MEXICO - Ariel Awards - Nominees for Best Picture
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1. 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
2. Twilight (1945)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A brilliant surgeon is dazed and feels he can no longer operate. Told in flashback, we find his troubles began with a woman.
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Gloria Marín, Julio Villarreal, Manuel Arvide
Votes: 161
3. Las abandonadas (1945)
103 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Víctor Junco, Paco Fuentes
Votes: 186
4. 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
5. 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: 538
6. 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
7. 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
8. Bel Ami (1947)
102 min | Drama
The story of a common man that could raise in life thanks to lies and deceits.
Director: Antonio Momplet | Stars: Armando Calvo, Gloria Marín, Andrea Palma, Emilia Guiú
Votes: 37
9. Cinco rostros de mujer (1947)
93 min | Drama, Musical
A middle-aged man reminisces about the five women he loved.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Pepita Serrador, Ana María Campoy, Miroslava
Votes: 24
10. 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
11. May God Forgive Me (1948)
97 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Lena is a spy who manages to seduce rich men only to obtain information.
Director: Tito Davison | Stars: María Félix, Fernando Soler, Julián Soler, Tito Junco
Votes: 59
12. Rosenda (1948)
98 min | Drama, Romance, War
In this love triangle set amid a revolution, a peasant woman ,abandoned by her roughhewn man, finds comfort with a local store owner, until her former lover returns as the head of an army of bandits.
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Fernando Soler, Rita Macedo, Nicolás Rodríguez, Rodolfo Acosta
Votes: 70
13. 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
14. El dolor de los hijos (1949)
120 min | Family, Drama
The lives and growing pains of a provincial family of 12, in Mexico centered on the three daughters.
Director: Miguel Zacarías | Stars: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Matilde Palou, Alicia Caro
Votes: 24
15. 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: 282
16. 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: 22,014
17. Doña Diabla (1950)
G | 95 min | Drama
Angela "Doña Diabla" is a beautiful and rude woman who after her divorce swore to hate men. He also forbids the romance of his daughter Angelica with a ruffian named Adrian.
Director: Tito Davison | Stars: María Félix, Víctor Junco, Crox Alvarado, José María Linares-Rivas
Votes: 145
18. Otra primavera (1950)
93 min | Drama
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Libertad Lamarque, Ernesto Alonso, Patricia Morán, Alberto Galán
Votes: 16
19. In the Palm of Your Hand (1951)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fortune teller blackmails a beautiful widow whose husband has recently died.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Leticia Palma, Ramón Gay, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna
Votes: 360
20. Deseada (1951)
85 min | Romance, Drama
Deseada, a woman living in the modern city of Chichen Itza, tries to assuage her sister's dread of her betrothal to a Spaniard she doesn't really know. However, when he arrives in the city,... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Jorge Mistral, José Baviera, Anabelle Gutiérrez
Votes: 52
21. 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: 112
22. El rebozo de Soledad (1952)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Melodrama about Dr. Alberto Robles, an idealistic city physician living in a rural community ruled by macho customs and feudalistic landowners, who falls for Soledad, a peasant woman.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz, Estela Inda, Domingo Soler
Votes: 151
23. Mi esposa y la otra (1952)
110 min | Drama
A married man hires his cousin to stand up for him, when it is discovered that he has a mistress with three children.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Marga López, Ramón Gay, Alma Delia Fuentes
Votes: 53
24. Mexican Bus Ride (1952)
74 min | Comedy
A newly-wed country boy receives the terrible news that his mother is dying, and takes a long and dangerous bus trip to the city to contact a notary for her last will and testament. Will he resist temptation and do the right thing?
