Movies like Roma bene
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Roma bene (1971)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nino Manfredi is a police captain, giving an onlooker's point-of-view towards the decadent society folk. Party itself features a down & out baron, who dances with the party's glamorous hostess Virna Lisi so that he can steal her valuable earrings. When they're missing, she's angry enough to call in the cops (Manfredi shows up) and have the baron taken away.
Style:
ironic, cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, dark, period piece
Plot:
corruption, high society, bourgeoisie, satire, hypocrisy, social satire, aristocracy, urban, scandal, moral ambiguity, class conflict, mature, infidelity, political satire, sexism, family drama, ship, sex, female nudity, murder, husband, chess, footsie under the table
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out black comedy, period piece, satirical and dark comedy films with plots about satire, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, female nudity, social satire and dark humor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Roma bene: Be Sick... It's Free (1968), Sem Essa, Aranha (1970), Ten Black Women (1961), While There's War There's Hope (1974), Aanchhi (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
Plot:
female nudity, nude girl, sanity, physician, public health, ambulance, nun, envy, husband wife relationship, map, nurse, doctor ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Banker, acting as an international front, lives dangerously among a blonde, a brunette and a dark woman, his lover.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, absurd, cynical, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social satire, bourgeoisie, hypocrisy, political satire, infidelity, corruption, male protagonist, character study, love triangle, urban, favela, female nudity ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, black and white, witty, period piece ...
Plot:
revenge, adultery, deception, murder, infidelity, womanizer, social satire, jealousy, conspiracy, betrayal, satire, romantic rivalry ...
Time:
60s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
47%
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:
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Pietro Chiocca shifts from hydraulic pumps to heavy war weapons selling. He starts traveling all around the third world looking for clients, and contract by contract his economic situation shoot up, raising also his social status. But is never ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, period piece, dark comedy
Plot:
arms dealer, children, political satire, corruption, ethical dilemma, hypocrisy, greed, dark humor, family drama, cold war era, character study, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, africa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A Pandemic Comedy of a contract-rat killer who gets a new job but mistakes it for something else which changes the course of his life.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, ironic, situational comedy, dark ...
Plot:
pandemic, mistaken identity, contract killer, hitman, moral ambiguity, satire, quarantine, violence, social commentary, identity crisis, mature, urban ...
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42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt that he has organized. Its main purpose is to mix with people of high society to improve their business. All seems well until the owner of the farm ...
Style:
satirical, cynical, black comedy, period piece, witty ...
Plot:
corruption, hunting, absurdism, irony, social satire, political satire, social climbing, hunter, class conflict, female nudity, farce, satire ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, year 1972
Place:
madrid, catalonia, spain
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Cop-turned-security guard Ma Xianyong finds himself in a criminal twilight zone when two unrelated events turn his world upside down. The mysterious disappearance of his boss has implications for his financial security. Even more perilous is the ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, black comedy, crime thriller ...
Plot:
kidnapping, moral ambiguity, robbery, family drama, desperation, anti hero, hostage situation, brother sister relationship, security guard, missing person, satire, poverty ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
37%
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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:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, tense, twisted ...
Plot:
inheritance, greed, revenge, vengeance, moral ambiguity, betrayal, wealthy family, family drama, class conflict, family secret, satire, manipulation ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A studious teen who wants a simple life is conned by his violent older brothers into joining their grandiose plan to avenge their murdered father.
Style:
black comedy, suspense, grim, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
revenge, violence, family drama, brothers, survival, vengeance, absurdism, dark humor, cat and mouse, coming of age, isolation, heist gone wrong ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dae-guk, a nosy man from Apgujeong, and Ji-woo, a cold but skillful plastic surgeon, open a plastic surgery business in Gangnam. Dae-guk is an unemployed man who likes to pry into other people’s businesses.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
plastic surgery, satire, plastic surgeon, male doctor, problem, social problems, escapades, teamwork, doctor, ambition, hustler, vanity ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. He moves in with his friend and begins an affair with the man's wife. He also gets a new difficult client whose public image must be preserved at any cost.
Style:
sex comedy, cynical, period piece, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, affair, love triangle, social satire, satire, showbiz, manipulation, talent agent, irreverent, gender roles, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A film made for Italian television. A series of eight episodes put together in which Lando Buzzanca plays a variety of weird characters. Episode 1: Il Salvatore (The Saviour) A reporter tries to stop a man from killing himself, only to get the TV ...
Style:
anthology, satirical, black comedy, controversial, period piece ...
Plot:
hypocrisy, dark humor, moral ambiguity, corruption, satire, class conflict, prostitution, family drama, greed, character study, sexploitation, absurdism ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
33%
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:
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Satire about German reunification.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
east germany, west germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, tense, crime thriller, black comedy, twisted ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, smuggling, mob boss, organized crime, family drama, dark humor, greed, ambition, scheme, risk, inheritance, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Angola, Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, cynical, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy
Plot:
politician, social commentary, satire, corruption, money, politics, journalism, political satire, social satire, lottery, greed, city ...
Place:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
greek movie
Style:
dark, intense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When fate turns out chaotic for a bunch of connected lives in their pursuit of pleasure, survival and greed-peace becomes the absolute necessity of life and karma boomerangs.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, crime thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
fate, karma, moral ambiguity, greed, urban, mature, city life, character study, survival, betrayal, realism, revenge ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An arrogant politician feeds his mail ego in meeting with a Russian call girl. At the same time his wife, a young hysterical star, picks a fight on set with a talk-show hostess who is in a loveless marriage with a yuppie manager who vents in therapy.
Style:
satirical, ironic, dark comedy
Plot:
social commentary, hypocrisy, high society, political satire, infidelity, paranoia, vanity, elitism, ego, call girl, class conflict, celebrity culture ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A police commissioner in a little town in the Italian Venetian province investigates a prostitution ring run by two pensioners; during his investigations he also learns that a former manicurist shacks up with ten students, the prefect's ...
Style:
crime drama, controversial, period piece, poliziottesco
Plot:
prostitution, corruption, sexploitation, moral ambiguity, investigation, police procedural, small town, scandal, taboo, female sexuality, bureaucracy, satire ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Italian sex comedy based on the tales of the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The squire John Attelano eager to put his son Falcotto on track, makes him marry Firdalba, the Rampaldi daughter. The newlyweds will receive 15,000 florins on condition ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, period piece, slapstick, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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29%
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:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Vellanakalude Nadu movie which is a political satire based against municipal mafia in the form of Buildings
Style:
satirical, black comedy, touching, political
Plot:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, surprise ending
Plot:
amnesia, courtroom drama, memory loss, character study, impostor, mistaken identity, identity crisis, media sensation, legal battle, mental health, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Savino La Gastra discovers his wife Celeste has a liaison with an architect: Andrea. Even if also Savino has a story with Elvira, a judge's wife, he decides anyway to ask to a mobster to kill his wife. In the mean time Celeste is organizing a ...
Style:
sex comedy, dark comedy, tension, sexy, slapstick ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying ...
Style:
black comedy, ironic, cynical, satirical, period piece ...
Plot:
advertising, female nudity, satire, midlife crisis, social satire, character study, identity crisis, male protagonist, career change, frustration, escape, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
london
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