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10 Best Movies Like How I Won the War

If you loved How I Won the War, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Codes of War

The Codes of War

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How I Won the War for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

War stories about family, ethics and honor include the true story of two U.S. Marines who in a span of six seconds, must stand their ground to stop a suicide truck bomb, a Navy Cor...

#2
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How I Won the War for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop ...

#3
Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How I Won the War for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue th...

#4
Johnny English Strikes Again

Johnny English Strikes Again

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How I Won the War for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Cur...

#5
Hot Shots!

Hot Shots!

1991★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How I Won the War for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing th...

#6
Major Payne

Major Payne

1995★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How I Won the War for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he...

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