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

Knock on Any Door
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Defendant for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

American Skin
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Defendant for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing...

The Thief
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Defendant for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who al...

The Unforgivable
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Defendant for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

Winged Creatures
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Defendant for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

The Stoker
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Defendant for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps bus...