Movies Like Quentin Durward
If you liked Quentin Durward (1955), a adventure and history movie directed by Richard Thorpe, 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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The Three Musketeers (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also 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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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.1/10Also history and adventureIn order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
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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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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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Prince Valiant (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and romanceA young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
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Hellfighters (1968)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romanceThe adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
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The Vikings (1958)
★ 7/10Also adventure and historyEinar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
★ 7.5/10Also romance and adventureA kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in…
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Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and romanceA group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
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Robin and Marian (1976)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romanceRobin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
★ 7/10Also adventure and historyYears have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his…
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Pocahontas (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and romancePocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
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Ivanhoe (1952)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and romanceSir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
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Maleficent (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and romanceA beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest…
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Aladdin (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and romanceA kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their…
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Kidnapped (1971)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and historyScottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he cannot claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by Alan…
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romanceThe youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to…
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Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and historyRobin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter…
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The Big Sky (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and romanceTwo tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…