15 Movies Like How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Loved How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
Balls Up
Two marketing executives go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#2
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British WWII organization — the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#3
Hot Shots!
The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#4
Warsaw 44
City of Warsaw, Poland, August 1st, 1944. Citizens have experienced inhuman acts of terror and violence during five long years of Nazi occupation. As the Soviet Army relentlessly approaches, the youngest and bravest among them rise up as one and face tyranny fighting street by street, but the price to pay will be high and hard the way to freedom…
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#5
The Dirty Dozen
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#6
Colonel Kwiatkowski
Military doctor Kwiatkowski, serving in a barracks hospital on the Western Territories, is rewarded with a week’s leave after successfully operating on Colonel Kiziora of the UB. He and his friend steal a truck bound for Warsaw, where among the ruins of his former home he meets his prewar neighbor Krysia, instantly falls in love, and, after a brawl with a Russian officer at a dance in the surviving “Polonia” hotel, pretends to be a high-ranking UB colonel to save face.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#7
Major Payne
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#8
Hidden Strike
Two elite soldiers must escort civilians through a gauntlet of gunfire and explosions.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#9
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#10
U-571
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#11
Catch-22
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#12
Three Kings
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#13
Sexmission
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#14
Kelly's Heroes
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.
#15
In Darkness
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied city of Lviv. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lviv (formerly Poland).
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms.