Similar movies??


Do you know of similar good italian comedies from this era? 50s, 60s.

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Other good italian satires of the '60:
"I mostri"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057323/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_44;
"La donna scimmia" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057006/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_27;
"Divorzio all'italiana" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055913/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1;
also "Amici miei" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072637/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1 (even if that's from the '70's).

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Great suggestions! Thanks.

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365 Days is arguably similar

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Isn't 365 Days a movie about a woman locked up for a year so that she falls in love with her captor? I don't think that's similar to Il sorpasso, unless there's another movie by the same name.

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this film has basic story of Il Sorpasso:

Zorba the Greek (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057831/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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I disagree. Il Sorpasso is a road movie, none of that is seen on Zorba. There are some similarities, like Zorba being a carefree guy who lives for the moment in contrast to a "square" guy. But tons of movies have such contrasts, that doesn't make them similar to Il Sorpasso.

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There's an American version (broadly speaking) of Il Sorpasso, called "Your three minutes are up." Starring Don Leibman and Beau Bridges, realeased in 1973. It's available on Youtube!

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Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962) is great too! It's on Youtube with Italian subtitles (CC). If I watch it on my laptop, YT has the option to translate the subtitles. But if I use the YT app in my BlueRay DVD players, such option is not available.



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Sideways (2004) is not Italian but I hear that is somewhat similar to Il Sorpasso.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways

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