Movies Like El Norte
If you liked El Norte (1983), a adventure and drama movie directed by Gregory Nava, 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.
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Sin Nombre (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaSayra, an Indigenous Latina American teenage girl from Honduras, Central America, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to…
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Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAfter fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the…
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Borderline (1980)
★ 6/10Also dramaJeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds…
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Amores Perros (2000)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
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Upon Entry (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaDiego, a Venezuelan urbanist, and Elena, a contemporary dancer from Barcelona, move to the United States with their approved visas to start a new life. Their intention is to boost their professional careers and start a…
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Blue Beetle (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureRecent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime…
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Kayara (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also adventureA courageous and athletic teenager, Kayara dreams that she is destined to be the first female to break into the league of Chasquis - the official messengers of the Incan empire. As she learns what it takes to be a…
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Identifying Features (2020)
★ 7/10Also dramaMagdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel…
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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureIn order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
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Black Gold (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and dramaOn the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay…
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The Quest (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and dramaGhang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden…
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Apocalypto (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaSet in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits…
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The Marksman (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaJim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s…
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaA 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an…
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Come Away (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureBefore Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of…
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The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and dramaAmerica is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her…
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Interstate 60 (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and dramaAn aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
★ 6/10Also adventureSet during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the…
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Gold (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureIn the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their…
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Frozen River (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.