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1. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,538
2. The Young and the Damned (1950)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Votes: 21,995
3. El (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker, Carlos Martínez Baena
Votes: 6,569
4. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López
Votes: 4,504
5. Death in the Garden (1956)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,609
6. The Brute (1953)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas, Andrés Soler
Votes: 2,252
7. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea
Votes: 2,105
8. Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
82 min | Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin".
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro, Fernando Soto, Agustín Isunza
Votes: 1,642
9. The Great Madcap (1949)
92 min | Comedy
A father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 1,412
10. Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
97 min | Drama
Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais, Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Votes: 1,373
11. The River and Death (1954)
91 min | Drama
In a backward village where members of two rival families have kept killing each other for generations, a young doctor is expected to avenge his father.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 946
12. Daughter of Deceit (1951)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
After discovering he's being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Upon leaving, his wife confesses that their daughter Martha is actually not Quintin'd daughter... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Soler, Alicia Caro, Fernando Soto, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 751
13. Mecánica nacional (1971)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A 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.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Manolo Fábregas, Lucha Villa, Héctor Suárez, Sara García
Votes: 413
14. El siete machos (1951)
98 min | Comedy, Western
In order to woo Rosario, Margarito pretends to be the famous outlaw "Siete Machos", called like that because "he possesses the courage of seven macho men".
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Cantinflas, Alma Rosa Aguirre, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Miguel Inclán
Votes: 392
15. El inocente (1956)
105 min | Comedy, Musical
After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane (Pinal) drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the ... See full summary »
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Silvia Pinal, Sara García, Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo
Votes: 317
16. Tlayucan (1962)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A man becomes a thief out of desperation. If his identity becomes known, his neighbors might lynch him. The only friendly face in town is the local priest.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Julio Aldama, Norma Angélica, Andrés Soler, Anita Blanch
Votes: 224
17. Fe, esperanza y caridad (1974)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie consists of three separate segments, each dealing with faith, hope, and charity.
Directors: Luis Alcoriza, Alberto Bojórquez, Jorge Fons | Stars: Fabiola Falcón, Armando Silvestre, David Silva, Roberto Ramírez Garza
Votes: 213
18. Tiburoneros (1963)
100 min | Drama
Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico. He works hard and sends money to his wife and children, who live in Mexico City. Although he misses his family, he's ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Julio Aldama, Dacia González, Tito Junco, Amanda del Llano
Votes: 201
19. Terror and Black Lace (1986)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Isabel Martinez (Maribel Guardia) is a naive stay-at-home wife, who constantly is being mistreated by her abusive husband, what they do not know is their quiet and polite neighbor is actually a crazed sex maniac.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Gonzalo Vega, Maribel Guardia, Claudio Obregón, Jaime Moreno
Votes: 194
20. Escuela de rateros (1958)
G | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Yolanda Varela, Rosita Arenas, Rosa Elena Durgel
Votes: 184
21. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Not Rated | 128 min | Musical
Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Renée Fleming
Votes: 172
22. Siete mil días juntos (1994)
100 min | Comedy
Petra and Matías have been married for twenty years. She is a cellist and fond of spiritualism. He works as a janitor in the autopsy room of the medical school. Petra has a sour and ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: José Sacristán, María Barranco, Pilar Bardem, Chus Lampreave
Votes: 150
23. La puerta y la mujer del carnicero (1969)
87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Luis Alcoriza, Ismael Rodríguez, Chano Urueta | Stars: Ana Luisa Peluffo, Carlos Piñar, Armando Silvestre, Beatriz Baz
Votes: 137
24. La vida no vale nada (1955)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
Con una perspectiva un poco fatalista sobre la naturaleza humana y la búsqueda de la felicidad a través del amor, Pablo experimenta de manera cínica algunas relaciones sin éxito.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Rosario Granados, Domingo Soler, Magda Guzmán
Votes: 134
25. Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos) (1965)
105 min | Drama
A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Jaime Fernández, Aurora Clavel, Eric del Castillo
Votes: 117
26. Presagio (1974)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When the bottle she uses to help women give birth to their children breaks, midwife Mama Santos announces that something terrible will happen in a small town in the Mexican countryside. ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: David Reynoso, Fabiola Falcón, Lucha Villa, Pancho Córdova
Votes: 114
27. Lo que importa es vivir (1987)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Candelario is a wanderer who arrives to Don Lázaro's hacienda. He soon proves to be a good worker full of ideas and gives new life to the decadent hacienda. He also attract the attention of Don Lázaro's wife Chabela.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Gonzalo Vega, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Loló Navarro
Votes: 102
28. Gitana tenías que ser (1953)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Pastora, una cantante española, es contratada para filmar una película en México. Después de descartar varios galanes termina por seleccionar a Pablo, un mariachi poco conocido. Durante el ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Pedro Infante, Carmen Sevilla, Estrellita Castro, Ángel Garasa
Votes: 98
29. Pesadilla para un rico (1996)
96 min | Comedy
Álvaro de la Garza is a mature and wealthy banker who leads a placid existence. However, his life is suddenly complicated when the girl with whom he had spent the night before wakes up dead... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Carlos Larrañaga, Beatriz Rico, Álvaro de Luna, Carme Elias
Votes: 86
30. Tres mujeres en la hoguera (1979)
108 min | Drama
Alex, a real estate businessman, has no concerns in giving her wife every kind of freedom. They invite Gloria, an old friend of both, to spend the summer break in their countryside house ... See full summary »
Director: Abel Salazar | Stars: Maricruz Olivier, Pilar Pellicer, Maritza Olivares, Rogelio Guerra
Votes: 82
31. Un Buñuel mexican (1997)
56 min | Documentary
Documentary made with interviews of people close to Buñuel.
