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Plot Summary:
"Ain't Misbehavin'" is a delightful wartime comedy about two very different bandsmen (Eddie and Eric) and their misadventures with gangsters, romance, and black-marketing in Blitz-time London.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Plot Summary:
The early life of Cinema's first great comedic artist is portrayed. Young Charlie is a boy who is struggling in poverty with a mother who is losing her mind and a faithful brother. The film recounts his struggle to survive in these circumstances while striving to succeed in the theatre as a way out.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: silent, silent film
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Our Miss Fred (1972)
Plot Summary:
Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a gaggle of randy English schoolgirls.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sleepover at Hilmija's (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the period of WW2, in the town of Sarajevo, an owner of a tavern Hilmija must deal with a Nazi and run his business. The problem is that he is a coworker with Serbians, Croatians and Jews. That puts his business as well as his safety in danger.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Comedy, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Duration:
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Get Along, Mate (1981)
Plot Summary:
Based on a TV sit-com series and set in World War II, about how an ordinary woodcutter develops into an active partisan fighter.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Operation Snatch (1962)
Plot Summary:
Legend has it that if the famous Barbary Apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar, it's a sign that the British will lose control of it. During World War II, a British officer is put in charge of the apes. When he detects that the animals' morale is slipping, he hatches a plan to go behind the German lines to "kidnap" a new ape for his charges to lift their spirits before the Germans find out about their condition and use it as propaganda.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Io non scappo... fuggo (1970)
Plot Summary:
In the confusion of combat, two Italian get separated from their squadron and become hopelessly lost. As they wander the countryside attempting to find their lost comrades, they have to adopt all manner of outrageous disguises to avoid death at the hands of whomever holds the reigns of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
Plot Summary:
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, entertaining, controversial
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Operation Snafu (1961)
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Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, vintage
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The Odd Squad (1982)
Plot Summary:
Sicilia 1943, after the landing, between the invading Us army and the defender Italian army, a 2000 years old roman bridge resist to all kind of attacks. Both the army decides to definitively destroy it before the opponent does. But to the chaotic mad American platoon is opposed an Italian military band exchanged for a terrible special commando. Probably the bridge will survive another 2000 years!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film
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Balkan Express 2 (1989)
Plot Summary:
A group of musicians, whose band is called "Balkan express", in fact a quintet of small-time crooks , trying to make some money in Nazi-occupied Serbia.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 843
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spoof, black comedy, parody
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Dad's Army (1971)
Plot Summary:
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Mitchell and Webb Situation (2001)
Plot Summary:
Comedy sketch show with hilarious characters and absurdist twists from the duo that brought us Peep Show and The Smoking Room - David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy
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The Singapore Grip (2020)
Plot Summary:
In colonial Singapore during World War Two, this epic drama follows the schemes – both commercial and amorous – of a wealthy British family as they struggle to preserve their prosperous business amid cataclysmic world events.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 990
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, humorous, melancholic, suspenseful, talky, semi serious, dark comedy, period drama
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'Allo 'Allo! (1982)
Plot Summary:
'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. The story is set up in a small town café in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army. 'Allo, 'Allo! was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first six seasons. The remaining seasons were written by Lloyd and Paul Adam. In 2004, 'Allo 'Allo came 13th in Britain's Best Sitcom. A reunion special, comprising new material, archive clips and specially recorded interviews, was broadcast on 28 April 2007 on BBC Two.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sitcom, slapstick comedy, parody, humorous, surreal, double entendre, dark comedy, realistic, not serious, black comedy
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In Sickness and in Health (1985)
Plot Summary:
In Sickness and in Health is a BBC television sitcom which ran between 1985 and 1992. It was a sequel to the highly successful Til Death Us Do Part, which ran between 1966 and 1975, and Till Death..., which ran for one series of six episodes in 1981.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 700
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Mum (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following the death of her husband. Mum is joined by her supportive life-long friend Michael. Through a year of new beginnings she rebuilds her life surrounded by her family: son Jason and his girlfriend Kelly; her brother Derek and his new partner, Pauline; and her in-laws.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, humorous, sincere, captivating, melancholic
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The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
Plot Summary:
This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in Central Park, not the 1983 movie of the same name that also starred Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline. Those who remember that film, which had the benefit of retakes and editing, a lavish production budget, and the spaciousness of a Hollywood studio, may find this video less polished. On its own terms, it is nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags:
