15 Great War Movies (Nobody Ever Talks About)

Helmed by comedy legend Ivan Reitman, 1980's Stripes took the "likeable goofballs versus fuddy duddy institutions" format of everything from Porky's to Animal House and remixed the formula so that said institution was the US military.

This goofy eighties comedy from Harold Ramis and Bill Murray saw the pair enlist in the military and set the blueprint for Ghostbusters a few years later, as the conceit is used as an excuse for all manner of silly comic set pieces and madcap shenanigans.

Less tightly scripted than the likes of Caddyshack, this anarchic comedy is nonetheless an underrated eighties war movie which takes itself lightly enough to move at a clip and is free from Private Benjamin's draggy third act diversions.