Movies Like Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
If you liked Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999), a war and adventure movie directed by Andrew Grieve, 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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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also war and adventureLieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
★ 7.5/10Also war and adventureActing Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
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Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
★ 6.8/10Also war and adventurePortugal, 1809. Fast moving, hard-hitting action adventure filmed on location in the Crimea, Portugal and England brings to the screen all the danger, romance and sheer spectacle of one of the bloodiest periods in…
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Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also war and adventureHornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
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Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also war and adventureHornblower 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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Sahara (1995)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and tv movieAfter the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied…
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and warA team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
★ 7/10Also adventure and warCaptain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie and warFr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him…
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Play Dirty (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also war and adventureDuring World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
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When Trumpets Fade (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also war and tv movieIn WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they…
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Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also war and adventureHornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
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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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Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and warWorld War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.
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U-571 (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also war and adventureIn 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…
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Dark of the Sun (1968)
★ 6.6/10Also war and adventureA band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize…
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Triple Cross (1966)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and warSafecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the…
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Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
★ 7.5/10Also war and adventurePortsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.
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Red Scorpion (1988)
★ 6/10Also adventure and warA Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
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The Wild Geese (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and warA British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader…