Movies Like How I Won the War

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

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1965·1h 32m·★ 7.1·Richard Lester

2 shared crewTMDB recommendsBoth star John Lennon & Roy Kinnear

The Four Musketeers

1974·1h 47m·★ 6.9·Richard Lester

2 shared crewDir. Richard LesterDP: David Watkin

The Bed Sitting Room

1969·1h 31m·★ 6.0·Richard Lester

2 shared crewDir. Richard LesterDP: David Watkin

The Knack... and How to Get It

1965·1h 25m·★ 6.2·Richard Lester

2 shared crewDir. Richard LesterDP: David Watkin

The Three Musketeers

1973·1h 47m·★ 7.1·Richard Lester

2 shared crewDir. Richard LesterDP: David Watkin

Robin and Marian

1976·1h 46m·★ 6.5·Richard Lester

2 shared crewDir. Richard LesterDP: David Watkin

Cuba

1979·2h 2m·★ 5.6·Richard Lester

2 shared crewDir. Richard LesterDP: David Watkin

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Richard Lester

3 shared cast incl. Michael Crawford & Michael HordernDir. Richard Lester

Operation Petticoat

1959·2h 4m·★ 7.2·Blake Edwards

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Catch-22

1970·2h 1m·★ 7.1·Mike Nichols

DP: David WatkinWar & Comedy

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

1964·1h 35m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever

2022·2h 7m·★ 6.8·Peter Farrelly

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Duck Soup

1933·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Leo McCarey

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The Guns of Navarone

1961·2h 40m·★ 7.5·J. Lee Thompson

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And Now for Something Completely Different

1971·1h 28m·★ 7.5·Ian MacNaughton

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No Time for Sergeants

1958·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Mervyn LeRoy

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Cactus Flower

1969·1h 43m·★ 7.2·Gene Saks

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Little Boy

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

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Pillow Talk

1959·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Michael Gordon

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Mister Roberts

1955·2h 3m·★ 7.6·John Ford

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How Good Is How I Won the War?

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