15 Movies Like El Dorado
Loved El Dorado? 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.
#1
Mexicali
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#2
The Young One
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#3
Mammal
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#4
Girl in the Box
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#5
Charm City Kings
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#6
Goal II: Living the Dream
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#7
Lorelei
A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#8
Fast Girls
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#9
The Enforcer
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#10
Salomé
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#11
Brotherly Love
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#12
In the Family
In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six year old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody dies suddenly in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to, Cody's will reveals that he named his sister as Chip's guardian. The years of Joey's acceptance into the family unravel as Chip is taken away from him. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are. Armed with their comfort and inspired by memories of Cody, Joey finds a path to peace with the family and closer to his son.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#13
What Maisie Knew
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#14
Three Christs
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.
#15
The Nest
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Dorado.