Comedies involving Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 38 years old.
Johnny Stecchino
      1991 | Italy | Laughs: 6.3 (Watch Once) | imdb: 7.2
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Italian, with Roberto Benigni. An innocent guy is seduced by a mafia woman because he is the spitting image of her husband, who is in hiding. (Last viewed: August 2009)

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Roberto Benigni was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 31 years old.
Nothing Left to Do but Cry (Non ci resta che piangere)
      1984 | Italy | Laughs: 4.0 | imdb: 7.7
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On a rainy night, two friends somehow find themselves transported to the year 1492, where they struggle to adapt to the customs of the time. This extremely goofy movie made me smile, and might even had made me laugh if I'd known the dialects spoken by the protagonists.

(Last viewed: March 2021)

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Roberto Benigni was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 52 years old.
The Tiger and the Snow (La Tigre e la Neve)
      2005 | Italy | Laughs: 2.5 | imdb: 7.1
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This movie truly sits somewhere on the border between comedy and tragedy. On the one hand you have Roberto Benigni playing his usual character, bringing abundant smiles. On the other hand you have war and a loved one at the edge of death. In my view this is a terrific movie—but save it for a day when you're in the mood for romantic comedy drama. (Last viewed: July 2014)

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Roberto Benigni was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 45 years old.
The Little Devil (Il Piccolo Diavolo)
      1998 | Italy | Laughs: 2.4 (Just Awful) | imdb: 7.0
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Since discovering Roberto Benigni in Down By Law in 1986, seeking to relive that "first high", I've remembered him as funnier than he's been in any other movie I've seen him in. This one is no exception. Though it's not a roarer, it does have a few laughs and it's probably the best of the "other" Benigni movies I've seen. Two points in the film's favor are the presence of the one and only John Lurie (who also played in Down By Law) and the photography by Robby Müller, my favorite cinematographer (he shot Down By Law as well as Paris Texas, which also happened to feature John Lurie). To watch only if you're a cinephile with an interest in one of these names. (Last viewed: February 2012)

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Roberto Benigni was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 41 years old.
The Monster (Il Mostro)
      1994 | Italy | Laughs: 2.1 (Just Awful) | imdb: 7.5
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Italian movie with Roberto Benigni. A weak introduction, good moments as it ramps up, then it gets so crass that we stopped watching. (Last viewed: August 2009)

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