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My Friends (1975)

  • Comedy
  • 140 min
  • R age guide
  • ★ 8.1/10 from 762 ratings

Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.

Directed byMario Monicelli

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  1. 01

    My Friends Act II

    Same saga

    1982 · 130 min · Comedy

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • the same director
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  2. 02

    My Friends Act III

    Same saga

    1985 · 110 min · Comedy

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    This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • several principal cast members
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  3. 05

    Pardon Mon Affaire

    Genre overlap

    1976 · 105 min · Comedy · Romance

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    On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a billowing red dress. Long after she has left his vision, her memory continues to haunt his mind. He falls instantly in love with her and tries everything to get to know her better. Helping Étienne snare his elusive lady in red are his three bumbling buddies, which all have secret affairs and/or cheat on their wives.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 06

    The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

    Shared themes

    1979 · 88 min · Action · Comedy · Science Fiction

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    The town of Newnan are seeing little green men everywhere. The military have arrived and are on the lookout for UFOs. Everyone's high strung and Sheriff Hall (Bud Spencer) is left to deal with the aftermaths of the hysteria. On his way home from patrol he happens upon a little boy claiming to be an alien by the name of H7-25. At first the sheriff doesn't believe the boy, but with the mounting evidence, even he must eventually concede. Soon the military is after Sheriff Hall and H7-25, and it is up to the sheriff to keep the boy safe and beat up large swaths of soldiers so H7-25 can go home.

    Why it connects

    • shared theme: male friendship
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 07

    Clerks

    Similar atmosphere

    1994 · 92 min · Comedy

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    Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 08

    Hard to Die

    Strong movie match

    1990 · 84 min · Action · Comedy · Thriller

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    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  7. 09

    All Stars

    Shared themes

    1997 · 115 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Seven young men who played soccer together since their early youth grow apart and are forced to think about the nature of their friendship. In a comic way and a very Dutch setting, All Stars is about pregnant girlfriends and homosexuality, career plans and the power of parents.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: male friendship
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  8. 10

    Bad Boys

    Strong movie match

    1995 · 119 min · Action · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

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    Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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