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carmelita González, Esteban Mayo, Luis Aceves Castañeda
Votes: 1,453
25. El niño y la niebla (1953)
TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery
Marta (Dolores del Río) es una mujer que vive obsesionada, ya que su madre y su hermano murieron de esquizofrenia. Temerosa de que la enfermedad sea congénita, sobreprotege hasta el extremo... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro López Lagar, Eduardo Noriega, Alejandro Ciangherotti
Votes: 114
26. Las tres perfectas casadas (1953)
110 min | Drama, Romance
During their collective marriage anniversaries, three husbands find out their best friend has died and decide to open a letter he left to be opened after his death.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Laura Hidalgo, José María Linares-Rivas, René Cardona
Votes: 66
27. Un divorcio (1953)
105 min | Drama
Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: Marga López, Carlos López Moctezuma, Elda Peralta, Raúl Farell
Votes: 14
28. 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: 70
29. Orquídeas para mi esposa (1954)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Marga López, Jorge Mistral, Ernesto Alonso, Maricruz Olivier
Votes: 23
30. Untouched (1954)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Scientist sent by pharmaceutical company to Veracruz to study barbasco roots for cortisone production gets lost in jungle, ends up in remote village called Paradise, experiences a romantic adventure.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Ariadne Welter, Víctor Parra, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Votes: 81
31. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López
Votes: 4,510
32. 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: 5,894
33. Una mujer en la calle (1955)
90 min | Crime, Drama
An unlikely friendship develops when respectable Doña Nena spends her days looking out her window across the street to the sex workers who spend their nights there. One night, she helps ... See full summary »
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Marga López, Prudencia Grifell, Ernesto Alonso, José María Linares-Rivas
Votes: 25
34. El camino de la vida (1956)
96 min | Drama
Portrait of the lives of marginalized children in Mexico City, through three juvenile criminals. One killed his stepfather to protect his mother, another blinded his guardian to ward off ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Corona Blake | Stars: Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons, Ignacio García Torres, Rogelio 'Frijolitos' Jiménez Pons, Mario Navarro
Votes: 55
35. Talpa (1956)
99 min | Drama
When his successful brother falls ill, a wastrel must step up to take over the family business. This leads to an adulterous, tragic relationship with his brother's wife.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Lilia Prado, Leonor Llausás, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 52
36. 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
37. 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: 712
38. La culta dama (1957)
89 min | Drama
A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Gloria Lozano, Elsa Cárdenas, Marilú Elízaga, Félix González
Votes: 12
39. Feliz año, amor mío (1957)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Idolizing a classical violinist, a girl sends him a Happy New Year note (the day they met) regularly with flowers but years after he abandons her and her baby after a night of bliss, he flirts with her anew as if she is a different person.
Director: Tulio Demicheli | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Marga López, Ignacio López Tarso, Andrés Velázquez
Votes: 65
40. El águila descalza (1971)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Ofelia Medina, Christa Linder, José Gálvez
Votes: 103
41. Las puertas del paraíso (1971)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with ... See full summary »
Director: Salomón Laiter | Stars: Jacqueline Andere, Jorge Luke, Milton Rodríguez, Barbara Angely
Votes: 68
42. Tú, yo, nosotros (1972)
108 min | Drama
Directors: Jorge Fons, Gonzalo Martínez Ortega, Juan Manuel Torres | Stars: Julissa, Rita Macedo, Guillermo Murray, Sergio Jimenez
Votes: 26
43. 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: 2,391
44. 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
45. 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
46. Fe, esperanza y caridad (1974)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie consists of three separate segments, each dealing with faith, hope, and charity.
Directors: Luis Alcoriza, Alberto Bojórquez, Jorge Fons | Stars: Fabiola Falcón, Armando Silvestre, David Silva, Roberto Ramírez Garza
Votes: 213
47. El cambio (1971)
86 min | Drama
Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.
Director: Alfredo Joskowicz | Stars: Héctor Bonilla, Sergio Jiménez, Ofelia Medina, Sofia Joskowicz
Votes: 44
48. La choca (1974)
94 min | Drama, Western
Martin lives in a mountain hut with his wife, La Choca, and his son, little Martin, and Flor, Choca's sister. They live through hardship to make ends meet, and Martin does some smuggling. ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Mercedes Carreño, Gregorio Casal, Armando Silvestre, Pilar Pellicer
Votes: 116
49. La otra virginidad (1975)
110 min | Drama
Director: Juan Manuel Torres | Stars: Valentín Trujillo, Leticia Perdigón, Arturo Beristáin, Víctor Manuel Mendoza
Votes: 78
50. Presagio (1974)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When the bottle she uses to help women give birth to their children breaks, midwife Mama Santos announces that something terrible will happen in a small town in the Mexican countryside. ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: David Reynoso, Fabiola Falcón, Lucha Villa, Pancho Córdova
Votes: 115
51. Letters from Marusia (1975)
110 min | Drama, History
It is 1925 and working conditions in Chile are abysmal. The miners of Marusia go on strike, but the mine owners and the Government use the Chilean Army crush them.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregón, Eduardo López Rojas
Votes: 365
52. 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: 1,872
53. De todos modos Juan te llamas (1976)
97 min | Drama, Romance, War
El movimiento cristero, durante la Guerra Cristera en 1926 en Mexico.