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The Mighty Boosh (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television show created by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and others. The Mighty Boosh is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short a cappella songs which are present throughout all three series. Julian Barratt wrote the music within the show, and performs it with Noel Fielding. Fielding also designed many of the show's graphics and artwork. The TV series has many animated sequences, puppets and special effects. Barratt has said that he approached Fielding with the idea of doing a show like The Goodies, as if it were a complete "world" rather than simply a sketch show. Barratt and Fielding play many of the recurring and one-off characters themselves, with other characters being played by other Boosh members Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown, and Michael Fielding.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, sitcom, exciting, not serious, atmospheric, controversial, offbeat, absurd, sketch comedy
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Bluestone 42 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your keen young colleague deal with the boring paperwork? Wind up your fellow employees? Flirt with the new girl on the team? Or deal with an unseen enemy who’s trying to blow you up? Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a bunch of soldiers who just happen to be risking their lives diffusing hidden bombs. But who says they can’t have some fun alongside the serious professional stuff? This hilarious and often surprising series follows the adventures of a bunch of diverse characters living and working together at an army base in Afghanistan. This is a show about something easily forgotten; soldiers really enjoy being soldiers, but it’s not just a show for soldiers and it’s not just about the Army: it’s also a show for anybody who has ever fallen in love, experienced status battles at work or had a fear of failure. It is packed with the lively workmate banter and relationship minefields that most people will recognise. Even if they don’t face danger on a daily basis.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, dark comedy
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Dad's Army (1968)
Plot Summary:
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, hilarious, realistic, not serious, slapstick, fun
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McHale's Navy (1962)
Plot Summary:
McHale's Navy is an American sitcom that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from an hour drama called Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962. Universal commissioned the colorization of the series in the 1980s for syndication in hope of reviving its popularity.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, captivating, slapstick
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Till Death Us Do Part (1965)
Plot Summary:
Till Death Us Do Part is a ground-breaking British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975. First airing as a Comedy Playhouse pilot, the show aired in seven series until 1975. Six years later, ITV continued the sitcom, calling it Till Death.... From 1985 to 1992, the BBC produced a sequel In Sickness and in Health. Created by Johnny Speight, Till Death Us Do Part centred on the East End Garnett family, led by patriarch Alf Garnett, a reactionary white working-class man who holds racist and anti-socialist views. His gentle and long-suffering wife Else was played by Dandy Nichols, and his daughter Rita by Una Stubbs. Rita's bright but layabout husband Mike Rawlins is a socialist. The character Alf Garnett became a well known character in British culture, and Mitchell played him on stage and television up until 1998, when Speight died. In addition to the spin-off In Sickness and in Health, Till Death Us Do Part was re-made in many countries including Brazil, Germany and the United States. Many episodes from the first three series are thought to no longer exist, having been wiped in the late 1960s and early '70s as was the policy at the time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 985
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, political, controversial, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, not serious, biting, suspense
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Till Death Us Do Part (1968)
Plot Summary:
The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London Blitz and beyond.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, controversial, cynical, sitcom, semi serious, biting
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the part of Winston Churchill. Their take on the war depicts a handsome Churchill falling in love with Princess Elizabeth, who is herself involved in the war as an undercover agent.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, semi serious, feel good, absurd, offbeat, realistic, alternative comedy
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Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Plot Summary:
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, parody, offbeat, realistic, surreal, witty, not serious, spoof, vintage
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Dad's Army (2016)
Plot Summary:
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dad’s Army is Britain’s favourite sitcom but 3 of the original 80 episodes have been lost. Now, using the original scripts by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, those three episodes have been recreated as faithfully as possible and come to the screen for the first time since 1969. The brilliant new cast includes Kevin McNally as Captain Mainwaring, Robert Bathurst as Sergeant Wilson, Kevin Eldon as Lance Corporal Jones, David Hayman as Private Frazer, Mathew Horne as Private Walker, Timothy West as Private Godfrey and Tom Rosenthal as Private Pike.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sitcom
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Catch-22 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in Italy during World War II, the series follows the story of the incomparable, artful dodger Yossarian, a bombardier for the U.S. Air Force, who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating, humorous, entertaining, dark, anthology, anime, historical drama, surprise ending
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The Halcyon (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the centre of London society and a world at war.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: costume drama, realistic, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, anime, historical drama, period drama, interesting
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Piece of Cake (1988)
Plot Summary:
The lives and loves of the men of RAF Hornet Squadron who are transferred to France at the outbreak of World Wat II in September 1939. For the most part the men are competent fliers but there is little action in the first several months. The men wile away their time with some engaging in dangerous stunts while others woo some of the local lasses. The phony war comes to an end in April 1940 and the Battle of Britain begins. By September that year, few of them are left and despite their success, few see themselves as heroes. (6 episodes).
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min
Plot tags: costume drama, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, period drama