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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
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

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

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

#2
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

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

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#3
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

2014★ 6.1

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

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, arch...

#4
Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

2016★ 6.8

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

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew ...

#5
Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

1977★ 7.1

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

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultim...

#6
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

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

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...

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