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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.

  1. 1Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

    Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

    ★ 7.2/10Also war and adventure

    Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

  2. 2Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

    Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)

    ★ 7.5/10Also war and adventure

    Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.

  3. 3Sharpe's Rifles

    Sharpe's Rifles (1993)

    ★ 6.8/10Also war and adventure

    Portugal, 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…

  4. 4Hornblower: Retribution

    Hornblower: Retribution (2001)

    ★ 7.4/10Also war and adventure

    Hornblower 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.

  5. 5Hornblower: Mutiny

    Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)

    ★ 7.4/10Also war and adventure

    Hornblower 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.

  6. 6Sahara

    Sahara (1995)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure and tv movie

    After 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…

  7. 7The Guns of Navarone

    The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    ★ 7.3/10Also adventure and war

    A 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.

  8. 8Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

    ★ 7/10Also adventure and war

    Captain 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.

  9. 9The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    ★ 7.1/10Also tv movie and war

    Fr. 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…

  10. 10Play Dirty

    Play Dirty (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war and adventure

    During 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.

  11. 11When Trumpets Fade

    When Trumpets Fade (1998)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war and tv movie

    In 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…

  12. 12Hornblower: Loyalty

    Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)

    ★ 7.3/10Also war and adventure

    Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.

  13. 13Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven

    Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and tv movie

    Jack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.

  14. 14Force 10 from Navarone

    Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and war

    World 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.

  15. 15U-571

    U-571 (2000)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war and adventure

    In 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…

  16. 16Dark of the Sun

    Dark of the Sun (1968)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war and adventure

    A 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…

  17. 17Triple Cross

    Triple Cross (1966)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and war

    Safecracker 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…

  18. 18Hornblower: The Even Chance

    Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

    ★ 7.5/10Also war and adventure

    Portsmouth, 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.

  19. 19Red Scorpion

    Red Scorpion (1988)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and war

    A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.

  20. 20The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10Also adventure and war

    A 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…

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