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1. Mecánica nacional (1971)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Manolo Fábregas, Lucha Villa, Héctor Suárez, Sara García
Votes: 413
2. Wild Flower (1943)
TV-PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
One of the gratest love stories ever told!!
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Votes: 240
3. Janitzio (1935)
56 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Carlos Navarro | Stars: Emilio Fernández, María Teresa Orozco, Gilberto González, Felipe de Flores
Votes: 69
4. Los confines (1987)
79 min | Drama
Different characters and situations taken from the narrative work of Mexican writer Juan Rulfo come together in this film. After arriving in Comala, Juan Preciado stays at the home of a ... See full summary »
Director: Mitl Valdez | Stars: Rigoberto Carmona, Carlos Esteban Chávez, Uriel Chávez, Pedro Damián
Votes: 69
5. Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1972)
124 min | Biography, Drama, War
A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Claudio Obregón, Eduardo López Rojas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Juan Ángel Martínez
Votes: 205
6. The Secret Formula (1965)
42 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An irreverent essay, unified only by the author's unique voice, full of surreal moments and provocative scenarios related to intellectual debates about the Mexican national character.
Director: Rubén Gámez | Stars: José Castillo, Manuel Gaitán, Pilar Islas, Nico-Nito
Votes: 353
7. 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: 35,531
8. 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: 2,076
9. The Place Without Limits (1978)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Rich, elderly Don Alejo is poised to sell the town for a profit, needing only to buy a ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Roberto Cobo, Fernando Soler, Lucha Villa, Ana Martín
Votes: 1,642
10. El (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker, Carlos Martínez Baena
Votes: 6,566
11. The Beginning and the End (1993)
188 min | Drama
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Blanca Guerra, Verónica Merchant
Votes: 460
12. Doña Bárbara (1943)
125 min | Drama, Western
A young lawyer and owner of a great property in the interior of Venezuela tries to recover its control in the name of the law, fighting against his neighbour, a powerful, seductive and ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernando de Fuentes, Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: María Félix, Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués, Andrés Soler
Votes: 381
13. 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: 5,384
14. Simon of the Desert (1965)
Not Rated | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Hortensia Santoveña
Votes: 10,830
15. Redes (1936)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
A story of burgeoning labor rights amongst poor fishermen in a small village in Mexico.
Directors: Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Silvio Hernández, David Valle González, Rafael Hinojosa, Antonio Lara
Votes: 847
16. 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: 6,837 | Gross: $0.05M
17. 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: 5,942 | Gross: $0.04M
18. 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: 3,990
19. Pedro Páramo (1967)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes as its basis a son's search for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s. Stereotypical (or archetypal)... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Velo | Stars: John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa
Votes: 369
20. Tizoc (1957)
109 min | Drama, Romance
A white woman enters into a romance with a Mexican Indian. The racial barriers between the lovers prove to be insurmountable, resulting in tragedy.
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: María Félix, Pedro Infante, Andrés Soler, Carlos Orellana
Votes: 711
21. Nosotros los pobres (1948)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Nosotros Los Pobres stars Pedro Infante as a carpenter whose entire family must work together to clear his name after he is charged with a murder..
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Carmen Montejo, Blanca Estela Pavón
Votes: 1,164
22. Miradas múltiples (La máquina loca) (2012)
96 min | Documentary, History
They build myths, light passions, and practically never speak. In this documentary they'll complete with their words, the iconographic world of one of the most legendary cinematographers of... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Maillé | Stars: Javier Aguirresarobe, Ricardo Aronovich, Affonso Beato, Gabriel Beristain
Votes: 81
23. Misterio (1980)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
An actor blurs reality and fiction with the character he plays in a soap opera.
Director: Marcela Fernández Violante | Stars: Juan Ferrara, Helena Rojo, Víctor Junco, Armando Silvestre
Votes: 36
24. Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1985)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rodolfo ( Marco Treviño ) is a young bachelor doctor who has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramon ( Arturo Meza ). When Rodolfo's mother begins to urge his son to get married, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Arturo Meza, Marco Treviño, Guadalupe Del Toro, Letícia Lupercio
Votes: 581
25. Mary My Dearest (1981)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Maria is on a business trip, and during a storm her car cracks up in the middle of the highway. She is picked up by a mental hospital's bus that takes her there but she cannot get out because everyone thinks she is mentally ill.
