Best Mexican films 90 - 20
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1. The Violin (2005)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Music
In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Vargas | Stars: Ángel Tavira, Gerardo Taracena, Dagoberto Gama, Mario Garibaldi
Votes: 2,597 | Gross: $0.07M
2. And Your Mother Too (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado
Votes: 128,909 | Gross: $13.62M
3. Devil's Freedom (2017)
TV-MA | 74 min | Documentary
A documentary about the violence in Mexico told from the word of those who have suffered the pain and those who make the pain.
Director: Everardo González
Votes: 957
4. Tempestad (2016)
105 min | Documentary
The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Votes: 888
5. Japan (2002)
R | 122 min | Drama
A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Votes: 3,993
6. Silent Light (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama, Romance
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Peter Wall
Votes: 6,839 | Gross: $0.05M
7. Heli (2013)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios
Votes: 5,388
8. Drama/Mex (2006)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama
Two interlaced stories unfold over the course of the same long, hot day in the once lush and now decadent resort town of Acapulco. The first involves the beautiful and cool Fernanda, who is... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Naranjo | Stars: Fernando Becerril, Diana García, Miriana Moro, Emilio Valdés
Votes: 1,428 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
The history of friendship of two females teenagers and how it's cracked up by misinformation about sexual education and violence against women.
Director: Marisa Sistach | Stars: Ximena Ayala, Nancy Gutiérrez, Arcelia Ramírez, María Rojo
Votes: 1,659
10. There Is No Pain in Paradise (1995)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Manuel's best friend dies of AIDS, then he begins a trip for the night in the city, finding a parade of wild characters.
Director: Víctor Saca | Stars: Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Evangelina Elizondo, Fernando Leal Velasco, Claudia Frías
Votes: 30
11. Duck Season (2004)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Eimbcke | Stars: Diego Cataño, Daniel Miranda, Enrique Arreola, Danny Perea
Votes: 4,616 | Gross: $0.15M
12. Battle in Heaven (2005)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Marcos lusts after his boss's promiscuous daughter, but after botching an extortion scheme, he becomes wracked with guilt.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstein
Votes: 6,646 | Gross: $0.07M
13. La sangre iluminada (2007)
104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Six characters explain their complex intertwined existence. Every so often, due to inexplicable mathematics, the lives of these characters change and they occupy the body of another.
Director: Iván Ávila Dueñas | Stars: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Joustein Roustand, Enoc Leaño, Flor Payán
Votes: 101
14. Halley (2012)
84 min | Drama, Horror
Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer conceal his quickly decomposing body. Dismayed, he decides to withdraw from the world.
Director: Sebastián Hofmann | Stars: Alberto Trujillo, Luly Trueba, Hugo Albores, Sergio Murguía
Votes: 708
15. We Are What We Are (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror
When the patriarch of the family passes away, the teenage children must take responsibility for the family chores: the preparation of the rituals, the hunting and putting the all-important ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Michel Grau | Stars: Francisco Barreiro, Paulina Gaitan, Alan Chávez, Carmen Beato
Votes: 5,092
16. After Lucia (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
Director: Michel Franco | Stars: Tessa Ia, Hernán Mendoza, Gonzalo Vega Jr., Tamara Yazbek
Votes: 7,003
17. Del olvido al no me acuerdo (1999)
75 min | Documentary
Juan Carlos Rulfo, the son of the acclaimed Mexican writer and photographer Juan Rulfo (1917 - 1986), travels to the plains of Jalisco in search of his father.
Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo | Stars: Juan José Arreola, Manuel Cosío, Clara Aparicio de Rulfo, Rebeca Jiménez
Votes: 159
18. Panamerican Machinery (2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
It's Friday morning at Pan American Machinery Inc., a company specializing in selling and repairing machines for construction and destruction. The employees are already winding down for the... See full summary »
Director: Joaquin del Paso | Stars: Javier Zaragoza, Ramiro Orozco, Irene Ramirez, Edmundo Mosqueira
Votes: 309
19. Amores Perros (2000)
R | 154 min | Drama, Thriller
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Votes: 252,986 | Gross: $5.38M
20. Cochochi (2007)
87 min | Family
Evaristo and Luis Antonio - indigenous brothers from the SierraTarahumara in northwest Mexico - have just graduated from boarding elementary school. Evaristo desires to continue his ... See full summary »
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Antonio Lerma Batista, Evaristo Lerma Batista
Votes: 846
21. Alamar (2009)
G | 73 min | Documentary, Drama
Before their inevitable farewell, Jorge, a young man of Mayan roots, and Natan, his half-Italian son, spend time together living off the Banco Chinchorro coral reef.
