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- DirectorRubén GámezStarsJosé CastilloManuel GaitánPilar IslasAn 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.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaStarsJulio AldamaDacia GonzálezTito JuncoAurelio 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 rather happy on the coat; he even has a romance with a native girl. One day he decides to return to Mexico City, where his brother-in-law is waiting to invite him to join his business.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsMarga LópezJorge Martínez de HoyosEnrique RochaAfter 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.
- DirectorLeobardo López AretcheStarsRolando de CastroMagda VizcaínoA documentary on the student movement in Mexico, 1968, made by film students
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsAntonio AguilarJulio AlemánColumba DomínguezReynaldo 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.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsTito JuncoRoberto CañedoTito NovaroThe 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 isn't so sure about it, because he knows his boss,El Caudillo has chosen another candidate. Several political moves are done between the parties, leading to a thunderous climax.
- DirectorAlfredo JoskowiczStarsMaría Elena AmbrizJavier AudiracEmilio CardenasA 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.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsIgnacio López TarsoLucha VillaNarciso BusquetsA poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman
- DirectorJuan José GurrolaStarsPilar PellicerClaudio ObregónPixie HopkinTwo couples of brothers and two different stories that show the complications of the incestuous relationships between them.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique RambalThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
- DirectorJomí García AscotStarsAlicia BerguaMartín BerguaMaría Luisa ElioA 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.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaStarsJulio AldamaNorma AngélicaAndrés SolerA 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.
- DirectorJulián SolerStarsAlberto VázquezAmparo RivellesAlicia BonetFederico 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.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsTamara GarinaSergio KleinerDiana MariscalFando 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.
- DirectorBenito AlazrakiMiguel Barbachano PonceHéctor MendozaStarsHéctor GodoyErnestina RobredoUgo MoctezumaThree 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".
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsJulián PastorRocío SagaónGraciela EnríquezDámaso lives in a small town with his wife Ana, who is expecting a child.
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsEnrique LizaldeRoberto MoralesMexican 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.
- DirectorArchibaldo BurnsStarsIrene Martínez CadenaKikis Herrera CallesMichel Clemente JacquesThe 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 subtlety, the closed and welcoming status of a society lady, with the barbarous and primitive thinking of her ex-maid who has visited her for one night, and shows what seemed like an inconsequential encounter. little by little it becomes a ritual of death.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsClaudio BrookSilvia PinalEnrique Álvarez FélixSimon, 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.
- DirectorCarlos VeloStarsJohn GavinIgnacio López TarsoPilar PellicerHighly 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) figures from early Mexican cinema appear from time to time, and the violence of the revolutionary period is not ignored. Scenes of the father's earthy lifestyle are placed amid his son's search for him.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsIgnacio López TarsoPina PellicerEnrique LuceroPoor 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.
- DirectorJuan IbáñezStarsJulissaEnrique Álvarez FélixÓscar ChávezA 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.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalFrancisco RabalFernando ReyViridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
- DirectorServando GonzálezStarsJosé Elías MorenoDavid ReynosoJorge Martínez de HoyosA 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.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsPina PellicerIgnacio López TarsoAdriana RoelA psychological melodrama about a lonely country woman who embarks on a marriage with a city chauffeur which is doomed to fail, this vehicle for an actress who would commit suicide later the year of the film,s release serves as her testament.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaStarsIgnacio López TarsoJaime FernándezAurora ClavelA worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
- DirectorAlberto MariscalStarsJulio AldamaSonia InfanteEric del Castillo"Crosses Across the Wilderness" begins as a Spaghetti Western style revenge story. That plays out rather quickly and the story revolves around a woman and her fiancé and the consequences of her incidental contact with the avenging stranger.
- DirectorSergio VéjarStarsElsa AguirreJulio AlemánRegina Torné
- DirectorServando GonzálezMohy QuandourStarsRicardo AnconaJesús MedinaMaría BustamanteThe engaging and sentimental tale begins when the little boy (Ricardo Ancona) starts manifesting a greater and greater talent at music and at the same time, a super-sensitivity to sounds. His overly astute hearing drives him into the woods and away from the cacophony of the town's hustle and bustle. Once in the woods, he meets a kindly old hermit who teaches him how to play the violin he made. After the old man dies, the violin ends up at a pawn shop, and each night the boy sneaks in to play it in secret. It is this haunting, nightly music that sets the town on edge -- people think an evil spirit is on the loose.
- DirectorMiguel ZacaríasStarsMaría FélixJorge MistralLuis AguilarThe true life's story of Juana Gallo. A woman who rose to become one of the leaders of the Mexican revolution.
- DirectorSalvador ElizondoIn Louis Hubert Farabeuf (1841-1910), a French surgeon that among other text wrote "Précis de manual opératoire". In this book Salvador Elizondo (1932-2006) imagines the understanding of death, of writing, of eroticism and beyond. Through Elizondo's associative photography the image of the tortured also becomes the presence of the spectators who watch their own death.
- DirectorCarlos VeloStarsAngélica MaríaFernando LujánEnrique RambalEsperanza (Angelica Maria) is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some "special" mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychodelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. Brenda and five boys leave the party, assault an ice-cream parlor (they ask for "five of chocolate and one of strawberry") and finally kidnap a banker. In between, a Commissioner from the Surveillance International Agency follows Brendas tracks, while the girl changes personalities because of the mushroom eating.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaStarsTere VelázquezJulio AlemánAdriana RoelLorenzo Gómez, "El Gato" and his gang, assault the car where Alicia and a boy were kissing each other.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsToshirô MifuneColumba DomínguezFlor SilvestreAnimas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio. But will Animas behave responsibly enough to take advantage of these opportunities?
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsDaniel GélinYolanda VarelaNino del ArcoNot realizing the dangers he is facing, Young Dieter will do anything to get his ball back after it was thrown over the Berlin wall by a ruthless guard.
- DirectorChano UruetaStarsRosita ArenasArmando CalvoIsabela CoronaA husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.