# Narcos

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Narcos and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a dramatization of Pablo Escobar's story that shows details many viewers did not know about.

## Why people recommend it

- Dramatizes Pablo Escobar's story well (1 comments): "Watch Narcos if you want to see a pretty good dramatization of how Pablo Escobar buried his money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306096))
- Shows details viewers did not know (1 comments): "really captures a lot of details that I had no idea about" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46164824))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Narcos", https://hackerapproved.com/p/narcos/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).