Director: Pedro González-Rubio | Stars: Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestór Marín
Votes: 2,712 | Gross: $0.06M
22. Los ladrones viejos. Las leyendas del artegio (2007)
97 min | Documentary, Crime
A series of stories with old thieves. Framed portraits in Mexico City from the 1970s and 1980s. From the corners of poverty and the prowess of being able to steal "honestly", a series of ... See full summary »
Director: Everardo González
Votes: 334
23. Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A handful of survivors from a disastrous 1528 Spanish expedition to Florida journey across the coast until they reach Mexico.
Director: Nicolás Echevarría | Stars: Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castañón
Votes: 1,201 | Gross: $0.79M
24. Eréndira la indomable (2006)
Not Rated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The story of Princess Eréndira of the Tarascan, who, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, led her people in a fight against the Spanish conquerors in the region of the Aztec Empire.
Director: Juan Mora Catlett | Stars: Carlos Enrique Alarcón, Édgar Alejandre, Erandini Catalina Alvarado Villegas, Rubén Bautista
Votes: 148
25. Otilia Rauda (2001)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Otilia is a sensual young girl with an ideal body whose face is marred by an enormous mole. As a result, Otilia grows up friendless, except for the companionship of Melquiades, a young man ... See full summary »
Director: Dana Rotberg | Stars: Gabriela Canudas, Álvaro Guerrero, Alberto Estrella, Ana Ofelia Murguía
Votes: 224
26. Sin dejar huella (2000)
109 min | Drama
A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
Director: María Novaro | Stars: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Tiaré Scanda, Jesús Ochoa, Martín Altomaro
Votes: 457
27. La mujer de Benjamín (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Old bachelor Benjamin (Lopez Rojas) still lives with his sister Micaela (Doria) in the boredom of a small town. His only entertainment is getting together with a bunch of old men and spare ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Eduardo López Rojas, Malena Doria, Arcelia Ramírez, Eduardo Palomo
Votes: 501
28. The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón
Votes: 14,429 | Gross: $5.71M
29. Herod's Law (1999)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.
Director: Luis Estrada | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Delia Casanova, Juan Carlos Colombo
Votes: 7,085
30. Por si no te vuelvo a ver (1997)
97 min | Comedy
Senior citizens form a musical band, and dream with performing live in a stage.
Director: Juan Pablo Villaseñor | Stars: Alfredo Alfonso, Óscar Castañeda, Aurora Cortés, José Diaz Estévez
Votes: 170
31. Nicotina (2003)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.
Director: Hugo Rodríguez | Stars: Diego Luna, Marta Belaustegui, Rosa María Bianchi, Rafael Inclán
Votes: 3,796 | Gross: $0.80M
32. Cronos (1992)
R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 33,139 | Gross: $0.62M
33. El gavilán de la sierra (2002)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Juan Antonio de la Riva | Stars: Guillermo Larrea, Juan Ángel Esparza, Claudia Goytia, Abel Woolrich
Votes: 48
34. Zurdo (2003)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a competition as the entire town's hopes - and money - rest on him.
Director: Carlos Salces | Stars: Álex Perea, Alejandro Camacho, Arcelia Ramírez, Giovani Florido
Votes: 299
35. Lake Tahoe (2008)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
A story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
Director: Fernando Eimbcke | Stars: Diego Cataño, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara II
Votes: 1,761 | Gross: $0.01M
36. Miss Bala (2011)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.
Director: Gerardo Naranjo | Stars: Stephanie Sigman, Noé Hernández, Irene Azuela, J.R. Yenque
Votes: 9,436
37. The Inheritors (2008)
90 min | Documentary
Depicts the lives of children and their families who labor in the Mexican countryside.
Director: Eugenio Polgovsky
Votes: 123
38. Días de gracia (2011)
133 min | Crime, Thriller
Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.
Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Carlos Bardem, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta, José Alberto Solorzano
Votes: 981
39. Epitafio (2015)
82 min | Adventure
In 1519, Conquistador Diego de Ordaz and two soldiers march to the summit of the great Mexican volcano Popocatépetl.
