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10 Best Movies Like Barrio de cholos

If you loved Barrio de cholos, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barrio de cholos for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#2
Until Death

Until Death

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barrio de cholos for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wa...

#3
Defendor

Defendor

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barrio de cholos for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn'...

#4
El padrino: The Latin Godfather

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

2004★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barrio de cholos for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. K...

#5
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barrio de cholos for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#6
Sin tetas no hay paraíso

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

2010★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barrio de cholos for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status a...

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