Movies Like The Story of Boys and Girls
If you liked The Story of Boys and Girls (1989), a drama and comedy movie directed by Pupi Avati, 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.
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Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaGiacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the…
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The Predators (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedyThis is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings…
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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaA society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
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Like Crazy (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedyTwo mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.
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Somewhere in Queens (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaLeo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…
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We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and comedyThree partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
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Variety Lights (1950)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedyIn Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer…
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Reality (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedyA dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his…
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Almost Friends (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyA man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…
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Landline (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
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Treasure (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedyA music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
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White as Milk, Red as Blood (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyLike all sixteen-year-olds, Leo prefers the company of friends, motorbike rides and music to school. None of the teachers seem to be able to arouse his interest until the arrival in his class of a young history and…
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A Difficult Life (1961)
★ 8/10Also comedy and dramaSilvio 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.
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About Alex (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaWhen a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to…
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The House of Tomorrow (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedyThe film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
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Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
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Hooking Up (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaBailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…
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Siblings (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaIrene lives in Rome. When her mother ask to, she go back to Rimini, her hometown, to take care of her autistic brother, Omar. She soon discover that Omar knows very well what to expect from the future, but in order to…
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Unfair Competition (2001)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedyTwo textile traders, with the shop close to one another, fight for the supremacy of their own business during the racial laws in 1938 Italy.
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Bangla (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaA 22 year-old Bangladeshi-Italian Muslim boy meets a beautiful, exciting Italian girl who makes him re-analyze his beliefs and culture.