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Shows like Narcos: Mexico

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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.

  • Chernobyl2019

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

    Good for you if you like dread that never lets go.

  • El Señor de los Cielos2013

    • watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes

    Good for you if you like the logistics of a cartel, planes, runways and money laundering.

  • DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story2022

    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you want to understand how police and institutions failed his victims for over a decade.

  • Sicario2015

    • every meeting feeling like it could end badly

    Good for you if you like dread in every scene, especially at the border.

  • MINDHUNTER2017

    • real names and real events from 1980s Mexico

    Good for you if you like stories built on real cases and real killers.

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