Movies Like Operation Petticoat

If you liked Operation Petticoat (1959), a comedy and war movie directed by Blake Edwards, 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
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and war
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
2
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and war
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of…
3
The Navigator (1924)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance
The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon…
4
The General (1926)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and war
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The…
5
Just Go with It (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance
While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies…
6
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…
7
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…
8
Cactus Flower (1969)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
9
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…
10
Love Is in the Air (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
11
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.
12
Hot Shots! (1991)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and war
The 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…
13
Hollywood Stargirl (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance
When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.
14
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and war
Topper 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…
15
This Means War (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
16
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and war
Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
17
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and war
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
18
50 First Dates (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and…
19
Out to Sea (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and…
20
All for Love (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy
When a romance novelist is teamed with a Navy SEAL as research for her book, by a mandate from her publisher, she is less than thrilled and he is more than honest. However, as she works with the SEAL, she has a change…