Movies Like The Scarlet Pimpernel
If you liked The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), a romance and tv movie movie directed by Clive Donner, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10Also adventure and romanceIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and tv movieSince a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
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Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and romanceSpanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
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Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and romanceAfter an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
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The Lost World (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and tv movieThis Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his…
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and tv movieJamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re…
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The Three Musketeers (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and romanceIn 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue…
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Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and tv movieJack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.
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Secret Millionaire (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and tv movieWhen a bored millionaire (Steve Lund) is mistaken for a parking attendant by a beautiful girl (Siobhan Williams) who is protesting against his family’s intention of closing a local park, he uses the misunderstanding to…
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Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and tv movieHornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and tv movieLieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
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MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)
★ 6/10Also adventure and tv movieA close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching for a reason for this assassination MacGyver discovers a secret nuclear weapons plant right in the center of Britain.
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The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and tv movieIn a fantasy world where magic is being superceded by technology, an orphaned teen discovers her destiny to become a dragonslayer.
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The Black Swan (1942)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and romanceWhen notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's…
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To Have and Have Not (1945)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and romanceA Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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Princess of Thieves (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and tv movieSherwood forest has a courageous new hero - Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and intelligence of her mother Maid Marian, Gwyn is anxious to follow…
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The Saint (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and adventureSimon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its…
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Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and tv movieIn this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending…
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Stardust (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and romanceIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest…
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and romanceBella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.