Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Emilia Arau

1. Predator (1987)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo

Votes: 456,848 | Gross: $59.74M

2. Licence to Kill (1989)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto

Votes: 112,611 | Gross: $34.67M

3. Medicine Man (1992)

PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In the beautiful and dangerous Amazon rainforest, dissimilar people must make their choices between business, science, and love.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker, Rodolfo De Alejandre

Votes: 24,924 | Gross: $45.50M

4. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance

When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.

Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez

Votes: 18,974 | Gross: $21.67M

5. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston

Votes: 13,945

6. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 12,736 | Gross: $17.10M

7. Under the Same Moon (2007)

PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama

After his grandmother passes away, a young Mexican boy illegally travels across the border to search for his undocumented mother living and working in the U.S.

Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Adrian Alonso, Maya Zapata

Votes: 7,493 | Gross: $12.59M

8. Nine Lives (2005)

R | 115 min | Drama

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Glenn Close, LisaGay Hamilton

Votes: 7,171 | Gross: $0.48M

9. Hot Pursuit (1987)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy

Dan arrives too late for his girlfriend's family's plane to the Caribbean. He gets the next. Once there, Dan's hot pursuit of his girlfriend includes 3 friendly locals, a dubious yacht skipper, corrupt police, hijacker, pirates etc.

Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Jerry Stiller, Wendy Gazelle

Votes: 4,037 | Gross: $4.22M

10. Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A womanizer is falsely diagnosed with AIDS by a jealous lover and falls in love with a woman equally suicidal as he.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Claudia Ramírez, Luis de Icaza, Astrid Hadad

Votes: 4,058 | Gross: $0.01M

11. Power (1986)

R | 111 min | Drama

After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw

Votes: 3,397 | Gross: $3.80M

12. Deception (1992)

PG-13 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

After her businessman husband dies suspiciously in a Mexican plane crash, his widow begins to investigate his labyrinthine financial dealings, not all of which are legal.

Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson, Viggo Mortensen, Jack Thompson

Votes: 2,591 | Gross: $0.61M

13. Old Gringo (1989)

R | 119 min | Adventure, History, Romance

When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, ... See full summary »

Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras

Votes: 2,116 | Gross: $3.57M

14. Let's Get Harry (1986)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure

When Colombian revolutionaries kidnap an American engineer, his brother and friends, faced with official inaction, hire a mercenary and mount the rescue operation themselves.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Michael Schoeffling, Tom Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Jere Burns

Votes: 1,557 | Gross: $0.14M

15. The Bastards (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jesus and Fausto, two low-paid Mexican laborers working illegally across the border in LA, are offered big money and a sawn-off shotgun to break into the home of a drug addicted single mother and take her hostage.

Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Jesus Moises Rodriguez, Rubén Sosa, Nina Zavarin, Kenny Johnston

Votes: 1,523

16. Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004)

Biography, Drama, Fantasy

A look at the life of Mexican Revolution Hero Emiliano Zapata.

Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alejandro Fernández, Lucero, Patricia Velasquez, Jesús Ochoa

Votes: 1,106

17. Aquí entre nos (2011)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

Tired of being taken for granted by his wife and 3 daughters, Rodolfo Guerra wakes up one morning and decides not to go to work. Then the craziness begins.

Director: Patricia Martínez de Velasco | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Carmen Beato, Diana García, Giovana Fuentes

Votes: 795

18. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994 TV Movie)

R | 123 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ... See full summary »

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Raul Julia, Carmen Argenziano, Sonia Braga, Kamala Lopez

Votes: 760

19. The Realm of Fortune (1986)

130 min | Drama

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.

Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Votes: 518

20. A Second Chance (2001)

98 min | Comedy, Romance

Julia and Moises fell in love and got married when they were young, idealistic, and passionate; now in their 30s, their marriage has cooled and their lives have sunken into the mediocrity they had sought to avoid.

Director: Fernando Sariñana | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Lisa Owen, Jorge Poza, Ximena Sariñana

Votes: 507

21. Atlético San Pancho (2001)

101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.

Director: Gustavo Loza | Stars: Héctor Suárez, Plutarco Haza, Lumi Cavazos, Rodolfo Arias

Votes: 399

22. The Voyage of the Mimi (1984)

TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, History

The Voyage of the Mimi is a thirteen-episode American educational television program depicting the crew of the Mimi exploring the ocean and taking a census of humpback whales. Ben Affleck starred in the series.

Stars: Peter Marston, Victoria Gadsden, Edwin De Asis, Judy Pratt

Votes: 387

23. One Man's War (1991 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 87 min | Drama

Based on true events: a Paraguayan doctor and his family seek justice for his son, who was tortured to death by the dictatorial regime of Alfredo Stroessner.

Director: Sergio Toledo | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Norma Aleandro, Fernanda Torres, Leonardo García Vale

Votes: 286

24. Ciudades oscuras (2002)

113 min | Drama

Tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola; her drug addict son Fede; her friend Zeze; Zeze's daughter Susana; and junkie Vicente.

Director: Fernando Sariñana | Stars: Alejandro Tommasi, Alonso Echánove, Bruno Bichir, Demián Bichir

Votes: 242

25. Code Name: Dancer (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Kindergarten teacher Annie lives the ideal yuppy lifestyle with her BMW-driving husband. Her boring life is suddenly upset when she receives a mysterious phone call at work, telling her "the Dancer is locked in the candy store."

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Kate Capshaw, Jeroen Krabbé, Gregory Sierra, Valerie Mahaffey

Votes: 213

26. Bandidos (1991)

95 min | Action, Adventure, War

A kid runs away from boarding school to watch the cave where a bunch of bandits hide. The bandits discover and chase him but the kid escapes. He returns to the school but it's been ... See full summary »

Director: Luis Estrada | Stars: Eduardo Toussaint, Jorge Poza, Alan Gutiérrez, Sebastián Hiriart

Votes: 195

27. Green Stones (2001)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Drama

An adopted girl grows into a conflicted woman with a decadent lifestyle, until following a stable, spiritually-oriented man on a pilgrimage to the rainforest might possibly end the troubles... See full summary »

Director: Ángel Flores Torres | Stars: Vanessa Bauche, Osvaldo Benavides, Juan Claudio Retes, Gabriel Retes

Votes: 187

28. Wings of an Angel (1996)

92 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Julio is a small boy in Mexico who loses his mother. As she is dying, she promises him that she will send him an angel to take care of him. He is put in an orphanage that is nothing more ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jorge Cervera Jr. | Stars: Renee Allma, Gloria Andrea, Carlos Arau, Romeo Calles

Votes: 145

29. The Assassin (1990)

R | 91 min | Action

A CIA agent protecting a senator who falls under suspicion when his charge is shot by an assassin. In investigating the killing, the agent discovers a government conspiracy.

Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Steve Railsback, Elpidia Carrillo, Nicholas Guest, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 91

30. Trying Times (1987–1989)

30 min | Comedy

A half-hour sitcom anthology on PBS, about people who are struggling with the daily routines of life.

Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Candice Bergen, Steven Wright

Votes: 84

31. Ámbar (1994)

91 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Ambar is a trip that goes beyond the certainties of reality to reveal an astounding world governed only by imagination. When a famous hunter and his young apprentice go on an expedition ... See full summary »

Director: Luis Estrada | Stars: Jorge Russek, Alfredo Sevilla, Martín Altomaro, Muni Lubezki

Votes: 85

32. Gideon Oliver (1989)

120 min | Adventure

Gideon Oliver is an anthropology professor at Columbia University who uses his knowledge of other cultures to solve crimes, aided by his daughter and assistant Zina.

Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Shari Headley, Mary Fogarty, Michael Rooker

Votes: 55

33. Paty chula (1991)

38 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Francisco Murguía | Stars: Vanessa Ciangherotti, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Sandra Nori

Votes: 34

34. Use As Directed (2008)

28 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

A magical-realistic tale about letting go and giving up what you thought you wanted in order to get what you really need.

Director: Katherine Griffin | Stars: Cheyenne Casebier, Eduardo Arroyuelo, Yareli Arizmendi, Marita Geraghty

Votes: 21

35. Le Ballon Bleu (2022)

Comedy, Drama, Family

Le Ballon Bleu (The Blue Balloon) is both a prequel and a continuation to the 1956 classic French film Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon). When a girl with a blue balloon crosses paths with ... See full summary »

Director: Katherine Griffin | Stars: Milla Dubourdieu, Octave Bossuet, Derek Nicoletto, Rose Leligois

Votes: 9

36. Rose Colored World (2015)

4 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance

When she dares to question the directions on the back of a new hair product from New Perspectives, a cynical hairstylist gets swept away into a fantasy world. Her view of reality is altered... See full summary »

Director: Katherine Griffin | Stars: Yareli Arizmendi, Eduardo Arroyuelo, Jason D. Avalos, Cheyenne Casebier

37. Trying Times (1987–1989)
Episode: A Good Life (1989)

Comedy

LSMFT (a.k.a A Good Life), meaning "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco", follows a man who gives up smoking only to immediately become pressured by his surrounding into reconsidering this decision.

Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Robert Klein, Sheila McCarthy, Anne DeSalvo, Al Ruscio

38. Trying Times (1987–1989)
Episode: The Boss (1989)

Comedy

A widow forced to work at a fast food joint can't stand her arrogant teenage manager.

Director: Alan Arkin | Stars: Jean Stapleton, Corey Feldman, Gail Boggs, Jerry Houser