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The Duellists (1977)
 7.4
 26K
The Duellists (1977)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
Style: costume drama, visually appealing, period piece, cult classic, realistic, stylized, satanic, action adventure, historical drama, serious ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, fencing, sword duel, swordsman, sword fight, medieval, napoleonic era, military, swashbuckler, duel, adaptation, war, martial arts, knight, time travel, time machine, ancient, napoleon bonaparte, intrigue, martial arts tournament, justice league, historical event, unhappy ending, adulthood, martial artist ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1810s, 18th century, year 1977, regency period
Place: france, europe, canada
Keyword: napoleon, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and period drama films with plots about military, battles, war, sword fight, heroes, combat and sword mostly in Drama, War and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Duellists: Barry Lyndon (1975), Red Cliff II (2009), St. Ives (1998), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story: In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to ...
Style: epic, visually stunning, period piece, realistic, visual ...
Plot: nobility, rise and fall, aristocracy, opportunist, tragedy, literary, british army, gambling, funeral, sword fight, soldier, amputation ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 20th century, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: ireland, prussia, england, britain, berlin germany ...
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 7.5
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Red Cliff II (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?
Style: epic, stylized, saga, scenic, visual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, soldier, battles, chinese history, ancient history, horse, historical event, war, wuxia, military, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2009, year 2008, medieval times, ancient times
Place: china, ancient china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 823
St. Ives (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot: prison, adventurer, fall in love, haunted by the past, soldier, escapades, captivity, battles, military, napoleonic wars, napoleon bonaparte, escape ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 1800s, 1810s, regency period
Place: scotland, europe, britain, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 218 min.
Story: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, teens, family outing, kids
Plot: desert, world war one, military, british empire, camel, imperialism, historical character, battles, islam, politics, great war, train ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1962, victorian era ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, ottoman empire, arabia, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, action adventure, contemplative ...
Plot: revenge, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, prison escape, prison, chivalry, ancient, historical event, fencing, peplum, sorcery, betrayal ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1830s
Place: paris france, france, europe, provence, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, costume drama, serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, adventurer, navy, military, bully, heroes, duel, battles, french revolution, sea ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Hornblower is given a dangerous mission to deliver an emigre French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, british navy, military, sea battle, chivalry, espionage, war hero, rebellion, sword fight, ship, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, georgian era, 1800s
Place: europe, france, english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.3
 12K
Waterloo (1970)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of ...
Style: epic, serious, exciting, emotional, stylized ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleon bonaparte, battles, british army, military, war, state affairs, politics, military life, medieval, betrayal, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, regency period, 18th century ...
Place: europe, belgium, britain, soviet union, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, serious, period piece, feel good, period drama
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, navy, sailing, battles, pirate, sea, french revolution, napoleonic era, success, swashbuckler, boat ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 18th century
Place: north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: period piece, feel good, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, french revolution, heroes, sailing, adventurer, pirate, sea, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, marine, seafaring ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1790s
Place: europe, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, period piece ...
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, ship captain, military, sea battle, battles, military life, couples, danger, rescue, treason, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Sharpe: The Legend (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper, and the officer whose fame he ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, french revolution, revolutionary war, medieval, freedom, revolution, revolutionary, struggle, cannon, soldier, combat, british military ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Horatio Homblower, now promoted to Acting Lieutenant, captures the French ship Le Reve off the Spanish coast. The Captain of the French ship is furious that such a youngster has pulled off such a coup. But far more daunting is Hornblower's ...
Style: period piece, feel good, serious, exciting, period drama
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, sea battle, pirate, sailing, heroes, napoleonic era, sea, swashbuckler, seafaring, fish, royalty ...
Time: 18th century, victorian era, 19th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.5
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Henry V (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
Style: epic, realistic, exciting, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medieval, battles, shakespeare, king, politics, royal family, war, tragedy, king of england, royalty, love and romance, military ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1989, ancient times
Place: england, france, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Warring States (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Rival Chinese military strategists Sun Bin (Sun Honglei) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng) clash in this historic war adventure set during the Era of Warring States.