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Héctor Bonilla, María Rojo, Armando Martín, Salvador Sánchez
Votes: 153
26. Frida (1983)
108 min | Biography, Drama
The most prominent female painter of Latin America, Frida Kahlo, is agonizing in her Coyoacán home. She evokes memories of her childhood, of the streetcar accident that caused her terrible ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Ofelia Medina, Juan José Gurrola, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook
Votes: 535
27. Tiburoneros (1963)
100 min | Drama
Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico. He works hard and sends money to his wife and children, who live in Mexico City. Although he misses his family, he's ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Julio Aldama, Dacia González, Tito Junco, Amanda del Llano
Votes: 201
28. Aquellos años (1973)
142 min | Drama, History, War
Benito Juárez' fight during the 'National Decade' (1857-1867) against conservatives and French Intervention.
Directors: Felipe Cazals, Mario Llorca | Stars: Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Helena Rojo, Mario Almada, Julián Pastor
Votes: 38
29. 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: 5,886
30. 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: 21,991
31. 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: 33,111 | Gross: $0.62M
32. Hidden River (1948)
99 min | Drama
Called by the Mexican President himself, and in spite of a heart condition, young teacher Rosaura Salazar travels to the deserted town of Rio Escondido to accomplish the mission of bringing... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: María Félix, Carlos López Moctezuma, Fernando Fernández, Agustín Isunza
Votes: 292
33. My Son, the Hero (1961)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Reynaldo and Martín Del Hierro are witnesses of the murder of their father by Pascual Velazco, as they grow up they're poisoned by the desire of vengeance by their mother, but once they get it it'll change their lifes forever.
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Julio Alemán, Columba Domínguez, Patricia Conde
Votes: 347
34. Miroslava (1993)
100 min | Drama
Mexico, 1955. A beautiful and popular movie star, Miroslava Sternova (Dombasle) is depressed tonight. Sad memories fill her mind: her childhood in the pre-war Prague, one failed marriage, ... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Pelayo | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Claudio Brook, Milosh Trnka, Arleta Jeziorska
Votes: 147
35. Life Sentence (1979)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former felon is blackmailed by a corrupt policeman and forced to commit a crime.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Narciso Busquets, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Angélica Chain
Votes: 523
36. 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: 245,809 | Gross: $16.29M
37. La vida no vale nada (1955)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
Con una perspectiva un poco fatalista sobre la naturaleza humana y la búsqueda de la felicidad a través del amor, Pablo experimenta de manera cínica algunas relaciones sin éxito.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Rosario Granados, Domingo Soler, Magda Guzmán
Votes: 134
38. Time to Die (1966)
90 min | Drama, Western
After serving his conviction, a former gunman returns to his town planning to live a quiet life, however, the sons of a man he killed have other plans.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Marga López, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Enrique Rocha, Alfredo Leal
Votes: 545 | Gross: $0.01M
39. Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to lynch them.
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa
Votes: 1,865
40. The Passion of Berenice (1976)
107 min | Drama
When a man appears in her life, a young woman of traditional manners who lives with her godmother suffers a deep and unusual transformation.
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Martha Navarro, Emma Roldán, Blanca Torres
Votes: 325
41. 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
42. Ahí viene Martín Corona (1952)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
Martin Corona (Infante) and Eulalio Gonzalez "Piporro" are local heroes that help the poor, the unfortunate and women in need. But Carmen Linares and Rosario Medina - double character - ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Zacarías | Stars: Pedro Infante, Sara Montiel, Eulalio González, Armando Silvestre
Votes: 165
43. Flor de durazno (1945)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Miguel Zacarías | Stars: Fernando Soler, Esther Fernández, David Silva, Roberto Romaña
Votes: 19
44. A Letter of Love (1943)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader (Negrete) reads a love letter by his girlfriend (Marín). His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
Director: Miguel Zacarías | Stars: Jorge Negrete, Gloria Marín, Andrés Soler, Emma Roldán
Votes: 79
45. The Rock of Souls (1943)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A rancher and a refined lady from the city fall in love each other. But the 200-years-fight between their families, will threaten their romantic relationship.
Director: Miguel Zacarías | Stars: Jorge Negrete, María Félix, René Cardona, Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Votes: 99
46. Another Dawn (1943)
108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she... See full summary »
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Andrea Palma, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Narciso Busquets
Votes: 339
47. Story of a Great Love (1942)
TV-PG | 155 min | Drama, Romance
Manuel Venegas regresa a su pueblo para conquistar al amor de su vida, Soledad. Pero para su sorpresa la encuentra casada con otro hombre. Sin importarles nada, ni las diferencias socials, ambos están dispuestos a luchar por su amor.
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Jorge Negrete, Domingo Soler, Gloria Marín, Julio Villarreal
Votes: 98
48. La mujer de todos (1946)
95 min | Drama
A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: María Félix, Armando Calvo, Gloria Lynch, Alberto Galán
Votes: 52
49. México de mis recuerdos (1963)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A young woman seeks the affection of a man while on the cusp of stardom as an opera singer during turn of the century Mexico.
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Fernando Soler, Joaquín Cordero, Fernando Soto, Ernestina Garfias
Votes: 34
50. Cuando los hijos se van (1969)
PG | 95 min | Drama
Federico anuncia que su sueño es ser un gran cantante, su padre no lo toma bien y poco a poco se aleja de él. Federico se ve obligado a abandonar su hermoso hogar al ser acusado de robo.
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Alberto Vázquez, Amparo Rivelles, Alicia Bonet, Fernando Soler
Votes: 69
51. Out on the Big Ranch (1936)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A "comedia ranchera", where two good friends fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Tito Guízar, René Cardona, Esther Fernández, Lorenzo Barcelata
Votes: 182
52. Woman Without a Soul (1944)
129 min | Drama
Teresa (Maria Felix) is a beautiful, young, middle-class woman who is determined to climb the social ladder.To that end she employs her beauty and her charms to manipulate rich men while ... See full synopsis »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Fernando Soler, María Félix, Andrés Soler, Antonio Badú
Votes: 65
53. La otra (1946)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dolores Del Rio plays a dual role as identical twins - one good and one bad.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Agustín Irusta, Víctor Junco, José Baviera
Votes: 534
54. La barraca (1945)
110 min | Drama
In rural Spain, a new family arrives in town to work a parcel (barraca), the townsfolk are very hostile to the idea of "another" working the land that once belonged to one of them.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Domingo Soler, Anita Blanch, Amparo Morillo, José Baviera
Votes: 149
55. Campeón sin corona (1946)
111 min | Action, Drama, Sport
"Champion without a crown". Quick rise and fall of a boxer filled with talent and psychological complexes.
Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: David Silva, Amanda del Llano, Carlos López Moctezuma, Fernando Soto
Votes: 159
56. Doña Perfecta (1951)
97 min | Drama, Romance, War
Literary adaptation: In the late 19th century a society lady takes pride in being a good Christian while she burns books she disapproves of, and arranges to have her daughter's lover whom she also disapproves of, executed.
Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Esther Fernández, Carlos Navarro, Julio Villarreal
Votes: 111
57. Una familia de tantas (1949)
130 min | Drama
A strict patriarch exercises almost absolute control over his family and uses it to impose his vision of order and conservative family values. However, the budding sexuality of some of his children causes the union to unravel.
Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: Fernando Soler, David Silva, Martha Roth, Carlos Riquelme
Votes: 391
58. Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954)
115 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Desperate for improving his quality of life, a young failed door-to-door salesman ends up accepting a dubious job from a mysterious old friend.
Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: David Silva, Víctor Parra, Sara García, Irma Torres
Votes: 69
59. Amor amor amor (1965)
100 min | Drama
Three stories with women as protagonists. Postmodern tales of desire, lust, death and shame. First attempts of Mexican cinema to left behind the grandiloquent nationalistic "golden epoch".
Directors: Benito Alazraki, Miguel Barbachano Ponce, Héctor Mendoza, Juan José Gurrola, José Luis Ibáñez, Juan Ibáñez | Stars: Héctor Godoy, Ernestina Robredo, Ugo Moctezuma, Raul Planter
Votes: 33
60. Fando and Lis (1968)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Fando and his partially-paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Tamara Garina, Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, María Teresa Rivas
Votes: 6,363
61. En el balcón vacío (1962)
48 min | Drama
A woman who was a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War is now living as an adult in Mexico City. She tries to remember the traumatic events of her childhood.
Director: Jomí García Ascot | Stars: Alicia Bergua, Martín Bergua, María Luisa Elio, Belina García
Votes: 117
62. La manzana de la discordia (1968)
75 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Yolanda Alatorre, Mario Casillas, Yolanda Ciani, Max Kerlow
63. La verdadera vocación de Magdalena (1972)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Angélica María, Carmen Montejo, Javier Martín del Campo, Letícia Robles
Votes: 45
64. Queen Doll (1972)
99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man grows obssessed with his erstwhile childhood sweetheart and it leads to a haunting encounter with horror.
Director: Sergio Olhovich | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Ofelia Medina, Helena Rojo, Rocío Brambila
Votes: 60
65. El apando (1976)
83 min | Drama
In Mexico city, the most infamous jail "Lecumberri" three prisoners make a plan to introduce drugs.
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Salvador Sánchez, José Carlos Ruiz, Manuel Ojeda, Delia Casanova
Votes: 330
66. En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965)
82 min | Drama
Dámaso lives in a small town with his wife Ana, who is expecting a child.
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Julián Pastor, Rocío Sagaón, Graciela Enríquez, Luis Buñuel
Votes: 106
67. Amelia (1966)
95 min | Drama
Director: Juan Guerrero | Stars: Alberto Dallal, Manuel Gonzalez Casanova, Lourdes Guerrero, Francisco Jambrina
68. Los indolentes (1979)
107 min | Drama
Director: José Estrada | Stars: Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Rita Macedo, Isabela Corona, Raquel Olmedo
Votes: 86
69. Naufragio (1978)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman (Murguía) lives waiting for her son (Alonso) who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares his letters and her grief with a ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: José Alonso, María Rojo, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Carlos Castañón
Votes: 237
70. Trémulo (2015)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Romance
Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Fiesco | Stars: Benny Emmanuel, Axel Arenas, Alfonso Bravo, Pascacio López
Votes: 488
71. The Pearl (1947)
Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The discovery of a perfect pearl forever changes the lives of a poor Mexican fisherman and his family.
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués, Fernando Wagner, Gilberto González
Votes: 1,116
72. Enamorada (1946)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying.
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández, José Morcillo
Votes: 939
73. Maria Candelaria (1944)
Approved | 76 min | Romance, Drama
In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. María Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Margarita Cortés
Votes: 1,218
74. Macario (1960)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Votes: 4,335
75. The Castle of Purity (1973)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
The story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the "evil nature" of human beings while inventing (with his wife)... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Arturo Beristáin, Diana Bracho
Votes: 2,382
76. Nazarin (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 6,451
77. Let's Go with Pancho Villa (1936)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, War
The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Antonio R. Frausto, Domingo Soler, Manuel Tamés, Ramón Vallarino
Votes: 816
78. The Outsiders (1967)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A rich, aristocratic engaged couple (Julissa, Enrique Alvarez Felix) abandons a dinner party to enjoy a night on the town with an urban gang known as Los Caifanes.
Director: Juan Ibáñez | Stars: Julissa, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Óscar Chávez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Votes: 706
79. 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: 2,101
80. Gueros (2014)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.
Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios | Stars: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris
Votes: 5,101
81. El rincón de las vírgenes (1972)
98 min | Drama, Comedy
A group of women try to convince a peddler to join them in asking the canonization of Anacleto Morones; however, he tells them who Anacleto really was.
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Emilio Fernández, Rosalba Brambila, Carmen Salinas
Votes: 118
82. The Olympics in Mexico (1969)
G | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
Mexican former Olympic swimmer Alberto Isaac's record of Mexico 68 is a celebration not of national achievement, but of individual heroism. This thoughtful and comprehensive film bristles with offbeat moments and yields iconic images.
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Enrique Lizalde, Roberto Morales
Votes: 143
83. 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: 31,375 | Gross: $0.04M
84. The Holy Mountain (1973)
16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 47,998 | Gross: $0.06M
85. Tajimara (1965)
45 min | Drama
Two couples of brothers and two different stories that show the complications of the incestuous relationships between them.
Director: Juan José Gurrola | Stars: Pilar Pellicer, Claudio Obregón, Pixie Hopkin, Mauricio Davison
Votes: 47
86. El grito (1968)
120 min | Documentary
A documentary on the student movement in Mexico, 1968, made by film students
Director: Leobardo López Aretche | Stars: Rolando de Castro, Magda Vizcaíno
Votes: 162
87. Los meses y los días (1973)
94 min | Drama
Director: Alberto Bojórquez | Stars: Maritza Olivares, Blanca Pastor, Antonio de la Colina, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 17
88. Los nuestros (1970)
56 min | Drama
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: María Guadalupe Delgado, Magnolia Rivas, Liza Escárcega, Eduardo Just Yuret
89. Crates (1970)
85 min | Drama
A man renounces all of his personal possessions. Looking for liberty, he goes with his girlfriend to live in a cave, away from the corruptions of the material world.
Director: Alfredo Joskowicz | Stars: María Elena Ambriz, Javier Audirac, Emilio Cardenas, Alfredo Joskowicz
Votes: 34
90. Juego de mentiras (1967)
84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The return of Luisa to the house where she worked as Marta's maid is the trigger for a long confession, in which truth and lies are inseparable. The film confronts, with moderation and ... See full summary »
Director: Archibaldo Burns | Stars: Irene Martínez Cadena, Kikis Herrera Calles, Michel Clemente Jacques, Magdalena Gallardo
Votes: 45
91. Viridiana (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo
Votes: 26,119
92. La sombra del Caudillo (1960)
129 min | Drama, History, Romance
The movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times. Ignacio Jimenez is chosen as the candidate of the Partido Radical Progresista, but he ... See full summary »
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Tito Junco, Roberto Cañedo, Tito Novaro, Tomás Perrín
Votes: 230
93. The Golden Cockerel (1964)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Lucha Villa, Narciso Busquets, Carlos Jordán
Votes: 276
94. Tlayucan (1962)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A man becomes a thief out of desperation. If his identity becomes known, his neighbors might lynch him. The only friendly face in town is the local priest.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Julio Aldama, Norma Angélica, Andrés Soler, Anita Blanch
Votes: 224
95. Viento negro (1965)
127 min | Adventure, Drama
A man recently estranged from his wife is in charge of setting a new rail line across the desert in difficult conditions. Things are further complicated when his 'sheltered' son arrives wanting to reconnect.
Director: Servando González | Stars: José Elías Moreno, David Reynoso, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Fernando Luján
Votes: 311
96. Pueblerina (1949)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel, Manuel Dondé
Votes: 281
97. Santa (1932)
81 min | Drama
Woman turns to prostitution after her beloved soldier leaves her.
Director: Antonio Moreno | Stars: Lupita Tovar, Carlos Orellana, Juan José Martínez Casado, Donald Reed
Votes: 253
98. Tepeyac (1917)
90 min | Drama
A man (Arroyo Carrillo) is sent to Europe on a diplomatic mission. The ship in which he travels is sunk by a German submarine. In Mexico, his girlfriend Lupita (Cota) receives a telegram ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos E. González, José Manuel Ramos, Fernando Sáyago | Stars: Roberto Arroyo Carrillo, Pilar L. Cotta, Beatriz de Córdova, Luis García Carrillo
Votes: 68
99. The Ghost Train (1927)
66 min | Romance
A railroad engineer investigates a robbery spree, and falls for the stationmaster's daughter.
Director: Gabriel García Moreno | Stars: Carlos Sánchez Alducín, Rafael Araiza, Carrera Sr., Angelita Ibáñez
Votes: 60
100. El puño de hierro (1927)
83 min | Action, Drama
A young couple is menaced by an evil doctor who wants lead the boy to drug addiction and lead the girl to his arms.
Director: Gabriel García Moreno | Stars: Lupe Bonilla, Manuel Carrillo, R. Galaviz, Ignacio Ojeda
Votes: 58
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