Director: Marcela Fernández Violante | Stars: Patricia Aspíllaga, Jorge Russek, Juan Ferrara, Rocío Brambila
Votes: 39
54. 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: 328
55. Cuartelazo (1977)
117 min | Action, Drama, History
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Héctor Ortega, Bruno Rey, Arturo Beristáin, Eduardo López Rojas
Votes: 42
56. 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
57. 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: 1,649
58. 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: 239
59. Los pequeños privilegios (1978)
102 min | Drama
A wealthy marriage and friends with luxury living style and the contrast on the life of their pregnant maid trying to have an abortion.
Director: Julián Pastor | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Hugo Stiglitz, Cristina Moreno, Anaís de Melo
Votes: 23
60. 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: 524
61. El recurso del método (1978)
164 min | Drama
It tells the story of a dictatorship. Its protagonist is the sum and essence of several of the rulers who have exercised absolute power in Latin American countries.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Katy Jurado, Salvador Sánchez, Alain Cuny
Votes: 92
62. Anacrusa (1979)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Ariel Zúñiga | Stars: Adriana Roel, Carlos Castañón, Juan Ángel Martínez, Sergio Calderón
63. The Year of the Plague (1979)
109 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The ... See full summary »
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Alejandro Parodi, José Carlos Ruiz, Rebeca Silva, Tito Junco
Votes: 155
64. Las grandes aguas (1980)
113 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Director: Servando González | Stars: Eric del Castillo, Tina Romero, Lucy Tovar, Miguel Manzano
Votes: 41
65. Morir de madrugada (1980)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lawyer has his life chattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. Through intense investigation he is finding out that people have been lying to him. Raul (Jorge Rivero) was told she... See full summary »
Director: Julián Pastor | Stars: Jorge Rivero, Claudia Islas, Jorge Luke, Josefina Echánove
Votes: 22
66. Ora sí tenemos que ganar (1981)
90 min | Drama
Director: Raúl Kamffer | Stars: Felipe Casanova, Carlos Castañón, Farnesio de Bernal, María del Carmen Farias
Votes: 34
67. Llámenme Mike (1979)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Miguel is a corrupt cop. After a drug bust word goes around someone in Miguel squad kept the seized drugs. Miguel must take the heat and gets sent to jail where he gets severely beaten up.
Directors: Alfredo Gurrola, Francisco Guerrero | Stars: Sasha Montenegro, Alejandro Parodi, Víctor Alcocer, Carlos Cardán
Votes: 115
68. Noche de carnaval (1984)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Director: Mario Hernández | Stars: Ninón Sevilla, Carmen Salinas, Manuel Ojeda, Sergio Ramos
Votes: 16
69. La pachanga (1981)
TV-14 | 79 min | Comedy, Drama
One weekend in Mexico City, the inhabitants of an old apartment building celebrate two different ceremonies: a debutante party (Quinceanera) and a velatory. Neighbors get mixed between the ... See full summary »
Director: José Estrada | Stars: Julissa, Claudia Islas, Gregorio Casal, Sergio Jiménez
Votes: 42
70. Días de combate (1982)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Several young women are murdered in a small community, and a detective moves in to solve the crimes.
Director: Alfredo Gurrola | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Julissa, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Guillermo Murray
Votes: 40
71. Tiempo de lobos (1985)
90 min
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Jaime Garza, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Patricia Rivera, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Votes: 17
72. 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
73. Nocaut (1984)
109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: José Luis García Agraz | Stars: Gonzalo Vega, Blanca Guerra, Wolf Ruvinskis, Guillermo Orea
Votes: 71
74. The Black Widow (1977)
88 min | Drama
Matea is an orphan who assists the priest, Father Feliciano, in his parish. The village doctor tries to seduce her, but fails and proceeds to defame her into believing that Matea maintains relations with the priest.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Isela Vega, Mario Almada, Sergio Jiménez, Hilda Aguirre
Votes: 328
75. 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
76. Vidas errantes (1985)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Juan Antonio de la Riva | Stars: José Carlos Ruiz, Ignacio Guadalupe, Gabriela Olivo de Alba, Francisco Javier Gómez
Votes: 49
77. The barrio kings (1985)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Teen angst in Mexico City is made all the worse by a young provincial woman's infatuation for a ghost, in this effective drama about disturbed youth. Aida arrives in Mexico City and is ... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Pardo | Stars: Lucy Reina, Gerardo de la Peña, Tenoch Ramos, Annette Fradera
Votes: 20
78. Poison for the Fairies (1986)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein
Votes: 2,567
79. Los motivos de Luz (1985)
96 min | Drama
Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember... See full summary »
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Delia Casanova, Marta Aura, Ana Ofelia Murguía
Votes: 119
80. Redondo (1986)
90 min | Drama
Director: Raúl Busteros | Stars: Alfredo Sevilla, Diana Bracho, Fernando Balzaretti, Marcial Alejandro
Votes: 30
81. The Realm of Fortune (1986)
130 min | Drama
Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Votes: 512
82. Amor a la vuelta de la esquina (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Maria escapes from prison. On the run, she breaks her ankle. Julian, a truck driver, finds her sitting at the roadside, crying. He picks her up and takes her to a hospital. On her first ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cortés | Stars: Juan Carlos Colombo, Emilio Cortés, Alonso Echánove, Leonor Llausás
Votes: 84
83. Crónica de familia (1986)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of two bored and restless rich kids and their plunge into tragedy.
