Movies Like Loafing and Camouflage (1984)

Loafing and Camouflage is a 1984 comedy film from Nikos Perakis with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Sirens in the Aegean and Uranya.

Comedy

Sirens in the Aegean

2005

A group of Greek solders, who serve their military service in Kos, is sent to guard the skerry of Pitta. Everything looked normal until a Turkish boat disembarks 4 castaways on Pitta.

5.9

MagicScore

Uranya

2006

A group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love.

5.9

MagicScore

Z

1969

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.

7.8

MagicScore

The Christmas Tango

2011

At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.

7.0

MagicScore

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband

1965

When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..

7.3

MagicScore

Maiden's Cheek

1959

Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. His students, daughters of rich Athenian families, are very spoilt making his and the other teachers work difficult. When he starts implementing discipline in his class, the girls use every means to get rid of him. But the most undisciplined, Lisa Papastavrou, falls in love with him.

6.9

MagicScore

Safe Sex

1999

A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.

6.5

MagicScore

The Summer with Carmen

2023

While having a day-long swim at Athens’ queer beach, best friends Demosthenes and Nikitas recall the events of a recent summer in the prospect of turning them into a screenplay for Nikitas’ feature debut.

6.5

MagicScore

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935

Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...

6.3

MagicScore

#10

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

1961

After the death of Captain Thémistocle Paparanic, Captain Haddock's old friend, he inherits a ship called the Golden Fleece. Once Tintin and the captain arrive in Istanbul, where the ship is anchored, they meet Mr. Karabine, a businessman who stubbornly insists on buying it even though it is in a dilapidated state.

6.1

MagicScore

#11

Socrates

1971

A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

The Burglars

1971

In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Phaedra

1962

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.

5.7

MagicScore

#14

Boy on a Dolphin

1957

Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.

5.5

MagicScore

#15

The Red Chapel

2010

Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Repentance

1987

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

The Beautician and the Beast

1997

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Animal Farm

2026

A group of farm animals rise up against their neglectful owner, dreaming of equality and freedom. But as the pigs take control, the revolution turns into tyranny, with truth rewritten and dissent crushed.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Freelance

2023

An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle where they must survive.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

2014

In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Loafing and Camouflage?

The top films similar to Loafing and Camouflage by MovieMagicScore are Sirens in the Aegean (5.9), Uranya (5.9), Z (7.8). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Loafing and Camouflage worth watching?

Loafing and Camouflage holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 32 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Loafing and Camouflage?

Loafing and Camouflage (1984) is a comedy film directed by Nikos Perakis, starring Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Stavros Xenidis.

Where can I find more recommendations like Loafing and Camouflage?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Loafing and Camouflage

This ranked list pairs Loafing and Camouflage (1984), a comedy film from Nikos Perakis, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nikos Kalogeropoulos take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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