Movies Like The Birds of Italy

If you liked The Birds of Italy (1984), a movie directed by Ciro Ippolito, 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
The Monsters (1963)
★ 7.4/10
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
2
Somebody to Love (2025)
★ 7.1/10
On a first date in Rome, the inner voices of recently separated Piero and furniture restorer Lara speak aloud, exposing the true thoughts and anxieties hidden behind their conversation.
3
Letters to Juliet (2010)
★ 7/10
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet"…
4
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
★ 6.9/10
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife…
5
To Be Twenty (1978)
★ 5.8/10
Lia and Tina are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find Nazariota's commune, a…
6
The Witches (1967)
★ 6/10
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the…
7
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
★ 7.4/10
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
8
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
★ 7.4/10
Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.
9
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
★ 6/10
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
10
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
★ 6.7/10
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
11
Mambo Italiano (2003)
★ 6/10
When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.
12
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
★ 7.1/10
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
13
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
★ 7.9/10
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and…
14
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
★ 6.1/10
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
15
Totòtruffa '62 (1961)
★ 7.6/10
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…
16
Mixed by Erry (2023)
★ 7.4/10
The rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples, Italy, during the '80s.
17
Moonstruck (1987)
★ 6.8/10
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger…
18
The Return (2024)
★ 6.6/10
After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
19
King of Jazz (1930)
★ 6.5/10
A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early…
20
P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995)
★ 6/10
A successful erotic film producer from Rome regularly receives letters from female fans seeking his advice on how to spice up their sex lives. Thanks to his years of experience in both the film business and the sex…