20 movies like Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, ordered by similarity : The Man From U.N.C.L.E.(2015), Idiocracy(2006), Vice(2018), The Death of Stalin(2017), That Man From Rio(1964), Mars Attacks!(1996), The Iron Petticoat(1956), Call Me Madam(1953), Fail-Safe(1964), Beavis and Butt-head Do America(1996), Love and Death(1975), Brazil(1985) ...
Comedy
UK|USA
1964
93 Minutes
Peter Sellers George C. Scott Keenan Wynn Slim Pickens Peter Bull Tracy Reed James Earl Jones Jack Creley Frank Berry Glenn Beck Shane Rimmer
military officer russian general president pilot scientist witty creative airplane white house washington, d.c. diplomacy politics suicide communism nuclear attack cold war pursuit fall 1950s
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA|UK
2015
116 Minutes
Henry Cavill Armie Hammer Alicia Vikander Elizabeth Debicki Luca Calvani Sylvester Groth Hugh Grant Jared Harris Christian Berkel Misha Kuznetsov Guy Williams
cia agent kgb agent daughter scientist villain president charming confident cool washington, d.c. moscow office street car apartment spying nuclear attack crime cold war danger
In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2006
84 Minutes
Luke Wilson Maya Rudolph Dax Shepard Terry Crews David Herman Erik Anderson Mitch Baker Tom Beaver Sara Rue Justin Long Brendan Hill
man prostitute president police officer imbecile witty creative unrestrained destroyed city washington, d.c. dump store field laboratory time travel evolution destruction future evading capture fall
Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
132 Minutes
Christian Bale Amy Adams Steve Carell Sam Rockwell Alison Pill Eddie Marsan Justin Kirk LisaGay Hamilton Jesse Plemons Bill Camp Don McManus
president dick cheney george w. bush politician wife brooding bleak intricate disheartening tense washington, d.c. backyard office white house stage press conference dick cheney american foreign policy politics war
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Comedy
UK|France|Belgium|Canada|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Steve Buscemi Andrea Riseborough Simon Russell Beale Rupert Friend Jason Isaacs Jeffrey Tambor Paddy Considine Olga Kurylenko Michael Palin Richard Brake Jonathan Aris
joseph stalin soviet soldier general nikita khrushchev secret police cheeky amusing confident soviet union office street death power struggle political unrest plot change rivalry fall pursuit quest
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1964
114 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Françoise Dorléac Jean Servais Adolfo Celi Simone Renant Milton Ribeiro Ubiracy De Oliveira Daniel Ceccaldi Roger Dumas
pilot military officer fiancée scientist tribesman thrilling amusing paris rio de janeiro rainforest brazil airplane military base chase deception kidnapping theft treasure adventure pursuit
A young man comes to the rescue of his girlfriend abducted by thieves and brought to Rio. An extravagant adventure ensues.
Comedy
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Glenn Close Annette Bening Pierce Brosnan Danny DeVito Martin Short Sarah Jessica Parker Michael J. Fox Rod Steiger Lukas Haas Natalie Portman
u.s. president first lady congressman scientist military officer alien campy unrestrained playful creative washington, d.c. new york city nevada las vegas kansas alien invasion first contact nuclear war apocalypse world superpowers
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
Comedy
UK
1956
90 Minutes
Bob Hope Katharine Hepburn James Robertson Justice Robert Helpmann David Kossoff Alan Gifford Paul Carpenter Noelle Middleton Nicholas Phipps Sidney James Alexander Gauge
captain fiancée engineer former lover russian sultry thrilling emotional melodramatic patriotic passionate west germany russia london restaurant misunderstanding cold war military treason women soldiers
Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1953
117 Minutes
Ethel Merman Donald O'Connor George Sanders Vera-Ellen Billy De Wolfe Helmut Dantine Walter Slezak Steven Geray
socialite ambassador minister general duchess witty lighthearted fictional country washington, d.c. politics foreign relations romance social standing love rise 1950s
A Washington hostess (Ethel Merman) falls for a foreign minister (George Sanders) after being named ambassador to a grand duchy.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
111 Minutes
Henry Fonda Walter Matthau Dan O'Herlihy Sorrell Booke Larry Hagman Frank Overton Dom DeLuise
president pilot soldier soviet soldier chairman suspenseful bleak dark gripping moscow new york city washington, d.c. airplane cold war destruction technology military nuclear attack pursuit sacrifice
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Animation, Comedy
USA
1996
80 Minutes
Yvette Kaplan John Doman
president neighbor criminal fbi agent beavis butt-head hilarious shocking house las vegas airplane hotel bus washington, d.c. robbery mistaken identity assassination sex quest pursuit
Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score.
