Movies like Living Free: 20 to watch next
If you loved Living Free (1972) — a adventure, drama and family film directed by Jack Couffer — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Living Free most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like africa, lion and sequel. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Black Gold 2011★ 6.5
Shares: Adventure, Drama
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Warrior 2001★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
In feudal India, a warrior who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
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Sarafina! 1992★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Family
A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
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The Secret Life of Bees 2008★ 7.5
Shares: Family, Adventure, Drama
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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End of the Spear 2005★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mountains of the Moon 1990★ 6.6
Shares: Adventure, Drama
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Hunter 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Adventure
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
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Tomorrow, When the War Began 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and family have been imprisoned. When the hostile invaders become alerted to their presence, Ellie and her friends band together to escape -- and strike back against -- this mysterious enemy.
Stream in India on Bloodstream
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Final Score 2018★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama
When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save both the daughter of a fallen comrade and the huge crowd unaware of the danger.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Vesper 2022★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Adventure
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Postman 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Preacher's Kid 2010★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Family
Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Shout at the Devil 1976★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.
Stream in India on Plex
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The High and the Mighty 1954★ 5.9
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lord of the Flies 1990★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure, Drama
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall 2026★ 9.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Arkham Asylum has been destroyed, and all its inmates have been unleashed upon Gotham City. As Batman races to round up some of his greatest enemies, he is pushed to his physical and mental limits and into a final confrontation with a new threat: the man called Bane!
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Mountain Men 1980★ 5.9
Shares: Adventure, Drama
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Island in the Sky 1953★ 6.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Moonfleet 1955★ 6.5
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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China Seas 1935★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now