Best Mexican Thriller Movies

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Best Mexican Thriller Movies
Best Mexican Thriller Movies
TOP Movies: Nightmare Alley (2021), Traffic (2000), No Country for Old Men (2007), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Love's a Bitch (2000), Spectre (2015), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Apocalypto (2006), Sound of Freedom (2023), Total Recall (1990), Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007), Predator (1987), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Sicario (2015), Get the Gringo (2012), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Crimson Peak (2015), Sin Nombre (2009), The Shape of Water (2017), Mama (2013).

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 7.0
 164K
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Style: neo noir, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, infidelity, supernatural, carnival, con artists, alcoholic, mentor, alcohol abuse, death, female psychiatrist, lie, deception ...
Time: 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1939, year 1941
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A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 74 min.
Story: When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him. Met with indifference and negligence at every turn, Sonia’s ...
Style: non-linear, suspense, social
Plot: insurance company, male nudity, multiple perspectives, death of husband, doctor, loss of husband, insurance, repeated scene, male objectification, nude, court, hospital ...
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 7.6
 219K
Traffic (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story: An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style: suspense, bleak, political, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot: drug abuse, organized crime, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: drug lord, gangster, violent, revenge, assassination attempt, hitman, dark hero, vengeance, murder, assassin, gunfighter, spy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 8.1
 252K
Love's a Bitch (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style: bleak, psychological, depressing, emotional, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
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 6.8
 464K
Spectre (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style: suspense, entertaining, exciting, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, espionage, secret agent, secret service, 007, chase, one man army, british secret service, kidnapping, rogue agent, terrorist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: london, rome italy, italy, north africa, big ben london ...
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style: suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, spy, conspiracy, sniper, politics, assassination, shootout, drug cartel, violence, espionage, covert operation, mercenary ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colombia, washington d.c., usa, langley virginia, iraq ...
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 7.8
 329K
Apocalypto (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style: exciting, suspense, brutal, harsh, visually stunning ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, ancient history, slavery, manhunt, tribe, jungle, chase, native, solar eclipse, warrior, ancient civilization, violent ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place: persia, mexico, central america
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Sound of Freedom (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Style: dramatic, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot: rescue, children, kidnapping, human trafficking, dangerous mission, slavery, brother sister relationship, vigilante, sex slavery, violence, fight, government agent ...
Place: south america, tijuana mexico, colombia
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 7.5
 352K
Total Recall (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, ambiguous ending, suspense ...
Audience: kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, mars, memory loss, secret agent, dystopia, virtual reality, memory, alien, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two ...
Style: suspense, serious, rough, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, alien invasion, gory, evil alien, survival, monster, predator, small town, space, creature, space and aliens, extraterrestrial ...
Time: future, year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 2004 ...
Place: colorado, usa
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 7.8
 451K
Predator (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, survival, jungle, creature, military, hunting, deadly creature, mission, gory, chase, alien invasion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place: latin america, south america, central america
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style: neo noir, suspense, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cartel, black ops, terrorist, drug cartel, cia, u.s. mexico border, cia agent, organized crime, mission, kidnapping, military, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, sonora, kansas city, mexico, texas ...
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 7.7
 470K
Sicario (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cia, hitman, drug cartel, revenge, swat team, fbi, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, crime boss, organized crime, cia agent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, texas, el paso texas, tucson arizona ...
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 6.9
 111K
Get the Gringo (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style: intense, clever, brutal, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, prison escape, lone hero, prison gang, criminal heroes, vengeance, gunfight, mafia, tough guy, gangster, corruption, prison life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, usa, san diego california, tijuana mexico
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style: action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one man army, revenge, rambo, weapons, vietnam war, violent, prisoner, prison, chase, violence, soldier, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, arizona, asia
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 6.5
 158K
Crimson Peak (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, macabre, murder, female protagonist, psychopath, betrayal, brother sister incest, estate, ghost story ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2015, 1900s, edwardian era ...
Place: england, america, europe, usa
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 7.5
 34K
Sin Nombre (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style: road movie, serious, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gang, immigrant, juvenile delinquency, rape, street gang, social problems, family reunited, train, gang member, u.s. mexico border, hopes, illegal immigrant ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, central america, guatemala
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The Shape of Water (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Style: touching, fairy tale, romantic, biting, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: sign language, creature, love story, interspecies romance, supernatural, female protagonist, rescue, laboratory, cold war, interspecies sex, scientist, water ...
Time: 2010s, year 1962, year 2017, 60s, future
Place: maryland, america, los angeles, baltimore, usa ...
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 6.2
 190K
Mama (2013)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that ...
Style: scary, suspense, gothic, frightening, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, children, haunted house, mother daughter relationship, afterlife, macabre, adoption, danger, revenge, redemption ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 107K
Colombiana (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, female assassin, vengeance, revenge, female killer, vigilante, one against many, assassin, tough girl, haunted by the past, female protagonist, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1992, 90s, 21st century
Place: colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
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 5.9
 142K
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan McAlester genetically engineers three Mako sharks, intending to increase their brain capacity so ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, natural horror, scary ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: shark, survival, shark attack, laboratory, creature feature, dangerous animal, killer shark, killer animal, genetic engineering, monster, experiment gone awry, underwater ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
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 6.3
 4K
The Incident (2014)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two parallel stories about people trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road...for over 35 years.
Style: mystical, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: time loop, trap, virtual reality, parallel universe, time travel, time, paranormal, mysticism, paranormal activity, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, supernatural horror ...
Time: future, 2010s
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 7.5
 28K
Remember (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story: With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Style: twist ending, suspense, unusual plot structure, surprise ending, psychological ...
Plot: nazi, holocaust, ss, auschwitz, nazi war criminal, nazi officer, revenge, old man, genocide, swastika, world war two, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 2015
Place: germany, cleveland ohio, reno nevada
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 7.3
 18K
Trade (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: human trafficking, kidnapping, slavery, missing child, sexual abuse, sex slavery, child molestation, sexual assault, rape victim, forced prostitution, child rape, rescue ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, mexico city, el paso texas, poland, texas ...
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 7.7
 387K
Man on Fire (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style: suspense, tense, brutal, exciting, emotional ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, vengeance, vigilante, cia, vigilantism, friendship, mercenary, lone hero, redemption, justice, child in peril ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, mexico city, latin america
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While the Wolf's Away (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A young teen and his misfit group of friends try to escape from a strict boarding school that holds dangerous secrets.
Style: serious, compassionate, heartbreaking, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: coming of age, boarding school, boy, friendship, fighting the system, life is a bitch, social relations, human rights, loneliness, boss, childhood, isolation ...
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 13K
Miss Bala (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corruption, beauty queen, cia agent, drug lord, undercover agent, mob boss, danger, slave trade, female spy, drug cartel, sniper, sex slave ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: tijuana mexico, california, mexico, los angeles, san diego california
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 9K
Miss Bala (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: drug cartel, rape, beauty pageant, follow your dream, blind ambition, audition, gangster, ambition, hopes, physical appearance, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: tijuana mexico, mexico, latin america
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