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Movies Like The Professor of Languages

If you liked The Professor of Languages (2000), a comedy movie directed by Steve Morelli, 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. 1Talcum Powder

    Talcum Powder (1982)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.

  2. 2Ciao, Professore!

    Ciao, Professore! (1992)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    A bureaucratic snafu sends Marco Tullio Sperelli, a portly, middle-aged northern Italian, to teach third grade in a poor town outside Naples

  3. 3My Name Is Tanino

    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…

  4. 4Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    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.

  5. 5The 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…

  6. 6The Most Beautiful Day in the World

    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.

  7. 7The Trouble with Angels

    The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…

  8. 8Fun Is Beautiful

    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. 9Fantozzi

    Fantozzi (1975)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy

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

  10. 10Ma 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…

  11. 11Ho 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.

  12. 12Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

  13. 13Ignorance 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…

  14. 14Put Grandma in the Freezer

    Put Grandma in the Freezer (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Simone, a clumsy financier, falls in love with Claudia, who’s living on her grandma’s retirement checks. When the old lady dies Claudia hides the body in a freezer, and sets up a fraud with the help of some friends to…

  15. 15The New Monsters

    The New Monsters (1977)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    A collection of dark-humoured vignettes, including tales of a cardinal with a liberal congregation, a motorist and a hitchhiker, mentally challenged tramps, parents contemplating their daughter's participation in a…

  16. 16Seriously Single

    Seriously Single (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.

  17. 17Totòtruffa '62

    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…

  18. 18Marilyn's Eyes

    Marilyn's Eyes (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Clara and Diego, under the guidance of the psychiatrist of a day rehabilitation center for disturbed people who attend, decide to transform the treatment center into a restaurant, involving all their other companions.

  19. 19Ci hai rotto papà

    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.

  20. 20Confessions of a Lady Cop

    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…

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