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Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999)
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Original name: Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
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 naval history.Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Style:
period piece, feel good, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, period drama
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, french revolution, heroes, sailing, chivalry, adventurer, pirate, sea, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, war hero, british navy, time machine, water, boat, courage, marine, captain, fish, pirate ship, royalty, sorcery, seafaring, military ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1790s
Place:
france, europe, brittany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about heroes, napoleonic wars, military, war, escapades, battles and sword fight mostly in Drama, Adventure and War genres. Some movies like Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War: Hornblower: Loyalty (2003), Hornblower: Duty (2003), Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998), Hornblower: Mutiny (2001), Hornblower: Retribution (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, british navy, sea battle, military, chivalry, war hero, espionage, sword fight, rebellion, ship, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era, 1800s
Place:
france, europe, english channel
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100%
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, chess, pirate, sailing, chivalry, heroes, sea, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, shipwreck ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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100%
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, suspenseful, rough, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, ship captain, sea battle, military, battles, military life, couples, danger, rescue, treason, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
switzerland, europe
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100%
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:
period piece, exciting, serious, feel good, period drama
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, sailing, chivalry, battles, french revolution, pirate, sea, napoleonic era, success, swashbuckler ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 18th century
Place:
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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:
costume drama, period piece, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, adventurer, military, navy, duel, folk hero, bully, heroes, sword duel, war hero ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
britain
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89%
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, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, military, leadership, naval battle, navy, napoleonic era, military life, rebelliousness, uninhibited rivalry, rebel ...
Time:
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Place:
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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, suspenseful, rough, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, sea battle, military, rebellion, war hero, ship captain, military life, army investigation, rivalry, ship, sailing, chivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
west indies, jamaica
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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 his commitment to duty and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, period piece, epic, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, naval battle, sea battle, battles, sailing, warship, heroic mission, royal navy, british navy, sea ...
Time:
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Place:
britain, england, america, brazil, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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 captain is disabled, ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful, technicolor ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, ship, pirate, british navy, navy, sea adventure, mutiny, chivalry, sea, sailing, pirate ship, marine ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, costume drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
napoleonic wars, war, military, wartime life, british army, escapades, chivalry, medieval, napoleonic era, revolution, war hero, war violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
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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:
captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front ...
Style:
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Plot:
napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, british army, cavalry, war hero, special forces, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, french revolution, soldier, military, heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, military, battles, state affairs, soldier, heroes, escapades, rebellion, military life, medieval, chivalry, napoleonic era ...
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Place:
iberian peninsula
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100%
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Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, chivalry, medieval, revolution, sorcery, freedom, revolutionary, special forces, struggle, spanish history, napoleon bonaparte ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
100%
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain, europe
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30%
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Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, disturbing, realistic
Plot:
napoleonic wars, medieval, military, battles, heroes, danger, heroic mission, military life, escapades, british soldier, battlefield, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, cavalry, british army, war hero, british soldier, special forces, struggle, revolutionary, revolutionary war ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Style:
tense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
19th century, 1810s
Place:
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Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Norway
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
pirate ship, pirate, sea battle, ocean, sailboat, child in peril, pirate captain, last stand, sword fight, kidnapping, escapades, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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542
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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king arthur, knight, medieval, king, arthurian legend, sword fight, military, combat, battles, sword and shield, roman empire, swords and armor ...
Time:
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Place:
britain, scotland, england, europe, rome italy ...
Similarity:
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Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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