In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
FR #126 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Alejandro G. Inarritu
Writer
Guillermo Arriaga
Cast
Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo
Plot
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
FR #610 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Alcoriza, Max Aub, Luis Bunuel
Cast
Alfonso Mejia, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda
Plot
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.
FR #1620 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico, France | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Julio Alejandro
Cast
Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Lvarez Felix
Plot
Simon, 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.
FR #2335 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Mexico, Spain | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Guillermo Del Toro
Writer
Guillermo Del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Munoz
Cast
Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Plot
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter left on his doorstep 6 years ago finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.
FR #2346 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Luis Alcoriza, Mercedes Pinto
Cast
Arturo De Cordova, Delia Garces, Aurora Walker
Plot
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
Poor 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.
The boyfriend (Cantinflas) of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been ...
FR #4713 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico, Russia | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Ismael Rodriguez
Writer
Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Ismael Rodriguez
Cast
Pedro Infante, Blanca Estela Pavon, Maria Eugenia Llamas
Plot
This is the story of three brothers (a priest, a soldier and an outlaw) that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near t...
FR #5470 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Emilio Fernandez
Writer
Emilio Fernandez, Mauricio Magdaleno
Cast
Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Alberto Galan
Plot
In Xochimilco 1909, MarÃa Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. MarÃa Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple faces the greed of Mr. Damian, the town's...
FR #5589 | TV | Comedy, Drama | Mexico, UK | Spanish, English
Writer
Gary Alazraki, Michael Lam
Cast
Luis Gerardo Mendez, Mariana Trevino, Jesus Zavala
Plot
When the patriarch of a prominent family dies, his heirs battle to determine who will gain control of his beloved soccer team: The Cuervos of Nuevo Toledo.
FR #5716 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico, USA | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Ismael Rodriguez
Writer
Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Fernando Mendez, Carlos Orellana
Cast
Sara Garcia, Pedro Infante, Abel Salazar
Plot
Ruled by a tough grandma (Sara GarcÃa), the GarcÃas (Infante, Salazar and Mendoza) are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita (Marga López) and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
FR #6017 | Movie | Fantasy, Horror | Mexico, USA | Danish, French
Director
Guillermo Del Toro
Writer
Guillermo Del Toro, Mary Shelley
Cast
Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance
Plot
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
FR #6577 | Movie | Drama | Mexico, USA | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Fernando Frias
Writer
Fernando Frias
Cast
Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, Emily May Jampel, Xueming Angelina Chen
Plot
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
FR #6718 | Movie | War, Drama | Mexico, Colombia | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Fernando De Fuentes
Writer
Rafael F. Munoz, Xavier Villaurrutia, Fernando De Fuentes
Cast
Antonio R. Frausto, Domingo Soler, Manuel Tames
Plot
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 assisting in the struggle. After several battles...
FR #6975 | Movie | Drama | Mexico, Japan | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Ismael Rodriguez
Writer
Carlos Gonzalez Duenas, Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Ismael Rodriguez
Cast
Pedro Infante, Evita Munoz 'Chachita', Blanca Estela Pavon
Plot
Sequel to Nosotros los Pobres (1947). This time, Pepe "El Toro" (Infante) is married with "La Chorreada" (Pavon) and they have two children. Chachita (Munoz) knows her real grandma: Charito (Derba), a rich woman who takes Chachita...
A biopic about Jose Hernandez and his path from a farm worker to becoming an engineer and an astronaut. A tale of perseverance, community and sacrifice to accomplish a seemingly impossible dream.
FR #7723 | Movie | War, Drama | Mexico, Japan | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Juan Bustillo Oro, Fernando De Fuentes
Writer
Juan Bustillo Oro, Mauricio Magdaleno, Fernando De Fuentes
Cast
Alfredo Del Diestro, Carmen Guerrero, Antonio R. Frausto
Plot
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, and Mendoza is considered a good friend...
FR #7982 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Ismael Rodriguez
Writer
Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Ismael Rodriguez
Cast
Fernando Soler, Pedro Infante, Andres Soler
Plot
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
FR #8389 | Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Writer
Fernando Arrabal, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast
Tamara Garina, Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal
Plot
Fando 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.
