Carlos López Moctezuma

Preludio 11

Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is afoot. Under the command of an American officer, four Cubans ex-patriots and a Guatemalan land on the Cuban coast to prepare a US invasion of the island. Daniela's superior, the corrupt Cuban officer Palomino, is secretly helping the invaders and the young woman becomes entangled in the intrigue.

Viva Maria!

1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.

Night of the Bloody Apes

A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.

The Curse of the Crying Woman

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.

The Proud and the Beautiful

Nelly arrives with her sick husband in a remote town in Mexico. But the hot weather does not help the sick husband and he ends up dying of meningitis. In this sudden and painful way, Nelly, who realizes that she has lost her tickets and money, ends up alone and lost in this foreign country. The only help she gets comes from an alcoholic named Georges, who she will end up discovering is a French expatriate who has not managed to recover from the tragic death of his wife.

Looking for a Wall

The life of the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and his quest to create a career in New York.

La casa del ogro

Lives of the tenants in a shabby-genteel apartment house. Miserly landlord learns valuable life lessons.

Those Who Came Back

A small disparate group of people board a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires. A remake of the film Five Came Back (1939) directed by John Farrow.

Champion Without Crown

A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.

Hidden River

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.

Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler

When Santo beat to Estrangulador, one of his strongest enemies, thought not ever see it, but thanks to Tor returns to avenge the death of Santo.

El Padre Pistolas

Feature on the adventures that develop the most perfect of false priest.

Simón Bolívar

Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.

Una cita de amor

The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants to marry her with Ernesto, nephew of his friend, the judge. Román owns a little ranch. A brawl in the town will unleash several deaths that will affect the already difficult relationship.

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.

Ave de paso

Mexican movie

El conde de Montecristo

Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.

800 Leagues Over the Amazon

Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.

La bestia negra

Comedy/drama about railroad workers.

Como México no hay dos

Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.

The Underdogs

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.

Canta Y No Llores

Young woman has to choose between three potential husbands, so she leaves town for awhile to sing for a living and sort out her feelings.

X Murderer

A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.

Perjura

Musical romance set in 1880s Mexico.

En un burro tres baturros

Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners.

Llanto por Juan Indio

The story revolves around a farmer who is tried for stealing a military rifle and is sentenced to death.

The Rock of Souls

The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.

Konga Roja

A new supervisor arrives at a banana plantation to find out the truth behind a series of strange events.

Canaima

College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.

Sota, caballo y rey

Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.

Perro callejero

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

Así se quiere en Jalisco

Romantic triangle, land-owner and two employees.

La cárcel de Cananea

Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.

Bajo el cielo de Sonora

Army officer goes undercover to investigate political unrest in a border state.

Pretty sky!

Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman

Arrullo de Dios

Motherhood-and-martyrdom melodrama.

Los Cristeros

When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes place. Disagreements over the new laws create conflict within the protagonist's family.

Ángeles de arrabal

Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.

El abandonado

Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.

El solitario

The bad guy's trying to push through a land-speculation deal and force his sister to marry someone against her wishes. The good guy interferes.

El malvado Carabel

Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.

This Was Pancho Villa: Third chapter

The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.

This Was Pancho Villa: Second chapter

The second chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.

This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter

The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.

Crimen y castigo

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Amor a la Mexicana

Two salesmen compete for top honors at the company they represent.

Candelaria

Subsistance-farmer emigrates to the city in search of opportunity, loses contact with his wife and children.

Rosauro Castro

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.

El rápido de las 9.15

Every passenger boarding The Express has a story.

Alias El Alacrán

Itinerant gunslinger poses as local gal's fiance to protect her from an itinerant blackhat.

Modisto de Señoras

Successful fashiondesigner D'Maurice seduces married women while he pretends to be gay in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his clientele's husbands

La huella de unos labios

Woman prostitutes herself to the man who murdered her fiance, to get evidence of his guilt and bring him to trial.

La estatua de carne

Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.

Simitrio

A blind teacher is the victim of endless pranks and pranks from his students.

Letters to Ufemia

Small-town rom-com from a female POV.

