless friends Leonardo (Adriano Celentano) and Luciano (Renato Potstsetto) are just doing whatever they want and getting into endless alterations. When one of them decides to marry, their friendship is in a…

  9. 9A Girl in Australia

    A Girl in Australia (1971)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    The film is about an old fashioned Italian with moral values of the 1930/40's , who has to find a wife in the modern, woman's liberated society of Australia of the 1960/70's.

  10. 10Kidz

    Kidz (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Sara and Nicola are married and in love. Their lives seem to be perfect: they have an angelic six-year-old daughter, thriving careers and a stable marriage. The birth of their second child, which disrupts the family…

  11. 11The Marquis of Grillo

    The Marquis of Grillo (1981)

    ★ 7.8/10Also 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…

  12. 12Serafino

    Serafino (1968)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing the envy of his family.

  13. 13The Wedding Year

    The Wedding Year (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.

  14. 14Bagnomaria

    Bagnomaria (1999)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    In Pietrasanta all are excited for the annual party of summer end. Here we find four characters: Merigo, a naive guy passionate of bike; Pierre, son of the mayor; Simone, a pestiferous kid; Mario, lifeguard of…

  15. 15Ignorance Is Bliss

    Ignorance Is Bliss (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    Ernesto and Filippo, two high school teachers, couldn’t be more different: Filippo is a cheerful liberal who is constantly online. Handsome and youthful, he is a serial seducer on the social networks. Ernesto, instead…

  16. 16Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

    Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    A petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.

  17. 17The Second Tragic Fantozzi

    The Second Tragic Fantozzi (1976)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.

  18. 18Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

  19. 19Feather

    Feather (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Ferro and Cate, two kids trying to get to grips with an unplanned pregnancy, their families (rebellious Ferro’s hospitable, ‘normal’ family, and level-headed Cate’s unhinged, atypical one), exams at school, friends and…

  20. 20Babes

    Babes (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

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