Movies and TV shows set in mexico city
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in mexico city ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, suspense, psychological, tense and emotional films and TV shows about / with female nudity, murder, family relations, sex, female full frontal nudity, friendship, gun, urban, love and violence plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in Mexico, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mexico city: Battle in Heaven (2005), The Similars (2015), Museo (2018), Queer (2024), Roma (2018), Sex, Shame & Tears (1999), The Last One and then We Go (2015), Trade (2007), Cinnamon (2012), The Chambermaid (2018).
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New films
| Non Negotiable (2024) | 5.5 | |
| Book of Love (2022) | 5.5 | |
| Queer (2024) | 6.4 | |
| War of Likes (2021) | 5.0 | |
| Heroic (2023) | 6.7 |
List of movies set in mexico city
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas's sexually explicit drama centers on a man in turmoil over his past actions. Chauffer Marcos feels compelled to reveal a dark secret to his boss's daughter, Ana, a wealthy woman who works as a prostitute ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
extramarital affair, nudity, infidelity, husband wife relationship, kidnapped girl, redemption, erotica, teenage sex, attraction, desire, real sex, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A science fiction thriller that takes place in 1968's Mexico and deals with identity in a metaphorical way, as the plot involves a mysterious condition that makes all persons locked inside a bus station on a rainy night to adopt the same face ...
Style:
suspense, horrifying, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
rain, fear, apocalypse, rainstorm, supernatural, supernatural horror, mysticism, radio, twists and turns, pregnancy, epidemic, teenager ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
mexico city, north america, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspense, tense, art house ...
Plot:
museum, mission, art dealer, anthropology, heist, art theft, christmas eve, father son relationship, danger, best friend, gold, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
mexico city, mexico, acapulco mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful ...
Style:
homoerotic, period piece, romantic drama, postmodern, period drama ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, gay, gay sex, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, desire, heroin, cocaine, gay couple, gay anal sex, gay seduction ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
mexico city, mexico, south america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Style:
black and white, inspirational, period piece, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
maid, class differences, pregnant woman, servant, pregnancy, routine, nanny, mission, saving a life, child, female protagonist, middle class ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, year 1970, year 1971
Place:
mexico city, nebraska, south america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A comedic drama featuring two couples and two old friends in Mexico City. Tomas visits Carlos and Ana, while Miguel and Andrea are joined by Maria. The presence of guests triggers lust, rejection, infidelities, reconciliation and other consequences.
Style:
saga, semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
female nudity, friendship, sex, dance club, teddy bear, cocaine, drunkenness, suicide, photography, male nudity, infidelity, infatuation ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america, africa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A group of mariachis receives a letter to be part of the National Mariachi Contest in Mexico City. In order to be able to win they will need to travel together and solve their differences since their prime was 30 years ago.
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
music competition, mariachi, rivalry, team, music band, teamwork, contests and competitions, singing competition, contest, humour, musician, music ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
mexico city, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who ...
Style:
sexy, rough, detective, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
human trafficking, kidnapping, missing child, sexual abuse, child molestation, sex slavery, slavery, child rape, rescue, child molester, forced prostitution, humiliation ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, mexico city, poland, texas, el paso texas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Maria is a girl who loves to cook and lives with his grandmother, Doña Tere, in Mexico City's downtown. Doña Tere has a traditional Mexican restaurant called "El Molcajete". After the death of her daughter, Doña Tere abandoned his ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
restaurant, food, grandmother granddaughter relationship, chef, cooking, cookery, family problems, restaurant owner, culture, cooking and food, family business, satire ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eve, a young chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, art film ...
Plot:
chambermaid, maid, female protagonist, cleaning, workplace, everyday life, workplace situations, society, hotel room, bare breasts, female nudity, latina ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On his seventeenth birthday, Michael is given a present of a Ouija board by Tony his best friend. At a session, Tony using a medium known to him only as "Virgil", unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of the board. Soon there is a wave of ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, retro, psychological horror, splatter ...
Plot:
ouija board, birthday, single mother, possession, blindness, death of sister, ouija, teenage boy, sex, funeral, premonition, sex scene ...
