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10 Best Movies Like A Telegram from Mexico

If you loved A Telegram from Mexico, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Marksman

The Marksman

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Telegram from Mexico for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
Cry Macho

Cry Macho

2021★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Telegram from Mexico for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico....

#3
Man on Fire

Man on Fire

2004★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Telegram from Mexico for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 kidnap...

#4
Monsters

Monsters

2010★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Telegram from Mexico for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon a...

#5
Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

1941★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Telegram from Mexico for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner A...

#6
Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

1952★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Telegram from Mexico for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century....

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