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1. Coco (I) (2017)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina | Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach
Votes: 589,056 | Gross: $209.73M
2. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,289
3. The Treasure Hunt: A Chad, Matt & Rob Interactive Adventure (2011)
Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Three friends get tangled up in the hunt for a long lost treasure.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Rob Polonsky
Votes: 34
4. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,724
5. 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: 90,267 | Gross: $12.06M
6. Hora marcada (1988–1990)
30 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
"Hora marcada" was a Mexican television anthology series presenting horror and science fiction; with "Mujer de Negro" (Woman in Black), who typically made cameo appearances wearing a long dress and a black veil in the background.
Stars: Frances Ondiviela, Margot Buzali, Aurora Cortés, Tere Hernández
Votes: 261
7. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 30,124
8. El aviso inoportuno (1969)
80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The misadventures of two brothers in their hard search of a decent job in Mexico City
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Enrique Cuenca, Eduardo Manzano, Carlos López Moctezuma, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 71
9.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Hidalgo
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Mando is an outlaw in Mexico who seriously wounds Matt and leaves him to die in the desert. Hidalgo controls nearly all of the small town where Matt finds refuge, and nobody will stand up ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 142
10. El lobo estepario (1966)
Short, Drama
A solitary intellectual has all his life feared his dual nature of being human and being a beast. He's decided to die on his 50th birthday, which is soon.
Director: Cristobal Ignacio Merino | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Ramon Benzanilla, Víctor García, Roberto Humphrey
Votes: 8
11.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Butler Did It
(1988)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Mary and Rose share the butler they won in a raffle.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 23
12.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
God's Work
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The good son of a crime boss returns to Miami for some reason. Castillo fears he's there to take over the business but the tragic truth surprises him. A caring priest related to the criminal and Castillo's close friend is soon murdered.
Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 326
13. La vida inútil de Pito Pérez (1970)
149 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Lucha Villa, Lilia Prado, Lupita Ferrer
Votes: 51
14. Bonanza (1959–1973)
TV-PG | 49 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 10,973
15. En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965)
82 min | Drama
Dámaso lives in a small town with his wife Ana, who is expecting a child.
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Julián Pastor, Rocío Sagaón, Graciela Enríquez, Luis Buñuel
Votes: 105
16. Ni muy, muy... ni tan, tan... simplemente Tin Tan (2005)
90 min | Documentary
Biography of the "first Mexican of the 21st century", actor, singer and dancer Tin Tan, considered the best comedian of Mexican cinema by colleagues and specialists, and an innovator and ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Marquez | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Alfonso Arnold, Rafael Avina, Jorge Ayala Blanco
Votes: 39
17. El Topo (1970)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Western
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 31,351 | Gross: $0.04M
18. Inspector Calzonzin (1974)
90 min | Comedy
A humble peasant is mistaken by a federal government inspector in a small town.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Córdova, Virma González, Héctor Ortega
Votes: 207
19. El rincón de las vírgenes (1972)
98 min | Drama, Comedy
A group of women try to convince a peddler to join them in asking the canonization of Anacleto Morones; however, he tells them who Anacleto really was.
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Emilio Fernández, Rosalba Brambila, Carmen Salinas
Votes: 118
20. 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: 18,830 | Gross: $21.67M
21. Pedro Páramo (1967)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Highly 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)... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Velo | Stars: John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa
Votes: 368
22. Camino largo a Tijuana (1988)
92 min | Action, Drama
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Estrada | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jaime Keller
Votes: 56
23. The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001)
90 min | Documentary, History
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.
Directors: Alberto Domínguez, Susan Racho, Nancy De Los Santos-Reza | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Quinn, Dolores Del Río, Pablo Ferro
Votes: 117
24. Trip to the Moon (1958)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Two friends try to hide and end up in an insane asylum, where they are mistaken for patients, and when they try to escape one of them falls in love and complicates the situation.
