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Movies that feel likeJohnny Stecchino (1991)

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

If you loved Johnny Stecchino, the closest films we have are Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Igby Goes Down (2002) and Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003). All three share Johnny Stecchino's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Obvious Child (2014).

🍅 46% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Roberto Benigniwittyplayfulromantic
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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%★ 7.2comedy · romance

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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Igby Goes Down
2002 · dir. Burr Steers
🍅 75%★ 6.8comedy · dramaPrime Video

Common ground: falling in love

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Johnny Stecchino does

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Lisbela and the Prisoner
2003 · dir. Guel Arraes
★ 7.6comedy · romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

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You've Got Mail
1998 · dir. Nora Ephron
🍅 69%★ 6.8comedy · romanceParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: falling in love

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

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Dragons Forever
1988 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 67%★ 7.1action · comedy · romance

Both are built on the same subject: gangster

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

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Definitely, Maybe
2008 · dir. Adam Brooks
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romanceApple TV+

Both lean on play more than on comedy

When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Both sit in the same romantic register

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

Both work the same wit

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · dir. Beeban Kidron
🍅 27%★ 6comedy · romanceParamount+Starz

Both run playful where it counts

Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, while on assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver, claiming to be reformed, Bridget questions if she has everything she's ever dreamed of having.

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My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 75%★ 6.4comedy · romanceParamount+

A streak of romance through both

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

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She's Out of My League
2010 · dir. Jim Field Smith
🍅 57%★ 6.4romance · comedyParamount+

Comedy in the same key

When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.

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