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The Maniacs (1964)
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Original name: I maniaci
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Commedia all'italiana consisting of a series of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.
Style:
anthology, black comedy, parody, absurd, period piece, sketch comedy, italian comedy
Plot:
obsession, marital infidelity, satire, social commentary, dark humor, jealousy, lust, political satire, farce, gender roles, office politics, road trip, media manipulation, petty theft, consumerism, prostitute, female nudity, stripper, hitchhiking, interview, soccer, omnibus, burglar, antique, suitcase ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
europe
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Most similar movies to The Maniacs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out black comedy, period piece, parody and anthology films with plots about satire, dark humor, social commentary, political satire, irreverent, female nudity and farce mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Maniacs: Snow White and 7 Wise Men (1982), Anni 90 - Part II (1993), Decameroticus (1972), Favorite Deadly Sins (1995), Attenti a quei P2 (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The king and the queen conceive Snow White during a sexual relationship in the snow.
Style:
parody, black comedy, sexy, absurd, surreal ...
Plot:
snow white, snow, irreverent, satire, dark humor, sexual relations, superhero, royalty, gender roles, palace, sexual awakening, sexual content ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Second scandalously famous collections of short Italian comedies of the 90s! All that was "fun" in those years in Italy - all here! The sea of black humor on all issues - sex, politics, mafia, crime, TV...
Style:
anthology, parody, cynical, controversial, sex comedy ...
Plot:
satire, social commentary, mature, irreverent, political satire, adult humor, pop culture, scandal, celebrity culture, dark humor
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Another Decamerotic comedy , this time with Orchidea de Santis ,Krista Nell and other nice girls.
Style:
sex comedy, anthology, period piece, lighthearted, black comedy ...
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, farce, satire, gender roles, sexploitation, village life, medieval, scandal, nunsploitation, mistaken identity, nun ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).
Style:
anthology, black comedy, parody, dark comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
satire, anger, lust, greed, irreverent, sin, social commentary, adult humor, entertainment industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
america
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning the P2 Masonic lodge.
Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, controversial, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political corruption, satire, conspiracy, corruption, secret society, political satire, scandal, cover up, social satire, social commentary, dark humor, political intrigue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A comedy are comprised of short sexually suggestive skits.
Style:
sketch comedy, adult comedy, raunchy, anthology, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual humor, sexual innuendo, irreverent, vulgar, sketch, satire, sexploitation, counterculture, nudity, perversion, sex scene, masturbation ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four comedic episodes framed within the story of a tyrannical Zen master and his two hapless disciples.
Style:
anthology, parody, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, silly humor, humour, escapades, farce, zen, irreverent, dark humor, family relations, pregnancy, dialogue driven ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is elected as mayor.
Style:
sexy, humorous, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
political satire, farce, politics, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, campaign, satire, state affairs, politician, corruption, political corruption, opportunism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, southern italy, europe
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scandalously famous collections of short Italian comedies of the 90s! All that was "fun" in those years in Italy - all here! The sea of black humor on all issues - sex, politics, mafia, crime, TV...
Style:
anthology, sex comedy, fast paced, slapstick, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
social commentary, irony, satire, political corruption, political satire, scandal, consumerism, nostalgia, holiday, festival, nightlife, dark humor
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Style:
satirical, cynical, ironic, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, satire, ambition, dark humor, clinic, greed, ethical dilemma, corruption, social satire, manipulation, character study, office politics ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Antonia, the pampered wife of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, an upper class wine merchant, tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia want to deal with the situation in a civilized way, ...
Style:
black comedy, sex comedy, period piece, romantic comedy, intellectual ...
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, adultery, dark humor, scandal, wit, sexual jealousy, social satire, betrayal, satire, psychotherapy, awkwardness ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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Story:
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian ...
Style:
anthology, parody, surreal, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, sketch, irreverent, dark humor, farce, camp, political satire, pun, comedy team, cult, british humour
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
united kingdom, london
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Ruinasa is a holding company dedicated to leisure and, why not say, to vice. But these businesses are about to go bankrupt. To avoid this, sincehis prestige is at stake, a company dedicated to protecting various groups of gangsters takes over the ...
Style:
parody, satirical, black comedy, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, gangster, satire, greed, farce, social commentary, organized crime, power struggle, moral ambiguity, underworld, dark humor, economist ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A three novels about an ordinary people discovering erotic movies.
Style:
sexy, anthology, sex comedy, light hearted, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, satire, social satire, marriage, middle class, farce, adult humor, infidelity, naked woman, bureaucracy, film industry, provincial life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A TV Special consisting of various sketches with the titular comedian and fellow comics in guest appearances.
Style:
sketch comedy, witty, lighthearted, ironic, parody ...
Plot:
satire, variety show, pun, deadpan, collaboration, irreverent, improv, dark humor, political satire, comedian, joke, british humour ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Jesus, who's hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family. A Christmas special so wrong it must be from comedians Porta dos Fundos.
Style:
controversial, parody, sketch comedy, absurd, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, dark humor, irreverent, satire, adult humor, social commentary, political satire, family gatherings, family secret, religious, bible, identity crisis ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Alvaro Gasperoni, alias Peter returned to Rome with their families from Addis Ababa, where he received his bachelor's degree in medicine. Helped by his father through a recommendation from the P2 Lodge, he manages to get in a hospital in Rome ...
Style:
sex comedy, lighthearted, parody, slapstick, black comedy
Plot:
hospital, nepotism, corruption, professional rivalry, bureaucracy, irreverent, scandal, political satire, fraud, social commentary, farce, satire ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, not serious, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, gang, media, media satire, partner, prank, buddies, disorder, chaos, jackass, pop culture, irreverence ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
De Mantel der Liefde is a bizarre, over the top and at times hilarious settling of scores with the Catholic Church, commercial movie culture and 1970's petit bourgeois Dutch culture in general.
Style:
black comedy, absurd, allegory, art house, controversial ...
Plot:
religion, satire, hypocrisy, absurd humor, dark humor, irreverent, violence, cruelty, parable, taboo, political satire, counterculture ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido ...
Style:
black comedy, family saga, tragicomedy, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
social commentary, dark humor, cold war, irony, satire, political satire, generation gap, autobiography, bureaucracy, slice of life, domestic drama, nostalgia ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Komedie vás přesvědčí o tom, že i na chmurné stránky naší historie je možné se dívat s nadhledem a humorem. Čo bolo, to bolo... Major Terazky vede svůj šik pétépáků od průšvihu k průšvihu vstříc světlým zítřkům. ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, tragicomedy, black comedy, historical drama ...
Plot:
army life, social commentary, political satire, authoritarianism, absurdism, cold war, outsider, camaraderie, political repression, dark humor, humiliation, farce ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
czechoslovakia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Producer/director Albert Zugsmith's acid-therapy "comedy," complete with a tinted trip sequence "in hilarious LSD color." A suicidal film star named Honey Bunny is sent by her producer to a rest home run by an unhinged Dr. ...
Style:
offbeat, surreal, experimental, absurd, black comedy ...
Plot:
lsd, acid trip, satire, film industry, psychedelia, drug, dark humor, mental institution, impostor, counterculture, psychotherapy, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
João Ernesto Ribamar is a corrupt politician running for the presidency. He is in the runoff election, ahead on the polls, when he receives a "mandinga" (curse) from his grandmother, which makes him unable to lie. Now the problem begins: ...
Style:
satirical, sitcom, situational comedy, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, honesty, satire, corrupt politician, election, politics, corruption, moral dilemma, social commentary, conscience, media manipulation, magic realism ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel ...
Style:
light hearted, period piece, slapstick, black and white, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
jealousy, farce, satire, working class, social satire, families, materialism, incompetence, consumerism, class conflict, money problems, small town ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Three ironic episodes showing how to get what every man dreams of - money, woman and fame.
Style:
anthology, cynical, retro, witty, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
money, fame, irony, satire, ambition, adult humor, social satire, social commentary, greed, vanity, seduction, consumerism ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A series of short comedy sketches featuring the topic of sex. They include: a French governess who paints her breasts; a couple having sex on the Candid Camera TV show; Little Lord Fauntleroy exploring a female body; a 'great white hunter' ...
Style:
anthology, sensual, parody, retro, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
nudity, mature, erotica, burlesque, striptease, exploitation, voyeurism, camp, satire, go go dancer, female nudity, sex scene ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Je to film sestávající ze šesti povídek, které většinou černě humornou, ironickou, mnohdy i trpce hořkou formou vyprávějí o jednom dávném prokletí, lidské nevěře, podivných úchylkách, nečekaném zázraku i pokryteckém ...
Style:
anthology, black comedy, offbeat, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
dark humor, irony, absurdism, satire, sarcasm, bittersweet, infidelity, city life, fate, urban, moral ambiguity, flashback ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 50s, year 1945, year 1995
Place:
prague, japan, eastern europe, europe, asia ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A dentist is married to frigid Licia, has two daughters and three other women.
Style:
sex comedy, romantic comedy, light hearted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jealousy, adultery, mature, marital infidelity, love triangle, farce, lust, bossy wife, sexual frustration, small town, satire, sexually liberated ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Questioning the world we live in. An outrageous Los Angeles producer sets out to make the most extreme and controversial Reality Television show ever, but gets more than he bargained for.
Style:
thought provoking, black comedy, absurd, independent film, mockumentary ...
Plot:
satire, manipulation, social commentary, political satire, terrorism, controversy, dark humor, entrapment, corporate greed, anti establishment, propaganda, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The winner of the Best Director’s Award at the Berlin Film Festival, Pasolini’s The Decameron proved to be the most successful of his comedies, fulfilling to every degree, his intention to make a film that was earthy, frolicsome, crowded with ...
Style:
erotic, anthology, period piece, sensual, erotic drama ...
Plot:
storytelling, literary, adaptation, medieval, betrayal, infidelity, banquet, moral ambiguity, renaissance, satire, social commentary, irreverent ...
Similarity:
42%
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