Place:
mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two teenage friends spend their summer break preparing for the sexual conquests they hope to experience. That is, until one of the boys is visited by his older, more sexually aggressive cousin, Azucena. Ushering her naïve cousin into the world of ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, hot
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, aunt nephew relationship, sex with a minor, teenage boy, sex scene, summer vacation, cousin cousin relationship, older woman teenage boy sex, older woman younger man relationship, incest, first sexual experience, friendship ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Alexander and his family embark on a dream Spring Break vacation to Mexico City only to have all their plans go terribly wrong when they discover a cursed idol.
Style:
family comedy, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
road trip, spring break, curse, heartwarming, misadventure, coming of age, fish out of water, siblings, family reunited, parenting, homecoming, healing ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, solitude, social commentary, alienation, routine, character study, housekeeper, loyalty, repression, minimalism, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, city, urban, survival, violence against women, moral dilemma, gang, desperation, victimization, murder, hostage, hotel ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hostage negotiator Alan Bender is called to rescue the president from a kidnapping, only to find himself also mediating to save his wife and marriage.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama, tension ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage negotiator, negotiation, hostage situation, hostage, president, capture, female hostage, taken hostage, problem, rescue mission, law enforcement ...
Place:
mexico city, mexico
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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: 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: 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: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of ...
Style:
black comedy, sexy, dark comedy, light, humorous ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, friendship, businessman, american football, cheerleader, character study, twists and turns, plot twist, depression, dialogue, eccentricity ...
Time:
y2k, year 2005, future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city, latin america, amarillo texas, minneapolis minnesota ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When her brother disappears during a brief travel layover in Mexico, Mitch begins a desperate search that will eventually lead the young divorcee into the capital city's most notorious neighborhood. But even with the aid of the American ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, kidnapping, brother sister relationship, danger, desperation, corruption, loss, evidence, family tragedy, photography, gang leader ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Fabiola's parents are killed in a plane crash leaving her and her younger sister, Andrea, orphans. Their parents estate is divided equally among the girls. But at the reading of the will, the family is surprised to learn of the existence of a ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, soap opera, telenovela
Plot:
inheritance, sister sister relationship, fall in love, family business, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, business, money problems, eccentric family, family relations, male female relationship, sister, sisters ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
The series centers around the love story between Aristóteles and Temo, who leave Oaxaca to start a new life together in Mexico City.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, telenovela
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay romance, teenage boy, family relations, gay teenager, relationships, gay, relocation, social relations, musician, love affair ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style:
suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, road movie, existential
Plot:
terminal illness, self discovery, reflection, bittersweet, second chance, nostalgia, aging, character study, midlife crisis, radio announcer, companion, regret ...
Place:
mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young woman tries to discover the family secret that led to her father being murdered, and she gradually is manipulated into a lesbian relationship.
Style:
dark, bleak, art house, period drama, vintage
Plot:
rape, blackmail, suicide, trauma, betrayal, sexploitation, sexual abuse, manipulation, psychological abuse, female victim, sexual repression, victimization ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mexico City, 1960. Aurelia lives happily with her family. Just before the birth of her third daughter, her husband dies in an accident. Years later, Leonor, the oldest daughter, has quit her studies to help her mother support the household. Beatriz, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, captivating, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
alienation, surrealism, family drama, grief, family problems, family relations, estrangement, family life, kids and family, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dr. Satan, a mad scientist and sorceror, plans to take over the world. In order to do so, he wakes up three zombie slaves from the dead and attempts to make a deal with the devil. He sends his zombie servants to do harm to anyone who stands in his ...
Style:
retro, cult classic, suspense, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
zombie, mad scientist, mind control, supernatural, urban, secret laboratory, forgery, crime investigation, deal with the devil, sorcery, madness, exploitation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the international hit song, Pedro Navaja (Peter the Knife) is the story of the coolest, street smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful ...
Style:
crime drama, noir, crime thriller, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
hustler, urban, street life, underworld, moral ambiguity, anti hero, streetwise, corruption, rivalry, seduction, violence, urban decay ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
At the Swedish embassy in Mexico City, the staff tries to do everything to promote the image of Sweden. But for the selfish ambassador Thomas Hofwander, it is mainly about lifting himself.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
political satire, diplomacy, ambition, office politics, diplomat, political campaign, satire, social climber, job, workplace, political candidate, political leader ...
Place:
eastern europe, mexico city
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