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Movies Like In the Name of the Italian People

If you liked In the Name of the Italian People (1971), a comedy and drama movie directed by Dino Risi, 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. 1Find Me Guilty

    Find Me Guilty (2006)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crime

    Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

  2. 2The Con Artists

    The Con Artists (1976)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crime

    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…

  3. 3Things Change

    Things Change (1988)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime

    Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two…

  4. 4Where the Money Is

    Where the Money Is (2000)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime

    Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing…

  5. 5How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and crime

    Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

  6. 6Ugly, Dirty and Bad

    Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    Giacinto 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…

  7. 7The Yellow Panther

    The Yellow Panther (1982)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and crime

    Pasquale Bellachioma, the unfortunate Police Commissioner, creates a "master stroke" that can finally put it to light before their superiors, but the results is continuous failure.

  8. 8Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crime

    An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

  9. 9I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass

    I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and crime

    Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.

  10. 10Palermo - Milan One Way

    Palermo - Milan One Way (1996)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    A mob accountant accepts to be witness for the prosecution at a trial involving Mafia higher-ups. Seven cops are tasked with escorting him and his family alive from Sicily to the courtroom in the North, but it won't be…

  11. 11Zero Effect

    Zero Effect (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and comedy

    Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not…

  12. 12The Treasure of San Gennaro

    The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and crime

    A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.

  13. 13The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  14. 14The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and crime

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  15. 15Unfair Competition

    Unfair Competition (2001)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and comedy

    Two textile traders, with the shop close to one another, fight for the supremacy of their own business during the racial laws in 1938 Italy.

  16. 16The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

  17. 17SubUrbia

    SubUrbia (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

  18. 18It Runs in the Family

    It Runs in the Family (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

  19. 19Bottle Rocket

    Bottle Rocket (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crime

    Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an…

  20. 20Six Pack

    Six Pack (1982)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy

    Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn…

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