Director: Emilio Maillé | Stars: Luis Buñuel, Jeanne Buñuel, Denise Tual, Carlos Fuentes
Votes: 82
32. Untouched (1954)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Ariadne Welter, Víctor Parra, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Votes: 80
33. Amor y sexo (Safo 1963) (1964)
110 min | Drama
Diana (Maria Felix) is a mature woman with a life full of romantic adventures, living a life of prostitution and drugs in the circles of Mexican society.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: María Félix, Augusto Benedico, José Gálvez, Laura Garcés
Votes: 68
34. Departamento de soltero (1971)
90 min | Comedy
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Eduardo Alcaraz, Amador Bendayan, Ana María Bribiesca, Susana Cabrera
Votes: 65
35. La sombra del ciprés es alargada (1990)
100 min | Drama
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Fiorella Faltoyano, Juanjo Guerenabarrena, Dany Primus
Votes: 63
36. Las fuerzas vivas (1975)
103 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
During the Mexican revolution, the news about the war arrive late causing confusion in a small town.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: David Reynoso, Armando Silvestre, Héctor Lechuga, Carmen Salinas
Votes: 62
37. Semana santa en Acapulco (1981)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Lucha Villa, David Reynoso, Luis Manuel Pelayo, Tere Velázquez
Votes: 60
38. Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951)
90 min | Comedy
An Argentine and a Mexican become friends by coincidence. Some Italians confuse them for mafia people and try to kill them, but the band leader cannot kill them because he falls in love.
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Pepe Iglesias, Alma Rosa Aguirre, Fernando Soto, Julio Villarreal
Votes: 59
39. El ahijado de la muerte (1946)
82 min | Adventure, Drama
A Hacienda foreman, known as Death's Godson, rebels against his childhood friend and master.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Jorge Negrete, Rita Conde, Leopoldo 'Chato' Ortín, Tito Junco
Votes: 57
40. Juego peligroso (1967)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
Two stories set in Río de Janeiro: The first (HO) is about a man who picks up a newlywed couple on the highway to Río; their car is wrecked and the man offers to deliver the bride to their ... See full summary »
Directors: Luis Alcoriza, Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Julissa, Milton Rodríguez, Leonardo Villar
Votes: 46
41. Paraíso (1970)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Jorge Rivero, Ofelia Medina, Andrés García, Héctor Suárez
Votes: 45
42. Me gustan valentones! (1959)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Rosita Quintana, Luis Aguilar, Eulalio González, Andrés Soler
Votes: 45
43. A paso de cojo (1980)
120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Villagers of towns affected during the Cristero War in 1926-29, in Mexico.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Luis Manuel Pelayo, Bruno Rey, Julio Alejandro Lobato, Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán
Votes: 45
44. La isla de las mujeres (1953)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Germán Valdés, Lilia del Valle, Fernando Soto, Marcelo Chávez
Votes: 41
45. La tijera de oro (1960)
80 min | Drama, Comedy
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Germán Valdés, Lilia Guízar, Roberto Ramírez Garza, Luis Aragón
Votes: 40
46. El muro del silencio (1974)
TV-14 | 105 min | Drama
Regina, quien vive con su hijo Daniel, pierde su empleo de maestra debido a la ilegitimidad de éste pero monta un taller de costura, y mantiene a su hijo alejado de la gente. Cinta en la ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Brontis Jodorowsky, Fabiola Falcón, David Reynoso, Armando Silvestre
Votes: 39
47. Romeo contra Julieta (1968)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Angélica María, Alberto Vázquez, Alejandro Suárez, Patricia Morán
Votes: 37
48. En la trampa (1979)
103 min | Drama
Director: Raúl Araiza | Stars: José Alonso, Carmen Montejo, Gloria Marín, Raúl Ramírez
Votes: 36
49.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel
(2017)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Thomas Adès, Susan Graham, Joseph Kaiser, Audrey Luna
Votes: 36
50. La miel se fue de la luna (1952)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Pablo, un reconocido médico, está a punto de casarse con Mini y decide tomar la personalidad de su amigo Ricardo para no comprometerse en una aventura amorosa con África.
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Sara García, Alma Rosa Aguirre, Abel Salazar, Manolo Fábregas
Votes: 34