Director: Diego López Rivera | Stars: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Fernando Balzaretti, Claudia Ramírez, Alfonso André
Votes: 30
84. Mariana, Mariana (1987)
110 min | Drama, Romance
In 1940s Mexico City, schoolboy Carlos falls in love with his best friend's mother, Mariana. Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the typical Mexican families of the time ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Elizabeth Aguilar, Isabel Andrade, Juan Carlos Andrews
Votes: 397
85. Días difíciles (1988)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Alejandro Pelayo | Stars: Alejandro Parodi, Blanca Guerra, Fernando Balzaretti, Luis Manuel Pelayo
Votes: 27
86. Lo que importa es vivir (1987)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Candelario is a wanderer who arrives to Don Lázaro's hacienda. He soon proves to be a good worker full of ideas and gives new life to the decadent hacienda. He also attract the attention of Don Lázaro's wife Chabela.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Gonzalo Vega, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Loló Navarro
Votes: 102
87. 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
88. El secreto de Romelia (1988)
100 min | Romance
An elder woman (Romelia), her daughter and her grandchildren take a few days on holidays to visit a small town outside the city. The town makes Romelia melancholy and her daughter wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Busi Cortés | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Dolores Beristáin, Diana Bracho, Lumi Cavazos
Votes: 54
89. ¿Nos traicionará el presidente? (1988)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An international group is trying to destabilize Mexico by assassinating the President.
Director: Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán | Stars: Alberto Pedret, José Carlos Ruiz, Martha Roth, Bruno Rey
Votes: 18
90. Goitia, un dios para sí mismo (1989)
110 min | Biography, Drama
The closeness of his death and a final impulse to paint one more painting, lead the Mexican painter Francisco Goitia to remember his life.
Director: Diego López Rivera | Stars: José Carlos Ruiz, Gustavo Aguilar, Tomás Alcázar, Alfredo Alonso
Votes: 73
91. El homicida (1990)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Make sure you lock the doors and leave the lights on as you follow a psychopath as he plans and executes his crimes, all the while eluding the police. It's an edge-of-your-seat thriller ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Rosas Priego hijo | Stars: Sebastian Ligarde, Mario Almada, Roxana Chávez, Sergio Goyri
Votes: 18
92. Morir en el golfo (1990)
93 min | Drama
The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of ... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Pelayo | Stars: Blanca Guerra, Enrique Rocha, Alejandro Parodi, Carlos Cardán
Votes: 66
93. 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
94. Pueblo de madera (1990)
98 min | Drama
In San Miguel de Cruces, a timber town in northern Mexico, friends Jose Luis and Juan Jose finish their primary education at the local school. During the last holidays together, we see life... See full summary »
Director: Juan Antonio de la Riva | Stars: Alonso Echánove, Gabriela Roel, Ignacio Guadalupe, Jair De Rubin
Votes: 118
95. 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: 18,854 | Gross: $21.67M
96. Danzón (1991)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
Julia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday ... See full summary »
Director: María Novaro | Stars: María Rojo, Carmen Salinas, Tito Vasconcelos, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 688 | Gross: $0.36M
97. La mujer de Benjamín (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Old bachelor Benjamin (Lopez Rojas) still lives with his sister Micaela (Doria) in the boredom of a small town. His only entertainment is getting together with a bunch of old men and spare ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Eduardo López Rojas, Malena Doria, Arcelia Ramírez, Eduardo Palomo
Votes: 501
98. 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: 33,146 | Gross: $0.62M
99. Ángel de fuego (1992)
95 min | Drama
In a miserable circus, a young trapeze artist seduces her father, gets pregnant and decides to have her baby, so she leaves the circus and joins a group of puppeteers who make shows from passages of the Bible.
Director: Dana Rotberg | Stars: Evangelina Sosa, Lilia Aragón, Roberto Sosa, Noé Montealegre
Votes: 211
100. 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
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