
10 Best Movies Like Self Defense
If you loved Self Defense, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Imperial Dreams
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Self Defense for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

The Girl in the Book
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Self Defense for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

Gigi & Nate
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Self Defense for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

Cold in July
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Self Defense for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dan...

The River
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Self Defense for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

Hardball
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Self Defense for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...