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The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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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: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, freeze frame
Plot: world war two, world war, pigeon, us military, war, heroes, military, wedding, holocaust, friendship, pregnancy, battles, soldier, genocide, espionage, fall in love, wartime life, against humanity, anti hero, nazi occupation, bare chested male, u.s. army, bathtub, archive footage, anti heroes
Time: year 1944
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
Keyword: american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about war, world war two, military, soldier, heroes, world war and wartime life mostly in War, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Pigeon That Took Rome: McHale's Navy (1962), How I Unleashed World War II (1970), McHale's Navy (1964), Which Way to the Front? (1970), On the Double (1961). 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%
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 ⇓
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Style: slapstick, realistic, not serious, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, three stooges, world war, military, anti hero, disorder, obsessive quest, goofy hero, escapades, misfit, war, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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
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37%
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 ...
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Place: france, england, europe, english channel
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36%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
33%
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My Best Enemy (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, tense, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, friends, friendship, military, wartime life, soldier, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, against humanity, holocaust, nazi ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place: germany, poland, europe, austria
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32%
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
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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 ⇓
31%
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of ...
Style: parody, humorous, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: world war two, farce, satire, dark humor, disorder, german occupation, theater, actor, daring rescue, nazi, gay, war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983
Place: poland, england, germany, middle east, europe
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28%
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the part of Winston Churchill. Their take on the war depicts a handsome Churchill falling ...
Style: parody, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: satire, heroes, fall in love, working undercover, head of state, war, state affairs, undercover, save the world, battles, secret agent, world war two ...
Time: 1940s
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Honey Sweet Love... (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 100 min.
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Style: realistic, serious
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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
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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
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Time: 20th century, year 1943, 1940s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 98 min.
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Plot: world war two, military, colonialism, foreign legion, legion, air force, military life, soldier, showbiz, wartime life, cons and scams, down on your luck ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: contemplative, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: world war two, explosions, prisoner, partner, escape, prison, military life, danger, nothing goes right, buddies, soldier, military ...
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26%
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Duration: 110 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, bleak
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23%
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