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10 Best Movies Like México 86

If you loved México 86, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to México 86 for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequite...

#2
The Red Virgin

The Red Virgin

2024★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to México 86 for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one of the European refe...

#3
Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to México 86 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspe...

#4
Game Change

Game Change

2012★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to México 86 for fans of History & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign ...

#5
Blackadder: Back & Forth

Blackadder: Back & Forth

1999★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to México 86 for fans of History & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile unde...

#6
The Luckiest Man in America

The Luckiest Man in America

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to México 86 for fans of History & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his wi...

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