Movies like Stripes
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Stripes (1981)
76K
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, intense, not serious, sex comedy, light, parody, clever, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
military, friendship, boot camp, soldier, basic training, slacker, cold war, u.s. army, teenager, flirting, obstacle course, misfit, satire, irreverence, rescue mission, u.s. military, incompetence, armored car, military enlistment, military life, disorder, female nudity, nude, war, military training ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, italy, milan italy, czechoslovakia, kentucky, west germany
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Most similar movies to Stripes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and feel good films with plots about dialogue, mentor, catastrophe, storytelling, chase, runaway and culture clash mostly in Comedy, War and Sport genres. Some movies like Stripes: Summer Rental (1985), Sgt. Bilko (1996), The Pentagon Wars (1998), Private Benjamin (1980), Meatballs (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
sailing, underdog, summer vacation, screwball, rivalry, on the road, friendship, nothing goes right, love and romance, couples, disorder, couple relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, florida
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
military, gambling, revenge, military base, camp, soldier, disorder, rivalry, cons and scams, disaster, satire, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, las vegas, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, disturbing, humorous, satirical ...
Plot:
soldier, state affairs, undercover, military life, army investigation, government agency, power relations, infantrymen, workplace intrigue, tank, government, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, funny, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
wedding, basic training, boot camp, self discovery, women, paratrooper, fish out of water, transformation, soldier, female soldier, military life, military training ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
belgium, paris france, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
23K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
camp, summer camp, coming of age, teenager, youth, rivalry, nerd, mentor, friends, mischievous children, rich and poor, high school ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, military, submarine, sea, u.s. navy, war, boat, gambling, beach, racehorse, sailor, frenchwoman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the U.S. Army; they just wanted to get a job and make some money. But these new recruits are so hapless, they run the risk of getting kicked out before ...
Style:
humorous, intense, not serious, absurd, parody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
desert, friendship, boot camp, stoners, justice, redemption, u.s. army, fish out of water, save the day, war, goofy hero, military life ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
124K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Style:
humorous, funny, sex comedy, light, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, beer, party, female nudity, marijuana, youth, teenager, revenge, lust, cheerleader, slacker, sex ...
Time:
year 1962, 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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121K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist ...
Style:
funny, light, intense, not serious, parody ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
golf, sport, country club, female nudity, nude girl, teenager, rivalry, husband wife relationship, lust, teenage girl, peeping tom, pregnant teenager ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa, nebraska, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Style:
absurd, humorous, surreal, light, clever ...
Plot:
military, war, media, journalism, farce, satire, reporter, desert, adaptation, sarcasm, new age, drugs ...
Time:
year 1983, year 1973, year 2003
Place:
iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Style:
entertaining, light, semi serious, cynical, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, war, world war two, military, gold, tank, german, nazi, behind enemy lines, escapades, cons and scams, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
baseball, millionaire, lawyer, hotel, childhood, inheritance, photographer, culture clash, destiny, police investigation, fight scenes, money ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, manhattan new york city, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but their lives become entangled when Landry must take the tank Wylie designed into combat. Wylie is waiting for his employer to go out of business when he ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, semi serious, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american soldier, espionage, happy ending, engineer, undercover, witnessing a crime, heroes, secret agents, fighting the system, save the day, heroic mission, spy ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984
Place:
middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
74K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Style:
satirical, humorous, talky, witty, funny ...
Plot:
military, nurse, satire, camp, anti war, surgeon, sexism, american football, dark humor, war, korean war, surgery ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 20th century, year 1951
Place:
korea, canada, north korea, vietnam, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour ...
Style:
humorous, funny, talky, light, intense ...
Plot:
pimp, friendship, prostitution, sex club, morgue, cons and scams, nightlife, misfit, elevator, undercover, neighbor, extortion ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sex comedy, funny, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, nerd, sex, teenager, prank, high school, sorority, youth, bullying, cheerleading, cheerleader, college freshman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
usa, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
87K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, feel good, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bowling, sport, buddies, road trip, on the road, older woman younger man, mentor, culture clash, fish out of water, against the odds, contests and competitions, prodigy ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
100K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
childhood, teenager, parents and children, when the parents are away, happy ending, unlikely friendships, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children, child care, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
wisconsin, california, chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, absurd, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
camp, family vacation, raccoon, bear, wilderness, holiday, family relations, nothing goes right, disorder, parents and children, friendship, youth ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, california, usa, chicago illinois, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
Style:
funny, political, touching, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
submarine, cold war, island, culture clash, communism, stranded, espionage, friendship, satire, boat, russian, survival ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new england, russia, england, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
Style:
humorous, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, clever, parody ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
car, coming of age, teenager, cheerleader, drag racing, high school, gang, culture clash, nerd, revenge, nude, redemption ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1965
Place:
beverly hills, california, vietnam, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, melancholic, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, pilot, heroes, military, aviation, military life, destiny, justice, battle zone, society, idealism, war ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
southeast asia, laos, vietnam, cambodia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
236K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
college, party, friendship, beer, fraternity, youth, caught cheating, teenager, high school, disorder, college life, college student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, los angeles, canada, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
624K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Style:
funny, humorous, buddy comedy, buddy movie, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, marijuana, teddy bear, silly humor, party, bear, sarcasm, toys, friends, drugs, young woman, talking animals ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2012, year 1985, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, sexy, sexual, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
sex, teenager, high school, nude girl, voyeur, school, nude, prank, teenage sex, snake, male nudity, revenge ...
Time:
80s, 50s
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Movies like Police Academy
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Follows Andy, who needs to hook up with a hottie, pronto, because he hasn't had sex in... well, forever - and his luck isn't the only thing that's hard. His equally horny teenage roommates also need it superbad, and with the help of ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, sexy, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
virginity, absurdism, stupidity, teenage life, youth, buddies, misfit, looking for sex, disorder, adaptation, fight scenes, lone hero ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dray is a young playboy whose only objective in life seems to be to have sex with as many girls as he can without getting caught by his girlfriend Lisa. Dray's sister Jenny and her friend Katrina plan to show him that the way he lives is wrong ...
Style:
humorous, intense, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, teenager, battle of the sexes, farce, infidelity, friends, looking for sex, catastrophe, first contact, adaptation, alter ego ...
Time:
90s
Place:
malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style:
funny, parody, light, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
police, police academy, chase, officers and cadets, dumb, farce, recruit, justice, rookie, instructor, cadet, mentor ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
israel, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Style:
funny, light, humorous, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
insurance, friendship, justice, dysfunctional family, happy ending, greed, adultery, adaptation, life philosophy, road trip, friends, goofy hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa, usa, california, las vegas, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick, reluctant recipient of a bachelor bash given by a group of friends who view partying as their full-time religion. Rick's worried fiancée, ...
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
wedding, party, bachelor party, group of friends, sex, nude, fiance fiancee relationship, hotel room, farce, male stripper, prostitute, lust ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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