Mexican movies
by luza-gp | created - 21 Mar 2013 | updated - 10 Jun 2014 | PublicI have personally selected every single movie in this list. I have watched almost every one of them.
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1. 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
2. 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: 252,949 | Gross: $5.38M
3. Hell (2010)
NC-17 | 149 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Director: Luis Estrada | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosio, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo
Votes: 12,099
4. 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: 7,084
5. Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Six friends... two couples... from the mexican middle well-off class, dealing with issues about sex, relationships, infidelity and many others.
Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Demián Bichir, Susana Zabaleta, Víctor Huggo Martin, Cecilia Suárez
Votes: 3,100
6. 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
7. Conejo en la luna (2004)
112 min | Crime, Thriller
Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez | Stars: Bruno Bichir, Lorraine Pilkington, Jesús Ochoa, Adam Kotz
Votes: 567
8. Under the Same Moon (2007)
PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama
After his grandmother passes away, a young Mexican boy illegally travels across the border to search for his undocumented mother living and working in the U.S.
Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Adrian Alonso, Maya Zapata
Votes: 7,458 | Gross: $12.59M
9. 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: 128,903 | Gross: $13.62M
10. 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: 34,060 | Gross: $2.53M
11. Walking Vengeance (2008)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four women plan a dangerous strike against a band of Mexican drug traffickers. Motivated by revenge, this action could change their luck forever. The cast: power, lust and money.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Diego Luna, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil, Pilar López de Ayala
Votes: 1,754
12. Déficit (2007)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama
Two different social classes get together at a family gathering in Mexico. Based on the TV project "Ruta 32".
Director: Gael García Bernal | Stars: Andrés Almeida, Fernanda Castillo, Luz Cipriota, Dagoberto Gama
Votes: 1,843
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Secondary Effects (2006)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Four people meet again at their high school reunion, with some of the same old baggage, doubts, and questions that haunted them then, and some new ones, that come with being on the verge of turning 30.
Director: Issa López | Stars: Marina de Tavira, Alejandra Gollas, Arturo Barba, Pedro Izquierdo
Votes: 792
17. Ladies' Night (2003)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Romantic Comedy about two girls who find love in the most unexpected places in modern-day Mexico City.
Director: Gabriela Tagliavini | Stars: Ana Claudia Talancón, Ana de la Reguera, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Fabián Corres
Votes: 658
18. Cansada de besar sapos (2005)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An unlucky-in-love graphic designer catches her boyfriend cheating on her and decides it's better to play the field than settle down.
Director: Jorge Colón | Stars: Ana Serradilla, José María de Tavira, Ana Layevska, Mónica Huarte
Votes: 1,015
19. 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: 5,763 | Gross: $0.13M
20. Sultanes del Sur (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A band of thieves steal from a Mexican bank and travel to Argentina to launder the money. Upon their arrival the plan goes south and it's up to them to figure out what went wrong.
Director: Alejandro Lozano | Stars: Tony Dalton, Ana de la Reguera, Silverio Palacios, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 1,201
21. 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: 14,428 | Gross: $5.71M
22. 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
23. Los inadaptados (I) (2011)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely boy doesn't want to live anymore until he meets a girl who makes him feel like the star actor of his family.
Directors: Javier Colinas, Marco Polo Constandse, Jorge Ramírez Suárez, Sergio Tovar Velarde | Stars: Luis Arrieta, Luis Ernesto Franco, Paola Núñez, Tiaré Scanda
Votes: 181
24. Rudo y Cursi (2008)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.
Director: Carlos Cuarón | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia
Votes: 9,324 | Gross: $1.83M
25. Paradas contínuas (2009)
110 min | Comedy
A coming of age story of two youngsters trying an entrepreneur's project that involves a sexy van, and their schoolmates.
Director: Gustavo Loza | Stars: Germán Valdés III, Luis Arrieta, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Javier Rivera
Votes: 501
26. Amar a morir (2009)
R | 119 min | Drama
Alejandro is a rich kid who is trying to scape of his own ghosts, in his journey arrives to a beach town where he knows a girl, who shows him other side of life, a simple and beautiful side. But even in paradise there are de demons.
Director: Fernando Lebrija | Stars: José María de Tavira, Martina García, Alberto Estrella, Raúl Méndez
Votes: 512
27. Cero y van 4 (2004)
R | 92 min | Crime, Comedy
This dark comedy compiles four different tales telling crime stories in the streets of Mexico City.
