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10 Best Movies Like El fronterizo

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

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#1
C(r)ook

C(r)ook

2004★ 7.2

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

A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason....

#2
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#3
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#4
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928★ 7.8

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

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary....

#5
Barfly

Barfly

1987★ 6.9

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

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures t...

#6
The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944★ 7.4

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

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder....