SimilarScreen
Avanti!

Avanti!

When someone knocks on your door and says permesso?... be careful before you say Avanti!

19726.92h 18m

Overview

A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Samuel A. Taylor, I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Produced by Billy Wilder
Box OfficeBudget: $2.8MRevenue: $3.0M

Top Cast

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

Juliet Mills

Juliet Mills

Pamela Piggott

Clive Revill

Clive Revill

Carlo Carlucci

Edward Andrews

Edward Andrews

J.J. Blodgett

Gianfranco Barra

Gianfranco Barra

Bruno

Franco Angrisano

Franco Angrisano

Arnoldo Trotta

Pippo Franco

Pippo Franco

Mattarazzo

F

Franco Acampora

Armando Trotta

Giselda Castrini

Giselda Castrini

Anna

R

Raffaele Mottola

Passport Officer

Themes & Keywords

islandloss of loved oneitalybased on play or musical

About Avanti!

Avanti! is a comedy, romance film released in 1972 exploring themes of island, loss of loved one, italy, based on play or musical. Directed by Billy Wilder, it stars Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill. A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

Movies Similar to Avanti!

Discover titles like Avanti! — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to Avanti!

If you enjoyed Avanti!, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Avanti!.

A Good Woman
36% Match

Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play "Lady Windemere's Fan."

Tempest
35% Match

Tempest(1982)

Movie5.9/10

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.

Move Over, Darling
33% Match

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

No Reservations
33% Match

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

Mamma Mia!
31% Match

Mamma Mia!(2008)

Movie7.0/10

A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.

Grease
29% Match

Grease(1978)

Movie7.4/10

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

Trouble in Paradise
28% Match

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

Hamlet Goes Business
27% Match

When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?

La Dolce Villa
27% Match

When his daughter decides to buy a crumbling Tuscan villa, Eric rushes to Italy to talk her out of it — and instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.

Solo Mio
27% Match

Solo Mio(2026)

Movie7.4/10

After Matt's dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding are shattered when his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture, food, and beauty, meeting Gia along the way.

Eagle vs Shark
27% Match

Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.

Anyone But You
26% Match

After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

Closer
26% Match

Closer(2004)

Movie6.8/10

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

Torch Song Trilogy
25% Match

Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arnold believes he has found the love of his life in Alan, and the couple make plans to adopt. But when tragedy strikes, Arnold's life is shaken to its very core, leading to a confrontation with his overbearing mother, who has never approved of her son's lifestyle.