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10 Best Movies Like Ecce Bombo

If you loved Ecce Bombo, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Red Wood Pigeon

Red Wood Pigeon

1989★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ecce Bombo for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember hi...

#2
Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1981★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ecce Bombo for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the sa...

#3
Bianca

Bianca

1984★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ecce Bombo for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eccentric and full of manias, Michele is a young high school professor who defines himself as “not used to happiness”. He realizes his life is meaningless if he doesn’t have a woma...

#4
The Caiman

The Caiman

2006★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ecce Bombo for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s prime minister and media tycoon...

#5
Ghosts of Rome

Ghosts of Rome

1961★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ecce Bombo for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy th...

#6
Paz!

Paz!

2002★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ecce Bombo for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, "Paz!" is a 24-hour slice of life of a group of university students sharing a flat in 1970s Bologna,...