FR #8724 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Mexico | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Emilio Fernandez
Writer
Emilio Fernandez, Mauricio Magdaleno
Cast
Marga Lopez, Miguel Inclan, Rodolfo Acosta
Plot
Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz does...
FR #8725 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Juan Bustillo Oro
Writer
Juan Bustillo Oro, Jose Manuel Cordero
Cast
Victor Urruchua, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller
Plot
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 cell, they recognize each other and Javier ...
Six teenagers with different lives and personalities attend a prominent private school with only one thing in common: their vocation and passion for music.
FR #9225 | Movie | Drama | Mexico, Italy | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Alejandro Galindo
Writer
Alejandro Galindo
Cast
Fernando Soler, David Silva, Martha Roth
Plot
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.
FR #9392 | Movie | Drama | Mexico, India | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Alcoriza, Luis Bunuel
Cast
Pedro Armendariz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas
Plot
A tough young man who helps to evict poor people from their houses falls in love with a girl who lives with her father in a building that's about to be demolished.
Gabriela Spanic, Fernando Colunga, Libertad Lamarque
Plot
Two identical twin sisters separated at birth reunite and the rich, devious and cruel one proposes to her sweet-hearted counterpart to assume her place.
FR #10643 | Movie | Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Manuel Reachi, Jaime Salvador, Rodolfo Usigli
Cast
Rosita Quintana, Fernando Soler, Victor Manuel Mendoza
Plot
An unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for seriously wayward girls and deceptively finds shelter in the kind home of a frighteningly nice and decent family. Little by little, she causes unrest and discord among the mem...
FR #10644 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Mexico, France | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Writer
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Cast
Marga Lopez, Maricruz Olivier, Alicia Bonet
Plot
Girls that were punished to sat at a boarding school during Spring Break have no idea the school is haunted by the restless spirit of a former student seeking revenge.
FR #10728 | Movie | Western, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Fernando De Fuentes, Miguel M. Delgado
Writer
Romulo Gallegos, Fernando De Fuentes
Cast
Maria Felix, Julian Soler, Maria Elena Marques, Arturo Soto Rangel
Plot
A young lawyer and owner of a great property in the interior of Venezuela tries to recover its control in the name of the law, fighting against his neighbour, a powerful, seductive and misterious lady named Doña Bárbara, learning ...
FR #10767 | Movie | History, Drama | Mexico, USA | English
Director
Alejandro Monteverde
Writer
Alejandro Monteverde, Pepe Portillo
Cast
Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Tom Wilkinson
Plot
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Miguel M. Delgado, Jose F. Elizondo, Jaime Salvador
Cast
Cantinflas, Mapy Cortes, Daniel 'Chino' Herrera
Plot
Cantinflas captures a gang who had robbed a bank the night before. Considered a hero, becomes a member of the force for special missions because of his ability to disguise himself in many different forms.
FR #11225 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Mexico, USA | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Fernando De Fuentes
Writer
Jorge Pezet, Fernando De Fuentes, Juan Bustillo Oro
Cast
Marta Roel, Enrique Del Campo, Carlos Villatoro
Plot
Alfonso (Del Campo), Eduardo (Villatoro) and Eduardo's wife Cristina (Ruel) get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, speci...
FR #11226 | Movie | Drama | Mexico, Sweden | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Joselito Rodriguez
Writer
Felix B. Caignet, Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Fannie Hurst
Cast
Pedro Infante, Emilia Guiu, Rita Montaner
Plot
Angelitos Negros is a story of prejudice and sacrifice; the plot centers around a woman who does not realize her heritage, brought up as the "white"wealthy patron's daughter, she is actually the daughter of the black maid.
FR #11377 | TV | Adventure, Drama | Mexico | Spanish
Cast
Barbara Mori, Eduardo Santamarina, Jacqueline Bracamontes
Plot
An ambitious woman of humble background and stunning beauty is determined to change her poor situation, using her seductive skills on a millionaire doctor.
FR #11393 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Rogelio A. Gonzalez
Writer
Jack Jevne, Paulino Masip, Fernando De Fuentes
Cast
Pedro Infante, Miroslava, Blanca De Castejon
Plot
Alberto Medina is a very famous composer and is on a field trip when his car runs out of gas and goes downhill. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcome by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known...