Meat in Prison

Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will face difficult times, as will he when he entrusts his freedom to the one he shouldn't.

Ella, Lucifer y yo

Playboy uses satanic powers to score with the babes.

¡Que viene mi marido!

Rom-com: collecting on a big inheritance "forces" a family to play games with their daughter's marital status.

Fierecilla

After discovering his wife in flagrante with another man, a gold prospector kills them both, then takes his daughter to live in the countryside, removed from corrupting influences. Fifteen years later...

Death in Cold Blood

A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him. What happened to cause his son's death is gradually revealed.

Two Faces Have the Destiny

Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.

Tres muchachas de Jalisco

Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.

Cuatro hombres marcados

Cowboy detective investigates two murders.

Maclovia

On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.

El último chinaco

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

Por el mismo camino

On vacation, an old lady and her niece pick up a hitch-hiker.

Chilam Balam

Priest defies the gods by refusing to sacrifice his daughter. Also: conquistadores.

Las mañanitas

Rom-com scheming; wealthy landowner wants to seduce one of his tenants, but she wants the other guy...

Duelo en el desierto

B-movie western, sequel to El solitario.

El último mexicano

After the US annexation of Texas, a landowner from Guanajuato faces problems from bigoted new neighbors.

Ghost Town

A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.

Shadow of the Black Hand

Semi-comic series western about two brothers what is good-guys. From the series "Los Hermanos Barragan."

María Montecristo

Rich woman manouevres in secret to restore her dead father's good reputation.

Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión

Short-lived superhero-adventure series. One sequel.

¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!

Wandering-cowboy-hero, 1960s style, tries to borrow some prestige from classic 1940s ranchera movies & music.

House of Women

The women of a brothel adopt a foundling baby.

La perra

Bad woman conspires with young lover to kill her mature husband.

Pecado de juventud

A sympathetic elder docsplains life to a teenaged girl in his neighborhood.

Ambición sangrienta

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

El centauro Pancho Villa

M/F couple joins the Revolution, but she ends up in bed with Villa.

Cinco en la cárcel

Five criminals are arrested after a bank-robbery. One escapes, and the police officer in charge of transporting them arrests a new person at random to cover up for his negligence.

El último cartucho

Dishonest business practices and corrupt local government lead a large number of townsfolk to set up an alternative village out in the countryside, from which to practice banditry and improvised social justice.

La estrella vacía

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

Sucedió en Jalisco

Romantic conflicts set against a Mexican Revolution backdrop.

Una golfa

Trumpet-player in a club band falls for a streety young woman; she dumps him to become a kept woman... and his roommate the pianist is dealing weed... and...

Del rancho a la capital

Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.

Lo mejor de Teresa

Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.

The Living Forces

It narrates the phenomenon of the Mexican Revolution, satirically reflected through what happens in a town far from the places where the true Revolution was fiercely fought.

Un minuto de bondad

A young woman tries to stop the sale of a house that serves as a shelter for orphaned children and retired actors.

The Man and the Beast

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, adapted once again.

Take Me in Your Arms

To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.

Los novios de mis hijas

Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly suitable young man for each of them. If there are any out there that meet her standards.

Pata de palo

Boy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.

Rocambole vs. the Harpies

Super-detective muscle dude in tights vs a criminal mastermind who doses women with ugly serum to make them commit crimes.

Los bravos de California

Zorroesque adventure pitting two swordsmen against a newly-appointed governor who wastes no time in displaying his despotic tendencies. Sequel to En El Viejo California.

Los Hombres No Lloran

Man is manipulated into thinking his wife is unfaithful and abandons her, taking one of their two sons with him.

El Brazo de Oro

Timothy Leach moves in to an abandoned farm house with his wife. On the way a man befriends Timothy with the intention to pass Marlene to him (A golden arm brace that gives who ever wears it dead eye shooting accuracy). A group of bandits notice them and see them as easy prey. they rob them of goods and supplies. on another trip the bandits seeing Mrs. Leach all alone assault her. as she lays on the ground the man who befriended Timothy strangles her. when Timothy arrives he blames the bandits and gives him Marlene and hands him a gun he is reluctant as he has never shot a gun before, but soon discovers it possesses incredible powers which uses nerves impulses to hit the target every time. Timothy is afraid but he also wants to avenge the life of his wife. even if he has to take them all on.

