The 40 most popular 2010s mexican movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


The Legend of the Black Charro
2018 · 1h 25m · MX
After releasing the Chupacabras, Leo San Juan decides that it is time to return together with his brother Nando to his grandmother's house. Halfway down the road, Charro Negro manages to confuse Leo and because of him, an innocent girl is dragged into the underworld. Leo is forced to repair the damage. His friends will come to try to help him and get out of there as soon as possible. But it is no coincidence that the Charro has chosen to involve Leo, his intentions go beyond getting a new soul.


The Legend of La Llorona
2011 · 1h 15m · MX
Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman whose guilt over the drowning of her own children leads her to abduct youngsters who wander the woods at night.


The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies
2014 · 1h 24m · MX
Three friends confront a horde of mummies, who have inexplicably awakened, and try to rescue their pal, not realizing they have fallen into a trap.


The Legend of the Chupacabras
2016 · 1h 23m · MX
Leo San Juan and his team of "ghostbusters" continue with their adventures, this time fighting against the mexican monster himself: "El Chupacabras".


El Baleado
2010 · 1h 33m · MX
The young drug trafficker Leonardo Hernández, after a heated argument, kills the son of Juan Rentería, a powerful mafia boss in the region, who upon finding out, exacts bloody revenge against Leonardo and his family. In the shootout, only Saúl, the youngest of the Hernández family, survives, who from that moment on will only have one motive in his life, to end Rentería and his group of murderers.


Extrema obsesión
2017 · MX
No overview available


El mudo
2013 · 1h 26m · PE
Constantino Zegarra is a principled Peruvian government official who stands apart from his corrupt colleagues. Throughout his two-decade career, he has steadfastly resisted corruption, driven by the memory of his father's impoverished end due to corruption. At forty, he is a dedicated family man with a teenage daughter who challenges his views. One morning, he survives a gunshot to the throat, rendering him mute. Upon recovery, he is certain that someone from his office attempted to kill him.


Maldita sucia
2013 · 1h 32m · MX
No overview available


Redemption
2010 · 1h 50m · MX
An old building in Mexico City’s Historical Center is being restored and is filled with rubble and debris. The person responsible for improving the architectonic and general appearance of the building has forced its residents to be evacuated. The stories told by a group of construction workers help the protagonist understand the significance of his decision.


Venganza Brutal
2016 · 1h 30m · MX
Lulu, the daughter of wealthy couple Celso and Evelia, is unaware that her boyfriend is the leader of a violent gang involved in killings and robberies. Blinded by love, she has no idea of the dangerous world he truly belongs to. In a twisted strategy driven by greed, her boyfriend orchestrates her own kidnapping, planning to demand a large ransom from her parents. When Celso and Evelia receive the first terrifying call from the abductors, their lives are thrown into chaos. Desperate to save his daughter, Celso turns to an old friend known as Manchado for help. As they begin tracking those responsible, what starts as a rescue mission quickly transforms into a brutal quest for revenge — where betrayal, violence, and justice collide before it’s too late.


Amor maldito
2017 · 1h 28m · MX
The story of a man who is on the run because he is accused of murdering a woman and has to do everything possible to prove his innocence and deal with those who want to hunt him down.


Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure
2015 · 1h 39m · MX
Toto has grown and now is a young cock. An evil rancher tricks the female owner of the ranch where they live and forces her to bet the property in a cockfight in the arena. Toto is the only option to defend their home, so he must train in just one week and win the championship of the arena.


Get the Gringo
2012 · 1h 36m · US
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.


No manches, Frida
2016 · 1h 40m · MX
After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.


El Infierno
2010 · 2h 28m · MX
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.


Biutiful
2010 · 2h 28m · MX
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.


PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups
2018 · 44m · CA
When their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on a roll to super-save the day.


Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012 · 2h 25m · MX
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.


Mujeres Cabronas
2018 · 1h 30m · MX
No overview available


Error Fatal
2016 · 1h 30m · MX
A group of young gang members dedicate their lives to robbery and kidnapping, building a reputation through violence and intimidation. While one of them attempts to leave that life behind and start over, the others continue down the same criminal path — some ending up in prison, others remaining active in the underworld. Twenty years later, the gang is still operating. When a powerful drug lord summons the group’s leader, he offers them a lucrative job: kidnap a relative of a police officer who has become an obstacle to his operations. Tempted by the money, the gang accepts the assignment without asking too many questions. But as the plan unfolds, they make a shocking discovery about the identity of their target — a revelation that turns the mission into a fatal mistake and sets off irreversible consequences.


Salma's Big Wish
2019 · 1h 35m · MX
In the Mexican town of Santa Clara, Salma, a 16 year-old orphan who never got to meet her biological parents, has spent most of her life searching for clues of their identities and whereabouts, that is until she discovers a special book that is filled with stories of the town's past and the history of it's people.


Atrocious
2010 · 1h 15m · ES
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. They used to record whatever they did. Atrocious shows the last five days of this family, and the strange situations that they lived in those moments and which remain unexplained.


