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- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsPina PellicerIgnacio López TarsoAdriana RoelA psychological melodrama about a lonely country woman who embarks on a marriage with a city chauffeur which is doomed to fail, this vehicle for an actress who would commit suicide later the year of the film,s release serves as her testament.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsColumba DomínguezRoberto CañedoArturo Soto RangelAurelio 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.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsClaudio BrookRita MacedoArturo BeristáinThe 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.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique RambalThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
- DirectorCarlos Enrique TaboadaStarsAna Patricia RojoElsa María GutiérrezLeonor LlausásA 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.
- DirectorFelipe CazalsStarsEnrique LuceroSalvador SánchezErnesto Gómez CruzA 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.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsPedro InfanteLuis AguilarAurora SeguraA drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.
- DirectorLuis EstradaStarsDamián AlcázarPedro Armendáriz Jr.Delia CasanovaA naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.
- DirectorAlejandro GalindoStarsFernando SolerDavid SilvaMartha RothA 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.
- DirectorJuan IbáñezStarsJulissaEnrique Álvarez FélixÓscar ChávezA 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.
- 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.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsRicardo MontalbanAriadne WelterVíctor ParraScientist 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.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsFernando SolerRita MacedoNicolás RodríguezIn 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.
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsCantinflasJoaquín PardavéSara GarcíaThe 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 lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsJoaquín PardavéArturo de CórdovaMapy CortésA not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsDolores Del RíoPedro ArmendárizJulio VillarrealA tragic love story between the daughter of a rich miner and a humble cockfight owner/trainer (gallero) puts filial love, defense of honour, and loyalty to the test.
- DirectorAlonso RuizpalaciosStarsTenoch HuertaSebastián AguirreIlse SalasTomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsArturo de CórdovaDelia GarcésAurora WalkerA 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.
- 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.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsDolores Del RíoPedro López LagarEduardo NoriegaMarta (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 a su único hijo (Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr.). Debido a su obsesión, Marta no se da cuenta que la única afectada psicológicamente en su familia es ella.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFederico LuppiRon PerlmanClaudio BrookA mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsErnesto AlonsoMiroslavaRita MacedoThe delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
- DirectorCarlos VeloStarsJohn GavinIgnacio López TarsoPilar PellicerHighly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes as its basis a son's search for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s. Stereotypical (or archetypal) figures from early Mexican cinema appear from time to time, and the violence of the revolutionary period is not ignored. Scenes of the father's earthy lifestyle are placed amid his son's search for him.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsArturo de CórdovaLeticia PalmaRamón GayA fortune teller blackmails a beautiful widow whose husband has recently died.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAlfonso MejíaRoberto CoboEstela IndaA 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsFernando SolerSara GarcíaJoaquín PardavéA marriage suffers various family problems, but eventually on a Christmas Eve happiness comes forth again.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsRosita QuintanaFernando SolerVíctor Manuel MendozaAn unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for very, very 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 members of the household, until they are virtually fighting with each other.
- 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.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsRossana PodestàCrox AlvaradoArmando SilvestreAntonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. One day, the escaped prisoner José-Luis appears and is hid by his friend Antonio. Although José-Luis does not want to betray his friend, a love affair with tragic consequences between him and Rossana develops.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsPedro ArmendárizAnita BlanchRebeca IturbideMarcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFrancisco RabalMarga LópezRita MacedoA priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsDolores Del RíoPedro ArmendárizAlberto GalánIn Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. María Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple faces the greed of Mr. Damian, the town's shop owner who secretly desires María. When María falls sick with Malaria, Lorenzo Rafael steals a quinine bottle from Damian's shop, unleashing tragedy for the lovers.
- DirectorFernando de FuentesStarsMarta RoelEnrique del CampoCarlos VillatoroAlfonso (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, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando SolerRosario GranadosAndrés SolerA father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsMaría FélixPedro ArmendárizAndrés SolerA dramatic story which tells the love between a beautiful woman named Gabriela and a revolutionary man. All framed by violent and exciting battles.
- DirectorGilberto Martínez SolaresStarsGermán ValdésAlicia CaroAndrés SolerNew in the city, Tin Tan's distant relatives abuse his good nature and have him work for them as a servant, until his godfather intervenes. A comic take on Cinderella.
- 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.
- DirectorJosé EstradaStarsIgnacio López TarsoOfelia GuilmáinAna MartínMexican thriller about a mentally perturbed serial killer who considers himself a prophet. He lives with his elderly mother, who went many years to jail because she took blame of his first murder. Now he thinks he is saving prostitutes by strangling them, until he faces a dilemma when the woman he loves also becomes a prostitute because of her poverty.
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoDaniel MirandaEnrique ArreolaFlama 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 and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents' divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as well as frustration in adult life. "Temporada de Patos" is a movie that shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars.
- DirectorRoberto FiescoStarsFernando García OrtegaLilia OrtegaJorge FonsThe memory and testimony of two characters: One, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite some years ago, and now calls himself with a different name. 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.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsClaudio BrookSilvia PinalEnrique Álvarez FélixSimon, 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.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsArturo de CórdovaPedro ArmendárizEstela IndaMelodrama 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.
- DirectorServando GonzálezStarsEnrique LizaldeEnrique AguilarCarlos CardánA woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
- DirectorRogelio A. GonzálezStarsArturo de CórdovaAmparo RivellesElda PeraltaA taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaIsmael RodríguezChano UruetaStarsAna Luisa PeluffoCarlos PiñarArmando SilvestreA movie divided in two segments, the first "la Puerta" (the Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a menacing human figure appears. The second "la Mujer del carnicero" (the butcher's wife) is set during the mexican revolution and is about the guilt that a butcher felt after committing a crime.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsMarga LópezJorge Martínez de HoyosEnrique RochaAfter serving his conviction, a former gunman returns to his town planning to live a quiet life, however, the sons of a man he killed have other plans.
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsPedro Armendáriz Jr.Elizabeth AguilarIsabel AndradeIn 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 because although they aren't rich, they have many expensive American things. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.
- DirectorGilberto Martínez SolaresStarsGermán ValdésRosita QuintanaNelly MontielTin Tan plays a broke man who is trying to put on a musical to pay his debts.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsJorge NegretePedro InfanteCarmelita GonzálezTwo best friends clash when one marries the girlfriend of the other.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaStarsManolo FábregasLucha VillaHéctor SuárezA 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.
- DirectorRené CastilloStarsBruno BichirDaniel CubilloEugenia LeónA dead man follows the path from his burial site to the underworld. Refuses his status until he embraces his own death.