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Movies that feel like El Infierno (2010)

If you loved El Infierno, the closest films we have are Logan Lucky (2017), The Gentlemen (2020) and In Bruges (2008). All three share El Infierno's gritty and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Luis Estradakineticgrittywittyplayfulcontemplativedarkly funny

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Logan Lucky
2017 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 92%7comedy · crime · action

Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Not nearly as darkly funny as El Infierno

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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The Gentlemen
2020 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 75%7.8action · comedy · crime

Dark comedy is the engine of both

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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In Bruges
2008 · dir. Martin McDonagh
🍅 84%7.9comedy · drama · crime

Both circle drug dealer and death

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

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The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 79%8.2crime · drama · comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

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American Made
2017 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 85%7.1comedy · crime · drama

Both built around drug cartel

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

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The Heat
2013 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 66%6.6action · comedy · crime

Both keep circling back to drug dealer

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.

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The Other Guys
2010 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 78%6.7comedy · action · crime

Kinetic action in both cases

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.

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Pineapple Express
2008 · dir. David Gordon Green
6.9action · comedy · crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

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Spy
2015 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 94%7action · comedy · crime

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

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War Dogs
2016 · dir. Todd Phillips
🍅 62%7.1comedy · crime · drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

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Cruella
2021 · dir. Craig Gillespie
🍅 75%7.3comedy · crime · drama

Playful western, and it commits to that

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

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2 Guns
2013 · dir. Baltasar Kormákur
🍅 64%6.7action · comedy · crime

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

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