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10 Best Movies Like Defiance

If you loved Defiance, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Overdrive

Overdrive

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Thriller & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line....

#2
Killer's Kiss

Killer's Kiss

1955★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Ra...

#3
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#4
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

1973★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Thriller & Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money....

#5
The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

1967★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi G...

#6
Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

2025★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Thriller & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meeting...

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