Movies Like Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 comedy, music, war film from Richard Attenborough with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Gallipoli and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

Comedy Music War

Gallipoli

1981

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

7.0

MagicScore

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

7.4

MagicScore

The Great Dictator

1940

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

8.3

MagicScore

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

1964

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 it.

8.1

MagicScore

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.

6.0

MagicScore

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

8.0

MagicScore

Paths of Glory

1957

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

8.3

MagicScore

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

7.8

MagicScore

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Water

1985

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

MAS*H

1970

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

if....

1968

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

CB4

1993

A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't appear to know as much about rap music as they claim... but a lack of musical ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it? You've just got to play the part of a rap star...

6.0

MagicScore

#15

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

2009

You can learn a lot from a maniacal baby genius bent on a world of domination, but we kinda hope you don't. In the shockingly hilarious 100th episode of 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘶𝘺, Stewie makes good on his threat to do away with “vile woman” he calls Lois.

8.1

MagicScore

#16

Brazil

1985

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

Shaun of the Dead

2004

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Adam's Apples

2005

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Happiness

1998

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2008

With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".

7.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Oh! What a Lovely War?

The top films similar to Oh! What a Lovely War by MovieMagicScore are Gallipoli (7.0), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (7.4), The Great Dictator (8.3). Each shares comedy/music/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Oh! What a Lovely War worth watching?

Oh! What a Lovely War holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 47 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Oh! What a Lovely War?

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) is a comedy, music, war film directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith.

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This ranked list pairs Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), a comedy and music and war film from Richard Attenborough, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Laurence Olivier take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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Movies Like Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Gallipoli

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Great Dictator

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

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Lawrence of Arabia

Paths of Glory

All Quiet on the Western Front

Johnny Got His Gun

Carry On Up the Khyber

Water

M*A*S*H

if....

CB4

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

Brazil

Shaun of the Dead

Adam's Apples

Happiness

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

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