Manuel Arvide

Land of Men

On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them.

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.

Vuelven los García

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

The Three Garcías

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?

This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.

Camelia

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

Gangsters Versus Cowboys

Gangster Johnny Carmenta must confront the "Charro of the Slums" Pancho Domínguez, who has control over the city, but their rivalry gets worse when rumba dancer Rosa befriends both men.

Honeymoon

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

La Devoradora

After her lover commits suicide, Diana involves her fiancé and his nephew in a scheme to help her disappear with the corpse.

Cabaret Shanghai

Nightclub-owner/gangster discovers that his dame and his second-in-command are cheating on him.

Tongolele Has Been Killed

Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?

In the Palm of Your Hand

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat?

The Woman and the Beast

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.

Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.

Águila o sol

At birth, three children are abandoned in a convent. They are Polito Sol and his siblings, Adriana and Carmelo Águila and they grow up to become the "Águila o Sol" trio. Many years later, Don Hipólito, Polito's father becomes rich and decides to search for his son. In the end he finds Polito and the Aguila siblings.

The Sign of Death

Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo.

Cantinflas Ruletero

Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.

El reino de los gángsters

Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected.

Nazarin

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.

Tizoc

An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.

The Shadow of the Tyrant

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

Soledad's Shawl

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

Another Dawn

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

Doña Perfecta

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.

El ametralladora

Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes.

Viva Mi Desgracia

After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.

Ambición sangrienta

A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.

Cinco rostros de mujer

"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be?

Twilight

Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.

La pequeña madrecita

Little girl develops her maternal instincts with dolls and with an infant cousin while family tragedies erupt over and over again around her.

Santa

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito

Perdición de mujeres

Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd.

Sol en llamas

A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.

Sandra, the Woman of Fire

An exuberant dancer decides to change her lifestyle after meeting a millionaire.

The Last Rebel

Mexican western film about Joaquin Murrieta, the Robin Hood of the West.

Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl

Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local woman with great dancing skills. He falls in love with her and takes the girl to Mexico, but their relationship gets awry when Tania cheats on him with another man.

Sombrero

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

La soñadora

La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.

The Tigress

The attractive and rapturous Eva is ready to do anything to be the protagonist of a cruel and painful romance. Determined, the young woman falls in love with the humble craftsman Bruno, whom she later abandons to marry the millionaire Ernesto. Bruno goes mad with pain and is admitted to a madhouse. In delirium, Bruno imagines a tigress with Eva's face attacking her in her delusions.

The Medallion of Crime

Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder.

Prisionera del pasado

Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution.

María la Voz

A small-town woman with psychic sensitivities gets tangled up in the blood-feud between two families and in a romantic rivalry with her best friend.

Para siempre amor mío

A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.

Hombres sin alma

Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.

Monte de piedad

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.

La hermana blanca

A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.

Assassins of the Night

After serving a prison sentence, a guy goes after the gang-leader who framed him.

Toda una vida

A beautiful young woman, adopted as a child by a man, falls in love with her stepfather and wants to conceive a child with him.