Movies like El Jefe de los Narcos (2006)
The best movies like El Jefe de los Narcos (2006) are His Kind of Woman (1951), The Sign of Zorro (1958) and V/H/S/99 (2022). If El Jefe de los Narcos hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedVideodrome (1983)7.2/10 from 2,636 votes
- NewestFalcons (2026)Released 2026
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sign of Zorro (1958)
In this film, edited from eight episodes of Disney's hit TV series, Don Diego returns home to find his town under the heel of a cruel dictator, Capitan Monastario. Diego dons the mask of Zorro to fight the evil commandant's tyranny, and, with the help of his mute servant Bernardo, free the pueblo from his oppression.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisV/H/S/99 (2022)
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Poker House (2008)
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBe Kind Rewind (2008)
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnderworld U.S.A. (1961)
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNarco Cultura (2013)
To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Addams Family 2 (2021)
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHobo with a Shotgun (2011)
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisNightfall (1956)
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightmares (1983)
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Black Book (2023)
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVideodrome (1983)
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAs I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisParents (1989)
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisCrips and Bloods: Made in America (2009)
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mark of Zorro (1920)
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRevenge (1990)
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Final (2010)
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Purge (2013)
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNarcotráfico: Sentencia De Muerte (1985)
It’s the Feds vs. the Cartel as both sides of the law race through the desert to snag a hidden dope stash in New Drug City.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Caracas Vice Vol. 1 (2017)
Caracas, Venezuela. 1982. Ryan of the DEA and Carlos the PTJ join forces to stop the most dangerous drug lord of the country, Disco Herrera.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Deshilando Luz (2025)
A film essay that intertwines the director's gaze with that of her late mother. Beyond exploring mourning and absence as exclusively painful experiences, the film pays tribute to her mother through memories embodied by places and objects that evidence the traces of her existence. The filmmaker asks herself: What does she owe her mother for who she is and how she films? To what extent does her film belong to her?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Diabolical Narco Satanists (1991)
Roberto makes a pact with the devil to please his multiple lovers sexually, Satan accepts the deal but promises to snatch his soul when he finds true love. Meanwhile, two cops are on the lookout for those responsible of a murderous drug on the streets.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLas amantes del narco II (2018)
Saúl Montemayor is suffering loss in drug shipments because he has a snitch in his criminal organization, so he will put a plan in place so that this does not continue to happen and he will use three of his lovers to be able to eliminate whoever gets in the way of his plans.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Las amantes del narco IV (2021)
In the rearrangement of the territories, the mafia puts all its cards into play, several capos have been released and revenge is activated, beautiful women are put into action, so that using their best weapons, they bring order among these capos.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Ladies Mafia (2011)
Tori, a beautiful young woman, accidentally ends up with a criminal's merchandise and is accused of the death of a member of a Colombian cartel: “El Jefe.” Desperate Tori asks for help from her friends Camila and Priz. The three decide to sell the product to a well-known local cartel to solve their problems and request the help of "Shakira", a hitwoman who knows the market, but they do not know that the buyer with whom they are doing business is the original owner of the merchandise.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Falcons (2026)
Andy is trained by his ex-hitman father to infiltrate Hell's Cartel, but when his sister is kidnapped and betrayal hits, the plan unravels, sparking the H-Game, turning child violence into global control.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like El Jefe de los Narcos?
The closest matches to El Jefe de los Narcos are His Kind of Woman (1951), The Sign of Zorro (1958) and V/H/S/99 (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after El Jefe de los Narcos?
Start with His Kind of Woman (1951), the closest match to El Jefe de los Narcos.
What is the highest-rated movie like El Jefe de los Narcos?
Videodrome (1983), rated 7.2/10 by 2,636 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like El Jefe de los Narcos?
Falcons (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like El Jefe de los Narcos?
Yes: His Kind of Woman (1951), The Sign of Zorro (1958) and V/H/S/99 (2022).
How are movies similar to El Jefe de los Narcos chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside El Jefe de los Narcos, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.