Movies like Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori) (1991)
The best movies like Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori) (1991) are Hands of Stone (2016), Obsession (1943) and Bellissima (1952). If Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori) hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Special Day (1977)8.1/10 from 811 votes
- NewestGioia (2026)Released 2026
- In ItalianObsession (1943)Also in Italian
Hands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisObsession (1943)
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBellissima (1952)
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Innocent (1976)
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProfessor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and co-created Wonder Woman in 1941.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPorno (2019)
When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPaprika (1991)
In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Canterbury Tales (1972)
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoccaccio '70 (1962)
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLovelace (2013)
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Special Day (1977)
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRoma (1972)
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Grazia (2025)
As his tenure as President of Italy nears its end, Mariano De Santis faces wrenching decisions-both political and deeply personal. Amid these moral quandaries, he must confront his own conscience and seek guidance from those closest to him, including his confidante and daughter, Dorotea.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarriage Italian Style (1964)
During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGioia (2026)
Gioia is a high school teacher who has never known any other love than the oppressive bond with her own parents, with whom she still lives. One of the students at her school, Alessio, is cashing in on his own body to make a couple of hundred euros to help his mother, a cashier in a supermarket. The relationship that dawns between Gioia and Alessio is forbidden fruit, fragile yet, inexplicably, one they can’t do without. Still, Alessio’s desire to improve his social standing is a silent killer that prevents him from ultimately accepting Gioia’s surprising affection for him. He goes and destroys it all, cancelling the only person who has ever loved him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMambo Italiano (2003)
When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVincere (2009)
The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisL'immensità (2022)
Clara and Felice struggle to raise their three children in 1970s Rome. The eldest, Andrea, is transgender and yearns for another life where he gets to live as the boy he knows himself to be. Clara instinctively strives to protect her son by escaping into their imaginations to defuse family tensions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBehind the Candelabra (2013)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori)?
The closest matches to Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori) are Hands of Stone (2016), Obsession (1943) and Bellissima (1952). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori)?
Start with Hands of Stone (2016), the closest match to Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori).
What is the highest-rated movie like Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori)?
A Special Day (1977), rated 8.1/10 by 811 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori)?
Gioia (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori)?
Yes: Obsession (1943), Bellissima (1952) and The Innocent (1976).
How are movies similar to Il 'fico' del regime (da prendere come esempio in mancanza di esempi peggiori) chosen?
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