Comedy
USA
1975
85 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Georges Adet Frank Adu Edmund Ardisson Féodor Atkine Albert Augier Yves Barsacq Lloyd Battista Jack Berard George Birt
peasant cousin military officer soldier merchant witty amusing russia village countryside battlefield family home love war meaning of life assassination love underdog 19th century
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Fantasy, Comedy
UK|USA
1985
142 Minutes
Jonathan Pryce Robert De Niro Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Bob Hoskins Michael Palin Ian Richardson Peter Vaughan Kim Greist Jim Broadbent
bureaucrat terrorist mother activist friend creative disturbing offbeat apartment office family home subconscious mind corruption politics terrorism mother/son relationship daunting task pursuit quest underdog
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells Ben Falcone Gregory Korostishevsky Jane Curtin Stephen Spinella Christian Navarro Pun Bandhu Marc Evan Jackson Erik LaRay Harvey
celebrity biographer friend writer storyteller amusing creative emotional new york city office park bookstore street writing creative process unemployment forgery celebrities pop culture transformation
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Comedy
USA|West Germany
1965
97 Minutes
Alec Guinness Michael Connors Robert Redford Anita Hoefer Mady Rahl Paul Dahlke Paul Wolff John Briley Elisabeth Von Molo Carola Regnier
pilot german american soldier clerk prisoner of war amusing witty charming small town germany bomb shelter cellar airplane loneliness friendship schemes world war ii capture behind enemy lines
During WW2, a lonely German air-raid warden captures two downed American airmen and keeps them prisoner in his basement way past the end of the war.
Comedy
West Germany|USA
1979
130 Minutes
Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Jack Warden Melvyn Douglas Richard Dysart Richard Basehart James Noble David Clennon
gardener wealthy man socialite wife president witty endearing offbeat washington, d.c. household garden estate politics high society wealth mistaken identity television discovery 1970s
A simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.
Comedy
1993
110 Minutes
Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver Frank Langella Ben Kingsley Kevin Dunn Ving Rhames Charles Grodin Faith Prince Laura Linney Bonnie Hunt Parley Baer
president first lady impostor political consultant press officer secret service agent amusing confident playful suspenseful madcap washington, d.c. white house office ballroom bedroom capitol building impersonation propaganda deception
White House aides draft a down-to-earth double (Kevin Kline) to impersonate the president, who has had a stroke.
Comedy
UK
2009
106 Minutes
Peter Capaldi Tom Hollander Gina McKee James Gandolfini Chris Addison Anna Chlumsky Paul Higgins Mimi Kennedy Steve Coogan Enzo Cilenti Christian Contreras
politician lieutenant cabinet minister press officer adviser hilarious unrestrained madcap spirited london washington, d.c. iraq war politics government war manipulation fall rise rivalry 2000s
A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
2009
88 Minutes
neighbor farmer fox wife rat creative crafty quirky witty farm household ambition armed conflict robbery friendship kidnapping adventure pursuit rescue 2000s
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1991
88 Minutes
writer amusing brooding creative witty london stage writer's block performance alienation suicide writing pursuit escape discovery 1980s
This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Israel|USA
2016
118 Minutes
Richard Gere Lior Ashkenazi Michael Sheen Steve Buscemi Charlotte Gainsbourg Dan Stevens Hank Azaria Harris Yulin Josh Charles Yehuda Almagor Neta Riskin
fixer dignitary prime minister businessman politician israeli amusing brash confident engaging touching new york city park shoe store house big city business politics reputation unlikely allies
Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes for better and worse.