20 movies like The Arroyo, ordered by similarity : Loving Pablo(2017), Custody(2016), The Gentlemen(2020), Ford v Ferrari(2019), The Chase(1966), Soy Nero(2016), Bigger Than Life(1956), The 24th(2020), Fury(1936), Hostiles(2017), Revolution(1985), Once Upon a Time in America(1984) ...
Drama
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Kenny Maines David Armendariz Nicole Sadler Elijah Montez Junior Vazquez Christy Morris Hans Obma Tim Ybarra
texas ranger brutal chilling confident crafty dark disheartening fiery gripping intense patriotic wild american south mexican-american border mexico drug trafficking american south american latino culture america border control
A landowner in southern Arizona, tired of seeing drug smugglers cross the border through his property, decides to fight back.
Crime, Biography, Drama
Spain|Bulgaria
2017
128 Minutes
Javier Bardem Penélope Cruz Peter Sarsgaard Julieth Restrepo Lillian Blankenship David Valencia David Ojalvo Óscar Jaenada Ricardo Niño Pedro Calvo
pablo escobar drug lord journalist woman cia agent american police captain police officer brutal charming confident crafty engaging fiery incredible intense intricate powerful raw uneasy
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Drama
USA
2016
104 Minutes
Viola Davis Hayden Panettiere Catalina Sandino Moreno Ellen Burstyn Dan Fogler Jaden Michael Bryce Lorenzo Nicholas L. Ashe Julius Tennon Karen Pittman
judge latina mother lawyer woman american african-american woman emotional tense engaging gripping positive court courtroom new york new york city united states america court battles court decision
The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2020
113 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Charlie Hunnam Michelle Dockery Jeremy Strong Lyne Renée Colin Farrell Henry Golding Tom Wu Chidi Ajufo Hugh Grant Simon Barker
american expatriate drug czar rival thug fiery confident gripping gutsy london drug house secret headquarters drug trafficking bribery blackmail theft rivalry pursuit rivalry transformation
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
152 Minutes
Matt Damon Christian Bale Jon Bernthal Caitriona Balfe Tracy Letts Josh Lucas Noah Jupe Remo Girone Ray McKinnon JJ Feild Jack McMullen
designer auto builder race car driver rival intense passionate confident creative gripping france america auto race car dealership corporate headquarters desert auto racing design corporate rule rivalry creative process
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Drama
Germany|France|Mexico|USA
2016
121 Minutes
Johnny Ortiz Ian Casselberry Rory Cochrane Khleo Thomas Michael J. Harney Aml Ameen Joel McKinnon Miller Darrell Britt-Gibson
mexican detainee refugee immigrant soldier lawyer brutal disheartening heartwarming melodramatic gripping moving mexican-american border mexico united states iraq immigration escape war mexican-americans
Nero, a deported Mexican, returns illegally to the U.S in search of his identity. He joins the U.S army as a Green card soldier, a shortcut to citizenship. Lost in a maze, Nero fights to obtain his nationality.
Drama
USA
1956
95 Minutes
James Mason Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Robert F. Simon Chris Olsen Roland Winters Rusty Lane Rachel Stephens Kipp Hamilton
schoolteacher wife friend son doctor dark gripping intense small town family home hospital school america drug addiction experiments small-town life unusual behavior american dream fall transformation
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Drama, History
2020
113 Minutes
Trai Byers Aja Naomi King Mykelti Williamson Thomas Haden Church Bashir Salahuddin Mo McRae Tosin Morohunfola Lorenzo Yearby
soldier rioters rebel gripping fiery powerful profound america houston texas world war i soldiers racism sacrifice underdog pursuit 1910s
It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Spencer Tracy Walter Abel Bruce Cabot Edward Ellis Walter Brennan Frank Albertson
wrongly accused girlfriend lawyer fiery intense america prison crime revenge revenge fall quest 1930s
When a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.
