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10 Best Movies Like El número

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

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#1
Real Men

Real Men

1987★ 6.2

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

A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind....

#2
Relax, I'm from the Future

Relax, I'm from the Future

2023★ 6.0

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

Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by...

#3
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

1981★ 7.2

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

An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive....

#4
Afterburn

Afterburn

2025★ 6.2

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

Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. T...

#5
Dark Star

Dark Star

1974★ 6.0

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

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intell...

#6
The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room

1969★ 5.9

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

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself...

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