Movies & TV Shows/Series by Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía at a glance

342 movies found (page 1/12):

El Infierno(2010)

3.9/5 (with 255 votes)

Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.

Directed by Luis Estrada - With Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosío Osuna, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Elizabeth Cervantes, Daniel Giménez Cacho, ...

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Deseo(2013)

1h 37min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 116 votes)

Eight short stories of seduction and illicit encounters between lovers, filled with humor and eroticism, which use a circular structure located in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a colonial city of Mexico.

Directed by Antonio Zavala Kugler - With Christian Bach, Leonor Varela, Edith González, Paulina Gaitán, Gerardo Taracena

Herod's Law(1999)

2h | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

4.0/5 (with 71 votes)

Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.

Directed by Luis Estrada - With Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Alex Cox, Delia Casanova

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The Crime of Padre Amaro(2002)

1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 115 votes)

Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.

Directed by Carlos Carrera - With Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Angélica Aragón, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Sancho Gracia, Andrés Montiel, ...

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Miss Bala(2011)

| 1h 53min | Drama, Action

3.3/5 (with 75 votes)

The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.

Directed by Gerardo Naranjo - With Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier, Noé Hernández, James Russo, Juan Carlos Galván, Stephanie Sigman, ...

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Dance with the Devil(1997)

2h 6min | Action, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 84 votes)

She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia - With Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, James Gandolfini, ...

Midaq Alley(1995)

| 2h 20min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 25 votes)

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Directed by Jorge Fons - With Salma Hayek, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Claudio Obregón, ...

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The Untamed(2016)

1h 38min | Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller, Horror

3.0/5 (with 70 votes)

Desperate to flee but consumed by fear, Alejandra, a young mother and working housewife, is trapped in a violent and unsatisfying relationship with her husband, Angel. She leans on her brother Fabián for support, but he has secrets of his own. All of their lives are turned upside down by the arrival of the mysterious Veronica. She convinces them that in the nearby woods, inside an isolated cabin, dwells something not of this world that could be the answer to all of their problems... something whose force they cannot resist and with whom they must make peace or suffer its wrath.

Directed by Amat Escalante - With Ruth Ramos

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Crazy About Work(2018)

1h 32min | Comedy

3.9/5 (with 71 votes)

Alicia is a workaholic executive who suddenly loses her job and her family. In her process of rebuilding, she associates with a neighbor and helps her in her business. This is how she manages to be the most successful businesswoman in the country. During this process, she tries to reconquer her husband, only to realize that in order to return with him, she will have to learn to balance work and family life.

Directed by Luis Eduardo Reyes

We Are the Flesh(2016)

1h 19min | Drama, Horror, Fantasy

2.6/5 (with 42 votes)

After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.

Directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter - With Noé Hernández

Poison for the Fairies(1986)

1h 30min | Fantasy, Horror

3.7/5 (with 43 votes)

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada - With Ana Patricia Rojo, Leonor Llausás, Arturo Beristáin

The Virgin of Lust(2002)

2h 31min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 57 votes)

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?

Directed by Arturo Ripstein - With Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Juan Diego, Alberto Estrella, Daniel Giménez Cacho, ...

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Güeros(2015)

| 1h 46min | Drama, Comedy

3.8/5 (with 54 votes)

Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.

Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios - With Ténoch Huerta, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris

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Strawberry and Chocolate(1993)

1h 48min | Comedy, Drama

3.6/5 (with 35 votes)

Havana, Cuba, 1979. Flamboyantly gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David, an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to become friends with Diego so he can monitor the artist's subversive life for the state. As Diego and David discuss politics, individuality and personal expression in Castro's Cuba, a genuine friendship develops between the two. But can it last? Strawberry and Chocolate became an instant hit when it was released, and has become a classic of Cuban cinema due to its charming and authentic exploration of a connection between two people under historical circumstances that seem levelled against them.

Directed by Juan Carlos Tabío, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - With Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez, Vladimir Cruz, Francisco Gattorno, Mirtha Ibarra, Marilyn Solaya

Trembling(2015)

20min | Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting and even dancing, knowing full well that this encounter will be brief and short-lived.

Sólo con tu pareja(1991)

1h 34min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 26 votes)

Tomás Tomás is a young yuppie playboy with a string of discarded girlfriends. But when Silvia, the victim of one of his adventures, tries to get revenge by typing "positive" on his AIDS test, Tomás experiences for the first time the realities of love and death.

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón - With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ariel López Padilla, Regina Orozco, Claudia Ramírez, Dobrina Cristeva, Astrid Hadad, ...

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Pastorela(2011)

1h 28min | Fantasy, Comedy

3.4/5 (with 18 votes)

Agent Jesus Juarez (aka Chucho) has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play. This Christmas, when the new pastor of the church recasts the role, the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.

Directed by Emilio Portes - With Carlos Cobos, Joaquín Cosío Osuna, Eduardo España, Ana Serradilla, Dagoberto Gama

7 Days(2005)

1h 35min | Comedy

3.6/5 (with 17 votes)

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.

Directed by Fernando Kalife

Oedipus Mayor(1996)

1h 40min | Drama, War

2.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.

Directed by Jorge Alí Triana - With Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez, Ángela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Jairo Camargo, Míriam Colón

Chicogrande(2010)

1h 35min | History, Drama, War

3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.

Directed by Felipe Cazals - With Bruno Bichir, Damián Alcázar, Juan Manuel Bernal Chávez, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Lisa Owen

A Day Without a Mexican(2004)

| 1h 40min | Comedy, Mystery

2.5/5 (with 15 votes)

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.

Directed by Sergio Arau - With Yareli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan, Caroline Aaron, Tony Abatemarco, Fernando Arau, ...

Half of the World(2011)

1h 32min | Comedy, Drama

2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

The story is about a young man suffering mental retardation and sexual awakening, poet is charismatic and has the ability to pay attention to those little insignificant details of everyday life. His new status as a lover will bring popularity and with it problems will expose prejudice and false morality of a blinded people to wash their sins charged with the death of the less guilty.

The Other Side(2017)

15min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Felipe and Claudio have a unique relationship. Somehow destiny pulls them apart and sets Felipe on a journey where he will risk everything in his pursuit of happiness.

Cabeza de Vaca(1991)

1h 51min | Action, Drama, History

3.3/5 (with 14 votes)

An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.

Directed by Nicolás Echevarría - With Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Cobo, Josefina Echánove

Pink Punch(2004)

1h 40min | Drama

1.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Jimmy Morales is a young fighter with a short career but with a promising future in the world of boxing. One night, after watching a movie, he witnesses a cold-blooded murder committed by Germán Corona, a known gangster of the neighborhood. Their eyes meet, Jimmy fears the worst, but the murderer runs away inexplicably. From that moment, a peculiar relationship between the boxer and gangster develop.

Manos Libres(2005)

1h 25min | Thriller, Drama

3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

Two students at a Mexico City university are desperate to attend an Acapulco rave — so desperate that they’ll kidnap a girl to raise the funds to get there.

Workers(2013)

2h | Drama

3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retirement from the large corporate facility where he's worked for 30 years. When Lidia's boss dies, leaving everything to her dog, and Rafael's plans get derailed, they both turn to criminal subterfuge to get what their harsh lot in life has denied them.

Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve(2015)

21min | Documentary, Drama

2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

Dance and prostitution play the same role for Cristhian’s body. Virtuosity, desire, technique, and sex intertwine, granting coherence to a way of life that offers many answers to few questions. A leitmotiv that reconciles opposites and contradictions. Answers that are sometimes painful, like all truths.

Disrupted(2013)

1h 35min | Documentary

3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.

Directed by Roberto Fiesco

No One Writes to the Colonel(1999)

1h 58min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still waiting, living with the pain of the death of his son.

Directed by Arturo Ripstein - With Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Julián Pastor, Odiseo Bichir, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, ...

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