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10 Best Movies Like Légitime défense

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

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#1
Only the Animals

Only the Animals

2019★ 6.7

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

Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evel...

#2
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#3
Case 137

Case 137

2025★ 7.0

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

Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she ...

#4
An Ordinary Case

An Ordinary Case

2024★ 6.5

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

Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convi...

#5
Gangsters

Gangsters

2002★ 6.6

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

Franck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force trying to identify two corrupts members of the Paris Police Force. Franck is pretending to...

#6
In Her Name

In Her Name

2016★ 6.8

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

In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s ...

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