10 Best Movies Like El protegido
If you loved El protegido, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El protegido for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

The King of Havana
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El protegido for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

Sound of the Sea
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El protegido for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A new literature teacher, Ulises, comes to a small town near the sea and falls in love with a young woman, Martina. This woman is loved by a rich businessman named Alberto but choo...

The Enforcer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El protegido for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended ...

Martin (Hache)
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El protegido for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

Almost Friends
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El protegido for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...