Land Without Evil: Ivy Maraey
2013 · 1h 47m · BO
A filmmaker and a Guarani Indian travel from La Paz to Bolivia’s swamps, exploring Guarani culture, ancient knowledge, and identity.


Bath of Life
2019 · 1h 7m · MX
Immersive documentary which takes us n an intimate journey to the inner life of public baths through the voices of three characters: Felipe, the main clerk since 1984; Juana, a street sweeper in Mexico City's downtown; and Jose, a frequent client of more than forty years. Bath of Life becomes a confessionary for those who gather around the same place: the sauna.


La Sombra
2016 · 1h 32m · MX
Esteban, known as “La Sombra,” is driven by one purpose: to avenge the murder of his mother. As he begins his search for answers, he discovers others who have also lost loved ones to a mysterious killer. United by grief and rage, they join forces to uncover the truth behind the growing list of victims. Evidence points directly at La Sombra. The murders were committed with dragon-marked bullets — ammunition uniquely linked to him — part of a calculated scheme designed to frame him as the killer. Refusing to surrender to the accusations, La Sombra pieces together the clues one by one. As the puzzle slowly comes together, he uncovers a devastating truth: the real murderer is someone far closer than he ever imagined.


No andaba muerto, estaba de parranda
2013 · 1h 38m · MX
The film is about the put-upon Juan Pablo, misused by his gold-digging, cheating girlfriend, pranked by her punk son, arm-twisted and hustled by the security guard at his workplace and forced to do all the work that the dolt, cellphone game app-addicted, gum-snapping boss is supposed to do.


In Exile: A Family Movie
2017 · 2h 4m · MX
The life stories of Juan Francisco's grandparents and parents, who arrived in Mexico in 1939 as refugees at the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). A family saga, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.


Huevos en Corto: Las Animaciones Clásicas al Cine
2010 · 1h 29m · MX
The internet phenomenon of huevocartoons.com brings to the big screen a collection of their best animated comical sketches featuring the eggs.


El Pistolero
2012 · 1h 38m · MX
In June 1994, Nicholas Barclay, a Texan boy of 13, disappeared without a trace. Three years later, surprising news about the case received: the boy has been found in Spain and claims to have been tortured by his abductors. After the initial joy of the family to recover, an inexplicable problem: how is it possible that the blond son of Barclay is now dark?


El Inocente
2018 · 1h 28m
A group of influential businessmen use legitimate real estate ventures to disguise their lucrative drug trafficking operations. While they present themselves as respectable entrepreneurs, their criminal empire quietly expands behind closed doors. Local police are determined to bring them down, but despite constant surveillance and investigation, they lack the solid evidence needed to secure arrests. Meanwhile, rival traffickers attempt to invade their territory, sparking a violent power struggle. The businessmen eliminate their competition, tightening their control over the region. Just as authorities believe they finally have the proof required to dismantle the operation, they discover their case has collapsed. Unbeknownst to them, one of their own undercover agents has been secretly protecting the businessmen — bound by loyalty after they once saved his life.


Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010 · 1h 39m · AU
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.


Spring
2014 · 16m · MX
Elba is an introverted and lonely fourteen year old teenager that lives with Fernanda, her older sister. The sisters don't get along and their mother is abset. Fernanda decides to runaway, but before she does Elba reaches out to her.


Macho... menos
2010 · 1h 27m · MX
No overview available


The Reaper
2013 · 29m · MX
Efrain, known as the Reaper, has worked at a slaughterhouse for 25 years. We will discover his deep relationship with death and his struggle to live.
A Family Love Story
A Family Love Story
2017 · 1h 1m · MX
There are promises that are impossible to keep. My uncle José made such a promise as a child in 1963 to my mother Ana Luisa, to whom he declared a special kind of devotion. There are always bonds like this between siblings establishing mysterious complicites. This is what José declared to little Ana Luisa: "The day that you die, I´m going to die with you".


The Guest
2016 · 1h 18m · MX
Genaro is a financial advisor bored with his family life. Then he meets Nina, a beautiful woman who changes his life for better or worse.


Orphans
2014 · 2h 35m · MX
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 the crippling yoke of Spain and the Catholic Church. In so doing he becomes a founding figure of modern day Mexico.


El Ejecutor
2010 · 1h 41m · MX
A lone gunman is blamed for the murder of a politician, but two detectives uncover a plot and battle the power behind the crime.


The Inhabitant
2018 · 1h 33m · CL
Three sisters enter the house of a senator with the intention of stealing money obtained from bribes, but once inside, they begin to hear strange cries coming from the basement.


Instructions Not Included
2013 · 2h 2m · US
Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
The 2010s belonged to the franchise: shared universes, legacy sequels, and a superhero cycle at peak cultural saturation. It was simultaneously a strong decade for independent film, as streaming money found the margins.
Mexican cinema had a Golden Age in the 1940s and 50s and a second surge from the late 1990s, when Cuarón, del Toro, and Iñárritu moved between Mexican production and Hollywood without abandoning either.