Movies Like Treinta Segundos Para Morir

If you liked Treinta Segundos Para Morir (1981), a action and crime movie directed by Rubén Benavides, 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
The Marksman (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also action and drama
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
Borderline (1980)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
Jeb 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…
3
Contraband (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also action and drama
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks…
4
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also action and crime
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
5
Scarface (1983)
★ 8.2/10Also action and crime
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes…
6
The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and crime
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
7
Traffic (2000)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and crime
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated…
8
The Border (1982)
★ 6/10Also crime and drama
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
9
The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
10
Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also action and crime
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
Face/Off (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also action and crime
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
12
El Mariachi (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crime
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his…
13
American Sicario (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and action
The story of the rise and fall of the first American-born drug lord in Mexico, this tale of power, money, greed and betrayal amongst rival members of the drug cartels finds American gangster Erik Vasquez scheming to…
14
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also action and drama
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…
15
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also action and crime
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious…
16
Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also action and crime
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
17
The Way of the Gun (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
18
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and action
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney…
19
Triple Frontier (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
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Blood for Dust (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the same territory Ricky runs guns through. Desperate to find some…