Movies like A Hero of Our Times: 20 to watch next
If you loved A Hero of Our Times (1955) — a comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of A Hero of Our Times most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 0 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Widower 1959★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
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Il conte Max 1957★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy
Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
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Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot 2013★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
Paolo, 40 years old, lives in a small Friulian town close to the north-eastern border. Unreliable and with a passion for good wine, he spends his days at the local tavern and stubbornly stalks his ex-wife.
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A Girl in Australia 1971★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
The film is about an old fashioned Italian with moral values of the 1930/40's , who has to find a wife in the modern, woman's liberated society of Australia of the 1960/70's.
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It's a Boy 2023★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy
Alberto, a father of three daughters, prays to the stars that his next child will be a boy, with whom he can share his passions and escape from a life dominated by women. However, his wish is granted only too well.
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The Second Tragic Fantozzi 1976★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
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The Most Beautiful Day in the World 2019★ 6.0
Shares: 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.
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An Italian Name 2015★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
Paolo is an outgoing and handsome real estate broker married to Simona, a beautiful woman from the rough outskirts of Rome who has become an author of spicy bestsellers and is pregnant with their child. Betta, Paolo’s sister and her husband Sandro organise a dinner party with Paolo, Simona and their childhood friend, the eccentric musician Claudio. During the lively gathering Paolo reveals what he would like to name his son, causing reactions to steam up and a torrent of revelations to follow reaching climactic proportions.
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Sotto una buona stella 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy
A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in the help of his neighbor.
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Ciao, Professore! 1992★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy
A bureaucratic snafu sends Marco Tullio Sperelli, a portly, middle-aged northern Italian, to teach third grade in a poor town outside Naples
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Fantozzi 1975★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly finding himself in difficult situations, but never losing his mood.
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Complexes 1965★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
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Totò vs the Four 1963★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him.
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Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche 1958★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy
A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must retrieve some memories of family life in order to understand their mental illness.
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Puerto Escondido 1992★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
Targeted by a dirty cop after witnessing a murder, bank clerk Mario flees to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where a couple of oddball Italian expats drags him into a journey of self-discovery and bad decisions.
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The Worst Christmas of My Life 2012★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy
Paolo needs to reach the castle of Alberto Caccia, where he was invited to spend Christmas with his family and Margherita, the ninth month of pregnancy. With them there will also be blessed, daughter of Alberto and childhood friend of Margherita, who was also pregnant. Among various mishaps and blunders, Paolo will combine another of his, coming to make everyone believe, because of a misunderstanding, that Alberto's died for his fault.
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Grand Hotel Excelsior 1982★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.
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Journey with Papa 1982★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who lives in a community with other guys like him. The movie proceeds showing us, ironically, the differences, the different ways to think, to act, to treat the women between father and son.
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Totòtruffa '62 1961★ 7.6
Shares: 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 respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians 1966★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy
An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.
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