Movies Like For the Love of Poppea

If you liked For the Love of Poppea (1977), a comedy movie directed by Mariano Laurenti, 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 Most Beautiful Day in the World (2019)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Arturo Meraviglia is a struggling impresario who has to take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children "inherited" by an old uncle. When he realizes that little Gioele has superpowers, his luck changes.
2
Totò Double or Nothing? (1956)
★ 7/10Also comedy
The penniless Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o raddoppia", a TV quiz show, in order to win five million lira. Then two gangsters bet between themselves on his success and, alas, the Duke is kidnapped.
3
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.
4
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…
5
I Thought It Was Love (1991)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Tommaso goes incredible lengths to win back the love of his former girlfriend Cecilia, but sometimes things change in the most unexpected way.
6
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.
7
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…
8
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…
9
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.
10
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…
11
Toto and the Women (1952)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.
12
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…
13
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.
14
Fantozzi (1975)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly finding himself in difficult situations, but never losing his mood.
15
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.
16
Dennis the Menace (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…
17
Malicious (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.
18
Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome…
19
My Name Is Tanino (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
During a sun-soaked Sicilian summer, aimless filmmaking undergrad and back-seat radical Tanino has a fling with Sally, a dreamy American tourist from an upper background. When summer ends, Sally flies back home…
20
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.