Italian comedy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant italian comedy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out slapstick, sex comedy, satirical, lighthearted, light hearted and period piece films and TV shows about / with satire, female nudity, farce, social satire, fish out of water, political satire, mistaken identity, corruption, urban and sex plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in Italy, France, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as italian comedy: La cosa buffa (1972), An Italian Miracle (1994), Rimini Rimini (1987), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Secret Fantasy (1971), The Libertine (1968), The Bishop's Bedroom (1977), Vieni avanti cretino (1982), Fun Is Beautiful (1980), Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981).

List of italian comedy movies

La cosa buffa (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young provincial elementary school teacher, falls in love with a Venetian girl, daughter of a rich industrialist.
Style: romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, sentimental
Audience: adult
Plot: love affair, class conflict, desire, forbidden love, class society, high society, city life, intimate, working class, small town life, lgbt, alienation ...
Time: year 1970
Place: venice
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An Italian Miracle (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A film in 8 episodes. A government MP from An spends a wild night of passion with a parliamenatrian from the Refoundation party; Maria Carla lets herself be go during the screening of "Dances with Wolves"; Rosalia has just got married, ...
Style: anthology, romantic comedy, light hearted
Plot: multiple storylines, infidelity, intimacy, marital crisis, sexual desire, political satire, sexual identity, social satire, seduction, irony, satire, mistaken identity ...
Time: 90s
Place: italy, europe
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Rimini Rimini (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Funny, entertaining comedy with a few storylines. All of them have one thing in common - a resort town of Rimini in Italy.
Style: sexy, erotic, sex comedy, low brow humor, crying ...
Plot: beach, lgbt, erotica, yacht, female nudity, photograph, drinking wine from a bottle, man pretending to be a woman, photographer, bare chested male, nudity, port ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: europe
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Stories about three very different women and the men they attract. Adelina sells black-market cigarettes in Naples, is married to the unemployed Carmine, and faces a jail sentence. She can avoid it as long as she's pregnant. Several years and ...
Style: sexy, anthology, neorealism, sexual, aesthetic ...
Plot: pregnant wife, prostitute, striptease, temptation, unemployment, sexual freedom, forbidden love, redheaded woman, large family, palm reading, extramarital affair, women's prison ...
Time: 1950s, year 1963, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place: rome italy, italy, milan italy, naples italy, napoli italy ...
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Secret Fantasy (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really ...
Style: sex comedy
Audience: adult
Plot: topless woman, female nudity, bare breasts, erotic fantasy, medical examination, erotica, musician, italian opera, insane asylum, bare chested male, voice over narration, erotic dream ...
Place: italy, europe
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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A citizen of the Veneto in her sixties. Three stories of "love in the country".
Style: biting, sexy, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Plot: italian neorealism, couples, spouse leaving, social relations, sexual dysfunction, couple relations, youth, society, dishonesty, love and romance, love affair, small town ...
Time: year 1966, 20th century, 60s
Place: italy, europe
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The Libertine (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she decides to used the same apartment to explore her own sexuality.
Style: erotic, serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot: sexual awakening, erotica, female whipping, woman without panties, voyeur, misogynist, lust, sexual promiscuity, promiscuity, sleaze, fetish, eroticism ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, europe
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The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat, and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde. Mario confesses his love for Matilde and so ensues a love triangle.
Style: sex comedy, gothic
Plot: erotica, female masturbation, sexual attraction, public nudity, female pubic hair, yacht, storm, boat, lake, police, death, bicycle ...
Time: year 1946
Place: italy, europe
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Vieni avanti cretino (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pasquale Baudaffi, amnistiato, esce dal carcere ed inizia a cercare un lavoro aiutato dal cugino Gaetano. Prima però va in una casa compiacente. Durante i giorni del carcere la casa non è più sede di appuntamenti ma è stata rilevata e affittata ...
Style: sex comedy, sitcom, situational comedy, light hearted, slapstick ...
Plot: fish out of water, farce, workplace humor, mistaken identity, female nudity, urban, second chance, nude girl, social satire, class differences, rehabilitation, doll ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe
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Fun Is Beautiful (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three stories, three characters all played by Verdone. The first is an awkward young man, who meets a Spanish tourist in Rome. The second has planned a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens. The last one is a hippy whose ...
Style: anthology, lighthearted, satirical
Plot: urban, social commentary, social satire, family conflict, generation gap, summer, mother son relationship, fish out of water, character study, slice of life, unrequited love, circus ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
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Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981)
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: farce, hitman, infidelity, mafia, adultery, mature, organized crime, betrayal, love triangle, murder, mob boss, jealous husband ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe
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Serafino (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Serafino a young and innocent shepherd inherits a huge fortune. He immediately spends the entire sum in presents for his friends. For this reason he is believed mad, and his uncle decides to legally forbid him to take any decision about his fortune. ...
Style: surprise ending
Audience: adult
Plot: inheritance, generosity, innocence, family conflict, friendship, satire, class differences, mountain village, betrayal, aunt nephew relationship, village, heir ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: italy, europe
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Paths of War (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two Sicilian royalist soldiers flee the island in a trunk at the arrival of Garibaldi's republican troops. They end up in the Far West with the army fighting the Indians and with their ineptitude they contribute to the army's defeat.
Style: slapstick, lighthearted, buddy comedy, spaghetti western, parody ...
Plot: fish out of water, farce, satire, mistaken identity, national identity, political satire, patriot, war for independence, anachronism
Time: 1860s
Place: sicily
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Decameron '300 (1972)
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: mature, dowry, arranged marriage, medieval, marriage, hypocrisy, scandal, inheritance, sexual assault, satire, farce, social satire ...
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Children of Hannibal (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Domenico, a bank robber, and Tommaso, the hostage, escape to the south of Italy meeting a gay policeman.
Style: dark comedy, unpredictable, light hearted, tense, feel good
Audience: adult
Plot: hostage situation, odd couple, caper, bank robbery, heist, farce, escape plan, betrayal, road trip, father daughter relationship, satire, midlife crisis ...
Time: 90s
Place: italy
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I'm Getting a Yacht (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A dentist buys a small yacht and takes his two children on a cruise of the Mediterranean. His ex-wife stows away to keep an eye on the children and the inevitable happens.
Style: sitcom, family comedy, situational comedy, light hearted, romantic comedy ...
Plot: children, yacht, vacation, mediterranean, summer vacation, family bonds, stowaway, cruise, parenting, responsibility, midlife crisis, siblings ...
Time: 80s
Place: italy, mediterranean sea
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I'm Photogenic (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. He does not realize his agent and acting coach are only manipulating him to further their own careers.
Style: comedy drama, satirical, period piece, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot: ambition, film industry, aspiring actor, exploitation, character study, erotica, desperation, realism, moral ambiguity, perseverance, bittersweet, casting couch ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, italy, rome italy
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Saturday, Sunday and Friday (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encounter is decisive for the small Italian company. DOMENICA (second episode): After a hard day of ...
Style: sex comedy, anthology, situational comedy, sitcom, romantic ...
Plot: dancer, marriage, farce, female protagonist, male protagonist, gender roles, escapism, theater, ballet, nudity, sex, female nudity ...
Place: italy, sicily, japan
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Il prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue (1969)
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
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Pierino medico della SAUB (1981)
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
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Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An inept sergeant is mistaken for a secret agent and charged with finding a spy, but he is so stupid he is demoted and becomes a corporal.
Style: sitcom, situational comedy, slapstick, lighthearted, absurd ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: mistaken identity, demotion, farce, incompetence, irreverent, spy spoof, satire, espionage, small town, mediterranean, urban, agent ...
Time: year 1970, 70s
Place: italy, napoli italy, naples italy
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Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope!!! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian ...
Style: satirical, light hearted, slapstick, tragicomedy, surprise ending
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, island, children, fish out of water, vatican, small town, mediterranean, satire, missing person, murder mystery, whodunit, social commentary ...
Place: sicily, italy
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Pierino torna a scuola (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Had come of age and unemployed, Peter decides to go back to school to take the elementary school. However, his academic performance continues to be poor so much so that his grandmother to play for the votes of a report card to the football pools ...
Style: slapstick, sex comedy
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: school, irreverent, family conflict, elementary school, farce, rebellious youth, small town life, toilet humor, working class, misunderstanding, underdog, satire ...
Place: italy
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Desirable Teacher 2 (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Pierino has again flunked the exams. Therefore, his desperate parents send him to boarding school.
Style: sex comedy, slapstick, light hearted, erotic, fast paced
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: teenage protagonist, boarding school, farce, sexual innuendo, coming of age, teacher student relationship, satire, detention, private school, teacher, school, slice of life ...
Time: 80s
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Pierino the Pest to the Rescue (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Pierino unleashes his restlessness with various mischief in school.
Style: slapstick, lighthearted, satirical, sex comedy
Plot: irreverent, teenager, rebellion, coming of age, school, female nudity, joke, breasts
Time: 80s
Place: rome italy
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Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Antonio, seguendo le indicazioni della "Smorfia", dategli in sogno da una zia monaca "attraversa l'Alto Adige" e arriva a Berlino Ovest per incontrare il magliaro Giuseppe e fare fortuna. Ma Antonio e somigliantissimo ...
Style: buddy comedy, slapstick, light, lighthearted, fast paced ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: impersonation, mistaken identity, farce, fish out of water, body swapping, satire, deception, city, iron curtain, social commentary, political satire, family relations ...
Place: west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic ...
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Everything Everything Nothing Nothing (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style: satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place: southern italy
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Poor but Richer (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Tucci family discovers that they have not really lost all their money and, refusing to pay Italian taxes, decides to turn Torresecca into a tax haven, relying on a post-Italian unification bureaucratic oversight.
Style: feel good, lighthearted, family comedy, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: political satire, satire, tax evasion, small town, family problems, eccentric family, money problems, humour, political humor, escapades, family life, family relations ...
Time: 2010s
Place: southern italy
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Everyone on Board (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Missing the train is very bad. Seeing it leave with your children and those of your friends you had to accompany on vacation is a whole other story ... that of the crazy pursuit from Turin to Sicily of a father and grandfather as different as they ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: train, chase, father, father and son, family problems, escapades, satire, problem, father son relationship, parents and children, misadventure, vacation gone wrong ...
Place: italy, sicily
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Tolo Tolo (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a ...
Style: captivating, neorealism, light, funny, satirical ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist attack, immigration, bankrupt, entrepreneur, money lender, migration, satire, fish out of water, bankruptcy, social commentary, political satire, sea voyage ...
Time: 2020s
Place: africa, italy, kenya
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