Movies like Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

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   Big Deal on Madonna Street

   Same saga

   1958 · 106 min · Comedy · Crime

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   Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same saga or cinematic universe
   • several principal cast members

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   Fiasco in Milan

   Same saga

   1959 · 105 min · Comedy

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   The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same saga or cinematic universe
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Crime at Porta Romana

   Genre overlap

   1980 · 92 min · Comedy · Crime

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   A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghetto as the suspect.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap

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   Crime in Formula One

   Genre overlap

   1984 · 98 min · Comedy · Crime

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   While keeping an eye on his small time crook brother in law, Inspector Nico Giraldi gets involved in a murder case set in the world of Formula One racing. Giraldi is suspended for trying to cover up for his brother in law and becomes afraid his wife and son may be targeted next. Therefore he calls in the help of his childhood friend and chief informant, Venticello.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Palermo - Milan One Way

   Strong movie match

   1996 · 99 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   A mob accountant accepts to be witness for the prosecution at a trial involving Mafia higher-ups. Seven cops are tasked with escorting him and his family alive from Sicily to the courtroom in the North, but it won't be easy.

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   • strong recommendation signals

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   Milan – Palermo: The Return

   Strong movie match

   2007 · 92 min · Action · Crime · Drama

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   Turi Leofonte is released from prison after eleven years and asks for the surviving members of his old security detail to escort him back in Sicily to get revenge on his former associates – something the authorities indulge to seize a large stash of Mafia money he claims to have access to.

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   • strong recommendation signals

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   That's Life

   Similar atmosphere

   1998 · 108 min · Comedy

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   While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Seduction of Mimi

   Similar atmosphere

   1972 · 113 min · Comedy

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   Sicilian dockworker Mimi inadvertently becomes embroiled in an increasingly complicated array of personal conflicts. When he loses his job after voting against a Mafia kingpin in an allegedly secret election, Mimi leaves his wife to find new employment. He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organiser. Soon, Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Ovosodo

   Genre overlap

   1997 · 100 min · Comedy · Drama

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   From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

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   • substantial genre overlap

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    Everybody's Fine

    Shared cast

    1990 · 121 min · Drama

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    Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

    Why it connects

    • a principal cast member

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