Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-pancho-villa"

1. Demolition Man (1993)

R | 115 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

Director: Marco Brambilla | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne

Votes: 193,424 | Gross: $58.06M

2. Bound by Honor (1993)

R | 180 min | Crime, Drama

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo

Votes: 34,042 | Gross: $4.50M

3. The Wild Bunch (1969)

R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 90,394 | Gross: $12.06M

4. The Professionals (1966)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode

Votes: 18,847 | Gross: $19.54M

5. The Mechanic (1972)

PG | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland

Votes: 15,757 | Gross: $7.30M

6. Get the Gringo (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.

Director: Adrian Grunberg | Stars: Mel Gibson, Kevin Balmore, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa

Votes: 111,653

7. From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999 Video)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller, Western

Set 100 years ago in Mexico, this horror/western is the story of the birth of the vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium.

Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Ara Celi, Jordana Spiro

Votes: 12,602

8. A Promise (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray

Votes: 4,519

9. The Lost Battalion (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, War

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Phil McKee, Jamie Harris, Jay Rodan

Votes: 8,233

10. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)

Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen

Votes: 3,106 | Gross: $0.03M

11. Walkout (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 110 min | Drama

A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.

Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring

Votes: 1,574

12. The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)

Approved | 92 min | Romance, War, Western

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 519

13. A Covenant with Death (1967)

97 min | Drama

A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, Earl Holliman

Votes: 385

14. Sister Aimee (2019)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy

America’s most famous evangelist is a woman looking for a way out. Fed up with her own success, and swept up in her lover’s daydreams about Mexico, she finds herself on a wild road trip to the border. Based on true events. Mostly made up.

Directors: Samantha Buck, Marie Schlingmann | Stars: Michael Mosley, Julie White, Jordan Elsass, Nathan Zellner

Votes: 247

15. Antonieta (1982)

Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War

Anna uncovers an incident involving a young Mexican woman, Antonieta, while doing research for a book on women's suicides in the XXth century. In 1931, in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Antonieta shot herself through the heart.

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio López Tarso, Carlos Bracho

Votes: 405

16. Mother's House (2011)

Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Horror

While emptying his late mother's rural home, Thomas and his wife, Catherine, discover increasingly disturbing secrets until the choice between memory and truth threatens to destroy them both.

Director: Davis Hall | Stars: Tim Guinee, Kathryn Erbe, Miles Cohoe, Denny Dillon

Votes: 51

17. I Am Joaquin (1969)

20 min | Documentary, Short, History

This short film is based on the poem by the same title published by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales in 1967.

Director: Luis Valdez | Star: Luis Valdez

Votes: 158

18. The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014)

95 min | Documentary, Biography

This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The ... See full summary »

Director: Marilyn Ann Moss | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Johnny Crear, Dorisa Day, Illeana Douglas

Votes: 250

19. The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970 TV Special)

90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

Bob and crew entertain military personnel at stops through Southeast Asia and Europe.

Director: Mort Lachman | Stars: Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, The Golddiggers, Teresa Graves

Votes: 26

20. Los rollos perdidos de Pancho Villa (2003)

49 min | Documentary

Intrigued by the legendary Mexican military leader Pancho Villa's little-known relationship with Hollywood, filmmaker and sleuth Gregorio Rocha goes on a search for lost footage that Villa ... See full synopsis »

Director: Gregorio Rocha | Star: Gregorio Rocha

Votes: 21

21. The Pershing Story (1960)

Not Rated | Documentary, Biography

Biography documentary produced in the 1960's of famous American World War I General John Pershing. Special emphasis is given to his war exploits in Mexico pursuing folk rebel Pancho Villa.

22. Madero of Mexico (1942)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama

This film chronicles the short political life of Francisco Madero (1873-1913), who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Paul Guilfoyle, Joe Dominguez, John Picorri

Votes: 49

23. The Mexicans (1983 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

John Pilger reports on political repression in Mexico.

Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Larry Hall

24. Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
Episode: Time Out of Mind (2002)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Odyssey crew begin to lose their memories of the future and their present mission to save the Earth.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva

Votes: 96

25. Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993–1994)
Episode: Slater's War (1993)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Slater's involvement with an student activist leads him to embrace his Hispanic heritage.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Anne Tremko

Votes: 92

26. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode: Assistant Wanted, Female (1970)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Mary reluctantly hires Phyllis to be her assistant in the newsroom.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod

Votes: 235

27. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

As the armies of World War One struggled under an onslaught of terrifying weapons, the German government broke the stalemate and issued in a new era of warfare by turning to covert operations.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Jean-Jacques Becker, Jules Witcover, Mark Seaman

28. Birth of Hollywood (2011)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2011)

Documentary, History

As Hollywood matures in the late 1910s and into the Roaring Twenties, scandals threaten the new studios. A scandal involving Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle brings the problem to a boiling point.

Director: Paul Merton | Stars: Paul Merton, Michael Barrett Austin, Charlotte Chanler, Danica Dodds

Votes: 7

29. Warographics (2021– )
Episode: Pancho Villa Expedition: When America Entered the Mexican Revolution (2022)

26 min | Documentary

In 1916, Pancho Villa crossed the border to attack the US town of Columbus, NM. In retaliation, Woodrow Wilson ordered an American invasion of north Mexico - thereby dragging Washington ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

30. Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode: The Big Snag (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

In a special, black and white noir episode, Pete and Myka are transported into an unfinished 1940s crime novel.

Director: Chris Fisher | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti

Votes: 481

31. The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
The Evil Woodrow Wilson Revisited (2023 Podcast Episode)

News

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Stars: Tom Woods, CJ Killmer

32. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 60-53 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

We begin the countdown of America's most notorious unsolved mysteries and crimes by exploring who killed Marilyn Monroe and ask if one of America's most infamous killers got away with murder.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, John McGinnis, Troy Taylor, Paul Aron

33. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Greenpernt Oogle/The Mail Animal or Bullwinkle Stamps His Foot (1960)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Greenpernt Oogle" Part 1, Aesop and Son "The Canary and the Musical Hares", Peabody's Improbable History "Pancho Villa", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Greenpernt Oogle" Part 2.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 29

34. Your Welcome (2017– )
Teddy Roosevelt's Last War - David Pietrusza (2018 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Author David Pietrusza discusses his latest book, "TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy," with host Michael Malice.

Stars: Michael Malice, David Pietrusza