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    Mexican Thriller Movies

    The 40 most popular mexican thriller movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Facing El Chapo
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    Facing El Chapo

    2026 · 1h 31m

    country: Mexico

    Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.

    Chapo: El Escape Del Siglo
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    Chapo: El Escape Del Siglo

    2016 · 1h 27m

    country: Mexico

    A famous drug kingpin escapes from prison. The mexican president wants him back in jail whereas the U.S. government wants him dead.

    Infection
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    Infection

    2019 · 1h 35m

    country: Venezuela

    Film about an epidemic outbreak of a new rabies virus in Venezuela and a father trying to save his son from contagion. A Russian man is in Caracas under the influence of the Krokodil drug, when he gets infected with the rabies virus and starts an epidemic of aggressive and cannibalistic beings. Doctor Adam Vargas is in the midst of all this, when he begins a journey within a ravaged Venezuela to save his son from being infected.

    Amores Perros
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    Amores Perros

    2000 · 2h 34m

    country: Mexico

    A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.

    Counterattack
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    Counterattack

    2025 · 1h 25m

    country: Mexico

    When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.

    On the Road
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    On the Road

    2026 · 1h 33m

    country: Mexico

    Veneno, a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco, a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself. He convinces Muñeco to take him deep into the hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking across the north of Mexico. As they travel together and an unexpected intimacy builds between them, shadows from Veneno’s past resurface, putting both their lives at risk.

    Get the Gringo
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    Get the Gringo

    2012 · 1h 36m

    country: United States

    A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

    The Arrival
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    The Arrival

    1996 · 1h 55m

    country: Mexico

    Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

    Dreams
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    Dreams

    2025 · 1h 38m

    country: Mexico

    A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together.

    Cronos
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    Cronos

    1993 · 1h 34m

    country: Mexico

    Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.

    Revenge
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    Revenge

    1990 · 2h 3m

    country: Mexico

    Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.

    Perras
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    Perras

    2011 · 1h 40m

    country: Mexico

    Something terrible is happening in class 3A at Calmecatl Junior High. No one can leave the classroom until the guilty party is found. This is the device that gives us a glimpse of the ethics, games, esthetics and eroticism of these girl-women. It is not easy to say what the subject is, there are so many: the discovery of sexuality, discrimination, chance, drugs, maternity, traditions, betrayals, power, love. A mural of a complex reality from the point of view of twenty-something women in the skin of 14 to 15 year old girls.

    Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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    Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

    2010 · 1h 39m

    country: Australia

    A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

    Santa Sangre
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    Santa Sangre

    1989 · 2h 2m

    country: Italy

    A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

    Mexican Psycho
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    Mexican Psycho

    2026 · 1h 39m

    country: Unknown

    Follows an "ultra-violent and intelligent" psychopath who challenges the police by leaving a white paper rabbit at each crime scene, connecting them all.

    The House of Snails
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    The House of Snails

    2021 · 1h 44m

    country: Spain

    A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.

    Sin Nombre
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    Sin Nombre

    2009 · 1h 36m

    country: Mexico

    Sayra, an Indigenous Latina American teenage girl from Honduras, Central America, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Indigenous Latino American gang members from Mexico, North America who have boarded the same USA-bound train.

    The Truth About Emanuel
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    The Truth About Emanuel

    2013 · 1h 36m

    country: United States

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

    Intimate Witness
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    Intimate Witness

    2015 · 1h 30m

    country: Argentina

    Facundo is a lawyer and he´s having an affair with Violeta, his brother Rafa´s girlfriend. When Rafa finds Violeta dead in their apartment, Facundo has to help him get rid of the body. The night turns into a perverse game of spite, violence, revenge and death.

    Cosa fácil
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    Cosa fácil

    1982 · 1h 55m

    country: Mexico

    This is a story of revenge, as detective Shayne's own clients sabotage his actions, and leave him blind in one eye. The cases then become personal and Shayne vows to destroy the guilty.

    Desierto
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    Desierto

    2015 · 1h 28m

    country: Mexico

    A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.

    Aversión
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    Aversión

    2019 · 1h 56m

    country: Mexico

    Tired of being bullied, a highschool student starts to listen to his darkest thoughts in order to fit in.

    There Are No Saints
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    There Are No Saints

    2022 · 1h 45m

    country: United States

    A man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.

