

Movies Like Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells everyone she's his girlfriend, including Marisa, a veterinarian his employees set him up with at the Italian singles club. She's interested in him until he tells her about his girlfriend, then he's persistent in asking her to be his friend. As the friendship bumps along, Jake realizes that reality may be better than fantasy, but what if Isabella changes her mind about Jake, and what if it comes out that Marisa, like Jake, isn't Italian?
Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Unrest

The Wedding Banquet

Italian for Beginners

Married to the Mob

Mambo Italiano

Man About Town

Ossessione

Deconstructing Harry

Pierrot le Fou

The Band's Visit

Letters to Juliet

Puppy Love

Silk Stockings

My Sassy Girl

The Lovers

Little Italy

Sex Appeal

Little Voice

Mandao Returns

Easy Virtue
How Good Is Everybody Wants to Be Italian?
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