
Movies that feel like Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
If you loved Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the closest films we have are Run All Night (2015), New Police Story (2004) and Below Zero (2021). All three share Once Upon a Time in Mexico's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
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If Once Upon a Time in Mexico hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: El Mariachi (1993) · Desperado (1995)

Common ground: revenge

One thread runs through both: revenge
The difference: Played as drama first

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit

Tense and relentless in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: central intelligence agency (cia)

Action built on momentum, twice over
The difference: Not nearly as tense

Both keep coming back to the same thing: central intelligence agency (cia)
The difference: Leans further into drama

Common ground in both: mexico and gun battle
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both lean on grit more than on crime
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Both are built on the same subject: corruption

One thread runs through both: mexico

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
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