Movies like The Bang Bang Club: 20 to watch next

If you loved The Bang Bang Club (2011) — a drama and history film directed by Steven Silver — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of The Bang Bang Club most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like photographer, south africa and apartheid. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Lee 2024★ 6.9
Shares: History, Drama
The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Stream in India on Zee5, Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel
2
Escape from Pretoria 2020★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, History
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Gorillas in the Mist 1988★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, History
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
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
5
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
6
Civil War 2024★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Stream in India on Zee5
7
Shepherds and Butchers 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Minamata 2020★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, History
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
9
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
10
40 Acres 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
11
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher 2022★ 6.2
Shares: History, Drama
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
12
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
13
Suffragette 2015★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, History
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Panther 1995★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History
In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
A Dry White Season 1989★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
16
The Great War 2019★ 6.5
Shares: History, Drama
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
The Survivor 2022★ 6.8
Shares: History, Drama
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
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
19
Beast 2026★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
20
Sarafina! 1992★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now