Director: Fernando Cortés | Stars: Kitty de Hoyos, Sergio Corona, Alfonso Arau, Néstor de Barbosa
Votes: 83
25.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Customs of the Country
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
In a satirical look at unusual, silly laws and customs, Joe and Hoss try to explain to their skeptical father why their delivery run to Agua Santos, Mexico took so long. An unimpressed Ben ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 85
26. Romancing the Stone (1984)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman
Votes: 103,160 | Gross: $76.57M
27. Bienvenido-Welcome (1994)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of sida".
Director: Gabriel Retes | Stars: Gabriel Retes, Lourdes Elizarrarás, Luis Felipe Tovar, Jesse Borrego
Votes: 181
28.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
The New Neighbors
(1988)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
When Rose needs a new handyman for the building. One of the kids' friends at school suggests his father, who is actuality a concert violinist. But he tries his best so that they could stay in the handyman's apartment.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 24
29. El Mariachi (1992)
R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt
Votes: 71,210 | Gross: $2.04M
30. Tres amigos (1970)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy
Director: Gilberto Gazcón | Stars: David Reynoso, Andrés García, Claudia Islas, Héctor Bonilla
Votes: 24
31. Looks that Kill (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Fernando Cortés | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, Ana Bertha Lepe, Tito Junco, Chula Prieto
Votes: 13
32. El águila descalza (1971)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Ofelia Medina, Christa Linder, José Gálvez
Votes: 103
33. 227 (1985–1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
This series took place in an apartment building numbered 227. The cast would frequently be sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs, involved in some discussion that would unfold into the weekly plotline.
Stars: Helen Martin, Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall
Votes: 3,979
34. A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Sutton, a young married soldier, befriends a pregnant lady who is petrified her father will disown her, and agrees to pose as her boyfriend. As time passes, they start growing fond of each other.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 36,581 | Gross: $50.01M
35. Used Cars (1980)
R | 113 min | Comedy
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae
Votes: 16,742
36. El jardín de tía Isabel (1972)
104 min | Adventure, Drama
Lope de Vega leads an expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Claudio Brook, Ofelia Guilmáin, Gregorio Casal
Votes: 30
37. Walker (1987)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka
Votes: 4,274 | Gross: $0.26M
38. Paraíso (1970)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Jorge Rivero, Ofelia Medina, Andrés García, Héctor Suárez
Votes: 45
39. El casto Susano (1954)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Joaquín Pardavé | Stars: Joaquín Pardavé, Silvia Pinal, Fernando Fernández, Antonio Aguilar
Votes: 42
40. Three Amigos! (1986)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Western
Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 83,477 | Gross: $39.25M
41. Posse (1975)
PG | 92 min | Western
An unscrupulous politico marshal and his deputies chase a gang of train robbers whose leader proves that every man has his price.
Director: Kirk Douglas | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, James Stacy
Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $0.21M
42. La palomilla al rescate (1976)
92 min | Comedy, Adventure, Family
Director: Héctor Ortega | Stars: Ignacio de Rubin, Juan Christian Ortega, Teresa de Avila, Luz Adriana
Votes: 25
43. A Painted House (2003 TV Movie)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Family
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Scott Glenn, Arija Bareikis, Robert Sean Leonard, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 1,120
44. ...und deine Liebe auch (1962)
92 min | Drama, Romance
On August 13th, 1961-the night that the Berlin Wall goes up-three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.... Upon learning of the building of the Wall, the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Vogel | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Kati Székely, Ulrich Thein, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 42
45. Mojado Power (1981)
108 min | Comedy
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Blanca Guerra, Pedro Damián, Priscilla Garcia
Votes: 68
46. Música en la noche (1958)
85 min | Musical, Comedy, Drama
An ingenious actor has an idea of making musical numbers without a dialogue when he arrives with a violin and a ladder.
Director: Tito Davison | Stars: Miguel Aceves Mejía, Amalia Aguilar, Eduardo Alcaraz, Carmen Amaya
Votes: 13
47. Redondo (1986)
90 min | Drama
Director: Raúl Busteros | Stars: Alfredo Sevilla, Diana Bracho, Fernando Balzaretti, Marcial Alejandro
Votes: 30
48. Tívoli (1975)
127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Alberto Isaac | Stars: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Córdova, Lyn May, Carmen Salinas
Votes: 151
49. The Magnificent Ambersons (2002 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Romance
The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gretchen Mol
Votes: 926
50. Stones for Ibarra (1988 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two of them find peace they were missing.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Glenn Close, Keith Carradine, Ray Oriel, Lupe Ontiveros
Votes: 142