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Which Way to the Front? (1970)
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Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis), one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
Style: slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick comedy, cult film
Plot: world war two, three stooges, world war, military, war, heroes, soldier, misfit, escapades, disorder, fish out of water, obsessive quest, goofy hero, heroic mission, anti hero, hitler, millionaire, mistress, american soldier, impersonation, impostor, american abroad, wrestler, playboy, farce ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place: europe, italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and exciting films with plots about military, world war two, war, soldier, heroes, world war and military life mostly in War, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Which Way to the Front?: McHale's Navy (1962), McHale's Navy (1964), The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962), Dad's Army (2016), Two Men Went to War (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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McHale's Navy (1962)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: McHale's Navy is an American sitcom that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from an hour drama called Seven ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, military, ship, navy, pow, u.s. navy, contests and competitions, siblings relations, courtroom drama, cons and scams, military life, battles ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1942
Place: europe, italy, pacific ocean
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100%
McHale's Navy (1964)
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, u.s. navy, war, sea, submarine, boat, japanese navy, beach, gambling, frenchwoman, sailor ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943
Place: pacific ocean
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100%
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, freeze frame
Plot: world war two, world war, pigeon, us military, wedding, anti hero, battles, genocide, friendship, holocaust, pregnancy, wartime life ...
Time: year 1944
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Dad's Army (2016)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Style: not serious, humorous, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: world war two, military, farce, goofy hero, soldier, disorder, misfit, social relations, military life, world war, nazi, friendship ...
Time: 1940s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Two Men Went to War (2002)
Genre: Comedy, War, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, dentist, military life, heroic mission, adventurer, goofy hero, military, officers and cadets, battles, danger, escapades ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france, england, europe, english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 224 min.
Story: How I unleashed World War II is a Polish feature film made in 1969, based on Kazimierz Sławiński's novel "Przygody kanoniera Dolasa" (The adventures of Dolas the cannoneer). The film was divided into three parts: Ucieczka (The ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, foreign legion, military, soldier, military life, war, polish, love letter, mistaken identity, coincidence, comedy of errors, hapless soldier ...
Time: 20th century
Place: poland, africa, europe, italy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
A Man Called Sarge (1990)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the midst of WWII, a group of half-witted soldiers lead by a slightly smarter sergeant, battle the Germans and especially Von Kraut in the desert.
Style: parody, independent film, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, military, cannon, french foreign legion, world war, battles, disorder, heroes, soldier, goofy hero, escapades, war ...
Time: year 1942
Place: africa
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55%
How I Won the War (1967)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Style: humorous, witty, clever, black comedy, parody ...
Plot: world war two, the beatles, working class, politics, war, world war, satire, british, death, ss, singer, machine gun ...
Time: 1940s, year 1967
Place: africa, europe, middle east, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Ensign Pulver (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous, witty ...
Plot: world war two, military, world war, love, sea, hippie, military life, u.s. navy, island, sailor, ocean, power relations ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Normandy (2011)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot: soldier, military, heroes, family relations, battles, lovers on the run, danger, escapades, d day, world war two, chase, tank ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: During World War II, two French civilians and a downed English Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must ...
Style: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, french resistance, war, soldier, danger, rescue, world war, house painter, royal air force, nazi occupied france, on the road ...
Time: 1940s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, feel good
Plot: escape, world war, prisoner, world war two, heist, villa, nobility, anti hero, disorder, troublemaker, danger, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, year 1943, 1940s
Place: italy, tunisia, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Roses of the Desert (2006)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all ...
Style: thought provoking, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: world war two, friendship, desert, bedouin, military, state affairs, muslim, international relations, italian soldier, friends, soldier, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Elusive Corporal (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: world war two, explosions, prisoner, partner, escape, prison, military life, danger, nothing goes right, buddies, soldier, military ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, pow, prison, military, espionage, world war, aviation, prisoner, machine gun, prison escape, military prison, tunnel ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, europe, london, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, exciting, culinary ...
Plot: wine, world war two, rise to the top, holocaust, mayor, small town, military, fighting the system, escapades, war, anti semitism, italian fascism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: military, soldier, fish out of water, military base, humour, sergeant, u.s. military, us military, silly humor, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Ardennes Fury (2014)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, battles, danger, heroes, platoon, world war, scarecrow, tough heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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In the Army Now (1994)
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, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, friendship, boot camp, redemption, justice, u.s. army, fish out of water, war, save the day, against the odds, military life, goofy hero ...
Time: 90s
Place: middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Storming Juno (2010)
Genre: History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Storming Juno is a film based on the remarkable and determined actions of a handful of young Canadian men who stormed Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. D-Day.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: military, world war two, soldier, d day, heroic mission, battle zone, danger, infantry, bunker, invasion, world war, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, france, normandy, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety ...
Style: independent film, exciting, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, war, world war, elephant, cannon, prisoner, railway, escape, satire, animal life, battles, anti war ...
Time: year 1969
Place: europe, germany, swiss alps, switzerland
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49%
A Farewell to Fools (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Romania, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set during World War II, somewhere in Eastern Europe. A German soldier is found dead near the village. The local authorities must find the culprit, or they will be all shot by the Nazis the morning after. There's no way to find the guilty one, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, moral dilemma, wartime life, farce, comedy of errors, hopes, human nature, mentally challenged, misfit, dark humor, disorder, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: romania, germany, transylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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1941 (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: It's been six days since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Panic grips California, supposedly the next target of the Japanese forces. Everywhere in California, people are suffering from war nerves. Chaos erupts all over the state. An Army Air Corps ...
Style: humorous, slapstick comedy, funny, satirical, cult classic ...
Plot: world war two, submarine, u.s. army, tank, soldier, military, wartime, heroic mission, romantic rivalry, skinny dipping, riot, lust ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, year 1979, 20th century
Place: pearl harbor, los angeles, california, japan, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Hardly Working (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he ...
Style: slapstick, realistic, witty, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: clown, androgyny, workplace, disorder, circus, goofy hero, starting over, chaos and mayhem, down on your luck, unemployment, silly humor, stupidity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Lt. Commander Finchhaven, a ghostly relic from the First World War, he had fallen down dead drunk on his first assignment and been consigned from the great beyond to sail the seas until a further opportunity arises to redeem his actions. During the ...
Style: not serious, humorous
Plot: world war two, ship, great war, afterlife, ghost, soldier, disorder, supernatural, confined, military, military life, isolation ...
Time: year 1969, 1940s, 20th century
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, ...
Style: laugh out loud, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, world war, surrender, village, soldier, anti war, culture clash, wartime life, officers and cadets, military life, village life, against the odds ...
Time: year 1966, year 1943
Place: italy, sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.4
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On the Double (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip ...
Style: retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, dancing, sergeant, soldier, disguise, military, head of state, dishonesty, war, unsupportive spouse, state affairs, heroes ...
Time: year 1961, year 1944
Place: england, europe, germany, london, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Sadsacks Go to War (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.
Style: fast, slapstick, exciting, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: soldier, farm, prank, chases and races, officers and cadets, world war two, jail cell, military life, silly humor, power relations, disorder, friends ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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My Führer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: world war two, dark humor, hitler, farce, head of state, politics, war, downfall, state affairs, political conspiracy, wartime life, satire ...
Time: 1940s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Company of Heroes (2013)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, military, wartime life, danger, save the day, escapades, heroes, obsessive quest, race against time, heroic mission, against the odds, super weapon ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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