Top 20 movies like An American in Rome

An American in Rome

Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in the early '50s Roma. He is completely crazy for everything that comes from the States. He tries to speak American-English , to wear like he thinks Americans do, to walk like John Wayne, trying to eat cornflakes with ketchup... His life is a complete parody of the real American way of life, which he couldn't ever get.

Un americano a Roma is of 1 hour(s) and 25 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Minerva Film, Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Excelsa Film. It was released on 1954-12-10. It has an average vote of 7.195 on TMDB.

Genres: Comedy

1. Journey with Papa (In viaggio con papà)

Journey with Papa

Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who lives in a community with other guys like him. The movie proceeds showing us, ironically, the differences, the different ways to think, to act, to treat the women between father and son.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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2. The Traffic Policeman (Il vigile)

The Traffic Policeman

An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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3. A Day in Court (Un giorno in pretura)

A Day in Court

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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4. Moment of Contact

Moment of Contact

An exploration of potential extraterrestrial encounters, centered on a series of events in 1996 when citizens of Varginha, Brazil, reported seeing one or more strange creatures and a UFO crash.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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5. Be Sick… It's Free (Il medico della mutua)

Be Sick… It's Free

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.

It has an average vote of 7.046 on TMDB.

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6. The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia)

The Ape Woman

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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7. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?)

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?

A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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8. The Marquis of Grillo (Il marchese del Grillo)

The Marquis of Grillo

In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

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9. The Scopone Game (Lo scopone scientifico)

The Scopone Game

An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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10. My Friends Act II (Amici miei - Atto II°)

My Friends Act II

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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11. The Overtaxed (I tartassati)

The Overtaxed

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.

It has an average vote of 7.064 on TMDB.

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12. Margherita delle stelle (Margherita delle stelle)

Margherita delle stelle

The life of astrophysics Margherita Hack, from curious child to unconventional girl at the direction of the Trieste Astronomical Observatory.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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13. Totòtruffa '62 (Totòtruffa '62)

Totòtruffa '62

Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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14. I Vitelloni (I vitelloni)

I Vitelloni

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

It has an average vote of 7.653 on TMDB.

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15. Sunflower (I girasoli)

Sunflower

At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deployment, and the ultimate farewell. Some years after the war, still with no word from Antonio, Giovanna goes to Russia to find him, starting in the town near the winter battle when he disappeared. Armed with his photograph, what will she find?

It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.

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16. The New Monsters (I nuovi mostri)

The New Monsters

15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever the best Italian writers ever the best Italian actors ever one of the most beautiful woman in the world participate to this great tribute.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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17. A Better Tomorrow II (英雄本色2)

A Better Tomorrow II

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

It has an average vote of 7.071 on TMDB.

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18. Machuca (Machuca)

Machuca

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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19. An Average Little Man (Un borghese piccolo piccolo)

An Average Little Man

Giovanni Vivaldi is an average middle-aged man with a secure job as a government accountant. He wishes nothing more than to set up his only son Mario, his biggest pride in the world, with the same secure government job before he eventually retires. For this, Giovanni will stop at nothing...

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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20. Stardust Memories

Stardust Memories

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

It has an average vote of 6.984 on TMDB.

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