Movies Like Shoulder Arms

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

City Lights

1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Albert Austin2 shared crewDir. Charlie Chaplin

The Circus

1928·1h 12m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Henry Bergman2 shared crewDir. Charlie Chaplin

Easy Street

1917·26m·★ 7.4·Charlie Chaplin

3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna Purviance2 shared crewDir. Charlie Chaplin

The Cure

1917·26m·★ 7.1·Charlie Chaplin

4 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna Purviance2 shared crewDir. Charlie Chaplin

The Idle Class

1921·32m·★ 7.2·Charlie Chaplin

3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna Purviance2 shared crewDir. Charlie Chaplin

The Gold Rush

1925·1h 35m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

2 shared crewBoth star Charlie Chaplin & Henry BergmanDir. Charlie Chaplin

The Bond

1918·9m·★ 5.4·Charlie Chaplin

6 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie ChaplinThemes: short film, silent film

Triple Trouble

1918·23m·★ 5.1·Charlie Chaplin

3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie ChaplinThemes: short film, silent film

The Fireman

1916·26m·★ 6.5·Charlie Chaplin

3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin

Shanghaied

1915·27m·★ 6.2·Charlie Chaplin

Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie ChaplinThemes: short film, silent film

A Jitney Elopement

1915·25m·★ 5.9·Charlie Chaplin

Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie ChaplinThemes: short film, silent film

By the Sea

1915·14m·★ 5.7·Charlie Chaplin

Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie ChaplinThemes: short film, silent film

The Lost Battalion

2001·1h 32m·★ 7.0·Russell Mulcahy

Themes: trench warfare, world war iFans also liked

A Burlesque on Carmen

1915·31m·★ 6.0·Charlie Chaplin

Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin

The Big Parade

1925·2h 31m·★ 7.9·King Vidor

Themes: world war i, silent filmFans also liked

The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

Themes: behind enemy lines, silent filmComedy & War

1917

2019·1h 59m·★ 8.2·Sam Mendes

Themes: trench warfare, world war i

All Quiet on the Western Front

2022·2h 27m·★ 7.8·Edward Berger

Themes: trench warfare, world war i

To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsComedy & War

The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

Starring Charlie ChaplinDir. Charlie ChaplinComedy & War

How Good Is Shoulder Arms?

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