Movies like Army of One (2016)
The best movies like Army of One (2016) are The Dictator (2012), Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) and Moonwalkers (2015). If Army of One hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWar Dogs (2016)7.0/10 from 5,816 votes
- NewestFool's Paradise (2023)Released 2023
The Dictator (2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMoonwalkers (2015)
What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRipped (2017)
Two free-spirited stoners find themselves catapulted into 2016 after smoking some top secret pot created by the CIA in 1986. With 30 years of their lives lost, these now balding and overweight friends use their uncomplicated enthusiasm to get their lives back on track and figure out the modern world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWar Dogs (2016)
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Interview (2014)
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBetween Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDumb Criminals: The Movie (2015)
Rabbit and Rongo, two dumb but kind-hearted criminals, want to help a young girl get the medical treatment she needs. Inspired by true crimes around the world, they attempt to raise money through a series of dumb plans and hopeless schemes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day Shall Come (2019)
An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an FBI agent, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Loop (2009)
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Polka King (2017)
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpecial Correspondents (2016)
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDad's Army (2016)
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMindhorn (2016)
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBringing Up Bobby (2011)
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive's criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSearch Party (2014)
Two oafs must rescue their stranded pal in Mexico.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBorat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKilling Hasselhoff (2017)
A man in a high stakes celebrity death pool quickly loses everything - his business, his bank account, his home, his fiancé. He snaps, then realizes the only way to get his life back on track. He'll have to murder his own celebrity. He'll have to kill Hasselhoff.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon Verdean (2015)
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFool's Paradise (2023)
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017)
Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFDR: American Badass! (2012)
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFour Lions (2010)
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSeven Psychopaths (2012)
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Dreamer (2022)
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by leaving her desk job in New York and taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, a culture-shocked Kim befriends an adventurous reporter Tanya Vanderpoel, a stern Colonel, and a charming photojournalist to help her navigate this crazy new world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Civil War on Drugs (2021)
Two young stoners mistakenly believe the American Civil War is being waged over the legalization of marijuana. They join the cause and embark on an epic journey that brings them face to face with the Union, the Confederacy, the Pony Express, and eventually Abraham Lincoln himself. [Originally a series of sketches running through the final season of The Whitest Kids U' Know in 2011, The Civil War on Drugs was released as a web series on YouTube in 2013, and as a feature-length film on Prime Video in 2021.]
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Tropic Thunder (2008)
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. When budgets skyrocket and schedules fall far behind, the director tries to save the production by leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they inadvertently encounter real danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Army of One?
The closest matches to Army of One are The Dictator (2012), Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) and Moonwalkers (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Army of One?
People who watched Army of One most often go on to The Dictator (2012), Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) and Moonwalkers (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like Army of One?
War Dogs (2016), rated 7.0/10 by 5,816 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Army of One?
Fool's Paradise (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Army of One?
Yes: The Dictator (2012), Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) and Moonwalkers (2015).
How are movies similar to Army of One chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Army of One, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.