Movies like Bloody Sunday: 20 to watch next

If you loved Bloody Sunday (2002) — a drama and history film directed by Paul Greengrass — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Bloody Sunday most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like 1970s, demonstration and civil rights. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Hunger 2008★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, History
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Baltimore 2024★ 6.0
Shares: History, Drama
Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three comrades carried out an armed raid on Russborough House, Wicklow, in which nineteen masterpieces were stolen in an effort to support the IRA’s armed struggle. The film plays out over the course of the days following the raid, when Rose is in hiding in a remote cottage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
'71 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
In the Name of the Father 1993★ 7.9
Shares: Drama
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Nuremberg 2025★ 7.6
Shares: History, Drama
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
6
The General 1998★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
The Siege of Jadotville 2016★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Stream in India on Netflix
8
Truth & Treason 2025★ 8.1
Shares: History, Drama
In 1941 Nazi Germany, 16-year-old Helmuth Hübener begins questioning the regime after learning the truth about the war and seeing his Jewish friend persecuted. With two friends, he secretly listens to banned foreign broadcasts and distributes leaflets exposing Nazi lies. As the Gestapo closes in, the teenagers face mounting danger for choosing conscience over obedience. Based on the true story of one of Germany’s youngest resistance fighters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Oranges and Sunshine 2010★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, History
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
Escape from Pretoria 2020★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, History
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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6 Days 2017★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, History
London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.
Stream in India on Netflix
12
Son of the South 2021★ 6.5
Shares: History, Drama
In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his family and white Southern norms, he fought against social injustice, repression and violence to change the world around him
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
Maze 2017★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, History
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
Stream in India on Plex
14
Firebrand 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, History
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Stream in India on Netflix
17
The World Will Tremble 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, History
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Elephant 1989★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A chilling depiction of a series of violent killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Rustin 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, History
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Stream in India on Netflix
20
The Hate U Give 2018★ 8.1
Shares: Drama
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now