Highest-Rated Movies about 'Defector', Sort by Popularity

Citizenfour (2014), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Dangerous Moves (1985), Tian jiang xiong shi (2015), The Iron Curtain (1948), The Looking Glass War (1970) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Defector movies.

#1. Citizenfour (2014)

Storyline: In January 2013, Laura Poitras started receiving anonymous encrypted e-mails from "CITIZENFOUR," who claimed to have evidence of illegal covert surveillance programs run by the NSA in collaboration with other intelligence agencies worldwide. Five months later, she and reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with the man who turned out to be Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The resulting film is history unfolding before our eyes.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: reporter, hacker, fugitive, defector, government official, director, brooding ...

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#2. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Storyline: 30 years after the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire, Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku, finds a BB-8 droid that knows the whereabouts of the long lost Luke Skywalker. Rey, as well as a rogue stormtrooper and two smugglers, are thrown into the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the daunting legions of the First Order.

Plot Keywords: villain, defector, scavenger, droid, smuggler, jedi knight, brooding ...

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#3. Dangerous Moves (1985)

Storyline: Two masters of chess duel each other not only in their game but also in their different ideologies. The veteran Akiva is a Soviet Jew and ferocious Communist, master of his game but also dealing with a declining health while the young and restless genius Pavius has defected to the West to escape from the Communism tentacles. Their differences will be put to test while they're both competing in the World Chess Championship, with a huge prize at stake just as much as the political ideologies behind those characters.—Rodrigo Amaro

Plot Keywords: chess player, protégé, wife, hypnotist, defector, government official, suspenseful ...

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#4. Tian jiang xiong shi (2015)

Storyline: When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An and his group of trained warriors teams up with an elite legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius to maintain the delicate balance of power in the region. To protect his country and his new friends, Huo An gathers the warriors of thirty-six ethnic nations together to fight Tiberius in an incredible epic battle.

Plot Keywords: soldier, leader, defector, cavalry captain, roman soldier, general, thrilling ...

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#5. The Iron Curtain (1948)

Storyline: A clerk in the Soviet embassy in Canada after World War II, Igor Gouzenko (Dana Andrews) is increasingly troubled by his work for duplicitous government officials. Hoping to forge a better life for his wife, Anna (Gene Tierney), and their young son, Igor decides to defect. Though he's pursued by loyal Soviets who are charged with bringing him back to the Soviet Union, he provides Canadian officials with key documents detailing his government's underhanded efforts to obtain atomic bomb plans.

Plot Keywords: spy, russian, clerk, defector, government official, wife, rousing ...

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