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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
The Great Raid

The Great Raid

2005★ 6.5

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

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war....

#2
Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008★ 6.9

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

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and as...

#3
Surveillance

Surveillance

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell....

#4
Scream Week

Scream Week

2016★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Defiance for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Six friends go to party for a week during the "Sneekweek". But they are haunted by a secret from their past....

#5
Leningrad

Leningrad

2009★ 5.4

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

When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and mi...

#6
Leberkäsjunkie

Leberkäsjunkie

2019★ 7.0

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

While dealing with a burnt-down house, smelly diapers and brutal lack of sleep, a Lower Bavarian police officer faces his worst adversary: cholesterol....