If you loved Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, try Operation Dumbo Drop

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Operation Dumbo Drop has roughly 3.5× fewer votes than Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

2001 · dir. Simon Wincer

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Operation Dumbo Drop

1995 · dir. Simon Wincer

What they share

Both films are directed by Simon Wincer, and they both carry the cozy, playful mood tags, and they sit in Adventure / Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Operation Dumbo Drop is

The 1960s military learns elephants are harder to deploy than expected. Five Green Berets, hedging bets on an 8,000-pound elephant in 1968, trade war stories for jungle logistics. The only drop that goes smoothly is the one they didn’t sign up for.

If you loved Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, try Operation Dumbo Drop

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Operation Dumbo Drop

What they share

What Operation Dumbo Drop is

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