Movies Like Hornblower: Loyalty

If you liked Hornblower: Loyalty (2003), 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
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.
2
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and war
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the…
3
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.
4
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also war and tv movie
At 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…
5
To Have and Have Not (1945)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and war
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
6
Zulu Dawn (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and war
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
7
The Alamo (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also war and adventure
The 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.
8
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
★ 6.5/10Also war and adventure
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk…
9
Descendants 2 (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also tv movie and adventure
When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen.
10
Taking Chance (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also war and tv movie
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
11
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and tv movie
Young 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.
12
Treasure Island (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and tv movie
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and…
13
The Four Feathers (1939)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and war
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
14
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
★ 7.3/10Also war and adventure
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
15
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
★ 8/10Also adventure and war
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
16
David (1997)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and tv movie
A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be king, under the watchful eyes of prophet Samuel.
17
Gunga Din (1939)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and war
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of…
18
The Buccaneer (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and war
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this…
19
The Blue Max (1966)
★ 6.8/10Also war and adventure
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
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Jesus (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and tv movie
Jesus, a carpenter living a simple life, discovers his destiny as the biblical Messiah.