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10 Best Movies Like El Chapo's Escape

If you loved El Chapo's Escape, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Chapo's Escape for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him....

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Avatar Spirits

Avatar Spirits

2010★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Chapo's Escape for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creators of the hit television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, reflect on the creation of the masterful series....

#3
Lost & Found

Lost & Found

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Chapo's Escape for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mario, a worker in "lost and found" department, finds a suitcase with a dead baby inside....

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Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1989★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Chapo's Escape for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for...

#5
No Stranger Than Love

No Stranger Than Love

2015★ 4.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Chapo's Escape for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

What is stranger than the big hole that opens up in Lucy Sherrington's living room floor? As it turns out, love....

#6
Primal Fear

Primal Fear

1996★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Chapo's Escape for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering th...