Best Mexican Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Mexican Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: realistic, captivating, serious, entertaining, cult classic and epic. Plot: death, violence, murder, husband wife relationship, money, female nudity, mother daughter relationship, kiss, gun and family relations. Genre: Drama, Thriller and Crime. Country: USA, Mexico and UK.
Best Mexican Movies
Best Mexican Movies
TOP Movies: No Country for Old Men (2007), Hell (2010), Titanic (1997), And Your Mother Too! (2001), Roma (2018), Like Water for Chocolate (1992), Love's a Bitch (2000), Gravity (2013), Limitless (2011), Frida (2002), Cantinflas (2014), Bad Boys for Life (2020), Sin Nombre (2009), Blow (2001), Gueros (2014), Herod's Law (1999), Traffic (2000), Overboard (2018), Steven Universe: The Movie (2019), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).

List of Best Movies

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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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 7.6
 12K
Hell (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
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, organized crime, gangster, violence, u.s. mexico border, politics, gang war, social relations, society, mafia, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 1.3M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
Place: britain, iran, los angeles, america, nova scotia ...
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And Your Mother Too! (2001)
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, date night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: road trip, sex, sexuality, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, on the road, coming of age, gay, sexual exploration, nudity, older woman younger man sex ...
Time: year 2001, year 2002, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, acapulco mexico, french riviera, barcelona ...
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 7.7
 169K
Roma (2018)
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, touching, art film, art house, sad ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: maid, nanny, class differences, pregnancy, servant, routine, middle class, female protagonist, vacation, dating, professor, master servant relationship ...
Time: year 1971, 2010s, 70s, year 1970
Place: mexico city, nebraska, mexico
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Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
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, compassionate, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: cooking, magic realism, food, wedding, chocolate, cooking and food, mexican revolution, sisters, forbidden love, marriage, family drama, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 1930s, 1910s, year 1934 ...
Place: mexico, latin america, texas, usa, san antonio texas
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 252K
Love's a Bitch (2000)
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, psychological, depressing, emotional, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
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 7.7
 860K
Gravity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, suspense, minimal cast ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, survivor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, seattle, houston texas
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 7.4
 609K
Limitless (2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style: clever, thought provoking, philosophical, intellectual, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: intelligence, success, drug, drug abuse, creativity, ambition, rags to riches, rise to the top, life turned upside down, prodigy, experimental drug, overnight success ...
Time: year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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 7.3
 95K
Frida (2002)
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, stylized, colorful, emotional, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, disability, female artist, feminism, bohemian life, lesbian, biopic, life, female protagonist ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, america, mexico city ...
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 4K
Cantinflas (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. ...
Style: serious, sentimental, captivating, realistic, crying
Plot: biopic, filmmaking, hollywood, rise to the top, rising to stardom, actor's life, showbiz, ambition, artists and showbiz, husband wife relationship, celebrity, fame ...
Time: year 1941, year 2014, year 1958, year 1955, year 1940 ...
Place: usa, los angeles, mexico city, mexico
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Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, tense, captivating ...
Plot: buddy cop, police, police detective, police partner, chase, buddy, police chase, investigation, tough guy, murder, friendship between men, drug lord ...
Time: 2020s, year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, north america, mexico city, mexico
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 7.5
 34K
Sin Nombre (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style: road movie, serious, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gang, immigrant, juvenile delinquency, rape, street gang, social problems, family reunited, train, gang member, u.s. mexico border, hopes, illegal immigrant ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, central america, guatemala
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 274K
Blow (2001)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style: depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug addiction, drug lord, drug abuse, drug dealing, friendship, drug, drug dealer, drug cartel, rise and fall, addiction, gangster, drug use ...
Time: 70s, year 2001, 20th century, 80s, near future ...
Place: latin america, colombia, california, mexico, usa ...
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 7.5
 5K
Gueros (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Style: road movie, humorous, captivating, light, black and white ...
Plot: coming of age, brother brother relationship, on the road, friendship, family relations, disorder, escapades, youth, migrant, phd, latina, boy ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mexico, mexico city
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 7K
Herod's Law (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
Style: realistic, political, dark comedy, biting, clever ...
Plot: politics, corruption, social commentary, political corruption, small town, satire, mayor, dictatorship, greed, leader, protest, mafia ...
Time: 1940s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: latin america, mexico
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 219K
Traffic (2000)
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, bleak, political, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot: drug abuse, organized crime, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 41K
Overboard (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
Style: romantic, humorous, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, date night
Plot: memory loss, happy ending, family life, amnesia, rich, love, vengeance, sea, social differences, family relations, ship, memory ...
Time: 2010s
Place: oregon
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Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two years after the events of "Change Your Mind", Steven (now 16 years old) and his friends are ready to enjoy the rest of their lives peacefully. However, all of that changes when a new sinister Gem arrives, armed with a giant drill that ...
Style: light, entertaining, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: gem, friends, childhood, good versus evil, heroes, teamwork, extraterrestrial, magic, superhero, save the world, protector, friendship ...
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: drug lord, gangster, violent, revenge, assassination attempt, hitman, dark hero, vengeance, murder, assassin, gunfighter, spy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style: suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, spy, conspiracy, sniper, politics, assassination, shootout, drug cartel, violence, espionage, covert operation, mercenary ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colombia, washington d.c., usa, langley virginia, iraq ...
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Killing Cabos (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Oscar Cabos, a multimillionaire tycoon, is being held for ransom--only his captors have nabbed the wrong man. Now, to get their money, they must find the real Cabos--which could get tricky since he's been counter-kidnapped by his future ...
Style: talky, exciting, humorous, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, disorder, partner, gang, escapades, petty criminal, wrong place wrong time, twists and turns, criminal heroes, mistaken identity, cannibalism, dwarf ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
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The Chambermaid (2018)
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, women, woman, worker, latina ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico city, mexico
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 5.9
 93K
Nacho Libre (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage ...
Style: funny, humorous, ironic, light, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: wrestling, follow your dream, nun, catholic, eccentricity, monastery, monk, fight scenes, contests and competitions, hopes, goofy hero, ambition ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: zorro, swashbuckler, superhero, sword fight, folk hero, swordsman, good versus evil, treasure hunt, tough guy, heroic mission, spy, sorcery ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place: california, mexico, usa, latin america, los angeles
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 464K
Spectre (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style: suspense, entertaining, exciting, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, espionage, secret agent, secret service, 007, chase, one man army, british secret service, kidnapping, rogue agent, terrorist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: london, rome italy, italy, north africa, big ben london ...
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Sound of Freedom (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Style: dramatic, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot: rescue, children, kidnapping, human trafficking, dangerous mission, slavery, brother sister relationship, vigilante, sex slavery, violence, fight, government agent ...
Place: south america, tijuana mexico, colombia
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 1K
Jeremy (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora Mexico, the film tells the story of Jeremías an eight year old who finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, psychological, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: boy genius, child, child protagonist, self discovery, ambition, direction and purpose, introspection, coping, child's point of view, rise to the top, little boy, genius ...
Place: mexico, sonora
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 528K
Pacific Rim (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, serious, visually stunning ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, battles, androids and robots, invasion, chaos and mayhem, destruction, danger, survival ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place: tokyo, pacific ocean, seattle, san francisco, hong kong ...
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 9K
Rudo & Cursi (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat, surprise ending
Plot: soccer, football, rivalry, ambition, rise to the top, self discovery, desire for fame, ego clash, family problems, family relations, scout, step siblings ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, mexico city
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