20 movies like Catch-22, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Attack!(1956), The Elusive Corporal(1962), The Weaker Sex(1948), The Best Years of Our Lives(1946), Hannibal Brooks(1969), Waterloo Road(1945), Hope and Glory(1987), Tiara Tahiti(1962), Wag the Dog(1997), Jojo Rabbit(2019), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk(2016) ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1970
121 Minutes
Alan Arkin Martin Balsam Richard Benjamin Art Garfunkel Jack Gilford Bob Newhart Anthony Perkins Paula Prentiss Martin Sheen Jon Voight Orson Welles
captain pilot soldier lieutenant doctor witty amusing profound island mediterranean sea war zone horrors of war bombing aviation disillusionment insanity world war ii escape discovery 1940s
A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Drama, War
USA
1956
107 Minutes
Jack Palance Eddie Albert Lee Marvin Robert Strauss Richard Jaeckel Buddy Ebsen Jon Shepodd Peter Van Eyck Jimmy Goodwin Steven Geray Jud Taylor
soldier lieutenant german troops coward captain suspenseful gripping patriotic belgium battlefield war world war ii arrogance battle of the bulge revenge escape rivalry 1940s
In 1945, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.
Comedy, Drama
France
1962
108 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Cassel Claude Brasseur Claude Rich O.E. Hasse Jacques Jouanneau Sacha Briquet
corporal prisoner of war german soldier assistant waiter farmer suspenseful uplifting amusing prison camp train paris germany prison break world war ii bombing resilience capture cowardice escape
An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic... See full summary »
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 »
Drama
USA
1946
172 Minutes
Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell Hoagy Carmichael Gladys George Steve Cochran
veteran wife amputee banker fiancée daughter powerful somber fascinating profound small town midwest family home war disillusionment world war ii love sacrifice discovery transformation
Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Comedy, War, Drama
UK|USA
1969
101 Minutes
Oliver Reed Michael J. Pollard Karin Baal Wolfgang Preiss Helmut Lohner Peter Carsten
prisoner of war soldier englishman elephant escaped convict zookeeper charming cheeky confident endearing fascinating incredible prison camp private zoo alps munich mountain war zone world war ii prison break
A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together they head for the Swiss border and freedom.
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.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1987
111 Minutes
Sebastian Rice Edwards Sarah Miles David Hayman Derrick O'Connor Susan Wooldridge Sammi Davis Ian Bannen Jean-Marc Barr Annie Leon
son sister brother father mother soldier inspiring endearing emotional london suburbia family childhood war world war ii growing up adventure 1930s
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1962
100 Minutes
captain stockbroker businessman lieutenant beautiful woman amusing melodramatic cool cheeky england tahiti hotel town island scam island life black market expatriates love triangle business scheme
James Mason and Sir John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough Colonel and a refined Captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peacetime Tahiti.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
97 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Robert De Niro Anne Heche Woody Harrelson Denis Leary Willie Nelson Andrea Martin Michael Belson Suzanne Cryer John Michael Higgins Suzie Plakson
spin doctor producer songwriter designer convict adviser crafty amusing washington, d.c. hollywood, calif. mansion soundstage scandal deception war politics media quest fall 1990s
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Comedy, Drama
New Zealand|Czech Republic|USA
2019
108 Minutes
Roman Griffin Davis Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Scarlett Johansson Taika Waititi Sam Rockwell Rebel Wilson Alfie Allen Stephen Merchant Archie Yates Luke Brandon Field Sam Haygarth
boy hitler imaginary friend jewish child mother hitler youth amusing witty winsome hysterical heartwarming engaging germany outdoors family home world war ii change of heart friendship hiding discovery
A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Comedy, Drama
UK|China|USA
2016
108 Minutes
Joe Alwyn Kristen Stewart Chris Tucker Garrett Hedlund Makenzie Leigh Vin Diesel Steve Martin Astro Arturo Castro Ismael Cruz Cordova Barney Harris
private soldier sister love interest mother football player brooding emotional intense iraq war zone barracks house football field stage war reality touring courage fear
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Drama, War
West Germany
1959
93 Minutes
Joachim Hansen Wilhelm Borchert Wolfgang Preiss Carl Lange Horst Frank Peter Carsten Richard Münch Günter Pfitzmann Sonja Ziemann Gunnar Möller
german officer nationalist german soldier enemy soldier engaging suspenseful fascinating gripping melodramatic heartwarming germany stalingrad stalingrad, russia war zone war world war ii ideologies nationalism national identity
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
France
2003
114 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Virginie Ledoyen Yvan Attal Gregori Derangere Peter Coyote Jean-Marc Stehle Nicolas Vaude Aurore Clément Xavier De Guillebon Édith Scob
actress government official prisoner german writer student charming witty spirited bordeaux, france hotel theater prison paris german occupation relationships love interest death world war ii discovery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Nazis move into the city.
Drama
France|Belgium
2016
94 Minutes
Léonie Souchaud Fantine Harduin Juliane Lepoureau Ryan Brodie Anaïs Meiringer Lou Lambrecht Igor Van Dessel Pascaline Crêvecoeur Jeanne Abraham Alice D'Hauwe Cécile de France
girl young girl young boy group leader soldier sister amusing intense charming melodramatic heartwarming powerful france war zone german occupation childhood war fear travel survival
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1966
110 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Nancy Kwan Akim Tamiroff Arthur Malet Tyler McVey P.L. Renoudet Peter Duryea John Dennis Nancy Hsueh Yvonne Ribuca Victoria Young
robinson crusoe lieutenant monkey islander navy pilot love interest amusing witty madcap lighthearted playful charming tropical island island life robinson crusoe stranded human-animal friendship survival tribe adventure
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house, finds an abandoned submarine with lots of ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
97 Minutes
murderer pregnant teen father mother card player airy amusing hilarious heartwarming charming camp sea holidays murder danger comedy family adventure discovery escape
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1969
96 Minutes
private schoolteacher prostitute sergeant british soldier daughter engaging touching rousing jungle school train singapore virginity war love interest medical operation train crash mission growing up
A group of young British soldiers billeted in Singapore of the year 1950 dreaming about winning the love of the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.