Drama, History, Western
USA
2017
133 Minutes
Christian Bale Rosamund Pike Wes Studi Jesse Plemons Adam Beach Rory Cochrane Peter Mullan Scott Wilson Paul Anderson Timothée Chalamet Ben Foster
native american chief soldier commanding officer widow native american traveler brutal tense gritty raw emotional gory new mexico montana desert plains fort town american indian wars native americans
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
War, Drama, History
UK|Norway
1985
123 Minutes
Al Pacino Donald Sutherland Nastassja Kinski Joan Plowright Dave King Annie Lennox Steven Berkoff John Wells
trapper son soldier british colonial official moving emotional tense shocking solemn patriotic america united states war revenge battle torture american history american revolutionary war revenge escape
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
Drama, Crime
Italy|USA
1984
139 Minutes
Robert De Niro James Woods Elizabeth McGovern Treat Williams Tuesday Weld Burt Young Joe Pesci Danny Aiello William Forsythe James Hayden Darlanne Fluegel
mafia boss bootlegger gang member police chief girlfriend mobster bleak intense gripping lower east side brooklyn, n.y. buffalo, n.y. street big city organized crime coming of age prohibition corruption america growth
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
War, Drama
USA
2020
110 Minutes
Sebastian Stan Christopher Plummer William Hurt Ed Harris Samuel L. Jackson Bradley Whitford Jeremy Irvine Alison Sudol Michael Imperioli Linus Roache Peter Fonda
soldier son government official friend mother father wild disturbing emotional gripping intense incredible vietnam war zone pentagon america city war military vietnam war
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.
Drama
UK
2011
91 Minutes
Peter Mullan Olivia Colman Eddie Marsan Ned Dennehy Sally Carman Samuel Bottomley Paul Popplewell Sian Breckin Paul Conway Julia Mallam
man charity worker bleak brutal chilling dark disturbing frenetic gutsy gripping intense intricate united kingdom self-destruction redemption anger turmoil relationships secrets challenge
Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Harvey Keitel Valerie Perrine Warren Oates Elpidia Carrillo Shannon Wilcox Manuel Viescas Jeff Morris Mike Gomez Dirk Blocker Lonny Chapman
border patrol officer wife partner illegal alien baby corrupt cop dark disturbing border texas family home office countryside corruption smuggling drug trafficking theft ambition morality transformation
A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Crime, Drama
Mexico|USA
1974
112 Minutes
Warren Oates Isela Vega Gig Young Robert Webber Helmut Dantine Emilio Fernández Kris Kristofferson Chano Urueta Jorge Russek
mob boss bounty hunter bar owner prostitute biker american raw gritty shocking brutal mexico city bar graveyard hotel highway bounty decapitation love triangle betrayal road trip
An American bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Drama
Mauritania|France|Qatar
2014
97 Minutes
Ibrahim Ahmed Toulou Kiki Abel Jafri Fatoumata Diawara Hichem Yacoubi Kettly Noël Mehdi A.G. Mohamed Layla Walet Mohamed Adel Mahmoud Cherif Salem Dendou
father daughter family militant terrorist community member brutal chilling emotional fascinating gripping gritty intense moving raw sad tense timbuktu, mali rural community desert
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
Drama
USA
2001
96 Minutes
Robert Hays Mel Harris Robert Wagner Betty White Alan Rachins Alana Austin Taylor Emerson
family stray animal dog puppy sibling mother playful amusing positive lighthearted hilarious northern california america small town human-animal friendship work vs. family adoption family relationships dog rescue adventure
Two swindlers get their hands on a map to the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
Drama, War
Australia|USA|Philippines
1988
100 Minutes
Wings Hauser R. Lee Ermey Albert Popwell Robert Arevalo Mark Neely Gary Hershberger Clyde Jones Margi Gerard Richard Kuhlman
sargeant military officer soldier viet cong bleak brutal crafty confident fiery gutsy gory intense raw wild vietnam vietnam war battle military survival survival skills
A tough sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase and proceed to rebuild morale and fortifications in advance of the climactic battle with the VietCong.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|UK
2013
134 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Michael Fassbender Benedict Cumberbatch Paul Dano Garret Dillahunt Paul Giamatti Scoot McNairy Lupita Nyong'o Adepero Oduye Sarah Paulson Brad Pitt
slave slave trader abolitionist master african-american love interest dark powerful gripping touching gritty new york state american south plantation hideout secret hideout slave market slavery abolitionism underground railroad
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.