Movies and TV shows like El Chapo
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El Chapo (2017)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Style:
realistic, captivating, factual, atmospheric, inspirational, hood, crime drama
Plot:
cartel, drug cartel, drug lord, business, gang, fight for supremacy, criminal, drug dealing, drug, drug trade, crime boss, mafia, bandit, drug dealer, drug traffic, danger, criminal gang, drug smuggler, outlaw, organized crime, drug smuggling, gang leader, outlaw gang, true crime, drug crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south america
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Most similar movies to El Chapo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about criminal, drug, organized crime, gangster, gang, drug dealer and mafia mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like El Chapo: Narcos: Mexico (2018), ZeroZeroZero (2019), Queen of the South (2016), Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ (2017), Somos. (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, sensual, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, corruption, drug lord, mexican drug cartel, drug, gang, criminal, drug dealing, cocaine ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, north america, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.
Style:
brutal, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, cartel, drug cartel, cocaine, drug dealer, drug trade, drug dealing, drug smuggler, drug, brutality, gunfight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, south america, mexico, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
Style:
exciting, captivating, erotic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, twists and turns, shooting, female gangster, drug, destiny, murder, danger, runaway, weapons, adaptation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
Style:
semi documentary, serious, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, pablo escobar, prison, mercenary, bandit, drug dealer, hitman, crime boss, friendship between men, brutality, faithfulness ...
Place:
colombia, south america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true events.
Style:
tense, suspense, hood
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, gang, drug, dea, drug traffic, criminal gang, smuggling, gang war, small town, drug overdose, outlaw gang ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, drug lord, rise to the top, master criminal, sex, cia agent, illegal drugs, dea, drug ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america, mexico, panama ...
Similarity:
67%
286K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug lord, drug dealing, drug abuse, drug, drug traffic, drug cartel, rise and fall, drug use, friendship, addiction, gangster ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 80s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
latin america, california, south america, usa, colombia ...
Similarity:
100%
8K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gang war, mafioso, criminal gang, bandit, criminal, female nudity, organized crime, drug lord, gang, criminal underworld, partners in crime, criminal syndicate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Style:
factual, serious, rough, exciting, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, cocaine, latinx lead, pablo escobar, colombian drug cartel, assassination, lovers, congress, drug traffic, drug dealing, fighting crime ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 1992, year 1982, year 1993 ...
Place:
colombia, south america, panama, latin america, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on real events, the fictional story of Mexican drug lord El Chato's number one hitman, El Cholo.
Style:
tense, crime drama, exciting, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, murder, drug traffic, criminal, killer, murderer, gang member, outlaw gang, drug smuggling, gang, cartel ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based in Neukölln, Berlin Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arabic gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, its never that simple.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense
Plot:
clan, islam, mafia, drug, drug smuggling, gang, brothers, dishonesty, betrayal, family relations, drug lord, drug dealer ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
2.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with ...
Style:
factual, tense, captivating, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
drug smuggling, colombian drug cartel, woman, gang, drug cartel, mother, smuggler, cocaine, parent child relationship, drug, arrest, drug dealer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal is a 2012 Colombian television series produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, about the life of Pablo Escobar. It is only available in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, novela, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, dea, latinos, organized crime, master criminal, drug dealing, smuggling, drug traffic, terrorism, rise to the top, ambition, gangster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
colombia, latin america, panama
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
violence, gang, black cast, mobster, danger, organized crime, showdown, power struggle, criminal gang, rivalry, criminal, murder ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 60s
Place:
harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
Similarity:
100%
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
suspense, realistic, factual, novela, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, money laundering, money, addiction, drug, federal agent, investigation, undercover agent, drug addiction, biopic, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s, year 1985, 20th century, 70s
Place:
colombia, florida, middle east, usa, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, this prequel to "Power" revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
adulthood, gang leader, gang, gang war, partners in crime, grownups, life is a bitch, adolescence vs adulthood, crime boss, criminal, bandit, outlaw gang ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, disturbing, suspense, anthology ...
Plot:
cocaine, spy, criminal, drug lord, danger, drug, drug cartel, bandit, drug traffic, smuggler, organized crime, chaos ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
mafia, criminal underworld, crime boss, mob boss, gangster, organized crime, criminal, family relations, lifestyle, group of criminals, criminal's revenge, criminal gang ...
Place:
montreal, quebec, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story and the book, At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel, En la Boca del Lobo follows the series of events that ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
drug cartel, cartel, colombian drug cartel, drug lord, drug smuggling, mafia, war on drugs, drug kingpin, organized crime, drug dealer, gangster boss, drug ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
TV show
Story:
La Viuda Negra is a 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book La ...
Style:
suspense, tense, telenovela
Plot:
drug, drug dealer, criminal, life, black widow, female protagonist, femme fatale, bandit, colombian drug cartel, female criminal, money, mafia ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A corrupted customs officer, Choi Ik-hyeon, faces losing his job. Then, his life turns around as he meets ganster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connection with the Yakuza. They quickly form a partnetship; Hyeong-bae helps Ik-hyeon set up a business with ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, rise and fall, korean gangster, mafia, rise to the top, gang war, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, disorder, district attorney ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south korea, busan, asia, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story:
Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, a humble young man, becomes an emerald miner to one of Colombia's most powerful drug lords.
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug, drug lord, crime boss, criminal gang, drug dealer, drug cartel, criminal, gang, drug dealing, rise and fall, drug traffic ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
An ordinary entrepreneur joins a secret government mission to capture a Korean drug lord operating in South America.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
businessman, drug dealer, drug lord, investigation, police, organized crime, true crime, criminal, drug, problem, intelligence, drug bust ...
Place:
dominican republic, south america, korea
Similarity:
100%
534
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
teenage gang, drug trade, drug dealer, drug traffic, revenge killing, gang violence, ghetto, street gang, death of brother, revenge, urban ghetto life, drug ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
marseille
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Mehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, hood
Plot:
drug dealer, drug lord, organized crime, gang, criminal, thief, gang war, teamwork, showdown, robbery, bandit, burglar ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological
Plot:
criminal, crime boss, husband and wife, organized crime, life is a bitch, male protagonist, criminal underworld, criminal gang, gang, sex scene, black ops, drug ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
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