Movies like Fate Is the Hunter: 20 to watch next
If you loved Fate Is the Hunter (1964) — a drama film directed by Ralph Nelson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Fate Is the Hunter most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like airplane, based on novel or book and stewardess. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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On a Wing and a Prayer 2023★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Sully 2016★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Flight of the Phoenix 2004★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Hindenburg 1975★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Underdog 2021★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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The Aviator 2004★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Stream in India on Netflix, Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel
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Flyboys 2006★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Richard Jewell 2019★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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San Andreas 2015★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Airport 1970★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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United 2011★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Heaven Is for Real 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
After their young son, Colton, undergoes emergency surgery, small-town parents Todd and Sonja Burpo are overjoyed at the child's miraculous recovery. However, the Burpos are unprepared for what happens next... Colton says that during his surgery he went to heaven and back, and tells his parents things that he couldn't possibly know. Can Todd find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world?
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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If I Stay 2014★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Flight of the Phoenix 1965★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Left Hand of God 1955★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dad 1989★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ford v Ferrari 2019★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Murder on the Orient Express 1974★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fluke 1995★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, his memories return, and Thomas realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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First Man 2018★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads