Mexican Cinema
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1. El presidente de la republica entrando a pie al castillo de Chapultepec (1896)
Documentary, Short
Director: Gabriel Veyre | Star: Porfirio Díaz
Votes: 19
2. Ruraux au galop (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
In three successive waves, civil guard riders quickly cross the plain.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 113
3. Repas d'indiens (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Native Americans in traditional outfits, sitting on the floor, sharing their meal.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 163
4. Jarabe tapatío (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Short film by cinematographer Gabriel Veyre in which dancing people in traditional clothing amidst a Mexican folk festival are depicted.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 76
5. Marché indien sur le canal de la Viga [Mexique] (1896)
1 min | Short
A short black and white film of a boat full of passengers on a river in Mexico.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 138
6. Memorias de un mexicano (1950)
100 min | Documentary
Documentary compiling all the material registered by Mexican pioneer director and cinematographer Salvador Toscano, and others under his direction, chronicling the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and many other events.
Directors: Carmen Toscano, Salvador Toscano | Stars: Manuel Bernal, Porfirio Díaz, Francisco I. Madero, Venustiano Carranza
Votes: 65
7. Fiestas presidenciales en Mérida (1906)
Documentary, Short
Director: Enrique Rosas | Star: Porfirio Díaz
Votes: 13
8. Duel au pistolet (1896)
1 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Two duelists, armed with pistols, fire: one of them is hit and collapses.
Director: Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 395
9. Mexican Knife Duel (1894)
Short, Action, Western
Two Mexican men duel with knives.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Stars: Pedro Esquivel, Dionecio Gonzales
Votes: 46
11. El grito de Dolores o La independencia de México (1907)
Drama
Director: Felipe de Jesús Haro | Star: Felipe de Jesús Haro
Votes: 33
12. El aniversario del fallecimiento de la suegra de Enhart (1912)
23 min | Short
A man (Enhart) is urged by his wife to visit the tomb of his mother-in-law in the anniversary of her death. After buying some flowers, Enhart goes to the cemetery, gets drunk and falls ... See full summary »
Director: Hermanos Alva | Stars: Antonio Alegría, Vicente Enhart
13. La luz, tríptico de la vida moderna (1917)
Romance
A three-part love story: Alborada, Cénit y Ocaso (Sunrise, Noon and Sunset). A dying prince (Agüeros) lives a stormy love affair with a "femme fatale" (Padilla) who doesn't care for his feelings.
Director: Manuel de la Bandera | Stars: Emma Padilla, Ernesto Agüeros, Evelia Padilla, Margarita Cantón
14. 1810 o Los libertadores de México (1916)
Drama, History
Directors: Carlos Martínez Arredondo, Manuel Cirerol Sansores | Stars: Carmen Beltran, Armando Camejo, Manuel Cirerol Sansores, Alfredo Varela padre
15. 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
16. Alma de sacrificio (1917)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Joaquín Coss | Stars: Mimí Derba, Julio Taboada, Salvador Quiroz, Emilia Ruiz del Castillo
17. Santa (1918)
40 min | Drama, Short
The first version of Gamboa's novel about an innocent young girl who is betrayed by the man she loves and must become a prostitute after her family rejects her.
Director: Luis Peredo | Stars: Elena Sánchez Valenzuela, Alfonso Busson, Ricardo Beltri, Clementina Pérez de Rebolledo
Votes: 27
18. The Grey Automobile (1919)
223 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gang terrorize Mexico City's high society in 1915. Murder, kidnapping and robbery are their trademarks. One police inspector (Cabrera) follows the gang's crimes and eventually sends them to jail.
Director: Enrique Rosas | Stars: Joaquín Coss, Juan de Homs, Manuel de los Ríos, María Teresa Montoya
Votes: 235
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. ¡Que viva Mexico! (1932)
Not Rated | 88 min | History
Having revolutionized film editing through such masterworks of montage as Potemkin and Strike, Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein emigrated west in hopes of testing the capabilities of the American film industry.
Directors: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Félix Balderas, Sara García, Martín Hernández, David Liceága
23. The Woman of the Port (1934)
76 min | Drama
Rosario (Palma) becomes a prostitute after losing her father and discovering her boyfriend had a liaison with another woman. In Veracruz, Rosario lives above a sordid cabaret "selling her ... See full summary »
Directors: Arcady Boytler, Raphael J. Sevilla | Stars: Andrea Palma, Domingo Soler, Francisco Zárraga, Joaquín Busquets
Votes: 428
24. La llorona (1933)
73 min | Horror, Mystery
In modern day Mexico, a man on the street is supernaturally killed after hearing the eerie sound of a wailing woman. We then arrive at the manor of an upper class family, who are ... See full summary »
Director: Ramón Peón | Stars: Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Carlos Orellana, Adriana Lamar
Votes: 343
25. El prisionero 13 (1933)
76 min | Drama, War
El Prisionero 13 (Prisoner 13) is part of the trilogy of films made by Fernando Fuentes concerning the Mexican Revolution. The film centers on the drunkard Colonel Carrasco, whose wife ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Alfredo del Diestro, Luis G. Barreiro, Adela Sequeyro, Arturo Campoamor
Votes: 187
26. Thunder Over Mexico (1933)
70 min | Drama, History
As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Martín Hernández, Isabel Villaseñor, Félix Balderas, Julio Saldívar
Votes: 157
27. 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: 608
28. Chucho el Roto (1934)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A humble cabinetmaker steals from the rich to give the poor in revenge for ruining their love with a rich young woman.
Director: Gabriel Soria | Stars: Fernando Soler, Adriana Lamar, Alfredo del Diestro, Leopoldo 'Chato' Ortín
Votes: 10
29. Janitzio (1935)
56 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Carlos Navarro | Stars: Emilio Fernández, María Teresa Orozco, Gilberto González, Felipe de Flores
Votes: 69
30. Two Monks (1934)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When the Monk Javier acts violently in a gothic monastery, the Prior asks the Monk Juan to calm him down since he believes that Javier is possessed by demons. When Juan comes to Javier's ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller, Beltrán de Heredia
Votes: 713
31. 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: 848
32. Luponini de Chicago (1935)
79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: José Bohr | Stars: José Bohr, Anita Blanch, Carlos Villatoro, Isabelita Blanch
Votes: 55
33. The Dressel Family (1935)
90 min | Drama
Friedric Dressel (Soler) gets married to mexican radio singer Magdalena (Frank) against his mother's desire: Frau Dressel (Arriaga) wanted his son to marry a German girl. Soon after the ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Consuelo Frank, Jorge Vélez, Rosita Arriaga, Ramón Armengod
Votes: 11
34. 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
35. 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
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