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10 Best Movies Like Deserter

If you loved Deserter, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Martial Law

Martial Law

1990★ 6.2

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

An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves....

#2
Harmony

Harmony

2010★ 7.7

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

Jeong-hye gives a birth to a baby boy in the prison. Her and other inmates create a women's choir to compete in the national choir contest, to meet and greet their families and lov...

#3
Legend

Legend

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Deserter for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want...

#4
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008★ 6.0

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

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....