15 Movies Like 500 Days of Escobar

Loved 500 Days of Escobar? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The Marked Woman
#1

The Marked Woman

When a woman is found in a shipping container with no memory of who she is, two detectives race to figure out her identity — and who wants her dead.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Mia
#2

Mia

Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Sin Nombre
#3

Sin Nombre

Sayra, a Native Honduran teenager, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Indigenous Mexican and Mestizo-Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same USA-bound train.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Murder at the Embassy
#4

Murder at the Embassy

1934. Private detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world. All those present in this closed place are suspected: the American photographer, the English student, the American actress, the Egyptian security guard, the ambassador interpreter, the Egyptian gardener and - why not? — the Ambassador himself. But who would have expected that a small group of Nazis would be behind a plot, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world?

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 500 Days of Escobar.

El Infierno
#5

El Infierno

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Rosario Tijeras
#6

Rosario Tijeras

Rosario Tijeras has been abused by men all her life, initially by her stepfather. Years later, she works as a paid assassin, seducing men and killing them when they least expect it. She meets Emilio, a wealthy womanizer, and his best friend, Antonio, at a nightclub, and starts an affair with Emilio despite Antonio's growing feelings for her. But circumstances bring her closer to Antonio, until her past catches up with her in a devastating way.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Thriller 40
#7

Thriller 40

Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of a pop masterpiece, featuring never-before-seen footage and candid interviews.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 500 Days of Escobar.

The Story of Linda
#8

The Story of Linda

Betsy Norman is a happy assistant at a luxurious Spanish hotel. Shiela, the hotel owner, caters for all wishes of her clientele with another lucrative business, the brothel "Rio Amore" where clients from all over the world come to relax with the girls and watch the sado-masochistic shows. Linda, Betsy's sister, is drugged and forced to work as a prostitute there.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Sin tetas no hay paraíso
#9

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status and money. She leaves her boyfriend Albeira and becomes a prostitute for drug dealers. In this way she will enjoy all the luxuries that she lacks. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend Albeira and her mother Hilda begin a relationship behind her back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

The Gentleman
#10

The Gentleman

Aging ex-soldier Theo meets weekly with prostitute Olga to reminisce. After Olga's murder, Theo seeks bloody revenge, attracting attention of alcoholic cop Iborra and hitman Herodes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Messi
#11

Messi

His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Money Heist: The Phenomenon
#12

Money Heist: The Phenomenon

A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

The 355
#13

The 355

A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 500 Days of Escobar.

Golpes
#14

Golpes

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.

Xtreme
#15

Xtreme

Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 500 Days of Escobar.