Movies Like How to Be a Sailor (1944)

How to Be a Sailor is a 1944 animation, comedy film from Jack Kinney with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with How to Hook Up Your Home Theater and How to Play Baseball.

Animation Comedy

How to Hook Up Your Home Theater

2007

Following in the great tradition of his classic "How To" animated shorts of the 1940's, Goofy makes his return to the big screen in "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater". When Goofy is desperate to watch the Big Game, he heads to his local electronics store to tackle every consumer's nightmare - selecting the perfect home theater system and worse, trying to hook it all up.

7.2

MagicScore

How to Play Baseball

1942

Goofy shows us the national pastime. After a brief overview, we have a demonstration of the many possible pitches. On to the World Series, where we go through an eventful inning, culminating in a baseball that disintegrates when being hit.

7.0

MagicScore

How to Play Golf

1944

Goofy shows us, in his inimitable way, the fundamentals of golf, guided as usual by the somewhat sarcastic narrator.

6.6

MagicScore

Goofy's Glider

1940

Yet another sport is made 'easy' for us by Goofy's demonstration how- never, ever, to try anything for real, least of all with a glider-flying machine he launches in ways that would kill anything but a cartoon character, such as a giant catapult and even a canon. Meanwhile Goofy proves totally incapable to control any of its movements in the air, let alone the 'landing' which is too messy even for a bombshell.

6.5

MagicScore

How to Fish

1942

Goofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.

6.4

MagicScore

Two Tars

1928

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

6.6

MagicScore

Breakin' All the Rules

2004

After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.

6.0

MagicScore

How to Rob a Bank

2024

In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.

6.7

MagicScore

Moana

2016

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Popeye the Sailor

1933

Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop.

6.8

MagicScore

#12

The Last Detail

1973

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

On the Town

1949

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Our Relations

1936

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

Follow the Fleet

1936

When the US Navy fleet docks at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her and, despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Cinderella Liberty

1973

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Return to Horror Hotel

2019

Return to Horror Hotel is an anthology feature with 4 segments. One is about giant a bedbugs, one is about a magical charm that turns girls beautiful, one is about a WWII sailor who hasn't aged and one is about a terrorizing severed hand.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

In the Navy

1941

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

Sailor Beware

1952

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like How to Be a Sailor?

The top films similar to How to Be a Sailor by MovieMagicScore are How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (7.2), How to Play Baseball (7.0), How to Play Golf (6.6). Each shares animation/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is How to Be a Sailor worth watching?

How to Be a Sailor holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 30 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is How to Be a Sailor?

How to Be a Sailor (1944) is a animation, comedy film directed by Jack Kinney, starring Pinto Colvig, John McLeish.

Where can I find more recommendations like How to Be a Sailor?

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About movies like How to Be a Sailor

This ranked list pairs How to Be a Sailor (1944), a animation and comedy film from Jack Kinney, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Pinto Colvig 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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