Movies Like Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
If you liked Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (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: 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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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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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and warAfter an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh…
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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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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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Passage to Marseille (1944)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and warA freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
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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 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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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also war and tv movieAt the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors…
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Britannic (2000)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie and warIt was the sister ship of the infamous Titanic... and its final destiny was the same. Experience the true untold story of Britannic, a tumultuous, epic voyage of human passion, courage and betrayal aboard an ill-fated…
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Stargate: Continuum (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and tv movieBa'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
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Against the Sun (2014)
★ 7/10Also war and adventureA WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
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Taking Chance (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also war and tv movieLt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
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The Alamo (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also war and adventureThe legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
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Uprising (2001)
★ 6.6/10Also war and tv movieIn the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.
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The Four Feathers (1939)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and warA disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
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Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
★ 6/10Also adventure and tv movieHercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the…
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and tv movieYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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The Pentagon Wars (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also war and tv movieFrom the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the…
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King Arthur (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and warThe story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British…