Directors: Carlos Carrera, Alejandro Gamboa, Fernando Sariñana, Antonio Serrano | Stars: Guillermo Iván, Juan Pablo Medina, René Campero, José Manuel Poncelis
Votes: 364
28. Red Dawn (1990)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permit the 1968's Olimpic games' to develop normally.
Director: Jorge Fons | Stars: Héctor Bonilla, María Rojo, Jorge Fegán, Ademar Arau
Votes: 2,038
29. 21 Grams (2003)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston
Votes: 245,889 | Gross: $16.29M
30. Biutiful (2010)
R | 148 min | Drama, Romance
A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
Votes: 94,629 | Gross: $5.10M
31. Babel (I) (2006)
R | 143 min | Drama
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam
Votes: 317,181 | Gross: $34.30M
32. On the Edge (2006)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama
Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison ... See full summary »
Director: Teresa Suárez | Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Ingrid Martz, Gabriela Platas, Daniel Vives
Votes: 818
33. Private Pérez (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
A Mexican crime lord is forced by his mother to plan a suicidal rescue mission to find his lost brother in the most unexpected place on Earth...
Director: Beto Gómez | Stars: Miguel Rodarte, Jesús Ochoa, Joaquín Cosio, Gerardo Taracena
Votes: 1,993 | Gross: $1.39M
34. Seven Days (2005)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy
Claudio Caballero decides to gamble $500,000 dollars in a desperate attempt to raise the cash necessary to bring the world's biggest band (U2) to Mexico.
Director: Fernando Kalife | Stars: Eduardo Arroyuelo, Martha Higareda, Jaime Camil, Julio Bracho
Votes: 755 | Gross: $0.02M
35. Blood of My Blood (2007)
TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
Director: Christopher Zalla | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Armando Hernández, Jorge Adrián Espíndola, Paola Mendoza
Votes: 1,196 | Gross: $0.05M
36. Divina confusión (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
The Greek Olimpian Gods engage in the human life experience to its full intensity, for which they choose Mexico City's trendy night club: "Olimpus Dancing Club". Once living in the mortal's... See full summary »
Director: Salvador Garcini | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Diana Bracho, Lisa Owen, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 192
37. A Second Chance (2001)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
Julia and Moises fell in love and got married when they were young, idealistic, and passionate; now in their 30s, their marriage has cooled and their lives have sunken into the mediocrity they had sought to avoid.
Director: Fernando Sariñana | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Lisa Owen, Jorge Poza, Ximena Sariñana
Votes: 504
38. 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: 8,194 | Gross: $0.84M
39. Casi divas (2008)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different corners of Mexico. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation when Alejandro ... See full summary »
Director: Issa López | Stars: Patricia Llaca, Julio Bracho, Maya Zapata, Ana Layevska
Votes: 780 | Gross: $0.05M
40. Amar te duele (2002)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Renata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone, specially Renata's rich parents, who want to stop their love by ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Sariñana | Stars: Luis Fernando Peña, Martha Higareda, Ximena Sariñana, Karla Alvarado
Votes: 3,588
41. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Girls that were punished to sat at a boarding school during Spring Break have no idea the school is haunted by the restless spirit of a former student seeking revenge.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Marga López, Maricruz Olivier, Alicia Bonet, Norma Lazareno
Votes: 2,023
42. The Wind of Fear (2007)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a failed suicide attempt, Claudia is committed to an institution for troubled teens. Inside the place Claudia encounters the ghost of Andrea, a previous patient at the center who supposedly died at the facilities.
Director: Gustavo Moheno | Stars: Martha Higareda, Verónica Langer, María Aguilera, Omar Banana
Votes: 733
43. All Inclusive (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A family visits an idyllic five-star resort in the Mayan Riviera in order to spend some quality time together for the first time in many years. A series of events will affect each member of the family that will change them forever.
Director: Rodrigo Ortuzar Lynch | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Valentina Vargas, Ana Serradilla, Jaime Camil
Votes: 365
44. Fuera del cielo (2006)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the devastated urban landscape of Mexico City, in the course of a day, the lives of a handful of characters intertwine.
Director: Javier 'Fox' Patrón | Stars: Demián Bichir, Armando Hernández, Damián Alcázar, Dolores Heredia
Votes: 600
45. 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: 18,844 | Gross: $21.67M
46. American Visa (2005)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal activities, holds-up the American consulate and falls for a beautiful prostitute from the Bolivian lowlands.
Director: Juan Carlos Valdivia | Stars: Demián Bichir, Kate del Castillo, Alberto Etcheverry, Roberto Barbery
Votes: 531
47. El Topo (1970)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Western
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 31,396 | Gross: $0.04M
48. The Book of Stone (1969)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A governess Julia comes to work in a bourgeois family that live in an afforested property that they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of little girl named Silvia, whose unusual ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Marga López, Joaquín Cordero, Norma Lazareno, Aldo Monti
Votes: 1,244
49. El libro de piedra (2009)
84 min | Horror, Mystery
Julieta is a young child psychologist hired by millionaire Eugenio Ruvalcaba, to work with his only daughter, Sylvia, who has severe emotional problems, while staying in their isolated ... See full summary »
Director: Julio Cesar Estrada | Stars: Ludwika Paleta, Plutarco Haza, Evangelina Sosa, Enoc Leaño
Votes: 165
50. Darker Than Night (1975)
102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Four beautiful women move to an old house, inherited by the aunt of one of them, and witness strange things.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Claudia Islas, Susana Dosamantes, Lucía Méndez, Helena Rojo
Votes: 1,463
51. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,553
52. 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
53. Bajo la sal (2008)
Not Rated | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
SET IN MEXICO! A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Víctor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father funeral home.
Director: Mario Muñoz | Stars: Humberto Zurita, Plutarco Haza, Emilio Guerrero, Irene Azuela
Votes: 1,184
54. Daniel and Ana (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Daniel and Ana, siblings and best friends, are forced to deal with unimaginable trauma after they are kidnapped and forced to have sex on camera.
Director: Michel Franco | Stars: Dario Yazbek Bernal, Marimar Vega, José María Torre, Monserrat Ontiveros
Votes: 1,959 | Gross: $0.00M
55. La niña en la piedra (2006)
R | 104 min | Drama
A young student, Mati, breaks up with and constantly humiliates Gabino, who is devoted to her - until he gets the opportunity to make her pay for her snubs.
Director: Marisa Sistach | Stars: Gabino Rodríguez, Sofía Espinosa, Ricardo Polanco, Alejandro Calva
Votes: 217
56. 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: 6,645 | Gross: $0.07M
57. Poison for the Fairies (1986)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein
Votes: 2,564
58. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadne Welter
Votes: 5,891
59. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 46,845 | Gross: $0.20M
60. The Young and the Damned (1950)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Votes: 22,011
61. 7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos (2004)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carlos (Mauricio Ochmann), 21 years old, decides to get married to Camila (Adriana Fonseca), his 18-year-old girlfriend, when he finds out that she was pregnant while he was away for five years.
Director: Rene Bueno | Stars: Mauricio Ochmann, Adriana Fonseca, Ninel Conde, Luis Felipe Tovar
Votes: 200
62. It's Not You, It's Me (2010)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Javier is crushed after his new bride leaves him. When his psychiatrist has no answers, he turns to the arms of his ex-girlfriends.
Director: Alejandro Springall | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Alberto Estrella, Mariana Gajá, Alejandra Barros
Votes: 1,100 | Gross: $1.33M
63. The Art of Losing (2004)
Not Rated | 105 min | Thriller
The best Colombian thriller of the last decade. The discovery of an impaled corpse near Bogota, prostitutes, a real-estate fraud scheme, emerald hunters, and corrupt politicians reflect the actuality of the conflicting country.
Director: Sergio Cabrera | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Martina García, César Mora, Víctor Mallarino
Votes: 833
64. Instructions Not Included (2013)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter left on his doorstep 6 years ago finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.
Director: Eugenio Derbez | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Karla Souza, Jessica Lindsey, Loreto Peralta
Votes: 32,684 | Gross: $44.47M
65. Sexo, amor y otras perversiones (2006)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie is composed eight shorts, each of them dealing with the themes of sex, love and perversions.
Directors: Carlos Carrera, Ángel Flores Torres, Carlos González Sariñana, Daniel Gruener, Gustavo Loza, Javier 'Fox' Patrón, Carolina Rivera, Gerardo Tort | Stars: Arcelia Ramírez, Claudia Ramírez, Tiaré Scanda, Pilar Ixquic Mata
Votes: 300
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