15 Movies Like The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo

Loved The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo? 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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

El Infierno
#4

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Rosario Tijeras
#5

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

The Story of Linda
#6

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Sin tetas no hay paraíso
#7

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

The Gentleman
#8

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Messi
#9

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Money Heist: The Phenomenon
#10

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Golpes
#11

Golpes

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Xtreme
#12

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 The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
#13

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas
#14

Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas

Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.

The Enforcer
#15

The Enforcer

Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo.