Movies like Article 99: 20 to watch next
If you loved Article 99 (1992) — a drama film directed by Howard Deutch — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Article 99 most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like bureaucracy, war veteran and wheelchair. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Men 1950★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hacksaw Ridge 2016★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Full Metal Jacket 1987★ 8.1
Shares: Drama
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Doctor 1991★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fort Bliss 2014★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Platoon 1986★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Hamburger Hill 1987★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Stop-Loss 2008★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Casualties of War 1989★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Johnny Mad Dog 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Extreme Measures 1996★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Survivor 2022★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Field of Lost Shoes 2015★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Inside I'm Dancing 2004★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rolling Thunder 1977★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Born on the Fourth of July 1989★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Birdy 1984★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Full Measure 2020★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2013★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Tears of the Sun 2003★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel