20 movies like Hail the Conquering Hero, ordered by similarity : Microbe and Gasoline(2015), Janie(1944), Lady Bird(2017), In the Meantime, Darling(1944), Murmur of the Heart(1971), Summer Night(2019), Matinee(1993), Beautiful Thing(1996), The Confirmation(2016), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again(2018), Chokeslam(2016), Andy Hardy Meets Debutante(1940) ...
Comedy
1944
101 Minutes
Eddie Bracken Ella Raines Raymond Walburn William Demarest Bill Edwards Elizabeth Patterson Jimmy Conlin Franklin Pangborn Jack Norton Paul Porcasi Alan Bridge
good guy soldier mother girlfriend mayor playful charming military base small town bar world war ii love triangle deception temptation growing up transformation 1940s
Preston Sturges' satire about a sickly soldier discharged from duty and mistaken for a war hero when he returns home.
Comedy, Adventure
France
2015
104 Minutes
Ange Dargent Théophile Baquet Diane Besnier Audrey Tautou Vincent Lamoureux Agathe Peigney Douglas Brosset Charles Raymond Ferdinand Roux-Balme Marc Delarue
teen boy teenager artist mother love interest friend amusing playful charming cheeky lighthearted emotional france lake vacation home coming-of-age relationships first love mother/son relationship escape
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Comedy
USA
1944
106 Minutes
Joyce Reynolds Robert Hutton Edward Arnold Ann Harding Robert Benchley Alan Hale Barbara Brown Hattie McDaniel Richard Erdman Jackie Moran
teen girl father sister soldier mother teen boy amusing endearing heartwarming family home army base high school party small town park small-town life party love triangle world war ii sexual awakening
Janie is a scatter-brained and high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an army camp just outside town. Janie and her ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Comedy
USA
1944
72 Minutes
lieutenant wealthy girl mother father best friend neighbor charming witty spirited lighthearted california military base barracks newlyweds military life class distinctions female bonding world war ii growing up love
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1971
118 Minutes
Léa Massari Benoît Ferreux Daniel Gélin Michael Lonsdale Ave Ninchi Gila von Weitershausen Fabien Ferreux Marc Winocourt Micheline Bona Henri Poirier Liliane Sorval
young boy young girl priest mother father charming dark playful france church bar family home coming of age sex scandal illness alcohol incest growing up temptation
As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
98 Minutes
Ellar Coltrane Ian Nelson Analeigh Tipton Callan McAuliffe Ella Hunt Bill Milner Hayden Szeto Lana Condor Victoria Justice
best friend band member friend love interest girlfriend cheeky amusing emotional charming stage bar woods house apartment growing up friendship romance broken heart love triangle love
A coming-of-age story about the complexities of young romantic relationships.
Comedy
USA
1993
99 Minutes
John Goodman Cathy Moriarty Simon Fenton Omri Katz Lisa Jakub Kellie Martin Jesse Lee Soffer Lucinda Jenney James Villemaire Robert Picardo Jesse White
producer actress girlfriend son friend daughter charming campy lighthearted amusing key west, fla. military base movie theater high school cuban missile crisis b-movies cold war paranoia filmmaking family
A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Comedy
UK
1996
89 Minutes
Linda Henry Glen Berry Scott Neal Ben Daniels Tameka Empson Anna Karen John Benfield Jeillo Edwards Daniel Bowers Garry Cooper Sophie Stanton
teen boy friend mother boyfriend neighbor father tender playful quirky witty london housing project bedroom apartment sexual awakening homosexuality young love abuse adolescence mother/son relationship
Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA|Japan
2018
114 Minutes
Amanda Seyfried Lily James Pierce Brosnan Colin Firth Stellan Skarsgård Meryl Streep Cher Andy Garcia Alexa Davies Jessica Keenan Wynn Josh Dylan
young woman college graduate friend boyfriend pregnant woman husband amusing charming confident heartwarming playful positive greece island university bar party tokyo pregnancy family history
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.
Comedy
Canada
2016
102 Minutes
Chris Marquette Amanda Crew Michael Eklund Niall Matter Gwynyth Walsh Mick Foley Harry Smith Paul James Saunders Barry Flatman Agam Darshi Meghan Heffern
childhood sweetheart adult wrestler mother friend rival charming endearing lighthearted melodramatic mushy playful town reunion school delicatessen hometown love relationships rivalry
A mild-mannered deli clerk finally gets a second chance to pursue his high school sweetheart, a notorious female professional wrestler, when she returns for their ten-year reunion.
Comedy
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Cecilia Parker Ann Rutherford Fay Holden Diana Lewis Sara Haden George Breakston Addison Richards George Lessey
teen boy best friend father girlfriend socialite judge amusing lighthearted manhattan small town love triangle high society new romance life lessons city vs. country growing up transformation love adventure 1940s
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. However, he finds the high-society life too expensive and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden
young man father mother girlfriend friend cheeky engaging moving small town new york city apartment park office garage maturing city life unemployment father/son relationship death growing up
Hoping his son will attend his alma mater, Judge Hardy agrees to let Andy look for work in New York for the summer before committing to start college. In the big city, Andy is confronted with the harsh realities of life and love.
Comedy
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Esther Williams Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden Robert Blake William Lundigan Susan Peters
teenager father girlfriend friend sister teen boy cheery amusing playful small town household swimming pool street court family finance maturing small-town life romance law
Andy Hardy is about to graduate from high school and thinks he's pretty big stuff, so he hires a secretary, Kathryn Land. Kathryn and Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, help him pass his ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
118 Minutes
Sally Field Dolly Parton Shirley MacLaine Daryl Hannah Olympia Dukakis Julia Roberts Tom Skerritt Sam Shepard Dylan McDermott Kevin J. O'Connor Bill McCutcheon
bride beautician mother friend widow husband heartwarming somber uplifting amusing moving charming louisiana beauty salon hospital small town family home wedding female bonding pregnancy
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
89 Minutes
Ursula Jeans Cecil Parker Joan Hopkins Derek Bond Lana Morris John Stone Digby Wolfe
mother son soldier emotional engaging united kingdom family home war zone war work mother courage mother/son relationship rise love 1940s
Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings. With several lodgers to contend with, and her son ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Anne Baxter John Hodiak Charles Winninger Anne Revere Connie Marshall Chill Wills Robert Bailey Bobby Driscoll Jane Darwell Billy Cummings
sister brother grandfather soldier suitor orphan airy patriotic charming florida small town house market life during wartime war effort love family patriotism world war ii love
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. They don't realize that their request to invite ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
76 Minutes
John Mills Stewart Granger Alastair Sim Joy Shelton Alison Leggatt Beatrice Varley
soldier draft dodger wife doctor ex-girlfriend air raid warden spirited cheeky engaging intense heartwarming london train station air-raid shelter office street household world war ii marriage deception
A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Keira Knightley Chloë Grace Moretz Sam Rockwell Ellie Kemper Mark Webber Jeff Garlin Gretchen Mol Kaitlyn Dever Daniel Zovatto Jodi Thelen Dylan Arnold
woman boyfriend classmate girl friend teacher amusing charming cheeky quirky grocery store house bedroom school office car growing up life responsibility love
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Ann Miller William Wright Dick Purcell Franklin Pangborn Larry Parks
disc jockey switchboard operator millionaire chauffeur station manager soldier charming witty radio station military base party office car jazz military life deception new love world war ii switched identities transformation
Beverly Ross moderates an 5:30 am radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is ... See full summary »