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10 Best Movies Like El terror de la frontera

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

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#1
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El terror de la frontera for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....

#2
Re-BORN

Re-BORN

2022★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El terror de la frontera for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Synopsis 1. "Today's Superpower" (26min, 오늘의 초능력, o-neul-eui cho-neung-ryeok) by Lee Min-seob People who claim to be able to use superpowers once a day gathered! But why can't th...

#3
Maine-Ocean Express

Maine-Ocean Express

1986★ 5.8

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

"Maine-Ocean" is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi...

#4
Captain Nulle

Captain Nulle

1964★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El terror de la frontera for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to inc...

#5
Man

Man

2014★ 6.8

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

A worn-out, aging shearer who once rained king of the high country, gets on the gear to keep up his numbers. But when the drugs take over he must learn what it really means to be a...

#6
Monsieur Ibrahim

Monsieur Ibrahim

2003★ 7.0

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

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship w...