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10 Best Movies Like Cabeza de Vaca

If you loved Cabeza de Vaca, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

1938★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabeza de Vaca for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventure...

#2
Adiós, Sabata

Adiós, Sabata

1970★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabeza de Vaca for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata ...

#3
Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1988★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabeza de Vaca for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and t...

#4
The Guardian

The Guardian

1990★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabeza de Vaca for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be......

#5
Salon Mexico

Salon Mexico

1949★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabeza de Vaca for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize ...

#6
The Dictators: Hitler

The Dictators: Hitler

2023★ 0.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabeza de Vaca for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

POWER. CONTROL. TERROR. The centre points of any dictatorship. The need for power, the want for tyrannical control and the subsequent terror unleashed to achieve their goals make d...