Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like El Americano

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

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#1
Scooby-Doo! and the Safari Creatures

Scooby-Doo! and the Safari Creatures

2012★ 9.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Americano for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The gang flies off to Africa for a video animal safari titled 'So Goodi!,' only to learn that - zoinks! - the creatures are actually shape-shifting jungle demons! In Homeward Hound...

#2
Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave

2006★ 7.0

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

A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that grows into a new version o...

#3
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#4
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

2013★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Americano for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace is the fourth in a s...

#5
Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters

1968★ 6.9

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

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the...

#6
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Americano for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...