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10 Best Movies Like South of the Rio Grande

If you loved South of the Rio Grande, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Mindhorn

Mindhorn

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to South of the Rio Grande for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to South of the Rio Grande for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to South of the Rio Grande for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to South of the Rio Grande for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#5
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to South of the Rio Grande for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to South of the Rio Grande for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...