Movies Like Best Defense

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Beast

1988·1h 51m·★ 7.3·Kevin Reynolds

Fans also likedStarring George Dzundza

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommends

Full Metal Jacket

1987·1h 57m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommends

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964·1h 35m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

Fans also likedComedy & War

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

TMDB recommends

Kelly's Heroes

1970·2h 24m·★ 7.6·Brian G. Hutton

Fans also likedComedy & War

In China They Eat Dogs

1999·1h 31m·★ 7.3·Lasse Spang Olsen

TMDB recommends

Stolen Kisses

1968·1h 30m·★ 7.5·François Truffaut

TMDB recommends

300

2007·1h 57m·★ 7.6·Zack Snyder

TMDB recommends

Little Boy

2015·1h 46m·★ 7.3·Alejandro Monteverde

Fans also likedComedy & War

Hopscotch

1980·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Ronald Neame

TMDB recommends

Paradise Now

2005·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Hany Abu-Assad

TMDB recommends

Pearl Harbor

2001·3h 3m·★ 6.3·Michael Bay

TMDB recommends

The Pentagon Wars

1998·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Richard Benjamin

Fans also likedComedy & War

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970·2h 19m·★ 7.2·Stanley Kramer

Fans also likedComedy & War

Box of Moonlight

1996·1h 52m·★ 7.1·Tom DiCillo

TMDB recommends

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944·1h 38m·★ 7.5·Preston Sturges

Fans also likedComedy & War

Days of Glory

2006·2h 8m·★ 7.0·Rachid Bouchareb

TMDB recommends

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.0·George Clooney

TMDB recommends

G.I. Jane

1997·2h 5m·★ 6.1·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommends

How Good Is Best Defense?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.