El Chapo
2017 DramaA 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.
Countries
United States of America
Actors
Marco de la O,
Valentina Acosta,
Juan Carlos Olivas,
Humberto Busto,
Alejandro Aguilar,
Hernán Romo,
Tete Espinoza
Crew
TV Shows like El Chapo
Discover a curated list of captivating tv shows similar to El Chapo. Explore films such as Licence to Kill, Narcos, and Breaking Bad, around the themes of drug, drug kingpin, characters in real world. Other notable keywords include mexican society and drug war.
#1
Licence to Kill
Synopsis:
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
Starring:
Anthony Starke,
Robert Davi,
Benicio del Toro
#2
Narcos
Synopsis:
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Starring:
Alberto Ammann,
Michael Stahl-David,
Damián Alcázar
Plot:
colombia,
based on true story,
murder,
deception,
jungle,
drug cartel,
police officer,
guerilla,
civilian death,
payoff
...
#3
Breaking Bad
Synopsis:
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 financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Starring:
Aaron Paul,
Dean Norris,
Bryan Cranston
Plot:
cancer,
chemistry,
methamphetamine,
drug trade,
drug,
albuquerque new mexico,
crystal meth,
meth lab,
drug lord,
chemistry teacher
...
#4
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Synopsis:
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
Starring:
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo,
Matthew Modine,
Shea Whigham
Plot:
desert,
cartel,
gunfight,
shootout,
battle,
combat,
gun battle,
street shootout,
police shootout,
explosion
...
#5
Narcos: Mexico
Synopsis:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Starring:
Matt Letscher,
Scoot McNairy,
Luis Gerardo Méndez
Plot:
1980s,
mexico,
mariachi,
mexican history,
based on true story,
drug cartel,
corruption,
marijuana,
cocaine,
narrator
...
#6
GoodFellas
Synopsis:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Joe Pesci,
Ray Liotta
Plot:
gangster,
mafia,
organized crime,
sadistic psychopath,
rise and fall,
mob,
robbery,
gang violence,
adultery,
infidelity
...
#7
RoboCop
Synopsis:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's …
Starring:
Peter Weller,
Miguel Ferrer,
Kurtwood Smith
Plot:
robot,
police,
cyborg,
graphic violence,
cyberpunk,
robocop,
future,
violence,
weapon,
cyborg versus robot
...
#8
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Synopsis:
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Starring:
Mark Strong,
Colin Firth,
Julianne Moore
Similar plot
#9
The French Connection
Synopsis:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Starring:
Roy Scheider,
Gene Hackman,
Fernando Rey
#10
Starsky & Hutch
Synopsis:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Owen Wilson,
Carmen Electra
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#11
The Snitch Cartel: Origins
Synopsis:
In Cali during the '60s and '70s, two brothers juggle family, romance and the joint pursuit of a burning ambition: to rule Colombia's drug industry.
Starring:
Juan Pablo Urrego
#12
Blow
Synopsis:
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 bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California …
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Cliff Curtis,
Jordi Mollà
Plot:
drug abuse,
nosebleed,
police officer,
drug cartel,
cocaine,
marijuana,
wedding,
tragic event,
theft,
southern california
...
Movie in categories
#13
Donnie Brasco
Synopsis:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Zach Grenier,
Michael Madsen
#14
Sicario
Synopsis:
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Starring:
Raoul Max Trujillo,
Emily Blunt,
Jon Bernthal
With the same actors
#15
Boogie Nights
Synopsis:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity …
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
John C. Reilly,
Don Cheadle
#16
Bad Boys II
Synopsis:
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Peter Stormare,
Will Smith
Plot:
cuba,
police,
miami florida,
sequel,
anti hero,
buddy movie,
buddy comedy,
cringe comedy,
camp,
motor vehicle
...
#17
Scarface
Synopsis:
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 state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own d…
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Steven Bauer,
Harris Yulin
#18
Rambo: Last Blood
Synopsis:
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone,
Adriana Barraza,
Joaquín Cosío
#19
American Sicario
Synopsis:
The story of the rise and fall of the first American-born drug lord in Mexico, this tale of power, money, greed and betrayal amongst rival members of the drug cartels finds American gangster Erik Vasquez scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies.
Starring:
Danny Trejo,
Johnny Rey Diaz,
Maurice Compte
Plot:
sicario,
drug traffic,
drug trafficker,
drug lord,
drug cartel,
cartel,
retribution,
r rated,
mexican,
mexican drug cartel
...
#20
Baywatch
Synopsis:
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Starring:
Zac Efron,
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,
Dwayne Johnson
Plot:
based on tv series,
beach,
california,
muscleman,
water,
swimming,
male nudity,
bikini,
overalls,
fistfight
...