Top 80 movies about Mexican history.

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1. Hidalgo. La historia jamás contada (2010)

115 min | Biography, Drama, History

From his jail cell at Chihuahua's Military Hospital, Hidalgo begins to remember moments of his life, particularly his tenure as Parish Priest in the town of San Felipe Torres Mochas where ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Demián Bichir, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Cecilia Suárez

Votes: 365

2. Morelos (2012)

105 min | History

La película retrata los últimos años de la vida de José María Morelos y Pavón (1812-1815), héroe mexicano quien tras burlar el cerco de sus enemigos, toma una de las ciudades más ... See full synopsis »

Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Dagoberto Gama, Raúl Méndez, Juan Ignacio Aranda, Stephanie Sigman

Votes: 94

3. Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla (2013)

R | 125 min | Drama, History, War

On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.

Director: Rafa Lara | Stars: Christian Vazquez, Angélica Aragón, Liz Gallardo, Kuno Becker

Votes: 941 | Gross: $0.17M

4. Senda de gloria (1987)

Not Rated | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Senda de gloria is a telenovela about the Mexican revolution.

Stars: Eduardo Yáñez, Ignacio López Tarso, Ricardo Chavez, Blanca Sánchez

Votes: 27

5. Su alteza serenísima (2001)

112 min | Biography, Drama

The life of Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Alejandro Parodi, Ana Bertha Espín, Rodolfo Arias, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Votes: 59

6. One Man's Hero (1999)

R | 121 min | Action, Drama, History

24 Metascore

John Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.

Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Romo, Mark Moses

Votes: 1,341 | Gross: $0.23M

7. Mina, viento de libertad (1977)

119 min | Drama, Adventure, War

Xavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Eceiza | Stars: José Alonso, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Héctor Bonilla, Sergio Corrieri

Votes: 29

9. Longitud de guerra (1976)

142 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In 1886 the residents of a town in Chihuahua reject the abuses of the authorities and the army.

Director: Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | Stars: Bruno Rey, Narciso Busquets, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Aarón Hernán

Votes: 53

10. La casta divina (1977)

120 min | Drama, History, War

In the South Yucatan at the turn of the 20th century, a Revolutionary Republican general battles against the region's wealthy land owners.

Director: Julián Pastor | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Tina Romero

Votes: 75

11. El principio (1973)

135 min | Action, Drama, History

A man returns from Paris to find his home of Chihuahua Mexico occupied by Francisco Villa's revolutionary troops.

Director: Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | Stars: Lucha Villa, Narciso Busquets, Andrés García, Fernando Balzaretti

Votes: 72

12. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)

R | 145 min | Drama, History, War

35 Metascore

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.

Director: Dean Wright | Stars: Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Santiago Cabrera

Votes: 5,330 | Gross: $5.67M

13. La rebelión de los colgados (1954)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Adventure

A group of semi-slave laborers rebel against the appalling work conditions in a logging camp deep in the Mexican jungle.

Directors: Alfredo B. Crevenna, Emilio Fernández | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Ariadne Welter, Víctor Junco, Carlos López Moctezuma

Votes: 167

14. Rosa blanca (1961)

105 min | Drama, Thriller

An illiterate Indian (Ignacio Lopez Tarso) lives an idyllic existence as a landowner on Mexico's Gulf Coast until the greed of a US oil company gets in the way. He is murdered and the lives... See full summary »

Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Christiane Martel, Reinhold Olszewski, Rita Macedo

Votes: 159

15. Los de abajo (1940)

TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, War

Liderados por el capitán Anastasio Montañez, el recién formado ejército de campesinos -hartos de las injusticias de los federales-, toma como código de honor saquear las casas para repartir las riquezas.

Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Esther Fernández, Isabela Corona, Domingo Soler

Votes: 55

17. 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

18. Viva Zapata! (1952)

Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman

Votes: 12,474

19. Zapata (1970)

R | 120 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Emiliano Zapata was a peasant who understood the ideals of the working class. He became a figurehead of the revolutionary uprising in Mexico and his life as a leader, his wife and the ... See full summary »

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Armando Acosta, David Alejandro, Mario Almada

Votes: 75

20. Juarez (1939)

Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains

Votes: 2,555

23. Juarez and Maximillian (1934)

98 min | Drama

From Maximilian's arrival in Mexico to his execution in Querétaro.

Directors: Miguel Contreras Torres, Raphael J. Sevilla | Stars: Medea de Novara, Enrique Herrera, Alfredo del Diestro, Antonio R. Frausto

Votes: 20

24. 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

25. 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

26. The Load (2017)

94 min | Drama, Romance

Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Jonsson | Stars: María Valverde, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Gerardo Taracena, Eric Francés

Votes: 397

27. 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

28. Kino (1993)

109 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Before dying, feeling very ill, the italian father Francisco Eusebio Kino remembers when he was younger and traveled from Europe to New Spain (México). Although he wanted travel to China, ... See full summary »

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Rodolfo de Anda, Manuel Ojeda, Fernando Balzaretti

Votes: 51

30. 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: 135

31. 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

32. Gritos de muerte y libertad (2010– )

22 min | Biography, Drama, History

A mini series that shows Mexico's Independence movement.

Stars: Alejandro Tommasi, Alberto Estrella, Arturo Ríos, Julio Bracho

Votes: 110

33. Dance of the 41 (2020)

TV-MA | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History

At the end of the 19th century, Ignacio de la Torre married the daughter of the president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz. Ignacio leads a double life: he rises in the traditional world of politics while being a member of a clandestine society.

Director: David Pablos | Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Emiliano Zurita, Mabel Cadena, Fernando Becerril

Votes: 5,388

35. The Alamo (1960)

Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Director: John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon

Votes: 17,736 | Gross: $17.26M

36. The Alamo (2004)

PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War

47 Metascore

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric

Votes: 22,320 | Gross: $22.41M

38. 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: 231

39. 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

40. Chicogrande (2010)

R | 95 min | Drama, History, War

Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Juan Manuel Bernal, Bruno Bichir, Alejandro Calva

Votes: 162

Pancho Villa biopic

41. Huérfanos (2014)

TV-14 | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History

ORPHANS is the true story of a forbidden love affair set in the oppressive and violent atmosphere of nineteenth century Mexico. One man, Melchor Ocampo, driven by the twin passions of love ... See full summary »

Director: Guita Schyfter | Stars: Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Dolores Heredia, Carlos Aragón, Julieta Ortiz

Votes: 112

Melchor Ocampo biopic

43. 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

44. La Paloma (1959)

85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Two prestigious variety theatres want to put together a musical around "La Paloma", one of the most famous and most-played songs in the world. A merciless struggle begins between the two theatre directors, Selten and Bauer.

Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Bibi Johns, Karlheinz Böhm, Harald Juhnke, Ruth Stephan

Votes: 44

45. Las tandas del principal (1949)

111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle.

Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Fernando Soler, Mapy Cortés, Luis Aldás, Fernando Cortés

Votes: 17

46. México de mis recuerdos (1944)

91 min | Musical, Comedy, Drama

Chucho Flores, a bohemian composer writes a waltz "Carmelita" dedicated to the wife of president Diaz, after listening the waltz the president instructs to Susanito Peñafiel y Somellera ... See full summary »

Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Fernando Soler, Sofía Álvarez, Joaquín Pardavé, Luis Aldás

Votes: 125

47. La muerte de Pancho Villa (1974)

85 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The role of the legendary Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. Beginning at the end of the Revolution, Villa is at an outside dance party in Parral, when reporter Llergo and the ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Hernández | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Jaime Fernández, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Flor Silvestre

Votes: 20

48. Lucio Vázquez (1968)

Not Rated | 85 min | War, Western, Adventure

After avenging the death of Emiliano Zapata, a revolutionary reunites with his childhood sweetheart, the daughter of the man who had the revolutionary's father killed.

Directors: René Cardona, Tito Novaro | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Jaime Fernández, Alma Delia Fuentes, Eleazar García

Votes: 14

49. 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

50. Si Adelita se fuera con otro (1948)

Action, Adventure, Drama

Director Chano Urueta is inspired by the classic Pancho Villa to narrate in musical style the romance between a privileged rich girl (Gloria Martin) and a revolutionary scoundrel (Jorge Negrete).

Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Jorge Negrete, Gloria Marín, Crox Alvarado, Arturo Martínez

Votes: 38

52. Vuelve Pancho Villa (1950)

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Pedro Armendariz incarnate for the first time in his career the revolutionary warrior Pancho Villa. During the Mexican Revolution, Martin Corona (Rodolfo Acosta) wants to marry with his ... See full summary »

Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Esther Fernández, Rodolfo Acosta, Rafael Alcayde

Votes: 26

53. La muerte de Pancho Villa (1974)

85 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The role of the legendary Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. Beginning at the end of the Revolution, Villa is at an outside dance party in Parral, when reporter Llergo and the ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Hernández | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Jaime Fernández, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Flor Silvestre

Votes: 20

54. Un dorado de Pancho Villa (1967)

95 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Un Dorado de Pancho Villa opens on Pancho Villa addressing his faithful at the end of the Mexican Revolution. The story proceeds to follow the return of Aurelio Perez (a Major and one of ... See full summary »

Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Emilio Fernández, Maricruz Olivier, Carlos López Moctezuma, Sonia Amelio

Votes: 33

55. 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: 206

56. Caballo prieto azabache (1968)

85 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Jesus is a horse breeder, providing the federals and the revolutionists with horses during the revolution, trying his best to steer clear of politics of which he has little interest. ... See full summary »

Director: René Cardona | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Jorge Russek

Votes: 28

57. Zapata (1970)

R | 120 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Emiliano Zapata was a peasant who understood the ideals of the working class. He became a figurehead of the revolutionary uprising in Mexico and his life as a leader, his wife and the ... See full summary »

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Armando Acosta, David Alejandro, Mario Almada

Votes: 75

58. Azahares para tu boda (1950)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

It is the story of a middle class conservative family at the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter must respect the decision of her parents, and follow the traditions of using the wedding flowers her mother used.

Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Fernando Soler, Sara García, Joaquín Pardavé, Marga López

Votes: 71

59. Godfather Mendoza (1934)

85 min | Drama, War

During Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza (Del Diestro) survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody... See full summary »

Directors: Juan Bustillo Oro, Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Alfredo del Diestro, Carmen Guerrero, Antonio R. Frausto, Luis G. Barreiro

Votes: 609

61. Los de abajo (1940)

TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, War

Liderados por el capitán Anastasio Montañez, el recién formado ejército de campesinos -hartos de las injusticias de los federales-, toma como código de honor saquear las casas para repartir las riquezas.

Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Esther Fernández, Isabela Corona, Domingo Soler

Votes: 55

62. 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: 241

63. Viva Revolution (1956)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, War

A dramatic story which tells the love between a beautiful woman named Gabriela and a revolutionary man. All framed by violent and exciting battles.

Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Andrés Soler, Arturo Martínez

Votes: 129

66. 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: 944

68. La soldadera (1966)

88 min | Action, Drama, War

"La soldadera" (the female soldier) focuses upon Lázara, a simple country girl who is caught up in the Mexican Revolution. At the beginning of the film, she is a newlywed whose husband, ... See full summary »

Director: José Bolaños | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jaime Fernández, Narciso Busquets, Sonia Infante

Votes: 84

70. Los cristeros (1947)

98 min | Drama, History, War

During the Cristero War in 1926-29, in Mexico, three people fall in love.

Director: Raúl de Anda | Stars: Sara García, Luis Aguilar, Tito Junco, Amanda del Llano

Votes: 19

71. La guerra santa (1979)

110 min | Action, Drama, History

The action is located in the 1927 rural Mexico. It refers to the Cristero War and the way the clerical groups, in a fanatical struggle against the Government of Calles, manipulate the peasants.

Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Jorge Luke, José Carlos Ruiz, Víctor Junco, Enrique Lucero

Votes: 104

72. 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

73. Escuadrón 201 (1945)

107 min | Drama, War

Fictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated in military campaigns in the Phillipines during WWII. It focuses primarily on two ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jaime Salvador | Stars: Sara García, Domingo Soler, Ángel Garasa, Gloria Aguiar

Votes: 20

74. 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: 1,873

75. 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: 2,040

77. 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

78. Bajo la metralla (1983)

102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pedro (Humberto Zurita) commands an guerrilla group. In a failed attack on a senior government official, the rebels abduct Pablo (Manuel Ojeda), who is Pedro's former party colleague. The ... See full summary »

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Humberto Zurita, María Rojo, José Carlos Ruiz, Manuel Ojeda

Votes: 106

79. Guerrero (I) (2017)

115 min | Documentary

In the depths of the Sierra of Guerrero in Mexico, after the disappearance of the 43 students, we find the reaction of wounded civil society to seek an answer to the situation of abuse of authority mixed with poverty.

Director: Ludovic Bonleux

Votes: 31

80. Esperanza (1988)

135 min | Drama, History

The biography of a Russian man, in real life the grandfather of the director Sergio Olhovich, who comes to Mexico running away from the Russian Revolution.

Director: Sergio Olhovich | Stars: Dmitriy Kharatyan, Leonid Kuravlyov, Boris Tokarev, Claudio Brook

Votes: 55



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