Movies Like The Old Army Game (1943)

The Old Army Game is a 1943 animation, comedy film from Jack King with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi and Reason and Emotion.

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Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

1943

A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.

6.9

MagicScore

Reason and Emotion

1943

A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.

6.3

MagicScore

7 Wise Dwarfs

1941

7 Wise Dwarfs is an educational short animated film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada as a short film for educating the Canadian public about war bonds during World War II. The short features the seven dwarfs from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, four years after the characters made their screen debut.

5.1

MagicScore

Der Fuehrer's Face

1943

A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.

6.9

MagicScore

Scrap Happy Daffy

1943

During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis powers. Hitler reads about Daffy's scrap pile and about Daffy's stated intent to win the war with junk and, after throwing a fit and chewing a carpet like a mad dog, orders Daffy's scrap pile destroyed.

6.5

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The Ducktators

1942

A wartime cartoon that satirizes the Axis leaders of World War II.

6.2

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Falling Hare

1943

Relaxing with a carrot at a U.S. Army air field, Bugs is reading "Victory Through Hare Power" and scoffs at the notion of mentioned gremlins, little creatures who wreak havoc on planes with their diabolical sabotage.

6.8

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Grave of the Fireflies

1988

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

8.4

MagicScore

49th Parallel

1941

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Katyn

2007

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Their Finest

2017

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

The Negro Soldier

1944

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

The Battle of San Pietro

1945

This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

6.0

MagicScore

#14

Curtiz

2019

Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Donald Gets Drafted

1942

Donald Fauntleroy Duck gets his draft notice and goes in, past all the amazingly enticing recruiting posters, to sign up. First he has to pass the physical. Despite his flat feet, he makes it. Donald wants to fly, but first he has to make it through Sergeant Pete's boot camp. He has a terrible time with close-order drills, and standing at attention without moving when he's over an ant-hill proves a real challenge. Eventually, Donald ends up on endless KP.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Fall Out - Fall In

1943

Private Donald Duck is on a long, long training march, growing steadily more exhausted. Finally, they reach their camp location, and despite Donald's desire for dinner, he follows orders to pitch his tent first. He finally gives up on the tent as night falls. But as he tries to get to sleep, the loud shoring of the other soldiers forces him to bury his head. Finally, he gets to sleep, just as reveille sounds and the march continues.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Private Pluto

1943

Pluto is in the infantry guarding a pillbox from saboteurs.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Two Women

1960

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

7.8

MagicScore

#19

Commando Duck

1944

Donald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it fills up with water, Donald is running for his life. He makes sure the canoe hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The canoe has already exploded, causing water to flow. This large amount of water splashes onto the airfield, wiping the whole thing clean, but leaving disfigured airplanes

5.6

MagicScore

#20

A Canterbury Tale

1944

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Old Army Game?

The top films similar to The Old Army Game by MovieMagicScore are Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (6.9), Reason and Emotion (6.3), 7 Wise Dwarfs (5.1). Each shares animation/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Old Army Game worth watching?

The Old Army Game holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 25 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Old Army Game?

The Old Army Game (1943) is a animation, comedy film directed by Jack King, starring Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Old Army Game?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more animation recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Old Army Game

This ranked list pairs The Old Army Game (1943), a animation and comedy film from Jack King, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Clarence Nash 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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