Movies like Time of Vacation (1956)
The best movies like Time of Vacation (1956) are The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966), Fun Is Beautiful (1980) and Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982). If Time of Vacation hooked you with its comedy, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFantozzi (1975)7.8/10 from 907 votes
- NewestThe Worst Days (2023)Released 2023
- In ItalianThe Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)Also in Italian
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFun Is Beautiful (1980)
Three characters' misadventures in semi-deserted, summertime Rome: a dim-witted mama's boy falls for a tourist; a would-be womanizer struggles to find company for his sex tourism trip to Kraków; a hippie is drawn into his father's schemes to bring him back into polite society.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGrand Hotel Excelsior (1982)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSotto una buona stella (2014)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTorture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968)
When Marino goes to Rome for an event, he certainly does not imagine meeting Marisa, who will become the love of his life. But once love is found, it is a matter of spreading it and here the difficulties begin: first the father who opposes it; then, after the death of his father, the gossips who make Marino believe that Marisa was a little good, so much so that Marisa runs away. Repentant, Marino searches in vain and then, almost by accident, finds her again, Mrs. Ciceri. But love admits no obstacles, not even that of a deaf and dumb husband.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZoran: My Nephew the Idiot (2013)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Boss in the Living Room (2014)
Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Worst Days (2023)
Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhere Are You Going on Holiday? (1978)
In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Name Is Tanino (2003)
During a sun-soaked Sicilian summer, aimless filmmaking undergrad and back-seat radical Tanino has a fling with Sally, a dreamy American tourist from an upper background. When summer ends, Sally flies back home, without ever reaching out. Clueless, a smitten Tanino decides to pay her a surprise visit under the pretense of returning a camera she left behind. But when he gets there, he quickly realizes the reality of America—and his relationship with Sally's—is far from the idealized version his small-town boy imagination conjured.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDuck in Orange Sauce (1975)
When his wife wants a divorce -- in preference of a romantic Frenchman -- husband Livio seemingly accepts. But when he sets up a last weekend together with his secretary and his wife's lover, the trip turns out to be part of an elaborate plan to win his wife back.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRugantino (1973)
A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisJourney with Papa (1982)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHo visto le stelle (2003)
The young Antonio wants to participate in a reality show and leaves Naples for Milan with his best friend Eugenio.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisL'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)
Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, deve confessare tutto in presenza della moglie che lo sbatte fuori di casa. Rifugiatosi da amici scopre che il suo migliore amico è amante della moglie e comincia a tentare di avviare nuove relazioni che falliscono tutte.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFantozzi Still Suffers (1983)
After a hard day at work and a condominium-board meeting, accountant Ugo Fantozzi goes on a trip with his family. Unfortunately, he will face a nasty surprise upon his return.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFantozzi (1975)
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly finding himself in difficult situations, but never losing his mood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTotò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015)
Five down-on-their luck strangers meet by chance while looking at a property in the country none of them are able to afford. They decide to join forces and risk everything to turn it into a B&B, only for the local mafia to show up demanding their "fair" share.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Time of Vacation?
The closest matches to Time of Vacation are The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966), Fun Is Beautiful (1980) and Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Time of Vacation?
Start with The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966), the closest match to Time of Vacation.
What is the highest-rated movie like Time of Vacation?
Fantozzi (1975), rated 7.8/10 by 907 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Time of Vacation?
The Worst Days (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Time of Vacation?
Yes: The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966), Fun Is Beautiful (1980) and Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982).
How are movies similar to Time of Vacation chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Time of Vacation, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.