Movies Like La Apuesta Del Pueblo

If you liked La Apuesta Del Pueblo (2009), a action and comedy movie directed by Angel Negrete, 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
Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy
Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
2
A Time for Bravery (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and action
A psychoanalyst on community service aids an agent shattered by infidelity; together, they will confront danger and discover second chances.
3
Bulletproof 2 (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and action
Special Agent Jack Carter reluctantly assumes the identity of criminal Archie Moses to take down a powerful South African crime family. But when the real Moses is put in danger, he and Carter must work together to foil…
4
Wire Room (2022)
★ 6/10Also action
New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to…
5
The Hit List (2011)
★ 6/10Also action
A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.
6
Border Hunters (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also action
After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…
7
Lights Out (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also action
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
8
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father…
9
Hunting Grounds (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also action
Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…
10
Compadres (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also action and comedy
A disgruntled Mexican cop is forced to work with a teenage hacker to hunt down the criminals who killed his wife, and dismantle their operation.
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also action
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
12
Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
13
The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also action
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
14
The Marine 5: Battleground (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also action
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
15
Eenie Meanie (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
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Sheroes (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also action and comedy
When four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand, they quickly find themselves in over their heads. Fighting to stay alive, they employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a…
17
Killing Cabos (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and action
Two young men get involved with some criminals while trying to free the tycoon they kidnapped.
18
Trap House (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action
An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their…
19
Facing El Chapo (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also action
Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.
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7 Boxes (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also action
It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with…