Movies like What? (1972)
The best movies like What? (1972) are Charleston (1977), Super Fantozzi (1986) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972). If What? hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLa Dolce Vita (1960)8.0/10 from 2,100 votes
- NewestThe Roast of Tom Brady (2024)Released 2024
- In ItalianCharleston (1977)Also in Italian
Charleston (1977)
Charleston is a 1977 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marcello Fondato. It reprises the style of the film The Sting.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSuper Fantozzi (1986)
Superfantozzi (1986) is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. In this film, Fantozzi is portrayed in a surreal historical journey, from Genesis to 1980s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBianco, rosso e Verdone (1981)
Three very different Italians travel to their hometowns on election day: Pasquale, a Southern immigrant living in Munich, finds a country far removed from the one he left behind; Roman civil servant Furio's relentless nitpicking threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo's journey is repeatedly interrupted by concerns about his grandmother's health.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRoma (1972)
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
An upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeach House (1977)
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBread and Chocolate (1974)
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe New Monsters (1977)
A collection of dark-humoured vignettes, including tales of a cardinal with a liberal congregation, a motorist and a hitchhiker, mentally challenged tramps, parents contemplating their daughter's participation in a pornographic film, and a conniving husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTaxi Girl (1977)
Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Fun 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Teasers (1975)
Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Monsters (1963)
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove and Anarchy (1973)
When his anarchist friend is killed trying to assassinate Mussolini, Tunin decides it's up to him to finish the job. While visiting a brothel, he meets a prostitute named Salome, who agrees to help, as her former boyfriend was also killed by Mussolini. They enlist the aid of another prostitute and hatch an elaborate plan, but as the fateful day quickly approaches, the women have second thoughts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCollege Girl on Vacation (1980)
Massimo Castaldi is a social climber married to Violante who comes from a rich family. His relationship with his mistress Laura is jeopardised when the family moves to their summer house on the Pugliese coast. Nevertheless, Massimo seems to find a solution. His raunchy daughter Sonia failed in Italian and he plans to present Laura as a nun who will give Sonia private lessons for her compensation exam. On the other hand, there are two dim-witted criminals, Terenzio and Fulgenzio, who are planning to abduct a Castaldi family member for good ransom money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Swept Away (1974)
A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on a desert island. Her capitalist beliefs and his communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, social roles are reversed and heated passions come alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCome Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the love affair with Vincenzina.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Touch of Class (1973)
Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Little Romance (1979)
Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a couple who kiss under the Bridge of Sighs will stay together forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Murders (1971)
A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUgly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Dolce Vita (1960)
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLiza (1972)
Liza meets the artist Giorgio and falls in love with him. She dreams of becoming the wife of Giorgio, but he is married. She dreams of being a close friend to him, but he has a favorite dog. Liza is ready for any sacrifice for the sake of her love. She kills Giorgio's dog and takes her place. Now she is a woman who always and everywhere follows her master.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhere the Boys Are (1960)
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Seriously Single (2020)
While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLiving in Oblivion (1995)
Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy catering.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Roast of Tom Brady (2024)
Offensive lines. Full-contact comedy. Kevin Hart hosts this all-star roast of NFL legend Tom Brady.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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What are the best movies like What??
The closest matches to What? are Charleston (1977), Super Fantozzi (1986) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after What??
People who watched What? most often go on to Charleston (1977), Super Fantozzi (1986) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972).
What is the highest-rated movie like What??
La Dolce Vita (1960), rated 8.0/10 by 2,100 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like What??
The Roast of Tom Brady (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like What??
Yes: Charleston (1977), Super Fantozzi (1986) and Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981).
How are movies similar to What? chosen?
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