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Movies and TV shows set in mexico
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in mexico ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, sexual, sexy, psychological and erotic films and TV shows about / with female nudity, male nudity, love and romance, sex scene, sex, nude, couples, nudity, husband wife relationship and male female relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in Mexico, USA, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mexico: Leap Year (2010), The Virgin of Lust (2002), Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1985), Identifying Features (2020), Beyond the Sky (2006), Silent Light (2007), And Your Mother Too! (2001), The Empty Hours (2013), Love's a Bitch (2000), La Reina del Sur (2011).
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List of movies set in mexico
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Journalist Laura (Monica del Carmen) works at home, isolating herself from others. While she lies to her mother and brother, Raul (Marco Zapata), on the phone about having an active social life, Laura's days consist of gazing at her neighbors, ...
Style:
sexy, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
bdsm, brutality, masturbation, sex, belt whipping, love affair, loneliness, destructive relationship, sadomasochism, danger, haunted by the past, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, emotional, surreal ...
Plot:
obsession, prostitute, femme fatale, destructive relationship, love triangle, life is a bitch, lifestyle, power relations, addiction, tragic love, drug abuse, foot fetish ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this sly Mexican sex comedy, a manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, biting, cynical, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lgbt, doctor, sex, marriage of convenience, marriage proposal, glbt, lgbtq, family relations, gay subtext, mother son relationship, couple relations, feminism ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
mexico, latin america, new orleans, germany, hawaii
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Magdalena, a mother in search of her missing son, meets Miguel, recently deported from the US and looking for his mother. Together, they make their way through the desolate and unforgiving militia-ridden landscapes south of the border.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, poignant, road movie, atmospheric ...
Plot:
u.s. mexico border, criminal syndicate, migration, female protagonist, male female relationship, life is a bitch, uncover truth, syndicate, travel, surrealism, criminal, road trip ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Malboro and Cucu, the starring characters, are two brothers who split after the older one, Malboro, went to prison five years. One day he is set free, willing to return to his life. Cucu is the younger brother, who has become a boxer with possible ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
disorder, family relations, siblings relations, estrangement, brother brother relationship, male objectification, orphan, urban, male nudity, nudity, bare butt, female bare legs ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, erotic, slow cinema, serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, passionate kiss, making love, fall in love, farmer, redemption, moral dilemma, religion, couples, regret, sin, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Style:
sexy, road movie, erotic, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, sexuality, sex, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, age difference, friendship between men, on the road, threesome, male friendship, gay ...
Time:
year 2001, near future, year 2002, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city, acapulco mexico ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
teenage prostitute, young lovers, sex scene, forced prostitution, longing, nubile girl, illegal immigrant, poverty, deportation, love affair, gang, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The second film from Aarón Fernández is a Spain-Mexico-France co-production already screened as part of Films in Progress at the 60th edition of the Festival. On the desolate coast of Veracruz, young Sebastián, 17, has to run his uncle's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
coming of age, female nudity, older woman younger man, love and romance, teenage love, youth, teenage life, seduction, motel, seaside, couples, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, depressing, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, violent, rottweiler, multiple perspectives, siblings relations, relationships, betrayal, vengeance, hitman, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, year 1999, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico, south america, ohio ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 378 min.
TV show
Story:
After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, novela, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
rise to the top, mafia, cocaine, power struggle, drug dealing, vengeance, rivalry, organized crime, smuggling, mob boss, drug traffic, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, spain, europe ...
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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
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Mexico City, Ricardo is a family man, pressed by responsibilities, when he finally lands a better job as creative director for an ad agency. But that's when his problems really begin: his boss is a martinet, and suddenly Ricardo finds ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, midlife crisis, disorder, couples, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, sexual relations, relationship vs career, troubled marriage, erectile dysfunction, nudity, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. She is cared for by her daughter, Helena, who dreams of traveling the world and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena’s younger brother ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
forbidden love, brother sister incest, sex with sister, incest, gay sex, nun, lgbt, love and romance, family relations, terminal illness, parents and children, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A love story between a Mexican teenager and an American woman who meet one summer in Mexico.
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, love affair, couples, unfulfilled love, teenage life, hopes, society, friendship, male female relationship, looking for sex, youth, loss of virginity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The young Father Amaro is put to the test. He is sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito when he meets a 16-year-old girl that he begins and affair with. It turns out the girls mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. ...
Style:
controversial, harsh, sexual, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abortion, celibacy, forbidden love, religion, clergy, lust, priest in love, catholicism, temptation, sin, hypocrisy, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, tokyo, spain
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Virginia is taking a class at film school, and has decided on her solo project for the class. She will secretly film herself and her ex-husband Marcelo with a candid camera while they make love.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sensual, steamy, sex comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, sex, couples, hidden camera, porn, film industry, sleaze, nudity, filmmaking, relationships, experiment, voyeur ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, gothic ...
Plot:
nun, devil, sexual assault, seduction, murder, nunsploitation, satanism, evil nun, nudity, lucifer, black cat, lesbianism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
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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 ...
Is relevant?
229K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
suspense, political, realistic, thought provoking, anthology ...
Plot:
drug traffic, organized crime, drug abuse, drug dealer, drug lord, addiction, drug addiction, drug cartel, drug, war on drugs, politics, corruption ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sad ...
Plot:
betrayal, revenge, dangerous attraction, love triangle, vengeance, couple relations, adultery, unfaithful wife, passion, love, desert, contract killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
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: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenager discovers that mending a broken heart is no simple thing in this independent romantic drama from Mexico. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Ortuno), a 17-year-old who has recently embraced his homosexuality, has just parted ways with his first serious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lost love, gay relationship, sex scene, gay interest, losing-it hero, lgbt, unrequited love, breakup, unfulfilled love, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and ...
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealing, politics, u.s. mexico border, organized crime, gangster, gang war, temptation, social relations, mexican drug cartel, mafia, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old religious woman. Although only a few words are spoken, love grows.
Style:
erotic, meditative, art house, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
rocky mountains, solitude, suicide, depression, life philosophy, runaway, older woman younger man sex, village, artist, desert, sex, sex scene ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city, argentina
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging ...
Style:
tense, bleak, intense, hood, serious ...
Plot:
drug, drinking, corruption, street gang, gangster, addiction, transformation, profanity, depression, culture clash, redemption, lapd ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mexico, colombia, south america, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, sexual harassment, life is a bitch, family relations, social decay, woman in danger, rich and poor, family problems, city life, urban ghetto life, gender, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Set in a traditional world of bullfighting ranches in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, “Where Life is Born” tells the story of Juan and Ester, a couple who have an open relationship, and the problems that arise when Ester falls in love with ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
lovers, adultery, open marriage, cuckold, cuckolded husband, female nudity, sexually dissatisfied wife, cheating wife, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, jealousy, horny wife ...
Place:
mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, ...
Style:
anthology, dark, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
urban legend, folklore, rape, legend, young couple, day of the dead, creature, ritual, murder, sister sister relationship, sex scene, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
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