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10 Best Movies Like Defiant

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

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#1
Three Christs

Three Christs

2017★ 6.6

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

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#4
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#5
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#6
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

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