Military Humor
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1. 1941 (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen
Votes: 36,267 | Gross: $31.76M
2. The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
The daughter of the American ambassador to France comes to the aid of American soldiers after a grumpy U. S. senator thinks about closing off Paris to the servicemen.
Director: Norman Krasna | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 741
3. The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn
Votes: 5,688
4. At War with the Army (1950)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee
Votes: 2,624
5. Biloxi Blues (1988)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker
Votes: 16,503 | Gross: $43.18M
6. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Votes: 25,562 | Gross: $0.35M
7. Cadet Kelly (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A fashion-conscious youngster is horrified when she is forced to move to military school.
Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Hilary Duff, Christy Carlson Romano, Gary Cole, Shawn Ashmore
Votes: 15,458
8. Chasers (1994)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A hapless Navy sailor is assigned SP duty. The catch: he must escort a beautiful female prisoner on her way to prison for going UA. She in turn will try anything to escape.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Tom Berenger, Erika Eleniak, William McNamara, Crispin Glover
Votes: 7,211 | Gross: $1.60M
9. Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976)
R | 88 min | Comedy
When one of her friends goes missing, Chesty and several fellow WAVEs go looking for her and end up in a world of senatorial corruption and Mafia intimidation.
Director: Ed Forsyth | Stars: Shari Eubank, Dorrie Thomson, Rosanne Katon, Marcie Barkin
Votes: 168
10. Combat High (1986 TV Movie)
96 min | Comedy
Maxwell and Perry are forced into military school after they've gone too far.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Keith Gordon, Wallace Langham, George Clooney, Dana Hill
Votes: 1,196
11. Delta Farce (2007)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three bumbling Army reservists bound for Iraq are accidentally dropped at Mexican village besieged by hostile forces.
Director: C.B. Harding | Stars: Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, DJ Qualls, Michael Rose
Votes: 11,505 | Gross: $8.07M
12. Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
During the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer, Mickey Shaughnessy
Votes: 871
13. Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
On a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis
Votes: 857
14. Down Periscope (1996)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days.
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 26,687 | Gross: $25.79M
15. The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
In World War 2 four American sailors are marooned in the Philippines and encounter an old vessel captained by Commander Finchhaven, apparently a relic from WW1. They help him get his engine going and ask him for a passage to Australia.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 833
16. Fearless Fagan (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
A man brings his devoted pet with him when he is drafted into the army. The pet happens to be an adult lion, named Fearless Fagan. Based on a true story.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson
Votes: 379 | Gross: $0.95M
17. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,257,134 | Gross: $330.25M
18. Francis (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,456
19. Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, Gregg Palmer
Votes: 488
20. Francis in the Navy (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Richard Erdman, Jim Backus
Votes: 755
21. Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 396
22. Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White
Votes: 572
23. Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 473
24. Further Up the Creek (1958)
91 min | Comedy
A naval captain has to deal with dodgy dealings by his crew.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton, Frankie Howerd, Thora Hird
Votes: 207
25. G.I. Blues (1960)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer...but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, James Douglas
Votes: 4,453 | Gross: $9.37M
26. The Geisha Boy (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,126
27. The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus
Votes: 591
28. Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976)
92 min | Comedy
Swindler Sergio Konstanza owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky Army reserve unit whose Sergeant has his eye on one of Mr. Hasson's daughters, although ... See full summary »
Director: Assi Dayan | Stars: Yisrael Poliakov, Gavri Banai, Shaike Levi, Nitza Shaul
Votes: 1,527
29. Hit the Deck (1955)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 961
30. The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, War
A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Jim Backus
Votes: 455
31. Hot Shots! (1991)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Comedy
A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 116,635 | Gross: $69.47M
32. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy
"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna
Votes: 97,380 | Gross: $38.91M
33. Come inguaiammo l'esercito (1965)
89 min | Comedy
A sergeant finds out that a GI hides a child in the military barracks. The boy is the son of another soldier who sings in a night club but due to series of misunderstandings the sergeant ... See full summary »
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Remo Germani, Alicia Brandet, Gina Rovere, Umberto D'Orsi
Votes: 65
34. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, War
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart
Votes: 9,212
35. The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy
Russian Captain defects to England, not for politics but due to gender discrimination. English Captain ordered to sell capitalism. Defector argues communism better. They fall in love despite KGB attempts to retrieve her.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 1,260
36. It's a Grand Life (1953)
102 min | Comedy
Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.
Director: John E. Blakeley | Stars: Frank Randle, Diana Dors, Dan Young, Michael Brennan
Votes: 81
37. Jumping Jacks (1952)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Musical
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore
Votes: 1,140 | Gross: $8.80M
38. Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, War
In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 1,267
39. The Last Detail (1973)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young, Clifton James
Votes: 27,952 | Gross: $3.19M
40. Last Flag Flying (2017)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson
Votes: 28,554 | Gross: $0.97M
41. The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, War
Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb, Martha Hyer, France Nuyen
Votes: 451 | Gross: $1.20M
42. Major Payne (1995)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a recently discharged Marine struggles to adjust to civilian life, his commanding officer brings him back to the military to train and lead a group of misfit JORTC cadets.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Bam Bam Bigelow, Joseph Blaire
Votes: 39,016 | Gross: $29.41M
43. McHale's Navy (1997)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy
A retired Navy officer returns to active duty, along with a group of misfit sailors, to battle his former nemesis.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Ernest Borgnine, Debra Messing
Votes: 7,102 | Gross: $4.53M
44. Mister Roberts (1955)
Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 18,240 | Gross: $21.20M
45. Mister Roberts (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyrannical captain to the admiration of Ensign Pulver, Doc, and the crew.
Director: Melvin Bernhardt | Stars: Robert Hays, Kevin Bacon, Raye Birk, Charles Durning
Votes: 154
46. On the Double (1961)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
At the time of the invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British general in order to confuse German spies and assassins in London.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Margaret Rutherford
Votes: 880
47. Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1944, three Navy pilots stationed in Hawaii and a P.R. officer go on a 4-day leave to San Francisco where they party with a good crowd in the executive suite of a busy hotel.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson, Suzy Parker
Votes: 2,178
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