🏷 Discover The Best Mexican Cartel Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unveiling the Dark World of Mexican Cartels through Cinema

Delve into the gripping stories of Mexican cartels through the lens of cinema. From the brutal violence to the intricate politics, movies and TV shows offer a unique perspective on this complex and often misunderstood world. Explore the best films and series that shed light on the inner workings of these powerful organizations.

Cast

Bryan Cranston

Aaron Paul

Anna Gunn

RJ Mitte

Breaking Bad (2008) TV Show

8.9 18.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 62

Audience: TV-MA

Story: 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.

Style: dark, violent

Plot: new mexico, drug dealer, narcissism, psychopath, terminal illness, outlaw, dark comedy, cancer, ...

Cast

Bob Odenkirk

Jonathan Banks

Rhea Seehorn

Tony Dalton

Better Call Saul (2015) TV Show

8.7 6.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 63

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

Style: gritty

Plot: new mexico, moral conflict, crooked lawyer, prequel, romance, dark comedy, family relationships, tragedy, ...

Cast

Michael Chiklis

Catherine Dent

Paula Garcu00e9s

Walton Goggins

The Shield (2002) TV Show

8.2 875 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 88

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

Style: intense

Plot: robbery, police brutality, mayor, drug dealer, gang, dirty cop, police corruption, los angeles, ...

No Country for Old Men (2007)

7.9 13.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

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 violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Plot: vietnam veteran, sheriff, trailer park, based on novel or book, hitman, psychopath, drug trafficking, motel, ...

Time: 1980s

Place: texas

Cast

Marco de la O

Valentina Acosta

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Juan Carlos Olivas

Humberto Busto

El Chapo (2017) TV Show

7.5 1.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Mexico

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-MA

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.

Plot: drugs, drug lord, kingpin, cartel, mexican cartel, thriller

Cast

Emily Blunt

Benicio del Toro

Josh Brolin

Victor Garber

Sicario (2015)

7.4 9.6K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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.

Plot: mission, assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, bomb, fbi, smoking, border, ...

Place: mexico, texas

Cast

Miles Teller

Augusto Aguilera

Cristina Rodlo

Nell Tiger Free

Too Old to Die Young (2019) TV Show

7.4 184 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Denmark, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Detective Martin Jones, who leads a double life as a killer for hire in Los Angeles' deadly underground, suffers an existential crisis which leads him deeper into a blood splattered world of violence.

Plot: drug trafficking, human trafficking, family relationships, los angeles, california, criminal underworld, crooked cop, contract killer, ...

Cast

Benicio del Toro

Josh Brolin

Isabela Merced

Jeffrey Donovan

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

6.9 4.1K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Plot: rescue, central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, usa–mexico border, sequel, shootout, explosion, brutality, ...

Cast

Mel Gibson

Kevin Hernandez

Daniel Gimu00e9nez Cacho

Peter Stormare

Get the Gringo (2012)

6.6 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Mexico

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

Plot: prison, vacation, prison escape, corrupt system, mexican cartel, escape plan, trust issues, prison hierarchy, ...

Place: mexico

Inherent Vice (2014)

6.5 2.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 149 min.

Audience: R

Story: In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Style: surreal

Plot: based on novel or book, boat, detective, ex-girlfriend, vice, hippie lifestyle, pot smoking, marijuana, ...

Time: 1970s, 1960s

Place: california

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Paz Vega

Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Adriana Barraza

Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

6.5 4.3K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: China, United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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.

Plot: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), arizona, human trafficking, sequel, father figure, horse ranch, mexican american border, revenge plot, ...

Cast

Zoe Saldau00f1a

Karla Sofu00eda Gascu00f3n

Selena Gomez

Adriana Paz

Emilia Pérez (2024)

6.5 2.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: R

Story: Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.

Plot: based on novel or book, musical, lawyer, drug lord, crime lord, questioning, based on opera, criminal organization, ...

Cast

Antonio Banderas

Johnny Depp

Cheech Marin

Salma Hayek Pinault

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

6.3 2.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Mexico

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, coup d'etat, revenge, gun battle, body double, political assassination, mariachi, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Mel Gibson

Erin Moriarty

William H. Macy

Michael Parks

Blood Father (2016)

6.2 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: An ex-con reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter while fighting to keep her alive after she becomes a target of violent drug dealers.

Plot: drug dealer, trailer park, parent child relationship, on the run, teenage girl, desert, family reunion, alcoholic, ...

Cast

Shannon Tweed

Fernando Allende

Steven Bauer

Hugo Stiglitz

Naked Lies (1998)

5.0 20 votes

Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: FBI agent Cara Landry is sent on an undercover assignment to gather evidence on Damian Medina, a Mexican casino owner running a counterfeiting operation for the Cali drug cartel...

Style: erotic

Plot: martial arts, casino, undercover agent, seduction, betrayal, drug cartel, secret service, softcore, ...

Place: mexico