If You Liked Sicario, Watch These Next
Finished Sicario (2015) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Sicario, most of them are action, crime, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)
6.9ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
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2.Touch of Evil(1958)
7.7CrimeThrillerDramaAlso crime and thriller
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
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3.Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
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4.Killer Elite(2011)
6.3ActionAdventureThrillerAlso action and thriller
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a…
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5.Desperado(1995)
6.9ThrillerActionCrimeAlso thriller and action
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados,…
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6.The Marksman(2021)
6.8ActionDramaThrillerAlso action and thriller
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him…
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7.Extreme Prejudice(1987)
6.3ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and thriller
Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a crew of rogue soldiers descends upon the border town for an off-the-books mission, all roads lead to a…
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8.War(2007)
6.4ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles,…
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10.Traffic(2000)
7.1ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso thriller and crime
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble…
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11.High Ground(2025)
6.0ThrillerCrimeActionAlso thriller and crime
When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.
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12.No Country for Old Men(2007)
8.0CrimeThrillerWesternAlso crime and thriller
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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13.American Sicario(2021)
5.9CrimeActionAlso crime and action
The story of the rise and fall of the first American-born drug lord in Mexico, this tale of power, money, greed and betrayal amongst rival members of the drug cartels finds American gangster Erik Vasquez scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the…
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14.Peppermint(2018)
6.7ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
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15.Assassins(1995)
6.5ActionAdventureCrimeAlso action and crime
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract…
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16.Bad Boys for Life(2020)
7.1ThrillerActionCrimeAlso thriller and action
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
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17.Rambo: Last Blood(2019)
6.5ActionThrillerDramaAlso action and thriller
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for…
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18.The Infiltrator(2016)
6.7CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and thriller
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
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19.Man on Fire(2004)
7.5ActionDramaThrillerAlso action and thriller
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
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20.Triple Frontier(2019)
6.3ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and thriller
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
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