Movies Like Pack Up Your Troubles
If you liked Pack Up Your Troubles (1939), a war and comedy movie directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, 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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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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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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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also 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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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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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 Red Badge of Courage (1951)
★ 6.4/10Also warHenry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice…
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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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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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Block-Heads (1938)
★ 7/10Also comedy and warIt's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been…
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The Alamo (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also warThe legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
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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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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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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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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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Woody Woodpecker (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyWoody Woodpecker enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.
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The Silencers (1966)
★ 6/10Also comedyMatt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.
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Attack Force Z (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also warSent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the…
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Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyYet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save…
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The Air Up There (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyJimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home…