1960s Mexican Movies

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

Sequel to Juan Orol's "Organización criminal". After 6 years in prison, gangster Tony Florino is released from custody. He repeatedly makes it clear he didn't snitch in exchange for a reduced sentence, but was given time off for good behavior.

A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity

The classic family with more sisters and one brother who has to deal with all the naughty words about being the brother in law of many.

Follow up to Maria Isabel. Newly wed to a rich man, Maria Isabel must still struggle with being branded as a lowly maid and endure the scorn of her adoptive daughter and the infidelity of her husband.

A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.

All it says in my notes is "Like 'Juan Sin Miedo', only with soldiers." So... Army officer seeks revenge for... something...

The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.

A summit meeting of rival gangs, one predominantly Italian and the other a mix of Polish, Irish, and Italian mobsters, fails to resolve their differences, and gang war breaks out.

Paul Leduc, Rafael Castanedo, Óscar Menéndez and other students filmed the CNH assemblies and took to the streets to record the rallies, demonstrations and confrontations that the various student groups held against the police and the army throughout 1968.

A cinematographic essay, full of surreal moments and provocative scenarios related to intellectual debates about the Mexican national character.

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 way. Will anyone be able to stop him?

A wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.

An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.

The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.

Hurricane Ramirez is the new manager of the arena and champion of the ring. He must battle with The Prince, a ruthless criminal who will try to end with his life.

Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.

A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve.

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares.

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.

Ángel Maura, a seminarian with an innate talent, has an ideal voice for singing. Offers of work and money arise, but Ángel rejects them because he wants to continue his preparation as a priest. His cousin of the same name, however, decides to impersonate him in order to gain fame and fortune. A fan of the singer begins to go out with him, but soon discovers that she is in love with the wrong person.

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

A 1968 film.

A young man is sentenced to death on the electric chair. The lieutenant who captured him does all he can to prevent it, because he is convinced of the man's innocence.

A very humble boy longs conditions make their first communion, but circumstances do not allow it until, after a tragic accident, