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Movies Like Skirts Ahoy!

If you liked Skirts Ahoy! (1952), a comedy movie directed by Sidney Lanfield, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Yellow Submarine

    Yellow Submarine (1968)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

  2. 2Easy Come, Easy Go

    Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Navy frogman Ted Jackson balances his time between twin careers as a deep-sea diver and nightclub singer. During a dive, Ted spots sunken treasure and returns with the hope to retrieve it.

  3. 3Cadet Kelly

    Cadet Kelly (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.

  4. 4Moana

    Moana (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    Teenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.

  5. 5Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.

  6. 6Buck Privates

    Buck Privates (1941)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only…

  7. 7Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  8. 8The Geisha Boy

    The Geisha Boy (1958)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.

  9. 9The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

    The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores to Victorian London, and from a haplessly smitten scientist to a…

  10. 10Johnny English Strikes Again

    Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep…

  11. 11Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers (1930)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting…

  12. 12The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy duo gets involved in an army supply theft case -- and, of course, gets…

  13. 13Duck Soup

    Duck Soup (1933)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

  14. 14Top Secret!

    Top Secret! (1984)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance…

  15. 15Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

  16. 16A Day at the Races

    A Day at the Races (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of…

  17. 17Airplane!

    Airplane! (1980)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

  18. 18A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born (1948)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want…

  19. 19Paint Your Wagon

    Paint Your Wagon (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp…

  20. 20Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

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