Movies like Gorillas in the Mist: 20 to watch next

If you loved Gorillas in the Mist (1988) — a drama and history film directed by Michael Apted — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Gorillas in the Mist most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like photographer, africa and rwanda. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Sometimes in April 2005★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, History
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
2
The Bang Bang Club 2011★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, History
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Desert Flower 2009★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Shooting Dogs 2006★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, History
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
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5
The Lost City of Z 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, History
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
6
The Zookeeper's Wife 2017★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, History
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Trees of Peace 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda.
Stream in India on Netflix
8
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus 2006★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, History
In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.
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9
Blood Diamond 2006★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
10
The Killing Fields 1984★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, History
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Salvador 1986★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
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
13
Under Fire 1983★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
14
Darfur 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
Papillon 1973★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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16
Beasts of No Nation 2015★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
Stream in India on Netflix
17
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Amina 2021★ 6.4
Shares: History, Drama
In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story.
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19
Pilgrimage 2017★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.
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20
Cass 2008★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now