# Commedia all'italiana — Italy laughing at itself

> The Italian comedy tradition from the late 1950s through the 1980s. Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) is the template — a heist film where everyone is incompetent. Dino Risi's Il Sorpasso (1962) is a road movie that ends like a tragedy. Ettore Scola's We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) is a love letter to cinema itself. Pietro Germi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Nino Manfredi — the golden age of Italian screen comedy, sharper and darker than Hollywood ever dared.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/commedia-allitaliana/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[We All Loved Each Other So Much](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/we-all-loved-each-other-so-much-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 8.3 · 644 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[My Friends](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-friends-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 8.1 · 747 votes · cozy, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Big Deal on Madonna Street](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/big-deal-on-madonna-street-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 8.1 · 775 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[La Dolce Vita](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/la-dolce-vita-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 8.0 · 2,028 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Nights of Cabiria](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/nights-of-cabiria-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 8.0 · 856 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, cozy
- **[Amarcord](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/amarcord-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.9 · 1,215 votes · surreal, weird, cozy
- **[Divorce Italian Style](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/divorce-italian-style-1961/)** (1961) — ★ 7.9 · 528 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Marquis of Grillo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-marquis-of-grillo-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.8 · 497 votes · foreign-gem, cult
- **[Fantozzi: White Collar Blues](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fantozzi-white-collar-blues-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.8 · 874 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Day for Night](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/day-for-night-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.8 · 652 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Crooks in Clover](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/crooks-in-clover-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 7.7 · 560 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Nothing Left to Do But Cry](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/nothing-left-to-do-but-cry-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 7.7 · 1,184 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[For Love and Gold](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/for-love-and-gold-1966/)** (1966) — ★ 7.7 · 394 votes · foreign-gem, cult
- **[PlayTime](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/playtime-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.7 · 662 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Marriage Italian Style](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/marriage-italian-style-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 7.7 · 542 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[My Friends Act II](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-friends-act-ii-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 7.6 · 365 votes · cozy, foreign-gem, cult
- **[They Call Me Trinity](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/they-call-me-trinity-1970/)** (1970) — ★ 7.6 · 1,443 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Executioner](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-executioner-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 7.6 · 192 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, cozy
- **[Seven Beauties](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/seven-beauties-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.5 · 151 votes · foreign-gem, devastating, cozy
- **[Mon Oncle](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mon-oncle-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.4 · 614 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/yesterday-today-and-tomorrow-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 7.4 · 471 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Trinity Is Still My Name](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/trinity-is-still-my-name-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.4 · 992 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-mad-adventures-of-rabbi-jacob-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.4 · 1,055 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Swept Away](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/swept-away-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.4 · 338 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Scopone Game](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-scopone-game-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 7.4 · 153 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Bianco, rosso e Verdone](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/bianco-rosso-e-verdone-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.3 · 745 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[The Brain](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-brain-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 7.3 · 300 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[My Name Is Nobody](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-name-is-nobody-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.3 · 1,047 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, cult
- **[Roma](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/roma-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 7.2 · 359 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[Juliet of the Spirits](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/juliet-of-the-spirits-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 7.2 · 338 votes · foreign-gem, cult, slow-burn

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