Top 5 IMDb Rated Patriotic Bollywood Movies (Release From 2018-23) To Watch This Independence Day. August 15 truly awakens the patriotism in all of us despite our political preferences. The Indian in us makes a roaring comeback! In this article, we will look at patriotic movies with compelling stories about freedom fighters soldiers, and civilians who put their lives up to liberate India either from the British Raj or terrorists.
Bollywood is regarded for its electrifying stories, drama and, narratives. And you will not be disappointed with our top 5 picks with IMDb ratings:
Shershaah IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Year Released: 2021
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Manmeet Kaur, Munira Kudrati
This story is based on a brave Indian soldier Capt. Vikram Batra (played by Sidharth Malhotra) helped flush Pakistani soldiers out of India during the 1999 Kargil War. Batra wanted to join the Indian Navy but ended up joining the Indian Army.
As soon as he joins the army, he takes part in counter-insurgency operations. Pakistan army plans to invade Kashmir and Batra joins the mission to save Kashmir and India saying he will either raise the Indian flag or return wrapped in it.
Uri: The Surgical Strike IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Year Released: 2019
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina and Kirti Kulhari
This movie is about a brave Major Vihaan Singh Shergill who neutralizes Northeastern militants and helps bring peace to Manipur to some extent is deployed to Uri to carry out a surgical strike after some heavily armed militants killed Indian soldiers.
To keep the operation a secret, he tells his fellow soldiers that it’s just a regular training exercise but they have to give up their mobile phones.
Raazi IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Year Released: 2018
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Alia Bhatt, Jaideep Ahlawat, Soni Razdan
Raazi is a spy thriller. Sehmat is RAW’s undercover agent and passes information about Pakistan’s planned attacks on India to the intelligence in India. She kills to keep her secrets. More undercover agents do not know each other, making things complicated and challenging. Sehmat and other agents helped the Indian Navy successfully sink PNS Ghazi.
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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Year Released: 2018
Cast: John Abraham, Boman Irani, Diana Penty, Aditya Hitkari
This is an action-drama film about countering China’s nuclear missile tests. It highlights US and Pakistan’s interference and the Lacrosse satellite. The ISI tries to get the CIA to stop India from the nuclear tests but CIA doesn’t believe and only comes to know when New Delhi successfully conducts the tests.
Pathaan IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
Year Released: 2023
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan, John Abraham
This is about vengeance and patriotism. A RAW agent has to stop Pakistan’s private terrorist organization Outfit X from striking in India. And there’s also a virus. Not to give away too much, Pathaan is a must-watch and has all the twists and turns that pumps up the movie.
