Movies Like The Shadow of the Tyrant

If you liked The Shadow of the Tyrant (1960), a history and drama movie directed by Julio Bracho, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Viva Zapata! (1952)
★ 6.8/10Also history and drama
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
2
Touch of Evil (1958)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and drama
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
3
Man on Fire (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will…
4
The Parallax View (1974)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
5
Dance of the Forty One (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and history
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
6
Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and history
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
7
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him…
8
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and history
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer…
9
SAS: Red Notice (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…
10
Bordertown (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for…
11
Sky High (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
A commentary on Spanish society dressed as a thriller about the misadventures of a gang of young petty criminals after the real estate crash.
12
Gun City (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
Barcelona, Spain, 1921. A tough cop from Madrid arrives in the city to locate, under the suspicious scrutiny of corrupt local police officers, a significant amount of military weaponry stolen from a train, allegedly…
13
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also history and drama
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
14
The Red Virgin (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and history
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 references on female sexuality.
15
Barron's Cove (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and drama
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the…
16
Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
17
Oppenheimer (2023)
★ 8/10Also drama and history
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
18
Walker (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and history
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
19
Mobsters (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
20
Nightmare Alley (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thriller
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.