Movies Like Friends at Arms: Marching Out
If you liked Friends at Arms: Marching Out (1959), a comedy and war movie directed by Sven Methling, 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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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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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.
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Carry On Sergeant (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and warSergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to…
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Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and warTopper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to…
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Hot Shots! (1991)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and warThe gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to…
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Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyWhen fluffy, bubble gum movie star Megan Valentine suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye, she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident and witlessly enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain…
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Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyDisaster 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…
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Shoulder Arms (1918)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and warAn American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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The Devil's Disciple (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also war and comedyIn a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers…
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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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Major Payne (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyMajor Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian…
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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyA group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
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Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyHer innocent appearance is just a cover for Last Comic Standing winner Iliza Shlesinger's acerbic, stream-of-conscious comedy that she unleashes on an unsuspecting audience in her hometown of Dallas in "War Paint," her…
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Cadet Kelly (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyHyperactive 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.
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Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
★ 7/10Also comedyHawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
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Wrong Cops (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyA group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
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Duplex (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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Playing with Fire (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyA crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and warWhen 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…
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Oscar (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyAngelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…