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Shows like Narcos: Mexico

Not everyone loves Narcos: Mexico for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Narcos: Mexico

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  1. You like watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes.

  2. You want real names and real events from 1980s Mexico.

  3. You like every meeting feeling like it could end badly.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Narcos2015

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes
    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico
    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you want the hunt for Pablo Escobar told through the American agents who were part of it.

  • Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord2012

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes
    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you want the story of Pablo Escobar told from Colombia, about the country that lived through him.

  • City of God2002

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes
    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you like stories based on real places and people.

  • El Chapo2017

    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you want the three decades of a real cartel rise, year by year.

  • Bus 1742002

    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico
    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Memories of Murder2003

    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you like a manhunt in rain soaked fields where every lead slips away.

  • Cartel Land2015

    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico
    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you want to hear from people living with a cartel rather than a report about them.

  • La jauría2020

    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you like a race against the clock to find a missing girl.

  • Griselda Blanco: The Black Widow2014

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes
    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you like a cartel story told across years of a trafficker's life.

  • American Gangster2007

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes
    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you like a story loosely based on the real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts.

  • ZeroZeroZero2020

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes
    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you like following one cargo across oceans with everything at risk.

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