Movies Like Combat Academy (1986)

Combat Academy is a 1986 comedy, tv movie film from Neal Israel with a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Taps and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Comedy TV Movie

Taps

1981

Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

6.8

MagicScore

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

6.6

MagicScore

The Long Gray Line

1955

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.

7.0

MagicScore

Cadet Kelly

2002

Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.

6.2

MagicScore

Up the Creek

1984

Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and Max are the four losers forced and bribed to represent their university in an intercollegiate raft race. Forced and bribed into this role, they make some friends, the lovely Heather Merriweather, but mostly enemies, among others a whole team of marines, and preppy IVY-leaguers determined to win.

5.7

MagicScore

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.

7.4

MagicScore

Lord of the Flies

1990

When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.

6.3

MagicScore

Pacific Rim: Uprising

2018

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

6.1

MagicScore

Private Romeo

2011

When eight male cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic drama ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives.

5.5

MagicScore

#10

Evilspeak

1981

Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.

5.3

MagicScore

#11

Napoleon

1927

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

7.8

MagicScore

#12

The City and the Dogs

1985

Four angry cadets have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.

7.6

MagicScore

#13

The Winslow Boy

1948

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Ender's Game

2013

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

The Strange One

1957

A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

The Ogre

1996

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a soldier when World War II begins, but is captured soon and taken to the heart of Nazi Germany.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Macon County Line

1974

A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at the time of release, purported to be based on a true story.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Decalogue X

1989

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes.

7.9

MagicScore

#19

Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan

2009

When a wealthy woman and her son die in a hunting accident, it's up to Conan Edogawa to solve the case. Meanwhile, Lupin the Third is after the Queen Crown, owned by the Vesparand royal family. When these two legendary characters meet, who will win the day?! Followed by “Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie” (2013).

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger

1993

After Inspector Zenigata is reassigned from the Lupin case and grows despondent, master thief Lupin the Third decides to help him get his old job back, teaming up with the old man to destroy the international weapon smugglers Shot Shell. Together with Lupin's long-time partners in crime, they steal a nuclear Russian submarine and enlist the help of a nuclear physicist named Karen, who keeps suspiciously eyeing Lupin's partner Jigen. If that weren't enough, Zenigata's Interpol successor is an assassin who aims to pick off the Lupin gang one by one.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Combat Academy?

The top films similar to Combat Academy by MovieMagicScore are Taps (6.8), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (6.6), The Long Gray Line (7.0). Each shares comedy/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Combat Academy worth watching?

Combat Academy holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10 from 29 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Combat Academy?

Combat Academy (1986) is a comedy, tv movie film directed by Neal Israel, starring Keith Gordon, Wallace Langham, Dana Hill.

Where can I find more recommendations like Combat Academy?

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About movies like Combat Academy

This ranked list pairs Combat Academy (1986), a comedy and tv movie film from Neal Israel, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Keith Gordon 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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