Movies like Affamata … e non solo (1989)
The best movies like Affamata … e non solo (1989) are P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995), The Day of the Owl (1968) and Il Sorpasso (1962). If Affamata … e non solo hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Affamata … e non solo
Quick picks
- Highest ratedIl Sorpasso (1962)8.2/10 from 877 votes
- NewestThe Big Fake (2025)Released 2025
- In ItalianP.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995)Also in Italian
P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995)
A successful erotic film producer from Rome regularly receives letters from female fans seeking his advice on how to spice up their sex lives. Thanks to his years of experience in both the film business and the sex industry, he has all sorts of tips at the ready and, in an emergency, is happy to make a house call himself to demonstrate his qualities in person.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day of the Owl (1968)
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIl Sorpasso (1962)
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSicilian Letters (2024)
Loosely based on real events that took place during Matteo Messina Denaro's thirty years on the run. A disgraced politician is gifted a second chance when secret services involve him in an operation to root out an elusive Mafia boss. Using his personal connection as the Boss' godfather, his task is to get him to reveal his hiding place in their secret letters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Voyage to Italy (1999)
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBad Tales (2020)
In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the guilty indifference of adults. But it’s the desperation and repressed rage of the children that will explode and cut through this grotesque façade, with devastating consequences for the entire community.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPiranhas (2019)
A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girl with a Pistol (1968)
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisValentino: The Last Emperor (2008)
Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valentino Garavani, documenting the colourful and dramatic closing act of his celebrated career and capturing the end of an era in global fashion. However, at the heart of the film is a love story - the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. Capturing intimate moments in the lives of two of Italy's richest and most famous men, the film lifts the curtain on the final act of a nearly 50-year reign at the top of the glamorous and fiercely competitive world of fashion. (Storyville)
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMafioso (1962)
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTo Be Twenty (1978)
Lia and Tina are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find Nazariota's commune, a place to stay for free and have all the sex they want... or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become involved in prostitution, the police and an aggressive gang.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisStrange Darling (2024)
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Monsters (1963)
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Last House on the Left (2009)
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBoys Cry (2018)
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Fake (2025)
Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrime Novel (2005)
After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the most powerful gangsters in Rome. Libano loves their new status, and seeks to spread their influence throughout the underworld, while the other two pursue more fleshly desires. For decades, their gang perpetrates extravagant crimes, until paranoia threatens to split the friends apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Affamata … e non solo?
The closest matches to Affamata … e non solo are P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995), The Day of the Owl (1968) and Il Sorpasso (1962). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Affamata … e non solo?
Start with P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995), the closest match to Affamata … e non solo.
What is the highest-rated movie like Affamata … e non solo?
Il Sorpasso (1962), rated 8.2/10 by 877 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Affamata … e non solo?
The Big Fake (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Affamata … e non solo?
Yes: P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1995), The Day of the Owl (1968) and Il Sorpasso (1962).
How are movies similar to Affamata … e non solo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Affamata … e non solo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.