Movies and TV shows like Dad's Army

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Dad's Army (1968)
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Dad's Army (1968)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Style: sitcom, humorous, hilarious, realistic, not serious, slapstick, fun
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, soldier, captain, sergeant, volunteer, british military, seaside town, war, military, commander, military base, warden, military life, disorder, hapless, hapless soldier, army, wartime, leadership, british army, butcher, british soldier, bank manager, scolding, city ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place: england, europe, united kingdom
Keyword: bbc

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Most similar movies to Dad's Army

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and not serious films and TV series with plots about disorder, british humour, soldier, military, military life, world war two and satire mostly in Comedy, War and Drama genres. Some movies like Dad's Army: 'Allo 'Allo! (1982), Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974), Are You Being Served? Again! (1992), Porridge (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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'Allo 'Allo! (1982)
Genre: Comedy, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. The story is set up in a small town café in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, dark comedy, double entendre ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, german army, farce, cafe, french resistance, satire, world war, soldier, cooking show, girl, lgbt, partisan ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france, europe
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 5.2
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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 ⇓
100%
 6.9
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Dad's Army (1971)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film ...
Plot: world war two, seaside town, veteran, soldier, bomb, retirement, accident
Time: 1940s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: It is 1917, and lunatic General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett is leading the British troops at the front lines against the Germans, while everyone waits for Field Marshall Haig's big push. There are various emotions throughout the camp ...
Style: humorous, political, hilarious, controversial, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war one, great war, satire, spy, dark humor, war, british army, wartime, love, humour, soldier, insanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: britain, england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Style: sitcom, entertaining, controversial
Plot: world war two, army, military, native, coward, colony, captain, singer, satire, colonel, pianist, sergeant ...
Time: 1940s, future
Place: india, asia, southeast asia, burma
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100%
Are You Being Served? Again! (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Grace & Favour is a British sitcom sequel to the long-running series Are You Being Served? It aired on BBC1 for two series from 1992 to 1993 and marked the return of Are You Being Served? creators and writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, double entendre
Plot: countryside, partner, disorder, social relations, estate, staff, retired, unlikely partners, nothing goes right, human nature, workplace, family business ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Porridge (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard ...
Style: sitcom, talky, semi serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience: kids
Plot: prison, warden, christmas, convict, imprisonment, judge, sketch, theft, manipulation, security guard, disorder, dentist ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC 2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the ...
Style: sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: sketch, silly humor, partner, disorder, friends, odd couple, artists and showbiz, comedy team, duo, celebrity guests
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Still Open All Hours (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Still Open All Hours is a sitcom set in a grocer's shop. It is a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: store, family relations, workplace, workplace situations, parents and children, family business, friendship, cooking show, storekeeper, salesman, customer, photograph ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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On the Buses (1969)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: On the Buses is a British comedy programme created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation ...
Style: sitcom, controversial, humorous
Audience: kids
Plot: bus, working class, working conditions, mother, sister, british, working class family, bachelor, bus driver, inspector, marriage, worker
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 63K
M*A*S*H (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, cynical, clever, realistic ...
Plot: medical, doctor, military hospital, korean war, military life, hospital, surgery, friendship, medicine, doctors and patients, anti war, combat casualty ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dad’s Army is Britain’s favourite sitcom but 3 of the original 80 episodes have been lost. Now, using the original scripts by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, those three episodes have been recreated as faithfully as possible and come to the screen ...
Style: feel good, light, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: world war two, wartime, military life, wartime life, military, soldier, military officer, joke, humour, comedy of errors, military training, military base
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.8
 12K
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%
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
⇓ 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%
House of Fools (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Surreal sitcom with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. A series of anarchic affairs featuring the uninvited lodgers and guests that cause chaos and disruption in their home.
Style: sitcom, surreal, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: nothing goes right, disorder, guest, silly humor, uninvited guest, domestic disturbance, british humour, indoor
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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36%
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Siblings (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Each week, through their own selfishness and idiocy, we see Hannah and Dan — the worst brother and sister in the world — spectacularly wreck the lives of those around them — old friends, love interests, family members, and the unlucky ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: siblings relations, sibling relationship, family relations, disorder, silly humor, friendship, everyday life, rivalry
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
35%
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Private Benjamin (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name. The show aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her work on the ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: military life, military, army life, pretty girl, silly humor, strong female presence, military base, fish out of water, comedy of errors, officers and cadets, boot camp, superior officer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Bless Me Father (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila Keith. It was aired on ITV from 1978 until 1981 and described the adventures of an Irish Catholic ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: catholic church, religions or cults, social relations, church, society, clergy, suburban life, suburbs, housekeeper, catholic, british, religion ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1950
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Brittas Empire (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven ...
Style: sitcom, surprise ending, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: satire, workplace, couples, boss and employee, nothing goes right, disorder, workplace situations, silly humor, obnoxious boss, goofy hero, couple relations, receptionist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
34%
The Royal Bodyguard (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Royal Bodyguard is a British television sitcom, written by Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni, and starring David Jason, Geoffrey Whitehead, Tim Downie and Timothy Bentinck. A series of six episodes began on 26 December 2011, concluding on 30 ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: escapades, workplace situations, farce, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, hapless soldier, goofy hero, danger, disorder, workplace, royal family, anti hero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Fast Show (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Fast Show is a multi BAFTA award winning sketch comedy show written and produced by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.
Style: sketch comedy, animated comedy, hilarious, sitcom, fast ...
Plot: sketch, disorder, satire, young heroes, humour, young adult, misfit, nothing goes right, silly humor, absurdism, surrealism, british ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
You Rang, M'Lord? (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: You Rang M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC. The show was a comedy set in the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty
Audience: kids
Plot: servant, domestic servant, master and servant, farce, eccentric family, social differences, family relations, high society, interwar period, household, lifestyle, dishonesty ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Nathan Barley (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Charlie Condou and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, not serious, biting ...
Plot: media satire, goofy hero, lifestyle, stupidity, disorder, satire, journalist, media, designer, gadget, staff, dimwit ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.8
 4K
Uncle (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Andy is a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam - all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself. Not a ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot: responsibility, uncle nephew relationship, family relations, comedy of errors, musician, nothing goes right, youth, escapades, gay, mental health, child care, accident ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Dead Boss (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Helen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges, the managing director of Entirely Tiles. Although she is sure that it will only be a matter of time before this mistake is rectified, everyone around her ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot: prison, false accusation, life turned upside down, fish out of water, prison life, murder, confined, silly humor, disorder, misfit, warden, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Two Ronnies (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Two Ronnies is a British sketch show which aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.
Style: sketch comedy, witty, humorous, sitcom, not serious ...
Plot: sketch, humour, disorder, odd couple, partner, singer, joke, comedy team, singing, duo, fast talker, song ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Friday Night Dinner (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family dinner, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, comedy of errors, socially awkward, disorder, couple relations, marriage, family gatherings, grandparent and grandchild, satire ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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