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, rivalry, heroes, soldier, military life, political intrigue, dishonesty, political unrest, state affairs, betrayal, battles, uninhibited rivalry ...
Place: seattle, ancient china, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.6
 31K
Gettysburg (1993)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min.
Story: Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and ...
Style: epic, factual, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american civil war, military, battles, war, civil war, slavery, civil rights, soldier, usa history, battlefield, prejudice, infantry ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place: usa, pennsylvania, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
TV show
Story: During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker ...
Style: exciting, costume drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: napoleonic wars, war, military, wartime life, escapades, british army, medieval, world history, revolution, napoleonic era, special forces, chivalry ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: portugal, iberian peninsula
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Sharpe's Peril (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story: Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, disturbing, realistic
Plot: napoleonic wars, medieval, military, battles, heroes, danger, heroic mission, military life, escapades, british soldier, battlefield, violence ...
Time: 19th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Sharpe's Waterloo (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the novel by Bernard Cornwell, "Sharpe's Waterloo" brings maverick British officer Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe to his last fight against the French, in June of 1815.
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, medieval, napoleonic era, lone wolves, french revolution, historical event, revolutionary war, struggle, revolutionary, freedom, revolution, battles ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Sharpe's Enemy (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot: napoleonic wars, military, british soldier, heroes, soldier, war, daring rescue, captivity, kidnapping, heroic mission, tough heroes, ransom ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s
Place: portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, military, leadership, navy, military life, naval battle, napoleonic era, rebelliousness, uninhibited rivalry, rebel ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 1800s
Place: west indies, jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Morocco
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Style: stylized, exciting, captivating, epic, scenic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: medieval, knight, knights templar, crusader, monastery, war, crusade, sword fight, cavalry, religion, heroes, danger ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: europe, morocco, eastern europe, middle east, jerusalem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, captivating, rough, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, sea battle, military, rebellion, war hero, military life, army investigation, rivalry, ship, ship captain, sailing, boat ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: west indies, jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Colonel Chabert (1994)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory, he goes back to Paris, where his "widow", Anne ...
Style: harsh, stylized, talky, disturbing, sentimental ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, betrayal, battles, war, military, haunted by the past, homecoming, aristocracy, dishonesty, life is a bitch, infidelity, missing person ...
Time: 19th century, year 1994, 1810s, 18th century, 1800s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Sharpe's Siege (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is somewhat distracted by thoughts of his wife whom he was forced to leave while stricken with fever.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, battles, castle, british soldier, heroes, siege, danger, military life, war, military, woman in danger, heroic mission ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
War and Peace (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 393 min.
Story: Seven-hour epic based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the ...
Style: epic, romantic, smart, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, nobility, nationalism, battles, war, medieval, napoleonic era, true love, spirituality, moving, freedom, revolutionary ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, year 1966, 1800s, regency period
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.9
 38K
Kagemusha (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.
Style: captivating, enigmatic, bleak, costume drama, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, battles, martial arts, japanese history, war, warlord, medieval, doppelganger, emperor, death, feudal japan, culture clash ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, year 1980
Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.7
 42K
Zulu (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In 1879, during the Zulu wars, man of the people Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and snooty Lt Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) were in charge of defending the isolated Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes, holding out during an ...
Style: realistic, epic, factual, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: military, war, british empire, siege, british colonialism, british army, colonialism, human spirit, battles, zulu, soldier, historical event ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Sharpe's Honour (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: 1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought ...
Style: exciting, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, british soldier, struggle, freedom, revolutionary, special forces, revolutionary war, royal family, napoleon bonaparte ...
Time: 1810s, 19th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Sharpe's Company (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Spain 1812 The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's past uses a beautiful woman revenge himself on Sharpe, now the father of her child. Sharpe has reason to be happy, he holds his daughter for the ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, british soldier, revolutionary, freedom, sorcery, struggle, french revolution, special forces, revolutionary war ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, 1810s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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