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10 Best Movies Like The Mexican Suitcase

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

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#1
The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mexican Suitcase for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America....

#2
Between Night and Day

Between Night and Day

2013★ 7.1

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

Francisco, a man with autism resides secluded, ignored and locked away. He's a burden on his brothers, and decides to flee into the forest, where he befriends a rat....

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mexican Suitcase for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#5
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mexican Suitcase for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement....

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...