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Sharpe's Enemy (1994)
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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 troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Duclos.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot: napoleonic wars, military, british soldier, heroes, soldier, war, kidnapping, captivity, daring rescue, heroic mission, danger, lone wolves, military life, wartime life, ransom, save the day, tough heroes, british army, medieval, revolution, napoleonic era, french revolution, royal family, freedom, napoleon bonaparte ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s
Place: portugal, europe
Keyword: napoleon, french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about battles, war, napoleonic wars, sword fight, french revolution, military and heroes mostly in Drama, War and Adventure genres. Some movies like Sharpe's Enemy: Sharpe's Company (1994), Sharpe's Rifles (1993), Ultimate Force (2002), Sharpe's Waterloo (1997), Sharpe's Challenge (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Ultimate Force (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story: Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS. The programme started on 16 September 2002 and four series were produced.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: military, covert operation, counter terrorism, mercenary, danger, terrorism, special forces, survival, hostage, mission, spy, rescue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story: Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: adventurer, soldier, rivalry, heroic mission, war, escapades, daring rescue, state affairs, danger, investigation, political unrest, rescue mission ...
Time: 19th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Sharpe's Gold (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary, french revolution, british empire, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, special forces ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 ⇓
61%
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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 ⇓
60%
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 ⇓
60%
Sharpe's Regiment (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
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: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, spanish history, napoleon bonaparte, french revolution, special forces, soldier, heroes, military, british army, war hero, cavalry ...
Time: 19th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Sharpe's Sword (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic issues, a traumatized young girl, and possible French spies all threaten his success
Style: captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, military, medieval, revolution, napoleonic era, age difference, british empire, french revolution, young love, freedom, revolutionary, struggle ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Sharpe's Battle (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: When Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughtering their relatives in Ireland and a spy from within.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, chivalry, special forces, revolutionary war, spanish history, napoleon bonaparte, struggle, sorcery, freedom ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Last Kingdom (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the ...
Style: exciting, serious, epic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: viking, king, medieval, battles, danger, escapades, kingdom, castle, kidnapping, rivalry, heroes, political unrest ...
Time: middle ages, 9th century, medieval times, future, 10th century
Place: england, chicago, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colours (its regimental flag), Sharpe vows to save the honor of the regiment by ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, factual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, military, battles, heroes, war, soldier, state affairs, escapades, rebellion, military life, medieval, napoleonic era ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Sharpe (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 1673 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based ...
Style: historical drama, vintage, period drama
Plot: military, british army, european history, napoleonic wars, battles, war, corruption, french history, swordsman, british, regiment, sword ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 2000s, 90s
Place: portugal, india, europe, france, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sharpe's Mission (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten their success. Meanwhile, Jane is wearying of the army life and Harper and Ramona are at odds.
Style: period drama
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, french revolution, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, special forces, british army, british soldier, scout, traitor, disfigured face, journalist ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Sharpe's Revenge (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.
Style: period drama
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, french revolution, british soldier, framed for a crime, napoleon bonaparte, sword fight
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Sharpe's Justice (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire Yeomen. His duties include protecting mill owners from restless workers who are on ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, french revolution, sorcery, revolution, chivalry, revenge, british soldier, homecoming, british army, fictional biography, half brother ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
Bravo Two Zero (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gulf war, special forces, military, war, soldier, middle east conflict, war on terror, shootout, meaning of life, conflict, military operation, hostage rescue ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 5K
Napoleon (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 380 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 1816, and NAPOLEON, held prisoner by the British on the island of St. Helena, is telling the young English girl BETSY his life story.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, epic ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleon bonaparte, megalomaniac, battles, rise and fall, imperial russia, conquering, ambition, leadership, rise to the top, society, politics ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 1800s, 18th century, regency period ...
Place: austria, france, europe, prussia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
32%
 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 ⇓
32%
Our World War (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
TV show
Story: During the First World War, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, costume drama ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, soldier, war, battle zone, great war, british soldier, wartime, military life, wartime life, struggle for survival ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, fast ...
Plot: military, world war, french foreign legion, luftwaffe, mission, tank, soldier, battles, war, danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades ...
Time: 20th century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
30%
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