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.
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Find Me Guilty (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crimeBased 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.
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The Con Artists (1976)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crimeBelle 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…
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Things Change (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeJerry, 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…
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Where the Money Is (2000)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeHenry 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…
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How to Rob a Bank (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and crimeCaught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
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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 Yellow Panther (1982)
★ 6/10Also comedy and crimePasquale 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.
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeAn honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and crimePietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.
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Palermo - Milan One Way (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaA 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…
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Zero Effect (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and comedyDaryl 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…
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The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and crimeA pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeAn 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.
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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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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaRecently 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.
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SubUrbia (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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It Runs in the Family (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaThis is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
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Bottle Rocket (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crimeUpon 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…
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Six Pack (1982)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedyStopping 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…