    Daniel & Ana
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    Daniel & Ana

    2009 · 1h 30m

    country: Mexico

    Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.

    Fine Young Men
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    Fine Young Men

    2025 · 1h 29m

    country: Mexico

    After a year abroad, seventeen-year-old Alf returns to his Catholic boys' school, only to find that no longer relates to his mates, who are popular and athletic. He finds himself drawn to new classmate Oliver, but in an attempt to dispel rumours, Alf bonds with his old friends and ends up committing a crime to prove he still belongs.

    The Incident
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    The Incident

    2014 · 1h 42m

    country: Mexico

    Two parallel stories about people trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road... for over 35 years.

    Atrocious
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    Atrocious

    2010 · 1h 15m

    country: Spain

    Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. They used to record whatever they did. Atrocious shows the last five days of this family, and the strange situations that they lived in those moments and which remain unexplained.

    Non Negotiable
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    Non Negotiable

    2024 · 1h 26m

    country: Argentina

    Hostage negotiator Alan Bender is called to rescue the president from a kidnapping, only to find himself also mediating to save his wife and marriage.

    New Order
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    New Order

    2020 · 1h 28m

    country: Mexico

    In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

    Toña Machetes
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    Toña Machetes

    1985 · 2h 2m

    country: Mexico

    A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.

    Satanic Pandemonium
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    Satanic Pandemonium

    1975 · 1h 29m

    country: Mexico

    Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!

    Terrorist Command
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    Terrorist Command

    1992 · 1h 29m

    country: Mexico

    A group of terrorists puts the authorities on alert, creating hellish chaos.

    The Untamed
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    The Untamed

    2016 · 1h 38m

    country: Mexico

    A meteorite deposits an alien monster with strange powers near the home of an unhappy couple.

    La Tentación
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    La Tentación

    1991 · 1h 30m

    country: Mexico

    After winning the lottery, a woman discovers that money can't buy happiness.

    The Bosses
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    The Bosses

    2015 · 1h 23m

    country: Unknown

    Set in 2013 Monterrey, Poncho is a student at a prestigious college, he goes to get weed with his friend El Greñas, they go to La Bomba to get some. Although when La Bomba runs out of weed, they decide to take him on a quest to get more weed from El Perro. When Poncho needs to go back home, La Bomba kidnaps both Poncho and Greñas and taking Poncho's phone and car. La Bomba contacts Poncho's father to get him one million dollars to free his son, though Bomba didn't know the deadly consequences.

    V/H/S/85
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    V/H/S/85

    2023 · 1h 51m

    country: Mexico

    Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.

    600 Miles
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    600 Miles

    2015 · 1h 25m

    country: United States

    Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

    The Haunting of Sharon Tate
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    The Haunting of Sharon Tate

    2019 · 1h 30m

    country: United States

    Pregnant with director Roman Polanski's child and awaiting his return from Europe, 26-year-old Hollywood actress Sharon Tate becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death.

    Bel Canto
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    Bel Canto

    2018 · 1h 40m

    country: Mexico

    A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.

    El cártel
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    El cártel

    2009 · 1h 30m

    country: Mexico

    Based on Mexico's current criminal climate, EL CÁRTEL is a rare look into the values and practices of the world's most intriguing and enigmatic industry - the multi-billion dollar business of drug trafficking. When Jules Land, a naïve business journalist, approaches Mexico's most notorious drug cartel and requests an audience with its leader, a one-time-priest turned murderous cutthroat, he quickl

    About Mexican Thriller Movies

    Mexican cinema

    Mexican cinema had a Golden Age in the 1940s and 50s and a second surge from the late 1990s, when Cuarón, del Toro, and Iñárritu moved between Mexican production and Hollywood without abandoning either.

    Thriller

    Thrillers are engineered for tension: the pace, the withholding, the sense that something is closing in. The genre blends freely with crime, horror, and science fiction, and it's where a lot of the sharpest genre craft happens.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1975–2026
    Best reviewed
    Facing El Chapo (8.8)
    Often also
    Drama, Horror, Action

    Common questions

    What are the best Mexican thriller movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Facing El Chapo, Chapo: El Escape Del Siglo, and Infection. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Mexican thriller movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these movies?
    Every movie page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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