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Movies Like Matar o morir

If you liked Matar o morir (1984), a movie directed by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri, 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. 1The Marksman

    The Marksman (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Jim 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…

  2. 2The Sons of Katie Elder

    The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

    ★ 7/10

    The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area…

  3. 3Revenge

    Revenge (1990)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican…

  4. 4The Forever Purge

    The Forever Purge (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10

    All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their…

  5. 5Cry Macho

    Cry Macho (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.

  6. 6Buchanan Rides Alone

    Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.

  7. 7The Bravados

    The Bravados (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice…

  8. 8Wanted Man

    Wanted Man (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Follows a police officer who must retrieve an eyewitness and escort her after a cartel shooting leaves several DEA agents dead, but then he must decide who to trust when they discover that the attack was executed by…

  9. 9Touch of Evil

    Touch of Evil (1958)

    ★ 7.7/10

    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.

  10. 10The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

  11. 11No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men (2007)

    ★ 8/10

    Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey…

  12. 12Rambo: Last Blood

    Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    After 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…

  13. 13The Kentuckian

    The Kentuckian (1955)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

  14. 14The Hitcher

    The Hitcher (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10

    While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath…

  15. 15Montana Story

    Montana Story (2022)

    ★ 6/10

    Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved in order to care for their ailing father.

  16. 16Joy Ride

    Joy Ride (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

  17. 17Vengeance

    Vengeance (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Ben, a journalist from New York City, travels to West Texas in order to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with while recording a murder mystery podcast along the way.

  18. 18Ramrod

    Ramrod (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She…

  19. 19I Can Only Imagine

    I Can Only Imagine (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering…

  20. 20Flesh and Bone

    Flesh and Bone (1993)

    ★ 6/10

    Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a…

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