Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Italian

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

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#1
Five

Five

2016★ 7.0

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

A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world...

#2
Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander

1968★ 6.9

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

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free...

#3
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

2008★ 7.6

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

An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket)...

#4
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour

LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour

2026★ 6.3

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

At 55, Anne is finally enjoying her freedom after her children leave home. But everything changes when her 23-year-old daughter, Louise, moves back in with her after a professional...

#5
Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

1980★ 6.9

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

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a produc...

#6
Comme t'y es belle !

Comme t'y es belle !

2006★ 6.0

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

Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, childr...

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