Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like El Rey

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

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#1
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#2
Parked

Parked

2010★ 6.6

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

Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred ...

#3
The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

2015★ 6.3

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

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another...

#4
The 7th Day

The 7th Day

2004★ 6.6

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

Isabel Jimenez is a teenager witnessing a horrible feud between her own family and the Fuentes family, a feud involving broken hearts, property disputes and a mysterious fire that ...

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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