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10 Best Movies Like El ídolo

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

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#1
Girl on the Moon

Girl on the Moon

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El ídolo for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Someone from another planet crashed on Earth and evil is chasing him, and then love appears, and it defeats evil through an amulet....

#2
Children Are Born

Children Are Born

2011★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El ídolo for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The film tells the story of a man who has just arrived to work in one of the villages as a security guard in an old club. There he meets the employees of the club, and they take tu...

#3
Restless

Restless

2011★ 6.5

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

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love....

#4
Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №1. Testament Emperor

Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №1. Testament Emperor

2000★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El ídolo for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody stru...

#5
Let Me Go Home

Let Me Go Home

2002★ 5.5

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

In hustle and bustle of urban life, we sometimes don't know our neighbors next door. And in the village, everyone knows each other and lives with the joys, troubles, and worries of...

#6
Comidark Films 2: The Pawn

Comidark Films 2: The Pawn

2020★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El ídolo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Birol has given up his true passion, dancing, after getting injured in an accident. Birol leaves his job as a quilt maker at his father’s shop when his father passes away and trave...