Best Mexican movies of all time
A personal list of what for me are the best Mexican films of all time and some forgotten gems of Mexican cinema
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- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsMaría FélixPedro ArmendárizFernando FernándezDuring the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsMaría FélixCarlos López MoctezumaFernando FernándezCalled 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 there, Salazar has to fight Regino Sandoval the evil landlord of the town. He has transformed the town into his own property, imposing his will and spreading death everywhere.
- 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.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsIgnacio López TarsoAlida ValliSusana CabreraA dumb homeless finds a 10,000 pesos bill, with it he pretends to buy a child of his own, unfortunately everybody around him try to steal it, tragedy will come soon.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsIgnacio López TarsoChristiane MartelReinhold OlszewskiAn illiterate Indian (Ignacio Lopez Tarso) lives an idyllic existence as a landowner on Mexico's Gulf Coast until the greed of a US oil company gets in the way. He is murdered and the lives of all those around him are irrevocably destroyed as the company takes over the land by crooked means. Based on the novel by B.Traven.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsCantinflasDan DaileyShirley JonesThe young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood director Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasRosita ArenasÁngel GarasaAn apprentice of photography is accidentally involved in a n international complot.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasÁngel GarasaRosa María VázquezA new priest comes to a little town causing discomfort to parishioners.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasSonia InfanteGuillermo ZetinaLopez, treated derisively by all as Lopitos, is a humble but loyal citizen of Los Cocos Republic who works as an assistant at the chancellery, helping to process visas. Through a sudden series of events, namely the Los Cocos Ambassador's fear of the number 13, a strict protocol, three military coups, and a revolution, all successful in the same day, with many changes in governments, and ambassadors, Lopitos becomes the ambassador--just when a powerful international struggle is taking place and the Red and Green factions are vying to attract all the yet-undecided votes among the nations of the world, to convene soon in an international conference to decide who will govern the world. All of the nations have either lined up behind the "Green" banner, led by the money-oriented Dolaronia, or the "Red" ideology, whose figurehead is the prime minister of socialist Pepeslavia; except, of course, the recently appointed civil government of Los Cocos. With the votes divided 50-50 between the Red and Green factions, diplomacy, bribery, and personal corruption fall heavily on the shoulders of His Excellency Lopitos to gain his vote. His speech will be the last at the large assembly, after long tirades from adepts of both factions, and it is a speech to end all speeches.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsPedro InfanteEvita Muñoz 'Chachita'Carmen MontejoNosotros Los Pobres stars Pedro Infante as a carpenter whose entire family must work together to clear his name after he is charged with a murder..
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsMaría FélixPedro InfanteAndrés SolerA white woman enters into a romance with a Mexican Indian. The racial barriers between the lovers prove to be insurmountable, resulting in tragedy.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsPedro InfanteBlanca Estela PavónMaría Eugenia LlamasThis 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 the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsPedro InfanteVirginia SerretBlanca Estela PavónThe story of a rancher's love affair and the struggle against the Federales in revolutionary times.
- DirectorRogelio A. GonzálezStarsPedro InfanteMarga LópezAndrés SolerA poor man goes to the capital of México. He founds a woman, gets married, and has a life of love but also of poverty.
- DirectorRamón PeónStarsJorge NegreteMaría Fernanda IbáñezMaría CastañedaMexico, end of the XIX Century,a rich owner of a big ranch refuses to accept the love between his daughter Maria de los Angeles and Carlos. As a result the young lady enters a convent to became a nun. Young Carlos is accused of a crime he didn't commit, cause the killer is his brother Felipe. Carlos escapes to the mountain where he becomes generous bandit calls El Diablo. Felipe dies and Carlos takes María de los Angeles out of the convent, but they are followed by the rural police and gunned down. She dies in Carlos' arms.
- DirectorMiguel MoraytaStarsRodolfo de AndaSonia InfanteÁngel GarasaA man hated by his father and in love with a beautiful woman whose brothers do not approve of the relationship and persecute him.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsJorge NegretePedro InfanteCarmelita GonzálezTwo best friends clash when one marries the girlfriend of the other.
- DirectorJoaquín PardavéStarsFernando FernándezMeche BarbaÓscar PulidoA dancer with a life filled with sorrow is compelled to kill a thug to protect her lover, a crippled composer.
- DirectorJoaquín PardavéStarsJoaquín PardavéAlfredo VarelaAlicia RavelA merchant is becomes widower with five dependent children who give him severe problems with their behavior.
- DirectorRafael BaledónStarsMarga LópezJoaquín PardavéAntonio AguilarA woman who feels is losing the love of her husband, seeks for help in her deceased grandmother's spirit
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsGermán ValdésAnabelle GutiérrezAndrés SolerAfter a long absence, Pito Pérez (Germán Valdés), a homeless man, returns to his village and recounts all his adventures.
- DirectorGilberto Martínez SolaresStarsGermán ValdésGregorio CasalLetícia RoblesChanoc has to stop a band of criminals from stealing a treasure in a natural well near some Mayan ruins.
- DirectorJorge FonsStarsManuel López OchoaLucha VillaHéctor Suárez
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsDolores Del RíoPedro ArmendárizVíctor JuncoA 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-century Mexico.