Movies Like Sin retorno

If you liked Sin retorno (2009), a thriller and action movie directed by Guillermo Iván, 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
Desperado (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and action
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his…
2
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
3
Touch of Evil (1958)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller
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.
4
End of Watch (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
5
Counterattack (2025)
★ 8.3/10Also action and thriller
When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.
6
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
★ 7.1/10Also action
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
7
Code of Silence (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
8
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
9
Brothers Under Fire (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
Captain Jordan Wright's squadron on leave for a wedding in Mexico encounters a murderous cartel. As Jordan tries to lead survivors to safety, war erupts between his squad and the cartel, forcing him into a battle to…
10
Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
11
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and action
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion…
12
Nick of Time (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and action
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
13
Copshop (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and action
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught…
14
The Marksman (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
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…
15
High Ground (2025)
★ 6/10Also thriller and action
When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.
16
Gringo (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also action
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
17
El Gringo (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
18
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
19
Bound by Honor (1993)
★ 8.2/10Also thriller
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known…
20
Revenge (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
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…