Mexican history movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mexican history movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful and intense films and TV shows about / with mexican history, violence, murder, mexican revolution, blood, biopic, betrayal, gun, revolution and culture clash plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Western genres shot in Mexico, USA, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mexican history: The Assassination of Trotsky (1972), De todos modos Juan te llamas (1976), Longitud de guerra (1976), Adventures in Time (2001), Pyramid of the Sun God (1965), Narcos: Mexico (2018), The Mercenary (1968), Villa Rides (1968), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), The Wild Bunch (1969).
List of mexican history movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with the politics. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to ...
Style:
independent film, political thriller, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
assassination, biopic, mexican history, communism, communist, russian history, political intrigue, anarchist, anarchism, socialism, russian politics, assassin ...
Time:
year 1940, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
mexico city, america, russia, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
This is the story of Doroteo Arango, of a life that began on the wrong side of the law, to becoming "Pancho Villa", the feared commander and key figure in the Mexican Revolution. Buried within the story is a man fixated on his own myth, a ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
mexican revolution, mexican history, biopic, bandit, gang, revolutionary, revolution, revolutionary war, character study, male protagonist, tragic hero, leadership ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
Style:
serious, historical drama, thought provoking, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
mexican revolution, religious conflict, moral dilemma, mexican history, sacrifice, social commentary, power struggle, national identity, political repression, small town, martyrdom, class conflict ...
Time:
1920s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1976.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, brutal, bleak ...
Plot:
oppression, resistance, social injustice, mexican history, chihuahua, village life, courage, political conflict, adaptation, anti establishment, violent, desert ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
Aventuras En El Tiempo is a Mexican telenovela from 2001, presented completely in Spanish, and featuring a young pre-teen girl named Violeta.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, educational, lighthearted, hispanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, time paradox, latina, time machine, actress, travel, mexican history, machine, time traveler, parents and children, father daughter relationship, search for father ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans.
Style:
tense, suspense, euro western, spaghetti western, exotic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mexican history, pyramid, resistance, revolution, ancient ruins, treasure hunt, friendship, courage, imperialism, patriotism, bandit, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, sensual, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
drug cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, corruption, drug lord, mexican drug cartel, drug, gang, criminal, drug dealing, cocaine ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, north america, new mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, funny, epic, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, medieval, mercenary, machine gun, cavalry charge, exploitation, woman with a gun, native american, combat, villain, circus ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing ...
Style:
retro, spaghetti western, political, euro western, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, medieval, epic battle, gunrunner, power struggle, maverick, resistance, fictional history, mexican history, pancho villa, mexican american border, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, texas, latin america, sonora
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nun, cowboy, gunfight, cowboys and outlaws, rescue, heroes, danger, partner, gunslinger, rivalry, rebelliousness, violence ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, year 1970
Place:
mexico, latin america, sonora, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is ...
Style:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national ...
Style:
epic, atmospheric, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, rape, robbery, flashback, redemption, haunted by the past, friendship between men, cynicism, bandit, motorcycle, culture clash ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is double-crossed in an arms deal planned by his comrade Scotty. Villa and Scotty plot a raid on a U.S. cavalry fort in retaliation.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, semi serious, tense ...
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, arms deal, adventurer, mexican history, traveler, pancho villa, heroes, against the odds, collision, train, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1972, 1910s, year 1916
Place:
latin america, mexico, sonora
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around Wilmington, North Carolina and on the campus of UNCW. The series was an Amblin ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, humorous, retro, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
adventurer, treasure hunter, indiana jones, travel, heroes, youth, escapades, rivalry, treasure hunt, lost world, spy, great war ...
Place:
europe, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
cooking, magic realism, food, forbidden love, wedding, cooking and food, nudity, mexican revolution, sex, sisters, love story, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 1910s, 1930s, 1890s ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, texas, usa, san antonio texas
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, gang war, gangster, small town, shootout, one man army, cowboy, assassin, one against many, tough guy, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style:
visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ...
Style:
epic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, soldier, immigrant, army, heroes, foe turned friend, culture clash, society, tragic hero, propaganda, medieval, anger ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, year 1999
Place:
mexico, latin america, ireland
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: UK, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, scary, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, wendigo, winter, death, fort, mountain, gory, survival, food, violent, snow ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 20th century, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith ...
Style:
captivating, serious, surreal, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
mexican revolution, violence, obsessive quest, state affairs, rebelliousness, campaign, battle zone, medieval, battles, assassination, battlefield, murder ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style:
suspenseful, bloody, exciting, historical drama, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, jungle, ancient history, tribe, manhunt, slavery, chase, native, ancient, death, warrior, forest ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place:
mexico, mexico city, persia, central america
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Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, sincere, christian film ...
Plot:
catholic, religious persecution, mexican revolution, faith, civil war, saint, chicano, battles, military, rebellion, fighting the system, rebelliousness ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
mexico, latin america, north america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, dark ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay lead character, homosexual history, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay, gay slur, orgy, gay orgy, gay sex, closeted gay, male nudity ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 1900s, 19th century, 90s
Place:
mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
Miniseries that follow the life and career of Mexican actor, comedian and producer Roberto Gómez Bolaños, known for being the creator of El Chavo del 8, El Chapulín Colorado and Chespirito.
Style:
historical drama, sketch comedy, emotional, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
biopic, showbiz, cultural icon, legacy, nostalgia, behind the scenes, fan, creative process, childhood, satire, historical figure, mexican history ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
mexico city, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico, Spain
TV show
Story:
The Spanish "Conquistador" Hernán Cortés arrives in the shores of what today is México and faces both local demons and those who've sailed with him.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, stylized, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
aztec, conquistador, latin american history, medieval, historical character, power struggle, society, family relations, conflict, ambition, battles, courage ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
mexico, spain, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, visual, period drama
Plot:
biopic, painter, art, artist, female artist, cultural icon, polio, defiant, miscarriage, female empowerment, creative process, autobiography ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Orphans is the true story of a forbidden love affair set in the oppressive and violent atmosphere of nineteenth century Mexico. One man, Melchor Ocampo, driven by the twin passions of love and idealism, defies the stain of illegitimacy to shake off ...
Plot:
biopic, ancient, political intrigue, mexican revolution, man dances with a man, mexican history, unfaithfulness, rural setting, poverty, church, orphan, secret love ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times
Place:
new orleans, paris france, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers ...
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, art, artist, women, catholic, religion, writer's life, biopic, forbidden love, lesbian, hospital, poetry ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 1920s
Place:
latin america, spain, mexico, israel, tokyo ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Mexico, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Plot:
biopic, writers, suicide, poet, political intrigue, girl, women, male female relationship, mexican revolution, political corruption, notre dame cathedral, death penalty ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
latin america, mexico city, paris france, mexico
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