20 movies like Xala, ordered by similarity : Lovers, Happy Lovers!(1954), Walk, Don't Run(1966), The Birds, the Bees and the Italians(1966), Happy Easter(1984), The Marriage Circle(1924), Divorce, Italian Style(1962), Cops and Robbers(1973), Andy Hardy Comes Home(1958), Weekend(1967), Dave(1993), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(1967), Dinner at Eight(1933) ...
Comedy
1975
120 Minutes
Thierno Leye Seune Samb Younouss Seye
businessman wife witch doctor cheeky madcap playful amusing senegal capitol government building corruption curse revolution political intrigue impotence deception quest wretched excess 1960s
A Senegalese businessman (Thierno Leye) needs a cure for impotence after grandly acquiring a third wife.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
Comedy
1966
114 Minutes
Cary Grant Samantha Eggar Jim Hutton John Standing Miiko Taka Ted Hartley Ben Astar George Takei Teru Shimada Holger Abro
businessman roommate athlete fiancé tourist industrialist charming amusing tokyo apartment embassy olympic games business matchmaking housing shortage deception romance quest love 1960s
A British businessman (Cary Grant) shares an apartment with a U.S. athlete (Jim Hutton) and a diplomat's fiancee (Samantha Eggar) during the Tokyo Olympics.
Comedy
Italy|France
1966
115 Minutes
Virna Lisi Gastone Moschin Nora Ricci Alberto Lionello Olga Villi Franco Fabrizi Beba Loncar Gigi Ballista
doctor underage girl wife mistress father cashier amusing sultry cheeky playful italy small town doctor's office bedroom bank café sex infidelity small-town life secrets
Three stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.
Comedy
France
1984
96 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie Laforêt Sophie Marceau Rosy Varte Michel Beaune Marie-Christine Descouard Dominique Teboul Francis Darmon
businessman wife mistress husband mother cheeky playful madcap france bedroom dinner party deception infidelity mistaken identity love triangle forbidden love temptation rivalry 1980s
Industrial tycoon Stéphane Margelle is an incorrigible lady's man. Caught by his wife Sophie in company of a charming young lady, Julie, he rushes to introduce the young woman as his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Florence Vidor Monte Blue Marie Prevost Creighton Hale Adolphe Menjou Harry Myers Dale Fuller Esther Ralston
professor wife husband best friend doctor private investigator playful cheeky spirited vienna apartment party living room office flirtation marriage infidelity deception investigation false accusations
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Dr. Braun's colleague, Dr. Mueller, who has had... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy
1962
104 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Daniela Rocca Stefania Sandrelli Leopoldo Trieste Odoardo Spadaro Margherita Girelli
baron wife cousin painter hilarious playful italy village beach adultery forbidden love deception marriage divorce quest 1960s
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
89 Minutes
Cliff Gorman Joseph Bologna Dick Ward Gayle Gorman George Harris II Randy Jurgensen Lucy Martin Nino Ruggeri John P. Ryan
police officer partner mafia boss secretary wife businessman playful hilarious endearing new york city central park bank bus police station parade heist mafia greed crime police corruption
Two disillusioned New York City policemen plan a ten million dollar robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Comedy
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Patricia Breslin Fay Holden Cecilia Parker Sara Haden Joey Forman Jerry Colonna Vaughn Taylor Frank Ferguson Teddy Rooney
attorney wife son mother sister businessman cheery amusing small town midwest homecoming corruption reputation family business helping others rivalry quest 1950s
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1967
103 Minutes
Mireille Darc Jean Yanne Jean-Pierre Kalfon Valerie Lagrange Paul Gégauff Virginie Vignon Jean Eustache Ernest Menzer Jean-Pierre Léaud
husband wife saint madcap frenetic amusing france countryside paris weekend getaway marriage murder accident adultery adventure quest 1960s
A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.
Comedy
1993
110 Minutes
Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver Frank Langella Ben Kingsley Kevin Dunn Ving Rhames Charles Grodin Faith Prince Laura Linney Bonnie Hunt Parley Baer
president first lady impostor political consultant press officer secret service agent amusing confident playful suspenseful madcap washington, d.c. white house office ballroom bedroom capitol building impersonation propaganda deception
White House aides draft a down-to-earth double (Kevin Kline) to impersonate the president, who has had a stroke.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1967
119 Minutes
Robert Morse Michele Lee Rudy Vallee Anthony "Scooter" Teague Maureen Arthur John Myhers Carol Worthington Kay Reynolds Ruth Kobart Sammy Smith Jeff DeBenning
businessman secretary executive amusing lighthearted cheery new york city office success business romance ambition love quest rise 1960s
Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
Comedy
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe Henri Letondal Robert Cornthwaite Larry Keating Douglas Spencer Esther Dale Joseph Mell
chemist secretary businessman chimpanzee wife wild amusing madcap playful laboratory car skating rink office youth science medical experiments confusion immortality transformation temptation
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Comedy
France
1981
129 Minutes
Philippe Noiret Isabelle Huppert Jean-Pierre Marielle Stéphane Audran Irene Skobline Eddy Mitchell Guy Marchand
police chief wife criminal brother-in-law teacher lover brooding gritty amusing senegal family home police station small town vigilantism crime love triangle transformation wretched excess revenge 1960s
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
Comedy
USA
1971
82 Minutes
Woody Allen Louise Lasser Carlos Montalban Natividad Abascal Jacobo Morales Miguel Suarez David Ortiz Angleró Rene Enriquez Jack Axelrod Charlotte Rae Stanley Ackerman
suitor revolutionary pretty woman activist amusing madcap cheeky new york city jungle san marcos activism revolution rebellion dating new love love underdog transformation 1970s
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Comedy
USA
1964
130 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Romy Schneider Edward G. Robinson Michael Connors Dorothy Provine Neil Hamilton Joyce Jameson Anne Seymour
ad executive boss heiress wife amusing airy madcap suburbia san francisco money morality deception advertising marriage sacrifice discovery forbidden love 1960s
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.
Comedy
USA
1963
147 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Jack Lemmon Lou Jacobi Herschel Bernardi Joan Shawlee Hope Holiday Bill Bixby Grace Lee Whitney
police officer prostitute pimp amusing playful paris france love romance prostitution deception love quest 1960s
In Paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2003
108 Minutes
Helen Mirren Julie Walters John Alderton Linda Bassett Annette Crosbie Philip Glenister Ciarán Hinds Celia Imrie Geraldine James Penelope Wilton George Costigan
wife friend husband photographer director cheeky heartwarming amusing uplifting yorkshire hospital household england hollywood, calif. friendship romance business activism fame quest
A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.
Comedy
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Myrna Loy Albert Conti Luis Alberni Jobyna Howland Jackie Searle Frank Reicher
professor baron baroness mistress scientist student dark amusing paris classroom laboratory apartment business blackmail deception corruption science government transformation fall
An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Susan Sarandon Vincent Gardenia David Wayne Allen Goorwitz Austin Pendleton Charles Durning Harold Gould Herbert Edelman
editor journalist fugitive girlfriend prostitute bumbler amusing cheeky madcap offbeat witty intense chicago newsroom prison train station newspapers journalism deception set-up
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.