Movies like Gunga Din: 20 to watch next
If you loved Gunga Din (1939) — a adventure, war and action film directed by George Stevens — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Gunga Din most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like army, british empire and uprising. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Zulu 1964★ 7.4
Shares: History, War
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
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Zulu Dawn 1979★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, History, War
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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King Arthur 2004★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, War, History, Action
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Guns of Navarone 1961★ 7.3
Shares: Adventure, War
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters 1999★ 7.2
Shares: War, Adventure
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Codes of War 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Action, War
War stories about family, ethics and honor include the true story of two U.S. Marines who in a span of six seconds, must stand their ground to stop a suicide truck bomb, a Navy Corpsman who attempts to hold on to his humanity, and a WW2 soldier who gets separated from his squad and is forced to re-evaluate his code.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Pride and the Passion 1957★ 6.0
Shares: War, History
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968★ 6.2
Shares: History, War
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Journey's End 2017★ 6.3
Shares: War, Action
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Gods and Generals 2003★ 6.4
Shares: History, War
Follows the personal and professional life of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lucky Strike 2026★ 6.4
Shares: War, Action
A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Rifleman 2023★ 6.6
Shares: History, War
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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The Devil's Brigade 1968★ 6.3
Shares: Action, War
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny 2016★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Adventure
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Scarlet and the Black 1983★ 7.1
Shares: History, War
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dark of the Sun 1968★ 6.6
Shares: War, Adventure
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Six Minutes to Midnight 2020★ 6.2
Shares: History, War
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Man Who Never Was 1956★ 7.0
Shares: War, History
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Distant Drums 1951★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, War
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943★ 6.5
Shares: War, History, Adventure
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now