
10 Best Movies Like McHale's Navy
If you loved McHale's Navy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mister Roberts
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McHale's Navy for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton....

Operation Petticoat
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McHale's Navy for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses....

South Pacific
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McHale's Navy for fans of War. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.
Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she ju...

Pearl Harbor
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McHale's Navy for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval ...

They Were Expendable
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McHale's Navy for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however...

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McHale's Navy for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces...