Mexican movies
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1. Northless (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Andres reaches the Mexican border to cross into the United Sates. There between each attempt, he discovers that Tijuana is a troubled city. As he waits there, Andres is not only confronted ... See full summary »
Director: Rigoberto Pérezcano | Stars: Harold Torres, Alicia Laguna, Sonia Couoh, Luis Cárdenas
Votes: 370
2. 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: 7,455 | Gross: $12.59M
3. La Ciudad (the City) (1998)
88 min | Drama
The stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
Director: David Riker | Stars: Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano, Miguel Maldonado, Ricardo Cuevas
Votes: 375 | Gross: $0.24M
4. 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
5. 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
6. Los jornaleros (2003)
88 min | Drama
Los Jornaleros presents the interwoven stories of three young Hispanic men who come to this country to pursue te American dream and instead end up struggling as day-laborers.
Director: Lane Shefter Bishop | Stars: Shawn Bernal, Marc Bossley, James C. Burns, Jose Caro
Votes: 173
7. Illegal (2010)
R | 107 min | Drama
Tells the stories of a group of people in Ciudad de Juarez with one thing in common: they are all looking for a better life for them and their families. For many, that better life waits just a short walk away in the United States.
Director: Ric Dupont | Stars: Shirley Rumierk, Luis Bordonada, Omar Leyva, Art LaFleur
Votes: 99
8. Historias y testigos: ¡Ni una muerta mas! (2004 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
As a young reporter, Valentina (Fabiola Campomanes) finds out that one of her childhood friends has been killed, her investigation leads to the unsolved murders of more than 300 women in the city of Juarez, Mexico.
Director: René Cardona III | Stars: Fabiola Campomanes, José Luis Franco, Patricio Castillo, Roberto Mateos
Votes: 8
9. Pepe & Santo vs. America (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
Pepe travels to America with Santo (The Patron Saint of Immigrants) in search of his grandmother's dying wish..."The Mexican Dream."
Directors: Javier Chapa, Steve Garcia | Stars: Adam Jacobo, Rafael Amaya, Karyme Lozano, Jimmy Gonzales
Votes: 63
10. 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: 18,841 | Gross: $21.67M
11. One Man's Hero (1999)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, History
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
Unique historical look at border immigration and the "San Patricios" during the The War of 1847...highly recommended!
12. Under Strange Flags (1937)
Passed | 64 min | Romance
In 1914 Mexico, the revolution, led by Pancho Villa, is preventing many Americans from getting their mined-in-Mexico silver across the American border. Tom Kenyon, American manager of the ... See full summary »
Director: Irvin Willat | Stars: Tom Keene, Luana Walters, Budd Buster, Maurice Black
Votes: 38
13. 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
WWII film depicting lives of Mexican Air Force mustering, training in Texas, serving and and fighting in the Pacific theatre of war; potential remake has been rumored... Highly recommended!
14. Border Wars (2007 Video)
85 min | Drama
A marine just back from the Middle East, reunites with two high school buddies to form a de facto militia and travel to the U.S./Mexico border in Arizona to attempt to "guard" the country from the "invaders" from the south.
Director: Ryan Noble | Stars: Dustin Chittum, Andrew Wade Culp, Christina Jo'Leigh, Michael Ochoa
Votes: 47
15. Border Patrol (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Western
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson
Votes: 330
16. El Alambrista: The Fence Jumper (2005 Video)
Action
Director: Alfonso Sahagun Casaus | Stars: Guero Cota, Santiago Craig, Miguel Rico Duarte, Antonio Garcia Cruz
17. Quinceañera (2006)
R | 90 min | Drama
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castanos
Votes: 4,298 | Gross: $1.69M
18. All the Pretty Horses (2000)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.
Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Angelina Torres
Votes: 15,656 | Gross: $15.53M
19. Retratos en un mar de mentiras (2010)
91 min | Drama
After their grandfather dies, cousins Jairo and Marina go to Colombia to discover their ancestral land and learn more about their heritage in an attempt to reclaim their grandpa's legacy.
Director: Carlos Gaviria | Stars: Paola Baldion, Ana María Arango, Héctor Durango, Carolina Lizarazo
Votes: 267
20. A Stone's Throw Away (2010)
97 min | Adventure
A shepherd leaves behind his life in Mexico after coming across a mysterious key chain. Will the key chain lead him to his own paradise or will the journey be all for nothing?
Director: Sebastián Hiriart | Stars: Gabino Rodríguez, Rogelio Medina, Alejandra España, Julián Silva
Votes: 91
21. Viva Max (1969)
G | 93 min | Comedy
In the 1960s, a screwy Mexican General and his troops cross into Texas to re-capture the Alamo from the Gringos but they face opposition from the local police, the National Guard and the U.S. State Department.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, Jonathan Winters, John Astin
Votes: 553
22. America 101 (2005)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
Two Mexican brothers get smuggled over the border to try and find their "America Dream".
Director: Mark A. Russell | Stars: Miguel Castro, Richard Azurdia, Christine Carlo, Gerald Brodin
Votes: 242
Recommended!
23. The Rise and Fall of Their American Dream (2010)
123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Violence consumed their destiny.
Director: Nash Bhatt | Stars: Tony Black, Nash Bhatt, Omar Alcaraz, Monika Mojica
Votes: 20
24. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen
Votes: 2,804
25. Bread and Roses (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama
Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee
Votes: 6,072 | Gross: $0.53M
26. Flowers from Another World (1999)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In the small town of Santa Eulalia, singles organize a party attended by a coach of women marriages. Damián, Alfonso and Carmelo will seek to establish a relationship with Patricia, a ... See full summary »
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: José Sancho, Luis Tosar, Lissete Mejía, Chete Lera
Votes: 1,011
27. Salt of the Earth (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History
Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer
Votes: 4,043
"The Only Blacklisted American Film"...
28. Maria Del Norte (2012)
80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An ironic story that takes a Border Patrol Agent, Angela Rubio through many obstacles and challenges to avoid Immigration. Angela gets hit on the head by a couple of drug smugglers and and ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Antonio Rodriguez | Stars: Moses Archer, Gonzalo Diaz, Cintia Flores, Viridiana Garza
Votes: 6
29. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen
Votes: 6,848 | Gross: $13.83M
30. Border Cop (1980)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
US Border Patrol agent Frank Cooper is keeping a fine balance between doing his duty and empathizing with illegal Mexican border jumpers in 1970s California.
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Telly Savalas, Danny De La Paz, Eddie Albert, Michael V. Gazzo
Votes: 374
31. Deadly Stranger (1988)
R | 94 min | Thriller
An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote, Texas/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two discover the tables have been turned and they are the hunted.
Director: Max Kleven | Stars: Darlanne Fluegel, Michael J. Moore, John Vernon, Taylor Lacher
Votes: 70
32. Border Radio (1987)
R | 87 min | Drama
Two musicians and a roadie take money that is owed to them from a job. One flees to Mexico, and everyone has questions.
Directors: Allison Anders, Dean Lent, Kurt Voss | Stars: Chris D., Chris Shearer, Dave Alvin, Devon Anders
Votes: 755
33. The Girl (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.
Director: David Riker | Stars: Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rivas, Austin West, Annalee Jefferies
Votes: 1,384
34. 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
35. Entre nos (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Newly-arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, to financially and emotionally provide for her family in a strange city where she barely speaks the language.
Directors: Gloria La Morte, Paola Mendoza | Stars: Paola Mendoza, Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana, Anthony Chisholm
Votes: 1,189
36. Touch of Evil (1958)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 109,806 | Gross: $2.24M
37. Wetbacks (1956)
Approved | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hard on his luck, a fishing charter boat captain unwisely gets involved with a crime ring smuggling illegal Mexicans into California.
Director: Hank McCune | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane, John Hoyt
Votes: 105
38. 90 millas (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
An emotive story that touches the heart! A Cuban family leaves the island on a homemade rubber dingy and decides to bravely cross the dangerous stretch from Cuba to Florida in search of ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Rodríguez Fernández | Stars: Emilio Aragón 'Miliki', José Carlos G. Camacho, Carlos R. Cartaya, José Luis de Madariaga
Votes: 89
39. Undocumented (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
A documentary crew accompany a group of illegal immigrants crossing the Border, but their plans run afoul when they are captured by a gang of sadistic radicals in New Mexico.
Director: Chris Peckover | Stars: Scott Mechlowicz, Alona Tal, Yancey Arias, Kevin Weisman
Votes: 1,454
40. Border Incident (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell
Votes: 2,737
41. Borderline (1950)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, José Torvay
Votes: 1,629
42. Rio Rita (1942)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, War
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll
Votes: 1,281
43. Borderline (2015– )
23 min | Comedy
The leader of the Diaz cartel goes missing, his troubled son Jerry takes charge and as he changes the way his father did business a DEA agent works to bring down the cartel not knowing what he got himself into.
Stars: Wilmer Calderon, Erick Chavarria, Amaris Dupree, Geo Santini
Votes: 59
44. Juarez (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Crime
Pilot series about a Mexican-American sheriff's detective living in El Paso.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Ada Maris, Ramon Bieri, Ismael 'East' Carlo
Votes: 18
45. A Man Apart (2003)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Vin Diesel, Timothy Olyphant, Larenz Tate, Geno Silva
Votes: 49,414 | Gross: $26.18M
46. 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: 754 | Gross: $0.02M
47. 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: 7,081
48. Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance
A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.
Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Victor Rasuk, Donna Maldonado, Kevin Rivera, Krystal Rodriguez
Votes: 5,696 | Gross: $2.07M
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