Felicidad

A middle-aged professor, disillusioned with his life and struggling through a midlife crisis, becomes infatuated with a much younger woman named Emma.

When the Children are Gone

Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.

Quinto patio

Model son/employee/student is frustrated by poverty and surrenders to the temptations of a criminal lifestyle... in the same gang that twenty years earlier murdered his father OMG. Meanwhile his sister. Meanwhile his mother.

Padre nuestro

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.

Comisario en turno

Night shift at police headquarters; criminals and victims of all sorts pass through to get their cases sorted out.

Una pasión me domina

Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right.

The Unknown Policeman

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

All the Horrors of Satan

Adaptation of The Fall Of The House Of Usher.

México de noche

Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.

Tres hombres malos

Three soldiers desert the Revolution to put a plan into action to reclaim the estate that was usurped from one of them. Plan involves kidnapping the usurper's daughter...

Viviré otra vez

Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.

The Diabolical Duchess

A rare and impossible to find Mexican adventure / fantasy / horror.

Cabalgando a la luna

Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.

The Midnight Ghost

A young orphan girl begins to witness strange phenomena in the house where she lives with her godparents.

Santo vs. the Strangler

Santo battles the Strangler.

The Vampires of Coyoacan

In the service of Satan, a murderous vampire is turning wrestlers into his unwitting thrall, and it's up to Mil Máscaras and Superzan to stop him and save the world.

Museum Of Horror

A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.

The Jade Mask

Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.

El extraño caso de Rachel K

Based on a real event, the action takes place in Havana in 1931, during the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado. Rachel, a young French showgirl, is murdered during an orgy involving personalities of the bourgeoisie and politics. The tabloid press echoes the story to divert public attention from the serious social problems that affect the country. The governors on their part order to silence the case to protect the characters involved.

Return to Youth

An old professor in love with one of his students is rejected by her because of his advanced age. He then sells his soul in return for youth and a chance at love but things don't go as he planned.

The Crying Woman

A woman takes revenge in the family of her lover.

El temerario

Crooked dude schemes to deprive stepdaughter of her inheritance after her mother dies.

El aviso inoportuno

The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .

Love Your Neighbor

This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.

El tigre de Santa Julia

Band of ex-soldiers embark on a life of crime; their leader, meanwhile, wants to track down the man who murdered his parents.

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.

El ausente

Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.

Rebellion of the Hanged

A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.

El buscabullas

An east-coast financier is touring the far west via stagecoach; in Nogales AZ, his son is kidnapped and three rival groups of black hats try to profit from the situation.

El hipnotizador

A 1940 film directed by Antonio Helú.

Odio

A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.

Midnight

A villain has his cronies kidnap a teacher and pretends to be him, teaching in a hidden town.

La llamada de la muerte

Bank-robber hiding out after a heist discovers that half the world knows where he is. Can he finesse some way out of his predicament?

La loca de los milagros

Retired singer with a history of mental illness acts as housemother for a gaggle of young adult 'friends' who exploit and disrespect her.

Las tapatías nunca pierden

An heiress and some friends pose as gypsies to fight back against some bad-hats who are squatting on her new estate.

La venganza del Charro Negro

Third in a series; flashbacks remind us of the beef El Charro had with Carlos from his home town. While they move toward a final showdown, Carlos and his new evil buddy Rodolfo kill a couple more people just for kicks.

En la vieja California

Bastard son kidnaps legitimate heir in attempt to suborn their father's estate... but a surrogate comes forward to impersonate the real heir while the other problem getss resolved.

Locura pasional

Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.

Caminos de sangre

A crooked lawyer frustrates attempts to clear bandits from the local highways.

Furia roja

Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.

Amanecer ranchero

The old massa dies and his son comes home to take over the hacienda. Things are going to be a whole lot different now; he's overturning all the old social order. A-a-and...

Nobleza ranchera

Respected civic leader hired a gunman twenty five years ago to commit a murder for him. Now that guy is blackmailing him, and meanwhile his two daughters are competing over a boyfriend.

The Cockfighter

In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.

El rayo del sur

Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.

Eyes of the Dead

Enrique kills a man for stealing him a check he has received due to an accident. However, things get complicated because it had not yet been cashed. This will force him to try to forge the signature and eliminate any suspect, including his girlfriend Clara, who works in a law office and who talked him about the check. Police tracks the case, but by chance Pedrito, the police inspector's son, is also investigating on his own.

Dos cadetes

Mama thinks one of her sons is going into the priesthood... but he wants to join the army instead. Naughty uncle from Paris help him get out from under Mom's thumb.

El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere

The arrival of a new school-teacher to a small town triggers various large and small upheavals, including the Police Chief's total meltdown into raging psychosis.

Los problemas de mamá

Mama's four girls are all newlyweds or engaged to be married. Four hubby/fiances plus inlaws = wacky complications.You betcha.

The Naked Woman

A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.

El muerto murió

The paths of a young woman and her late husband's mistress cross without their knowing it, which causes much confusion for the two women and their new partners.

Falsificadores y Asesinos

When criminals kidnap her brother and force her to secretly exchange their counterfeit dollars for real ones, bank cashier Rosa looks to an unassuming office boy named Julio to help her pull it off. But Rosa's buttoned-up bank manager boyfriend can't help but notice that something suspicious is going on, so he resolves to get to the bottom of it. Armando Silvestre, Irma Dorantes and Carlos Montesco star in this classic crime drama.

Ley fuga

As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.

El texano

A young man is executed for a murder he didn't commit. His brother shows up to clear his name and see that proper justice is done.

Guerra de sexos

A soccer coach gets caught in the middle of the conflict between a millionaire and his wife.

Carta Brava

Safe-cracker sets up a gangster rival to get arrested; after some unrelated adventures, that guy escapes from jail and pays him back.

Sentencia

Historical drama, romantic triangle plus war/espionage intrigue during the Maximillian vs Juarez conflict of the 1860s.

Si quiero

Newlyweds find married life to be challenging.

Un dorado de Pancho Villa

Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society.

Toros, amor y gloria

Farmhand moves to the city to be with his mother. He falls in love with the daughter of the rich family for whom she works as housekeeper, and decides to take advantage of his skill as a bullfighter to earn money and status enough to be able to court her.

Tres palomas alborotadas

Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends.

Un divorcio

Divorced woman has to deal with blowback from the fact that her second marriage is only a civil union and not a church wedding. Meanwhile, her young-adult son is falling in love with a divorcee of his own, and faing severe opposition from his father over his choice of partners..

Lauro Puñales

One of Zapata's field marshals runs afoul of dictator Huerta's stooges in his home town.

Una mujer de Oriente

A secret agent investigates the death of the scientist who created a deadly ray only to find out his own wife is involved.

¡Viva Benito Canales!

Campesino with leadership qualities is indecisive about whether he should join the Revolution or concentrate on improving conditions at his farm, also about whether he cares about the nice girl he grew up with or the fancy woman who runs the local brothel. Most of his plot points don't come to a head until after the revolution's over, and then after General Huerta's coup.

Inmaculada

A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.

El barro humano

A marital conflict reaches the courts and becomes public comment.

Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins

Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.

Reportaje

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

El rencor de la tierra

Mexican movie

La culpable

Mexican movie

Playa prohibida

After her father has been murdered, the beautiful but allegedly insane Isabella lives in the house of her two nephews. A scenarist in need of inspiration walks on the beach and slowly unravels a series of murders.

Feast Of Vultures

When the father of the struggling painter Ernesto passes away, he is left in misery. The banker Julián, a friend of the deceased, intends to help Ernesto: he appoints him as his secretary and takes him to live in his house. There, Ernesto meets Teodora, Julián's wife. People gossip about a supposed love affair between Ernesto and Teodora, who go together, without Julián, to see the opera The Thieving Magpie at the Principal Theater.

El indio

Social-justice movie about exploitation of Indians by white people in pre-Revolution Mexico.