A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.
FR #11986 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Roberto Gavaldon
Writer
Edmundo Baez, Alfredo B. Crevenna, Tito Davison
Cast
Maria Felix, Arturo De Cordova, Rosario Granados
Plot
A artist model who leads the ever hapless Arturo de Córdova away from the arms of his innocent, blue-eyed wife and down, down, down into the ecstatic depths of degradation which include a stop at seedy Panamanian nightclub.
FR #12126 | Movie | Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Arturo Ripstein
Writer
Jose Emilio Pacheco, Arturo Ripstein
Cast
Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Arturo Beristain
Plot
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) rat poison.
Aurelio RodrÃguez 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.
FR #12307 | Movie | Short, Comedy | Mexico | Spanish, French
Director
Camila Aurora Gonzalez, Gladys L. Grantt
Writer
Camila Aurora Gonzalez
Cast
Camila Aurora Gonzalez, Yeylan Torres, Hielito Cos
Plot
The real life of French people in a musical made by people in Mexico. It tells the epic tale of baguettes, croissants, stinky cheese and the difficulties of not taking daily showers.
FR #12321 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico, Finland | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Fernando Eimbcke
Writer
Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Markovitch
Cast
Diego Catano, Daniel Miranda, Enrique Arreola
Plot
Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks an...
FR #12986 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Mexico | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Julio Bracho
Writer
Max Aub, Julio Bracho, Xavier Villaurrutia
Cast
Andrea Palma, Pedro Armendariz, Alberto Galan
Plot
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, wh...
Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa Maria Gutierrez, Leonor Llausas
Plot
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.
FR #13575 | Movie | Action, Drama | Mexico, USA | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Jorge Fons
Writer
Guadalupe Ortega, Xavier Robles
Cast
Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Jorge Fegan
Plot
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 n...
FR #13902 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Mexico, Iran | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Writer
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Cast
Marga Lopez, Joaquin Cordero, Norma Lazareno
Plot
A governess Julia comes to work in a bourgeois family that live in an afforested property that they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family g...
FR #13986 | Movie | Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Arcady Boytler, Raphael J. Sevilla
Writer
Carlos De Najera, Antonio Guzman Aguilera, Guy De Maupassant
Cast
Andrea Palma, Domingo Soler, Francisco Zarraga
Plot
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 love to the men coming from the sea." One ...
Mauricio De La Serna, Jose Revueltas, Luis Alcoriza
Cast
Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro, Fernando Soto
Plot
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin".
FR #14368 | Movie | Adventure, Crime | Mexico, France | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Felipe Cazals
Writer
Tomas Perez Turrent
Cast
Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sanchez, Ernesto Gomez Cruz
Plot
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 ly...
FR #14483 | Movie | Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Emilio Fernandez
Writer
Emilio Fernandez, Mauricio Magdaleno
Cast
Maria Felix, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Fernando Fernandez, Arturo Soto Rangel
Plot
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 education to the poorest people. Being t...
FR #14866 | Movie | Action, Thriller | Mexico, USA | English
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Writer
R. Lance Hill, John Crowther, Fred A. Wyler
Cast
Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher
Plot
A former assassin comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
FR #14979 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Mexico, Germany | German
Director
Georg Tressler
Writer
Hans Jacoby, Werner Jorg Luddecke, B. Traven
Cast
Horst Buchholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid
Plot
After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale...
FR #15149 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Juan Ibanez
Writer
Carlos Fuentes, Juan Ibanez
Cast
Julissa, Enrique Lvarez Felix, Oscar Chavez
Plot
A 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.
Carlos Gonzalez Duenas, Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Carlos Orellana
Cast
Sara Garcia, Pedro Infante, Abel Salazar
Plot
Luis Antonio, Jose Luis and Luis Manuel are back and seemingly at ease with each other. However, destiny still has something in store for them: the spawn of one of the evil Lopez, siblings Leon and Juan Simon, are looking for veng...
FR #15641 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Writer
Daniel Jimenez, Jaime Salvador, Miguel M. Delgado
Cast
Cantinflas, Manola Saavedra, Flor Silvestre
Plot
The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.
