Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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Movie1958·96 min
The Defiant Ones
Directed by Stanley Kramer
An Academy Award-winning crime drama film directed by Stanley Kramer. Winner of 2 Academy Awards, with 6 additional nominations.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 30%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.1
About The Defiant Ones
- Pacing
- Brisk (6 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Tense
- Story Tags
- freedom rebellion, social injustice, identity self discovery, mid century, wilderness, american regional, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, everyman, escape chase, cat and mouse, survival