Neerja, Hey Ram to Sardar Udham: 15 best patriotic movies to watch on Republic Day 2024

India will be celebrating its 75th Republic Day tomorrow. As we gear up to unfurl the tricolour and mark the great day, the entire nation stands united to reflect on the remarkable journey that defines India’s constitutional history. 

It’s the day when the Constitution of India came into force, on January 26, 2024. Republic Day is the perfect occasion to honour the stories of sacrifice, courage, and the indomitable spirit of our Indian heroes. 

We have compiled a list of the best movies to watch on Republic Day. 

Movies to watch on Republic Day 2024:

1- Raazi

Where to watch- Prime Video

Alia Bhatt plays Sehmat Khan, an undercover RAW operative whose father arranges for her to marry into a Pakistani family to obtain important intelligence on the adversary.

2- Shershaah

Where to watch- Prime Video

The biopic is based on the life of Capt. Vikram Batra, a Param Vir Chakra awardee and valiant Indian soldier, and his role in the Kargil War in 1999. 

3- Lagaan

Where to watch- Netflix

A farmer named Bhuvan accepts Captain Andrew Russell’s challenge to defeat his team in a cricket match under the British Raj, allowing his hamlet to avoid paying taxes for the following three years.

4- Rang De Basanti

Where to watch- Netflix

Sue unintentionally stirs up the patriotism of her students when she chooses a handful to play different Indian liberation fighters in her film. 

5- Border

Where to watch- Prime Video

Set during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, this movie follows the lives of soldiers assigned to guard the Longewala region, a strategically important post.

6- Mission Majnu

Where to watch- Netflix

Set during the 1971 war with Pakistan, Mission Majnu follows a RAW agent who enters Pakistan to expose the country’s nuclear weapons.

7- Swades

Where to watch- Netflix

It’s a story of reconnecting with one’s homeland that follows a NASA scientist visiting India from the US who ends up staying back to help with the development of his village.

8- Madras Cafe

Where to watch- Netflix

An Indian intelligence officer travels to Sri Lanka, gets embroiled in a civil war, and finds out a plan to assassinate a former Indian prime minister.

9- Lakshya

Where to watch- Netflix

Karan, played by Hrithik Roshan, is an aimless college graduate with no sense of purpose in life. He joins the Indian Army but slowly catches up with his sense of duty.

10- Baby

Where to watch- Disney+Hotstar

A special team of the Indian intelligence system is led by Officer Ajay to identify and stop a destructive operation by terrorists.

11- Uri: The Surgical Strike

Where to watch- Zee5

This movie is about the operation carried out against a group of militants who killed many Indian soldiers in Uri, Kashmir, in 2016.

12- Neerja

Where to watch- Disney+Hotstar

This story is based on the real-life incident of a flight attendant, Neerja, and how she sacrificed her life to save the passengers from terrorists.

13- Shaheed

Where to watch- Zee5

This is one of the earlier stories on the life of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. During India’s struggle for freedom, he gave up everything and sacrificed his life for the country.

14- Hey Ram 

Where to watch- JioCinema

Saketh Ram joins forces with a gang that plans to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi for his advocacy of peace with Muslims.

15- Sardar Udham

Where to watch- Prime Video

Udham Singh, an Indian rebel, plans to assassinate Lieutenant Governor Michael O’Dwyer of Punjab after his men brutally murdered hundreds of people during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.