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Movies Like Fantozzi Retires

If you liked Fantozzi Retires (1988), a comedy movie directed by Neri Parenti, 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. 1Super Fantozzi

    Super Fantozzi (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Superfantozzi (1986) is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. In this film, Fantozzi is portrayed in a surreal historical…

  2. 2Fantozzi Against the Wind

    Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    The third film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio.

  3. 3Ignorance Is Bliss

    Ignorance Is Bliss (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also 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…

  4. 4Ma che bella sorpresa

    Ma che bella sorpresa (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    High school professor Guido is a hopeless romantic whose life falls apart after his girlfriend leaves him. Paolo, a former student of his, helps him in getting out of his depression for a better chance to become a PE…

  5. 5Fantozzi

    Fantozzi (1975)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy

    A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly finding himself in difficult situations, but never losing his mood.

  6. 6Mid-August Lunch

    Mid-August Lunch (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Broke, and armed only with his sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, a…

  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. 9...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…

  10. 10A 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.

  11. 11Too Much

    Too Much (1986)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.

  12. 12Don't Stop Me Now

    Don't Stop Me Now (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.

  13. 13Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  14. 14Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

  15. 15Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  16. 16Thus Spoke Bellavista

    Thus Spoke Bellavista (1984)

    ★ 7.9/10Also comedy

    In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. Every day, in his luxurious apartment, he teaches his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends)…

  17. 17Kidz

    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…

  18. 18The 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…

  19. 19Sneakerella

    Sneakerella (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…

  20. 20Godspell

    Godspell (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance, they relive Christ's crucifixion.

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