Lion (2016)
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A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
- Released: 2016-11-24
- Genres: Drama
- Runtime: 1h 58m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10 from 7,076 votes
Directed by Garth Davis.
Top cast
- Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley
- Rooney Mara as Lucy
- David Wenham as John Brierley
- Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley
- Abhishek Bharate as Guddu
- Divian Ladwa as Mantosh Brierley
- Priyanka Bose as Kamla Munshi
- Deepti Naval as Saroj Sood
- Tannishtha Chatterjee as Noor
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Rama
Where to watch Lion
- United States: stream on Netflix; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: stream on Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; watch free on Tubi TV, CBC Gem; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, FlixFling, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Beamafilm; watch free on ABC iview, Beamafilm; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
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