Movies like Farewell to the King: 20 to watch next
If you loved Farewell to the King (1989) — a war and adventure film directed by John Milius — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Farewell to the King most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like guerrilla warfare, paradise and island. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Too Late the Hero 1970★ 6.4
Shares: War
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Letters from Iwo Jima 2006★ 7.5
Shares: War
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Flags of Our Fathers 2006★ 6.9
Shares: War
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Thin Red Line 1998★ 7.4
Shares: War
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Operation Blood Hunt 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure
Prolific expert of the occult and whiskey, Reverend Conte, accompanies a ragtag group of military rejects to a remote South Pacific Island to investigate the disappearance of Marines units stationed there in 1944, said to be at the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army. Upon speaking with the island’s inhabitants, they soon discover the Marines had actually been massacred by a group of Lycanthropes, known to most as WEREWOLVES.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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King Rat 1965★ 7.1
Shares: War
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King's enthusiastic approach to life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Force 10 from Navarone 1978★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, War
World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Robinson Crusoe 1997★ 6.0
Shares: Adventure
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Dogs of War 1980★ 5.8
Shares: Adventure
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Missing in Action 1984★ 5.9
Shares: Adventure, War
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Most Dangerous Game 1932★ 6.9
Shares: Adventure
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
Stream in India on Bloodstream, Artiflix, JustWatch TV Beta
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From Here to Eternity 1953★ 7.3
Shares: War
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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The Lost City of Z 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Full Metal Jacket 1987★ 8.1
Shares: War
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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Back to Bataan 1945★ 6.1
Shares: War
A U.S. Army colonel leads local fighters in a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Falcon Rising 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sand Castle 2017★ 6.5
Shares: War
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Last of the Mohicans 1992★ 7.4
Shares: War
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Great Raid 2005★ 6.6
Shares: War
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lord of the Flies 1990★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel