Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 20, 2026

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
Orenda

Orenda

2025‱★ 6.0

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

Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves Orenda and sings to it may rece...

#2
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953‱★ 7.1

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

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have ...

#3
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952‱★ 7.5

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

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#4
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

1993‱★ 6.3

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

The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When t...

#5
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972‱★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#6
The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

2002‱★ 7.4

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

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets...