Movies Like The Scarlet Blade

If you liked The Scarlet Blade (1963), a adventure and war movie directed by John Gilling, 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
King Arthur (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and war
The 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…
2
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.
3
Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also history and war
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
4
The Four Feathers (1939)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and war
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
5
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
★ 8/10Also adventure and history
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.
6
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.
7
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and war
After 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…
8
Robin Hood (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and history
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the…
9
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…
10
Midway (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also war and history
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
11
Firebird (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also history and war
At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
12
Henry V (1944)
★ 6.7/10Also history and war
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
13
Sergeant York (1941)
★ 7.2/10Also war and history
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most…
14
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.
15
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
★ 6.5/10Also war and history
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…
16
War Horse (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also war and history
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms…
17
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also history and war
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
18
Henry V (1989)
★ 7.1/10Also war and history
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
19
Taras Bulba (1962)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and history
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
20
The Lost Battalion (2001)
★ 6.7/10Also history and war
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.