Movies like Advance to the Rear
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Advance to the Rear (1964)
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Genre: Comedy, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Slapstick rules in this 1964 Civil War comedy about miltary misfits and their incompetent commanders. Directed by George Marshall, and starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Jesse Pearson, Michael Pate, James Griffith, Preston Foster, Yvonne Craig and the ever ubiquitous Whit Bissell.
Style:
funny, retro
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, blonde, woman with a gun, spy, female spy, male female relationship, manipulative woman, femme fatale, male male relationship, cavalry, female sexual predator, farce, damsel in distress, u.s. cavalry, street shootout, long hair, riverboat
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Most similar movies to Advance to the Rear
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out funny, realistic, retro and humorous films with plots about horse, gun, civil war, gunfight, cowboy, violence and american civil war mostly in Western, Comedy and War genres. Some movies like Advance to the Rear: A Time for Killing (1967), The Red Badge of Courage (1974), Texas Across the River (1966), The Rounders (1965), Chuka: The Gunfighter (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, retro
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, rape, escape, fortress, soldier, prosecution, hostage, battles, old west, heroes, military ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
utah, arizona, new mexico, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
During the Civil War, a young man enthusiastically joins the Union army thirsting to find glory and honor, but his first battle opens his eyes to reality.....
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, battles, union soldier, flashback, horse, confederate soldier, forest, corpse, cowardice, young soldier, taunting ...
Place:
virginia
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor. Don Andrea flees across the river to Texas, where he meets up with Sam Hollis and his Indian ...
Style:
funny, parody, exciting, humorous, not serious ...
Plot:
snake, old west, duel, indian war, comanche indian, romantic rivalry, native american, friends, heroes, rivalry, buddies, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
texas, austin texas, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of ...
Style:
funny, realistic, not serious, humorous, buddy movie ...
Plot:
rodeo, gambling, rodeo cowboy, cowboy, drunken man, horse ranch, stubbornness, animal training, on the road, hopes, ambition, buddies ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
nevada, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.
Style:
retro
Plot:
fort, indian attack, civil war, cavalry, fistfight, native american attack, indian war, native american, winter, gunfighter, indian tribe, discipline ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
Style:
funny, retro
Plot:
marriage, son, forced marriage, ranch, bar fight, mail order bride
Place:
montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: France, Italy, Canada, USA
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Virginia Tregan returns to her home in the U.S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, plantation, southern belle, farm, southerner, deep south
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Style:
funny, semi serious, humorous, epic, offbeat ...
Plot:
native american, wagon train, indian war, miner, cavalry, tough heroes, friends, republican, injustice, escapades, heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, iconoclastic, battles, war, buddies, military, rivalry, soldier, society, heroes, friends ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, tennessee, usa, louisiana, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Family, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A period piece about the McIver family trying to protect there home from Civil War deserters. Actor Jodie Foster, then approximately 8, plays Suellen McIver. Actor Mitch Vogel, Jamie, is their protector.
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, combat, street fight, musket, old west, mountain lion, frontier town, gunfight, outlaw gang, justice, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended. Director Gottfried Reinhardt's 1965 comedy stars Alec Guinness, Robert Redford and Michael Connors.
Style:
sad, retro
Plot:
world war two, captive, new world, alternate reality, pow, pilot
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, Western, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Scavengers Were Rotten to the Core - Thoroughly Disgusting, And Had a Serious Freudian Problem... You'll Probably Love Them
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, erotica, u.s. civil war, sergeant, train robbery, captain, rape, female nudity, murder, nude, blaxploitation ...
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arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Secret agent April Flower and her earnest if hapless sidekick Basil time-travel from London in 1969 to 2019 in pursuit of their nemesis, the evil Dr. Mean. The beautiful but evil Dr. Mean intends to take over the world by means of a love potion that ...
Plot:
woman with a gun, spy, female spy, nude, female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian sex, lesbian, erotica, sex scene, bare breasts, female full frontal nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.
Style:
factual, tense, poignant, touching, affectionate ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, military, anti war, bittersweet, war, interracial relations, father son relationship, revolution, finnish, divorce, brothers ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing ...
Style:
political, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, maverick, gunrunner, power struggle, resistance, fictional history, cowboy, revolution, historical figure, injustice, right hand man, tough heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe's brother is killed unjustly by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Joe decides to join a group of Southerners determined to resist till the end. Joe is considered an outlaw and a reward is ...
Plot:
civil war, gang, cowboys and outlaws, cowboy, violence, blonde, criminal, american civil war, murder, attempted rape, gunslinger, gunfighter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style:
harsh, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
american civil war, betrayal, vengeance, civil war, revenge, gunfight, justice, colonel, brutality, redemption, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
texas, ireland, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams the Old West seeking justice. His resolve is tested when he meets a determined pioneer woman who is far more than she seems.
Style:
rough, tense, brutal, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, gunslinger, escape, sheriff, morality, fight, gunfight, veteran, old west, notoriety, chase ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. He makes the ...
Style:
parody, funny, feel good, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, satire, violence, courage, farce, fighting the system, greed, honest, kids and family, small town, redemption, race issues ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
colorado, california, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the US Cavalry, Rance and his gang will take over the West. Meanwhile, a Boston magazine gets wind of the buffalo slaughter and sends editor Kenneth ...
Style:
funny, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
three stooges, female gunfighter, damsel in distress, jesse james, smoking, billy the kid, outlaw gang, gang member, u.s. cavalry, held at gunpoint, cigar smoking
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
This 1974 made-for-TV sequel to Skin Game (1971) brings back Lou Gossett, Jr. as Jason, with Larry Hagman taking over the role of Quince, played by James Garner in the first film. On the lam from their most recent scam, Quince and Jason find ...
Style:
funny
Plot:
bounty hunter, slavery, scam, prison escape, con artists, american south, dynamite, bound and gagged
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to ...
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Plot:
native american, slavery, cowboy, satire, chase, heroes, interracial relations, gang, vengeance, rivalry, society, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
latin america, australia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only ...
Style:
funny
Plot:
horse, airplane, criminal, robbery, escape, train, small western town, cowboys and indians, crooked sheriff, cowboy, lawman, street shootout ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 273 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, murder, rape, paraplegic, suicide, suffocation, sister sister relationship, empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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:
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Place:
new england, russia, england, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Those "naughty stewardesses" are at it again! But this time they’ve turned in their Mile High Club sky miles for a sexy, rousing, Old West-styled adventure on a dude ranch. Punchin’ cattle and breakin’ stallions are the last things ...
Style:
funny, sexy, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, hot
Plot:
erotica, stewardess, woman with a gun, sexual awakening, sexual attraction, sexploitation, female nudity, lust, exploitation, sex, sex scene, nude ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harrassed by Confederate marauders.
Plot:
civil war, grandparents, civil war veteran, american civil war, violence, accomplice, marauder, ex soldier, u.s. civil war, cowboy, post civil war, small western town ...
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41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In old-west Texas, the cavalry's horses can't take the heat. So the military sends them camels instead, and assigns one man to convince the unit that the camels are a good idea.
Style:
funny, cult film
Audience:
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Plot:
horse, gunfight, criminal, hiding place, prison escape, cavalry, grandfather, lieutenant, experiment, old west, sergeant, artillery ...
Time:
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Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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