Entertainment
The Best Military Comedies Of All Time
List Rules
Any film from any genre which could be classified as a military comedy.
Sometimes a serious subject needs a little comedy...
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Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger (Bill Murray) -- directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend -- enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis). ...more - 2Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Robert Altman
MASH is a 1970 American satirical black comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on Richard Hooker's novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The picture is ...more - 3Kelsey Grammer, William H. Macy, Lauren Holly
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: David S. Ward
Cmdr. Tom Dodge (Kelsey Grammer) is not thought of very highly among his fellow Navy officers. So when he's offered the captain's seat on a decrepit boat that is part of a simulated challenge on the ...more - 4Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
In the midst of World War II, an array of colorful American soldiers gets inside information from a drunk German officer about millions of dollars worth of gold hidden on enemy soil. Kelly (Clint ...more - 5Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his ...more - 6Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, William Hickey
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Nick Castle
Maj. Benson Payne (Damon Wayans) lives, breathes and sleeps war. But after being honorably discharged from the Marines due to a lack of wars, Payne, the natural-born killer, has absolutely no idea ...more - 7Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill
- Released: 1959
- Directed by: Blake Edwards
Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman (Cary Grant) is in charge of the submarine "Sea Tiger," which was badly damaged at a Philippine shipyard by a Japanese air raid. Seeking to make sail before an ...more - 8Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney
- Released: 1955
- Directed by: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Bittersweet film about a supply officer aboard a decrepit cargo ship during World War II who yearns for a transfer into a combat zone but is thwarted by the ship's captain, a petty tyrant. Forced to ...more ![Tropic Thunder]()
9Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew McConaughey- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Ben Stiller
Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), pampered action superstar, sets out for Southeast Asia to take part in the biggest, most-expensive war movie produced, but soon after filming begins, he and his co-stars, ...more- 10Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Watch for Free with Amazon Prime Free TrialA film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber ...more - 11Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Ralph Nelson
On an island in the South Seas, Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) lives a quiet life. That changes when he's persuaded to serve as a lookout for the Allies, watching for enemy ships. Eckland, whose main ...more - 12Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Cary Elwes
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Jim Abrahams
In this spoof of "Top Gun," former U.S. Navy pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is haunted by an accident in which his father lost control of a fighter jet. When Lt. Cmdr. James Block (Kevin Dunn)Â ...more - 13Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on ...more - 14Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
When not trafficking in contraband, Sgt. Bilko (Steve Martin) oversees his base's gambling operations and occasionally runs a little con game, all under the oblivious nose of his commanding officer, ...more - 15Danny DeVito, Ed Begley, Jr.
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Penny Marshall
After getting canned from his advertising job, down-and-out divorcé Bill Rago (Danny DeVito) gets a gig teaching English at a nearby army base. There, he takes on a group of underachieving students ...more - 16Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Mike Nichols
This scathing war satire follows Capt. John Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a pilot stationed in the Mediterranean who flies bombing missions during World War II. Attempting to cope with the madness of armed ...more - 17Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
- Released: 1940
- Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
After dedicated service in the Great War, a Jewish barber (Charles Chaplin) spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator Adenoid ...more - 18Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters
- Released: 1941
- Directed by: Arthur Lubin
When two sidewalk salesmen, Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello), duck into a theater to avoid being busted by the cops, they never expect it will lead to their enlisting in the ...more - 19Matthew Broderick, David Schwimmer, Penelope Ann Miller
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Mike Nichols
In this adaptation of a semi-autobiographical Neil Simon play, young Eugene Morris Jerome (Matthew Broderick) enlists in the U.S. Army at the end of World War II. He is shipped from his Brooklyn home ...more - 20Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Miguel Ferrer
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Jim Abrahams
After multiple special teams fail to rescue a growing population of hostages held by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (Jerry Haleva), retired Navy pilot and American hero Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen)Â ...more - 21Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall
- Released: 1949
- Directed by: Howard Hawks
Henry Rochard (Cary Grant) is a captain in the French army who is forced to work with the combative but beautiful U.S. Army Lieutenant Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan). While on assignment in postwar ...more - 22John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Lorraine Gary
- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, residents of California descend into a wild panic, afraid that they might be the next target. Among them are Wild Bill Kelso (John Belushi), a crazed National ...more - 23Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Hal Ashby
When sailor Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) is sentenced to eight years in a New Hampshire prison, Navy lifers Billy Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are assigned to escort him ...more - 24Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Simon Wincer
Soon-to-retire Captain Sam Cahill (Danny Glover) and his unit labor to build a secret relationship with a local Vietnamese village in order to conduct surveillance on an enemy weapons-smuggling ...more - 25Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Howard Zieff
A Jewish-American princess, Judy Benjamin (Goldie Hawn), is devastated when her husband (Albert Brooks) drops dead on their wedding night. While she grieves a duplicitous recruiter for the Women's ...more
