Movie List for "mexico"

Drama/Mex (2006)

Two interlaced stories unfold over the course of the same long, hot day in the once lush and now decadent resort town of Acapulco. The first involves the beautiful and cool Fernanda, who is… Year 2006.

Generes: Drama
Director: Gerardo Naranjo
Writer: Gerardo Naranjo
Actors: Fernando Becerril, Juan Pablo Castañeda, Diana García, Martha Claudia Moreno

Babel (2006)

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families. Year 2006.

Generes: Drama
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo Arriaga (idea), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (idea)
Actors: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight

Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)

An American government hitman on the run, makes a pact with two travellers to help him disappear into the Mexican jungle. Year 2004.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: Robert James Waller (novel), Richard Alfieri (screenplay)
Actors: Scott Glenn, Craig Wasson, Giovanna Zacarías, Harvey Keitel

Rabbit on the Moon (2004)

Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection… Year 2004.

Generes: Crime, Thriller
Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez
Writer: Jorge Ramírez Suárez
Actors: Bruno Bichir, Lorraine Pilkington, Jesús Ochoa, Adam Kotz

Spanglish (2004)

A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife. Year 2004.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: James L. Brooks
Writer: James L. Brooks
Actors: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman

Man on Fire (2004)

In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect. Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Writer: A.J. Quinnell (novel), Brian Helgeland (screenplay)
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken

Deadly Swarm (2003)

A cargo truck crashes outside a small town in Mexico. The first officer is found stung to death. A scientist finds out that a deadly swarm of wasps(bees?) has made a hive nearby and tries … Year 2003.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Paul Andresen
Writer: John Dombrow (screenplay), William H. Stewart (screenplay)
Actors: Shane Brolly, Kaarina Aufranc, J. Patrick McCormack, Pepe Serna

The Missing (2003)

In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo. Year 2003.

Generes: Adventure, Thriller, Western
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: Thomas Eidson (novel), Ken Kaufman (screenplay)
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd

Frida (2002)

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Julie Taymor
Writer: Hayden Herrera (book), Clancy Sigal (screenplay), Diane Lake (screenplay), Gregory Nava (screenplay), Anna Thomas (screenplay)
Actors: Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas

September 11 (2002)

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama
Director: Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shôhei Imamura, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic
Writer: Alain Brigand (original idea), Youssef Chahine (segment), Sabrina Dhawan (segment), Amos Gitai (segment), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (segment), Paul Laverty (segment), Claude Lelouch (adaptation), Claude Lelouch (dialogue), Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach (segment), Samira Makhmalbaf (segment), Idrissa Ouedraogo (segment), Sean Penn (segment), Marie-Jose Sanselme (segment), Danis Tanovic (segment), Daisuke Tengan (segment), Pierre Uytterhoeven (adaptation), Pierre Uytterhoeven (dialogue), Vladimir Vega (segment)
Actors: Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi, Esmat Vahedi

The Pearl (2001)

A poor Mexican pearl diver finds a priceless pearl that promises a better life for his impoverished family. Year 2001.

Generes: Drama
Director: Alfredo Zacarías
Writer: John Steinbeck (novel), Alfredo Zacarías (screenplay)
Actors: Litefoot, Ryan James, Claudine Sosa, Angélica Soler

A Place Called Chiapas (1998)

When the Zapatista National Liberation Army took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico, the government deployed its troops and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. … Year 1998.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Nettie Wild
Writer: Manfred Becker, Nettie Wild
Actors: Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, Samuel Ruiz García

Ocean Tribe (1997)

Bobby is dying of leukemia. Their friends kidnap him from the hospital and take him on a surfing trip to Mexico. Year 1997.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Will Geiger
Writer: Will Geiger
Actors: Gregg Rainwater, Robert Caso, Troy Fazio, Mark Matheisen

Homage (1995)

In New Mexico, the widow and former teacher Katherine Samuel reluctantly hires the lonely mathematician and genius Archie Landrum to be her gardener and soon they become good friends. When … Year 1995.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Ross Kagan Marks
Writer: Mark Medoff (play), Mark Medoff (screenplay)
Actors: Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley, Sheryl Lee, Danny Nucci

Fist Fighter (1989)

An ex-boxer comes back to a town called Rosario in South America taking revenge for the death of a friend. Year 1989.

Generes: Action, Drama, Sport
Director: Frank Zuniga
Writer: Max Bloom, Carlos Vasallo (story)
Actors: Jorge Rivero, Edward Albert, Brenda Bakke, Mike Connors

The Blue Iguana (1988)

Two overzealous psychopathic US tax collectors blackmail bounty hunter Vince Holloway into stopping an illegal transfer of 20 Mio. dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the USA. So he … Year 1988.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Director: John Lafia
Writer: John Lafia
Actors: Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pamela Gidley