Movies like The Men: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Men (1950) — a drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Men most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) and broken engagement. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Article 99 1992★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Thank You for Your Service 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Stop-Loss 2008★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Waterdance 1992★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Uncommon Valor 1983★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bennett's War 2019★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
After surviving an IED explosion in combat overseas, a young soldier with the Army Motorcycle Unit is medically discharged with a broken back and leg. Against all odds he trains to make an impossible comeback as a motocross racer in order to support his family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Born on the Fourth of July 1989★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Rolling Thunder 1977★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Cherry 2021★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? 1981★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 2016★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Railway Man 2013★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Passion Fish 1992★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Deer Hunter 1978★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Slaughterhouse-Five 1972★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
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
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The Big Red One 1980★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
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
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The Survivor 2022★ 6.8
Shares: 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
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Fort Bliss 2014★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Causeway 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel