Movies Like Passport to Destiny
If you liked Passport to Destiny (1944), a comedy and war movie directed by Ray McCarey, 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.
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All Through the Night (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyBroadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
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The Great Dictator (1940)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy and warDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
★ 6.5/10Also warWorld War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the…
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and warA 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…
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A Night in Casablanca (1946)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyThe Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
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One, Two, Three (1961)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyIn Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she…
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy and warAfter the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
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The Desert Rats (1953)
★ 6.3/10Also warIn North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to…
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The Producers (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyA conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money…
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The Sea Wolves (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also warA German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold…
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The Enemy Below (1957)
★ 7.2/10Also warThe crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.
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49th Parallel (1941)
★ 7/10Also warIn the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into…
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Buck Privates (1941)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and warPetty 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…
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
★ 6.8/10Also warIn March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
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The Best of Enemies (1961)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and warDuring World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the…
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The Producers (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyA conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money…
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Airplane! (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyAn ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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Duck Soup (1933)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and warRufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
★ 7/10Also warCaptain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and warThe working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.