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2017 · Series · TV-MA · your starting pointIf El Chapo is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Shows like El Chapo, ranked
1. Facing El Chapo (2026)
The relentless cat-and-mouse tension between law enforcement and cartel power structures unfolds across a single, harrowing night instead of decades, delivering the same visceral stakes of corruption and survival.
2. El Señor de los Cielos (2013)
Both series chronicle a drug lord's meteoric rise through the 1990s cartel underworld with the same blend of brutal ambition, corrupt officials, and family drama woven through escalating violence and empire-building.
3. Enemigo íntimo (2018)
Alejandro's decades-long vendetta against the cartels that destroyed his family mirrors El Chapo's own rise through organized crime, creating an equally brutal exploration of how personal trauma and systemic corruption reshape entire lives in Mexico's drug war.
4. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012)
Law enforcement's methodical dismantling of a criminal empire gets the same meticulous attention here, with investigators and insiders alike walking through the strategic takedown that mirrors El Chapo's eventual capture.
6. Sicario (1994)
Jairo's desperate climb through street-level violence mirrors El Chapo's ruthless ascent, both narratives unflinching in depicting how systemic poverty and cartel infrastructure transform ordinary people into criminals.
Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll pick the one for you.