Directors: Rubén Imaz, Yulene Olaizola | Stars: Don Roque Galicia Cervantes, Xabier Coronado, Martín Román, Carlos Triviño
Votes: 134
40. Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A womanizer is falsely diagnosed with AIDS by a jealous lover and falls in love with a woman equally suicidal as he.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Claudia Ramírez, Luis de Icaza, Astrid Hadad
Votes: 4,036 | Gross: $0.01M
41. Sin remitente (1995)
97 min | Drama
Tired and frustrated of being constantly awaken at midnight by his noisy young neighbor Mariana (Scanda), old Don Andres (Torre Laphame) engages himself into a solitaire crusade against his... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Fernando Torre Lapham, Tiaré Scanda, Luisa Huertas, Guillermo Gil
Votes: 167
42. Parque vía (2008)
86 min | Drama
The story follows Beto, who's been in charge of taking care of an upper-class house for the last ten years, and subtly traces contemporary social conflicts with a very peculiar ... See full summary »
Director: Enrique Rivero | Stars: Nolberto Coria, Nancy Orozco, Tesalia Huerta, Celina Altamirano
Votes: 380
43. Párpados azules (2007)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The pair soon discovers that true love depends more on compatibility rather than idyllic scenery.
Director: Ernesto Contreras | Stars: Cecilia Suárez, Enrique Arreola, Magali Boysselle, Armando Casas
Votes: 852
44. Killing Cabos (2004)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A dark, offbeat comedy about a group of Mexico City teens embroiled in a kidnapping involving a retired wrestling legend and a parrot.
Director: Alejandro Lozano | Stars: Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancón, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Kristoff Raczynski
Votes: 5,764 | Gross: $0.13M
45. Soba (2004)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama
Justina (Claudia Soberon) runs away from home after her parents death and gets caught by a group of cops... It's the beginning of her worst nightmare.
Director: Alan Coton | Stars: Claudia Soberón, Dagoberto Gama, Miguel Loaiza, Hena Corzo
Votes: 80
46. Sin Nombre (2009)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Paulina Gaitan, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Leonardo Alonso, Karla Cecilia Alvarado
Votes: 34,058 | Gross: $2.53M
47. Dreaming About You (1992)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Toto and Quique bike around spying on maid. Toto's cousin Azucena visits, attracting Toto. Her visit leads to an unforgettable experience for Toto.
Director: Marisa Sistach | Stars: Martín Altomaro, Leticia Perdigón, Socorro Bonilla, Moisés Iván Mora
Votes: 473
48. A Trickle of Blood (1995)
Not Rated | 73 min | Adventure, Drama
Leon, a young 14 year-old, is obsessed with Osbelia, a dream-girl. Leon decides to follow her to Guadalajara, leaving behind his small world at home. On his journey, Leon goes through many ... See full summary »
Director: Erwin Neumaier | Stars: Diego Luna, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Ana Grave, Antonio Serrano
Votes: 93
49. Tear This Heart Out (2008)
R | 107 min | Drama
Set in 1930's in Puebla, Mexico, a young woman finds herself in an arranged marriage to a prominent politician (Andres Ascencio). As his career progresses, she finds it more difficult to remain a loyal, loving wife.
Director: Roberto Sneider | Stars: Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María de Tavira, Joaquín Cosio
Votes: 2,535
50. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez
Votes: 18,848 | Gross: $21.67M
51. Un embrujo (1998)
130 min | Drama, Romance
In 1930s Mexico, a young boy falls in love with his elementary-school teacher.
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Blanca Guerra, Mario Zaragoza, Daniel Acuña, Luis Fernando Peña
Votes: 283
52. Innocent Voices (2004)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Muñoz
Votes: 8,195 | Gross: $0.84M
53. Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino (2002)
95 min | Drama
Aro Tolbukhin is a hungarian inmigrant that sets fire to seven people in an infirmary in a Mission in Guatemala, the movie traces back to see what made him do it, from his arrival in Guatemala to his childhood in Hungary.
Directors: Isaac-Pierre Racine, Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Carmen Beato, Zóltán Józan, Mariona Castillo
Votes: 491
54. Homework (1991)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle agend woman asks an old boyfriend to her home. He thinks its only for casual sex, she is planning something else and she is taping in on video.
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: María Rojo, José Alonso
Votes: 828
55. Deep Crimson (1996)
114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sherlyn, Giovani Florido
Votes: 2,082
56. Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Nathalia Acevedo, Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Rut Reygadas, Eleazar Reygadas
Votes: 5,941 | Gross: $0.04M
57. Bad Habits (2007)
R | 103 min | Drama
Intertwining stories of abuse, adultery, and anorexia center around a Mexico City family with an obsessed mother.
Director: Simón Bross | Stars: Ximena Ayala, Alma Sofía Martínez, Marco Treviño, Elena de Haro
Votes: 1,040
58. A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Gerardo, a 17-year old guy has just finished his relationship with Bruno and starts wandering hopeless through the streets of the city. In his wandering he's tortured by images: each ... See full summary »
Director: Julián Hernández | Stars: Juan Carlos Ortuño, Juan Carlos Torres, Salvador Alvarez, Gloria Andrade
Votes: 521
59. A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
Unrated | 74 min | Drama, Thriller
When her insurance company refuses to approve the care her husband needs to survive, Sonia Bonet (Jan Raluy) takes things into her own hands. Up against an unyielding bureaucracy and ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo Plá | Stars: Jana Raluy, Sebastián Aguirre, Hugo Albores, Emilio Echevarría
Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $0.02M
60. To the Other Side (2004)
90 min | Drama
Three separate stories of children from different places seeking to find their missing fathers.
Director: Gustavo Loza | Stars: Carmen Maura, Héctor Suárez, Vanessa Bauche, Susana González
Votes: 404
61. Tropico de cancer (2004)
53 min | Documentary
At the Tropic of Cancer in the desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, various families survive by hunting animals which they sell on the freeway.
Director: Eugenio Polgovsky
Votes: 61
62. Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo (2008)
83 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
My grandmother??s lodging house situated at the corner of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in Mexico City. When I was ten years old I met one of them. His name was Jorge Riosse. My grand... See full summary »
Director: Yulene Olaizola | Stars: Regina Cardo, Florencia Vega Moctezuma
Votes: 278
63. The Golden Dream (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
Director: Diego Quemada-Diez | Stars: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez, Carlos Chajon
Votes: 5,131
64. Bajo California: El límite del tiempo (1998)
96 min | Drama
Damian is a married artist living in Los Angeles with his wife. After he accidentally hits a woman with his car and flees the scene, he seeks atonement and travels alone to Mexico, both to ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Bolado | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Jesús Ochoa, Fernando Torre Lapham, Gabriel Retes
Votes: 477
65. Danzón (1991)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
Julia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday ... See full summary »
Director: María Novaro | Stars: María Rojo, Carmen Salinas, Tito Vasconcelos, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 687 | Gross: $0.36M
66. Presunto culpable (2008)
87 min | Documentary
Two young Mexican attorneys attempt to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. In the process, they expose the contradictions of a judicial system that presumes suspects guilty until proven innocent.
Directors: Roberto Hernández, Geoffrey Smith
Votes: 1,419
67. Cilantro y perejil (1996)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
This is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple.
Director: Rafael Montero | Stars: Arcelia Ramírez, Demián Bichir, Germán Dehesa, Rodolfo Arias
Votes: 455
68. El bulto (1992)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
A dark comedy about the past; the present and the future. A young Mexican journalist falls into a coma and awakes twenty years later to find himself in a very different future than he would have imagined. Mystery of nature or science?
Director: Gabriel Retes | Stars: Gabriel Retes, Héctor Bonilla, Lourdes Elizarrarás, José Alonso
Votes: 469
69. Bienvenido-Welcome (1994)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of sida".
Director: Gabriel Retes | Stars: Gabriel Retes, Lourdes Elizarrarás, Luis Felipe Tovar, Jesse Borrego
Votes: 181
70. Toro negro (2005)
87 min | Documentary
Intimate and fascinating portrait of Fernando, also known as El Suicida and El Negro, a bull fighter in the slums of the Mexican Yucutan Peninsular. Sometimes he is a charming host to the ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos Armella, Pedro González-Rubio | Stars: Fernando Pacheco, Romelia Sosa, Mario Tello, Teodoro
Votes: 82
71. The Chosen Ones (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
Young Ulises falls in love with teen Sofia, even as he is forced to lure her into his family's prostitution ring. Now he will do anything to save her.
Director: David Pablos | Stars: Nancy Talamantes, Óscar Torres, Leidi Gutiérrez, José Santillán Cabuto
Votes: 2,103
72. Desierto adentro (2008)
110 min | Drama
To redeem himself from a great sin, a man dedicates himself to building a church.
Director: Rodrigo Plá | Stars: Mario Zaragoza, Diego Cataño, Memo Dorantes, Eileen Yañez
Votes: 313
73. Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos (2002)
108 min | Drama
A man who travels back to the house of his father, grandfather and backwards.
Director: Ignacio Ortiz | Stars: Arturo Ríos, Luisa Huertas, Miguel Santana, Ana Graham
Votes: 223
74. Little Saints (1999)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
When St. Jude appears to her to tell her that her daughter is still alive, Esperanza goes on a search to find her daughter.
Director: Alejandro Springall | Stars: Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Pedro Altamirano
Votes: 577 | Gross: $0.01M
75. I Dream in Another Language (2017)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
When a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.
Director: Ernesto Contreras | Stars: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligio Meléndez, Fátima Molina
Votes: 4,057 | Gross: $0.00M
76. 1973 (2005)
96 min | Documentary, Crime, History
This dark documentary can be seen as three separate stories of people united by two themes: they were born in 1973 in Mexico City, and their lives were, to different extent, destroyed. The ... See full summary »
Director: Antonino Isordia Llamazares | Stars: Alejandro Cota, Rodolfo Escogido, María Fernanda Ramos Macín
Votes: 77
77. The Zone (2007)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Director: Rodrigo Plá | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Alan Chávez, Carlos Bardem
Votes: 5,683
78. Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
Not Rated | 193 min | Drama, Romance
A story of love, sex and destiny, by director Julian Hernandez. Youthful Kieri and Ryo share a deep and passionate love for each other. Kieri sets off in search of his soul mate after Ryo ... See full summary »
Director: Julián Hernández | Stars: Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarías
Votes: 564
79. Dos crímenes (1994)
108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After being falsely accused of a murder, Marcos (Alcazar) runs away to the small and quiet town of Cuevano, where he has relatives. There he finds that the family matters are more ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Sneider | Stars: Damián Alcázar, José Carlos Ruiz, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Dolores Heredia
Votes: 335
80. Retorno a Aztlán (1990)
95 min | Drama, History
A very hard drought devastates an ancient Mexican empire. Warriors and priests fight for power while people are dying. A group of priests return to Aztlan, the mythological place where ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Mora Catlett | Stars: Rodrigo Puebla, Rafael Cortes, José Chávez, Amado Zumaya
Votes: 108
81. Who the Hell Is Juliette? (1997)
91 min | Documentary, Music
Cinematographer Carlos Macovich met Yuliet Ortega, a young "jinetera" (prostitute) from Havana, when he shot a video in Cuba, starring model Fabiola Quiroz. When he realized that the two ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Marcovich | Stars: Yuliet Ortega, Fabiola Quiroz, Jorge Quiroz, Victor Ortega
Votes: 588
82. All of them Witches (1996)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman sees her best friend murdered before her eyes, and thus becomes very traumatised. Her husband tells her to stay at home, where she discovers a little gris-gris bag. She opens the ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Gruener | Stars: Susana Zabaleta, Alejandro Tommasi, Ricardo Blume, Delia Casanova
Votes: 306
83. The Untamed (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.
Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Eden Villavicencio
Votes: 6,617 | Gross: $0.03M
84. Beauties of the Night (2016)
92 min | Documentary
An honest portrait of five women who go through the night looking for other possibilities of beauty while discovering the passing of time, lost youth, the mirage that is fame, and the chance for happiness.
Director: María José Cuevas | Stars: Olga Breeskin, Lyn May, Rossy Mendoza, Wanda Seux
Votes: 592
85. The Amazing Catfish (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Martha, a single mother of four children, lets Claudia move into her home. As Claudia bonds with the family, Martha's health slowly deteriorates.
Director: Claudia Sainte-Luce | Stars: Lisa Owen, Ximena Ayala, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén
Votes: 2,089 | Gross: $0.01M
86. Quebranto (2013)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The memory and testimony of two characters: One, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite some years ago, and ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Fiesco | Stars: Fernando García Ortega, Lilia Ortega, Jorge Fons, Patricio Pereda
Votes: 184
87. Workers (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
After a whole life of work at Tijuana, Rafael and Lidia are victims of injustice against their rights and dignity: Rafael learns that due to a paperwork mistake, he will not be entitled to ... See full summary »
Director: Jose Luis Valle | Stars: Jesus Padilla, Susana Salazar, Barbara Perrin Rivemar, Sergio Limon
Votes: 472
88. Abel (2010)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
About a peculiar young boy who, as he blurs reality and fantasy, takes over the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence.
Director: Diego Luna | Stars: Christopher Ruíz-Esparza, Karina Gidi, José María Yazpik, Carlos Aragón
Votes: 1,515
89. Nora's Will (2008)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
This story begins when José finds out that Nora, the woman he'd been married to for 30 years and then divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains to José that due to the celebration... See full summary »
Director: Mariana Chenillo | Stars: Fernando Luján, Enrique Arreola, Ari Brickman, Juan Carlos Colombo
Votes: 1,153
90. My Life Inside (2007)
120 min | Documentary
Teenage immigrant, Rosa Jimenez, is accused of committing murder in a Texas.
Director: Lucía Gajá
Votes: 123
91. Mezcal (2006)
90 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Ignacio Ortiz | Stars: Ana Graham, Dagoberto Gama, Ricardo Blume, Angelina Peláez
Votes: 75
92. Noticias lejanas (2005)
120 min | Drama
Martin sets out from his village to Mexico City, where he looks to save his family from their predetermined existence.
Director: Ricardo Benet | Stars: David Aarón Estrada, Mayahuel del Monte, Martín Palomares, Gina Morett
Votes: 123
93. La línea paterna (1995)
85 min | Documentary
Family movies, shot with a 9.5 mm Pathé Baby camera, let us know traditions, customs, joys and sorrows of a Mexican family from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Directors: José Buil, Marisa Sistach | Stars: José Buil Belenguer, Remedios Güemes de Buil, Julio Buil Güemes, Pablo Buil Güemes
Votes: 17
94. Tequila (1992)
85 min | Drama
"For her self-denial and courage, this film is dedicated to the Mexican woman." A tribute to the undeniable combative and strong spirit of the women exploited labor, who are subjected to the double duty as mothers and wives.
Director: Rubén Gámez | Stars: Manuel Aguilar, Patricia Aguirre, Yirah Aparicio, Daniel Noé Bautista
Votes: 53
95. El anzuelo (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Narrated by flashbacks during the edition of a home tape of a wedding, as the brother of the bride sees it. During the party, the father of the bride looses the money that would pay for the... See full summary »
Director: Ernesto Rimoch | Stars: Bruno Bichir, Mariana Lecuona, Álvaro Guerrero, Damián Alcázar
Votes: 97
96. The Other Conquest (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama, History
It is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico. "The Other Conquest" opens with the infamous massacre of the Aztecs at the ... See full summary »
Director: Salvador Carrasco | Stars: Damián Delgado, José Carlos Rodríguez, Elpidia Carrillo, Iñaki Aierra
Votes: 1,204 | Gross: $0.89M
97. Lolo (1993)
88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lolo (nickname for Dolores, used in Mexico as feminine or masculine name) is an outcast boy who lives in the suburbs of Mexico City. He accidentally kills the local moneylender (an old ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Athié | Stars: Roberto Sosa, Esperanza Mozo, Lucha Villa, Damián Alcázar
Votes: 142
98. The Eternal Feminine (2017)
TV-MA | 85 min | Drama
Rosario Castellanos, a shy university student, becomes a voice for the feminist movement in 1950s Mexico.
Director: Natalia Beristain | Stars: Karina Gidi, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Tessa Ia, Pedro De Tavira
Votes: 917
99. Fecha de Caducidad (2012)
TV-MA | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
Ramona's compulsive life becomes a wreck when she finds out, after a long search that Osvaldo, her only son, has died.
Director: Kenya Marquez | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Marisol Centeno, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Marta Aura
Votes: 175
100. El mago (2004)
98 min | Drama
A young man returns to differente people and places in his life, to repay favors once done and change the lives of those surrounding him, forever.
Director: Jaime Aparicio | Stars: Erando González, Julissa, Gustavo Muñoz, Maya Zapata
Votes: 116
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