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Films from the country "mexique", sorted by revenue
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Japón (2003)
, 2h10Directed by Carlos Reygadas
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama
The film follows a man going through an acute existential crisis. He leaves Mexico City to go out to the country and prepare for his death, staying with an old Indian widow in her ramshackle home overlooking a desolate canyon. In the vastness of a wild and impressive nature, he confronts the infinite humanity of the widow and oscillates between cruelty and lyricism. His senses become dull, arousing his desires and instincts for sexuality and life.
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
, 1h51Directed by Nicolás Echevarría
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Daniel Giménez Cacho, Josefina Echánove, Mayra Sérbulo
Le film relate les aventures d'Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, un des premiers explorateurs espagnols, lors de sa traversée de ce qui allait devenir le sud-ouest des États-Unis et le Mexique, devenant un chaman.
Romelia's Secret (1988)
, 1h40Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Pedro Armendáriz (fils), Dolores Beristáin, Arcelia Ramírez, Diana Bracho, Lumi Cavazos, Josefina Echánove
Le film raconte l'histoire de trois générations de femmes et leurs idées sur la virginité.
Under Siege (1980)
, 1h33Directed by René Cardona Jr.
Origin Mexique
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Stuart Whitman, Antonella Interlenghi, Marisa Mell, Hugo Stiglitz, Francisco Rabal, Mario Almada
Après avoir commis un hold-up, des gangsters tentent d'échapper à la police en prenant une famille en otage. Les bandits sont alors abattus les uns après les autres.
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
, 1h33Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Jacqueline Andere, Ofelia Montesco, Claudio Brook, José Baviera
During a formal dinner party at the lavish mansion of Señor Edmundo Nobile and his wife, Lucia, the servants unaccountably leave their posts until only the major-domo is left. After dinner the guests adjourn to the music room, where one of the women, Blanca, plays a piano sonata. Later, when they might normally be expected to return home, the guests unaccountably remove their jackets, loosen their gowns, and settle down for the night on couches, chairs and the floor.
Torero! (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Carlos Velo, Carlos Velo
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Bullfighting films
Actors Dolores del Río, Miroslava
Luis Procuna est un grand matador mexicain. Il souhaite se retirer et vivre en toute quiétude auprès de son épouse. Mais le public exige qu'il remonte sur l'arène... Sur le chemin le menant au combat, le torero se souvient des instants passés et confie sa hantise de la mort.
, 1h40Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Miroslava, Ariadne Welter, Rita Macedo, Andrea Palma, Ernesto Alonso, Enrique Díaz
Archibaldo de la Cruz (Alonso) is a wealthy Mexican man. As a privileged child during the Mexican Revolution, he witnessed the death of his governess, who died as she told him a fable about a music box that his mother had just given him. Because of the contents of the story and the coincidental timing of the governess's death, a young Archibaldo concludes that he had killed the woman using the music box. It is from there that his desire to kill begins.
The Martyr of Calvary (1952)
, 1h53Directed by Miguel Morayta
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Enrique Rambal, Consuelo Frank, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Carmen Molina, Manolo Fábregas, Felipe de Alba
The Other (1946)
, 1h41Directed by Roberto Gavaldón
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dolores del Río, Víctor Junco, José Baviera, Carlos Villarías
At a Christmas party, María Méndez (Dolores del Río) learns that Magdalena Mendez, her rich twin sister, had a very comfortable lifestyle, so she kills Magdalena and assumes her identity and lifestyle. However, her life becomes complicated by her late sister's sleazy boyfriend (Víctor Junco) and Roberto Gonzalez (Agustín Irusta), who loved the "dead" María.
Maria Candelaria (1944)
, 1h16Directed by Emilio Fernández
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Miguel Inclán, Arturo Soto Rangel, José Torvay
A young journalist presses an old artist (Alberto Galán) to show a portrait of a naked indigenous woman that he has in his study. The body of the movie is a flashback to Xochimilco, Mexico, in 1909. The film is set right before the Mexican Revolution, and Xochimilco is an area with beautiful landscapes inhabited mostly by indigenous people.
The Grey Automobile (1919)
, 1h57Directed by Enrique Rosas Aragón
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Detective Cabrera wants to re-establish peace in Mexico City after a vandalism wave.
Tepeyac (1917)
, 1h4Directed by Enrique Rosas Aragón
Origin Mexique
Genres Fantasy, Historical
Lupita Flores knows her fiancé Carlos Fernández was in a boat sunk by a German submarine and she prays to the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Santa Sangre (1990)
, 2h3Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Circus films, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Blanca Guerra, Adán Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Guy Stockwell, Faviola Elenka Tapia, Sergio Bustamante
The film starts with a naked figure sitting in a tree in what looks like a mental asylum. Nurses come out to him, bringing a plate of conventional food and also one of a raw fish. As they try to coax him off of his perch, it is the fish that persuades him to come down. As the nurses get him to put on some overalls, the viewer sees that he has a tattoo of phoenix on his chest.