Movies Like In the Navy

If you liked In the Navy (1941), a comedy and music movie directed by Arthur Lubin, 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
Buck Privates (1941)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music
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…
2
Yellow Submarine (1968)
★ 7.2/10Also music and 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.
3
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and war
A 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…
4
Duck Soup (1933)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and war
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
5
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
★ 6/10Also comedy and music
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.
6
Carry On Sergeant (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and war
Sergeant 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…
7
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and war
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident…
8
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and music
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
9
Block-Heads (1938)
★ 7/10Also comedy and war
It'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…
10
Head (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music
In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
11
Love Happy (1949)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and music
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
12
Shoulder Arms (1918)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and war
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
13
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and music
The 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.
14
The Blues Brothers (1980)
★ 7.7/10Also music and comedy
Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised.
15
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy and war
After 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.
16
Connie and Carla (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and music
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... disguised as drag queens…
17
A Song Is Born (1948)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music
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…
18
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and war
When 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…
19
The Great Dictator (1940)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy and war
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
20
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer…