Popular from Mexico
Sicario
The border is just another line to cross.
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- United States, Mexico, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
A Deadly Invitation
(Invitación a un Asesinato)
Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister, Agatha, and a group of old friends, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht.
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- Mexico • 2023
- Director José Manuel Cravioto
- Cast Regina Blandón, Maribel Verdú, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Manolo Cardona, Aarón Díaz, José María de Tavira
- Genre Comedy, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Nothing to See Here
(Ojitos de huevo)
An aspiring blind comedian and his best friend/manager who has cerebral palsy move to Mexico City to pursue their dreams.
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- Mexico • 2023
- Creator Santiago Limón, Big Drama
- Cast Alejandro Calva, Verónica Merchant, Begoña Narváez, Paola Fernández, Alexis Arroyo, Kike Vázquez
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Great Seduction
(La gran seducción)
When the opportunity arises to revitalize a struggling small town, its residents set out to make that happen -- whatever it takes.
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- Mexico • 2023
- Director Celso R. García
- Cast Guillermo Villegas, Pierre Louis, Yalitza Aparicio, Eligio Meléndez, Julio Casado, Héctor Jiménez
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Envoys
(Los Enviados)
Priests Simón Antequera and Pedro Salinas travel the world investigating claims of miracles for the Vatican -- and solving other mysteries along the way.
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- Argentina, Mexico • 2021
- Creator Juan José Campanella
- Cast Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Irene Azuela, Fernando Becerril
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
New from Mexico
The Great Seduction
(La gran seducción)
When the opportunity arises to revitalize a struggling small town, its residents set out to make that happen -- whatever it takes.
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- Mexico • 2023
- Director Celso R. García
- Cast Guillermo Villegas, Pierre Louis, Yalitza Aparicio, Eligio Meléndez, Julio Casado, Héctor Jiménez
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Inheritors
(Los Herederos)
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
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- Mexico • 2011
- Director Eugenio Polgovsky
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on OVID
Digimon Tamers
(デジモンテイマーズ)
When their Digimon card game characters suddenly come to life, a group of 12-year-olds begin to defend Shinjuku against wild Digimon.
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- Japan, Mexico, Spain • 2001
- Creator Yukio Kaizawa
- Cast Masako Nozawa, Yuka Imai, Makoto Tsumura, Mayumi Yamaguchi, Fumiko Orikasa, Aoi Tada
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Hulu
Digimon Adventure
(デジモンアドベンチャー)
Seven kids are transported to a strange digital world, where they bond with creatures called Digimon.
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- Japan, Spain, Mexico • 1999
- Creator
- Cast Hiroaki Hirata, Romi Park, Rio Natsuki
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Hulu, Hoopla, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
The River and the Wall
Five friends embark on an expedition of the Rio Grande borderlands.
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- Mexico, United States • 2019
- Director Ben Masters
- Cast Ben Masters, Beto O'Rourke
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex,
Santitos
A woman sets out on a journey across Mexico to find her daughter after a saint appears to her.
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- Mexico, France, Spain • 1999
- Director Alejandro Springall
- Cast Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Pedro Altamirano, Roberto Cobo
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on fuboTV
Holy Beasts
(La fiera y la fiesta)
A filmmaker faces increasing challenges as she tries, decades later, to complete Dominican filmmaker Jean-Louis Jorge’s unfinished work.
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- Dominican Republic, Argentina, Mexico • 2019
- Director Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
- Cast Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Jackie Ludueña, Jaime Piña, Luis Ospina, Pau Bertolini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Inazuma Eleven
(イナズマイレブン)
A soccer team must win a match against the best team in Japan if they want to save their club.
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- Japan, Spain, Mexico • 2008
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video
Dos Estaciones
An owner of a tequila plant does everything she can do to save it after a plague and flood.
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- Mexico • 2022
- Director Juan Pablo González
- Cast Teresa Sánchez, Rafaela Fuentes, Tatín Vera, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Deadly Invitation
(Invitación a un Asesinato)
Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister, Agatha, and a group of old friends, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico • 2023
- Director José Manuel Cravioto
- Cast Regina Blandón, Maribel Verdú, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Manolo Cardona, Aarón Díaz, José María de Tavira
- Genre Comedy, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Blanquita
A teen mom finds herself caught in the midst of a scandal surrounding the foster home she ran away from years prior.
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- Chile, Mexico, France • 2022
- Director Fernando Guzzoni
- Cast Alejandro Goic, Laura López Campbell, Amparo Noguera, Roberto Farías, Nelson Polanco, Hernán Lacalle
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
(Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades)
An acclaimed journalist-turned-documentarian goes on an oneiric introspective journey to reconcile with the past, the present, and his Mexican identity.
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- Mexico • 2022
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Íker Sánchez Solano, Luz Jiménez, Luis Couturier
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Deep Crimson
(Profundo carmesí)
A nomadic couple commits a series of gruesome murders in this drama based on the “Lonely Hearts Killers.”
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- Mexico • 1996
- Director Arturo Ripstein
- Cast Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Julieta Egurrola, Sherlyn
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
Perfectos desconocidos
At a dinner party, a group of friends play a game where they must share every text message, phone call, and email they receive.
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- Mexico • 2018
- Director Manolo Caro
- Cast Cecilia Suárez, Bruno Bichir, Mariana Treviño, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ana Claudia Talancón, Miguel Rodarte
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
New Order
(Nuevo orden)
An upper-class wedding goes awry in an unexpected uprising of class warfare that gives way to a violent coup d’état.
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- Mexico • 2020
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Mónica del Carmen, Eligio Meléndez, Patricia Bernal
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
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Circo
Circo Mexico is a circus operated by the Ponce family for generations, but now struggles amidst economic collapse.
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- Mexico, United States • 2011
- Director Aron Schock
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
No
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls a plebiscite on his presidency under international political pressure.
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- Chile, France, Mexico • 2012
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Néstor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Blanquita
A teen mom finds herself caught in the midst of a scandal surrounding the foster home she ran away from years prior.
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- Chile, Mexico, France • 2022
- Director Fernando Guzzoni
- Cast Alejandro Goic, Laura López Campbell, Amparo Noguera, Roberto Farías, Nelson Polanco, Hernán Lacalle
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Amores Perros
(Amores perros)
Love. Betrayal. Death.
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- Mexico • 2000
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Emilio Echevarría, Jorge Salinas
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Son of Monarchs
(Hijo de monarcas)
A Mexican biologist living in NYC returns to his hometown following the death of his grandmother, undergoing an intense personal journey.
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- Mexico, United States • 2020
- Director Alexis Gambis
- Cast Tenoch Huerta, Kaarlo Isaacs Barria, Noé Hernández, Angel Adrian Flores, Ignacio Guadalupe, Alexia Rasmussen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Viridiana
We've got nothing to hide...
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- Spain, Mexico • 1961
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Empty Hours
(Las horas muertas)
On the desolate coast of Veracruz, Sebastián, 17, has to run his uncle's motel single-handedly, renting rooms by the hour. He meets Miranda, and a fleeting game of seduction is sparked.
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- Spain, France, Mexico • 2013
- Director Aarón Fernández Lesur
- Cast Kristyan Ferrer, Adriana Paz, Eliseo Lara Martínez, Amaranta Abril, Bartolo Campos, Fermín Martínez
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
The Maid
(La nana)
A live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family is fed up with her repetitive responsibilities, and must rediscover passion in her life.
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- Chile, Mexico • 2009
- Director Sebastián Silva
- Cast Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Andrea García-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Alejandro Goic, Delfina Guzmán
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VIX , Redbox, Kanopy, Plex, Popflick,
Identifying Features
(Sin señas particulares)
Magdalena sets out on an epic journey in search of her son, who disappeared en route to the US border.
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- Mexico, Spain • 2020
- Director Fernanda Valadez
- Cast Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
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- United States, Mexico, France • 2022
- Director Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
- Cast Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Ron Perlman
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Chambermaid
(La Camarista)
A chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings.
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- Mexico • 2019
- Director Lila Avilés
- Cast Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez, Agustina Quinci
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Sand Dollars
(Dólares de arena)
Opportunities for business...Opportunities for love...
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- Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina • 2014
- Director Israel Cárdenas
- Cast Geraldine Chaplin, Yanet Mojica, Ricardo Ariel Toribio, Ramón Cordero, Bernard Bizel
- Genre Drama
- Available on FlixFling, Apple TV, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Pantaflix, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Cineverse, Kanopy
The Inheritors
(Los Herederos)
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
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- Mexico • 2011
- Director Eugenio Polgovsky
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on OVID
Museo
Based on the largest heist in Mexico's history.
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- Mexico • 2018
- Director Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Lisa Owen, Leticia Brédice, Ilse Salas
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The River and the Wall
Five friends embark on an expedition of the Rio Grande borderlands.
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- Mexico, United States • 2019
- Director Ben Masters
- Cast Ben Masters, Beto O'Rourke
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex,