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1960s War Comedy Movies

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)

PG
| 1h 35min | Drama, Comedy, War
4.1/5 (with 2,445 votes)

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!(1966)

G
| 2h 12min | Comedy, War
4.0/5 (with 571 votes)

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops - and the consequences of their own blunders.

Ballad of a Hussar(1962)

1h 36min | Comedy, War
3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her real identity is revealed.

How I Won the War(1967)

NR
| 1h 49min | Comedy, War
2.7/5 (with 14 votes)

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

The Best of Enemies(1961)

NR
| 1h 44min | Comedy, War
3.5/5 (with 15 votes)

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.

The Shortest Day(1963)

1h 31min | Comedy, History, War
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Secret War of Harry Frigg(1968)

1h 50min | Comedy, War
3.1/5 (with 11 votes)

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...

A Matter of Resistance(1966)

3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.

McHale's Navy(1964)

NR
| 1h 29min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.

Krepkiy Oreshek(1968)

3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A comedy about young lieutenant Ivan and his all-girls air defense unit adventures during WWII.

Wedding in Malinovka(1967)

3.7/5 (with 23 votes)

The movie takes place during Russia's civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (Mensheviks). Andrejka and Yarinka are a young betrothed couple in the village of Malinovka, caught between the battle lines. Gritsian is the leader of a Menshevik band who are planning to attack the village. Yarinka appeals to the local Bolshevik commander for his faction's help. The Bolsheviks quickly come up with a plan to save the village... but the plan requires Yarinka to enter into a pretend marriage with Gritsian.

Eugene, Little Eugene and Katyusha(1967)

3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Touching story about love of a young romantic man (Zhenia), who is a soldier of Guard Mortar Division (Division of "Katusha" Reactive Mortars) and a girl-telegraphist (Little Zhenia) at the last months of WW II.

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The Elusive Corporal(1962)

1h 30min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.

Short Subject(1967)

1min | War, Animation
2.9/5 (with 18 votes)

Short Subject [commonly known as Mickey Mouse in Vietnam] is a 16mm underground animated short film. Mickey Mouse enlists with the army and ships off to Vietnam.

Directed by Lee Savage

Three(1965)

1h 20min | War, Drama
3.5/5 (with 7 votes)

Episodic WWII drama that follows a Yugoslav man through the war as he goes from witness to victim to aggressor.

Directed by Aleksandar Petrović - With Velimir Bata Živojinović, Stole Aranđelović, Dragomir Bojanić, Slobodan Perović, Voja Mirić, Branislav Jerinić, ...

Very Important Person(1961)

G
| 1h 38min | War, Comedy
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety - only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.

The Two Parachutists(1965)

1h 28min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Two penniless Italian buskers want to go to the USA but get on the wrong ship and end up in South America in a concentration camp where they are rescued by American parachutists from. Afterwards they become big shots in the States but their dream comes to an end : they are sent to fight in Vietnam.

Joey Boy(1965)

1h 28min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 1 vote)

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...

Directed by Frank Launder - With Harry H. Corbett

The Corporal and the Others(1965)

1h 51min | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 7 votes)

PFC Molnár decides his WWII services are over, and with serious money hidden in his hand grenades, he heads to an abandoned mansion where he encounters not only the sour butler but a bunch of others who also try to wimp out of their duties.

Directed by Márton Keleti - With Tamás Major

The Extraordinary Seaman(1969)

G
| 1h 20min | Adventure, War, Comedy
1.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.

The Girl and the General(1967)

1h 43min | Drama, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World War I. Their quest for the 1,000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly.

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