The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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2h 41min

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Synopsis

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

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Where does The Bridge on the River Kwai rank today?
The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

The Bridge on the River Kwai is 3311 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 1975 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Nuns on the Run but less popular than Return to Sender.

Rank		Title
3307.		American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally	+1929
3308.		Ammonite	+1977
3309.		Womb	+1962
3310.		Return to Sender	+1961
3311.		The Bridge on the River Kwai	+1975
3312.		Nuns on the Run	+2000
3313.		Chaplin	+1953
3314.		13 Seconds: The Kent State Shootings	+2022
3315.		Berberian Sound Studio	+1944

Streaming charts last updated: 13:27:26, 17/12/2025

Cast

William Holden

William Holden

Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Col. Nicholson

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Maj. Warden

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

Col. Saito

James Donald

James Donald

Maj. Clipton

Geoffrey Horne

Geoffrey Horne

Lt. Joyce

André Morell

André Morell

Col. Green

Peter Williams

Peter Williams

Capt. Reeves

John Boxer

John Boxer

Major Hughes

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Grogan

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Baker

Ann Sears

Ann Sears

Nurse

Heihachirô Ôkawa

Heihachirô Ôkawa

Captain Kanematsu

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Siamese Girl

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Lieutenant Miura

Ngamta Suphaphongs

Ngamta Suphaphongs

Siamese Girl

Javanart Punynchoti

Javanart Punynchoti

Siamese Girl

Kannikar Dowklee

Kannikar Dowklee

Siamese Girl

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)

Christopher Greet

Christopher Greet

British Officer (uncredited)

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