Movies like Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: 20 to watch next

If you loved Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) — a drama, history and war film directed by Nagisa Ōshima — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on novel or book, war crimes and world war ii. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Letters from Iwo Jima 2006★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, 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
2
The Great Raid 2005★ 6.6
Shares: History, 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
3
Escape from Sobibor 1987★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, War
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
4
Flags of Our Fathers 2006★ 6.9
Shares: War, Drama, History
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 Big Red One 1980★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, War
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
The Thin Red Line 1998★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, History, 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
7
Pork Chop Hill 1959★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, History, War
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Walking with the Enemy 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History, War
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
To End All Wars 2001★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, War
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
10
Slaughterhouse-Five 1972★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, War
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
King Rat 1965★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, 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
12
Fires on the Plain 1959★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, War
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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We Go In at Dawn 2020★ 5.9
Shares: History, War
When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Waiting for the Barbarians 2020★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, History
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bat★21 1988★ 6.3
Shares: War, Drama
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
The World Will Tremble 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, War, History
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Twelve O'Clock High 1949★ 7.2
Shares: War, Drama
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Men in War 1957★ 6.6
Shares: War, Drama
In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.
Stream in India on Plex
19
Unbroken 2014★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, War
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Adam Resurrected 2008★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, War
After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now