Movies Like Sicario

Sicario (2015) is an action and crime film directed by Denis Villeneuve. Its recurring themes include mission, assassin, mexico, corruption. The 20 films below were selected because they overlap with it on measurable signals — shared genres, shared themes, overlapping cast or crew, and the audiences TMDB records as watching both. Sicario stars Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to Sicario

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) poster

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018Action, Crime6.9

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Why it’s similar: Action • Crime • Thriller • central intelligence agency (cia) • corruption • brutality • Also stars Benicio del Toro

The Equalizer (2014) poster

The Equalizer

2014Thriller, Action7.3

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-viol…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Action • Crime • assassin • corruption • fbi

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) poster

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003Action, Crime6.3

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

Why it’s similar: Action • Crime • Thriller • central intelligence agency (cia) • mexico • corruption

Bad Boys for Life (2020) poster

Bad Boys for Life

2020Thriller, Action7.1

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down th…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Action • Crime • mexico • murder • reflective

Desperado (1995) poster

Desperado

1995Thriller, Action6.9

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-r…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Action • Crime • mexico • revenge • brutality

Léon: The Professional (1994) poster

Léon: The Professional

1994Crime, Drama8.3

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Action • assassin • corruption • revenge

Killer Elite (2011) poster

Killer Elite

2011Action, Adventure6.3

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader…

Why it’s similar: Action • Thriller • assassin • mexico • revenge

War (2007) poster

War

2007Action, Crime6.4

FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some…

Why it’s similar: Action • Crime • Thriller • fbi • revenge

Citizen Vigilante (2026) poster

Citizen Vigilante

2026Thriller, Action6.5

A man takes justice into his own hands, hunting down criminals. His vigilante crusade makes him a social media star but puts him at odds with the local police chief.

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Action • Crime • corruption • murder

The Marksman (2021) poster

The Marksman

2021Action, Drama6.8

Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves…

Why it’s similar: Action • Thriller • assassin • mexico • murder

Die Hard (1988) poster

Die Hard

1988Action, Thriller7.8

High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside.…

Why it’s similar: Action • Thriller • fbi • murder

High Ground (2025) poster

High Ground

2025Thriller, Crime6.0

When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Crime • Action • mexican cartel

Touch of Evil (1958) poster

Touch of Evil

1958Crime, Thriller7.7

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Thriller • border

Ballerina (2025) poster

Ballerina

2025Action, Thriller7.3

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

Why it’s similar: Action • Thriller • Crime • assassin

Face/Off (1997) poster

Face/Off

1997Action, Crime7.1

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes u…

Why it’s similar: Action • Crime

No Country for Old Men (2007) poster

No Country for Old Men

2007Crime, Thriller8.0

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bel…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Thriller

Peppermint (2018) poster

Peppermint

2018Action, Thriller6.7

A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.

Why it’s similar: Action • Thriller

Traffic (2000) poster

Traffic

2000Thriller, Drama7.1

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal w…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Crime

Assassins (1995) poster

Assassins

1995Action, Adventure6.5

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of…

Why it’s similar: Action • Crime • Thriller

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) poster

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018Action, Adventure7.5

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyal…

Why it’s similar: Action

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for Sicario, merged and deduplicated. Each candidate is then re-ranked on genre overlap, shared TMDB keywords, shared director or cast members, and audience-rating confidence. Titles without a poster, a synopsis or enough votes to be a meaningful signal are dropped rather than padded in — which is why some pages show ten results and others twenty.

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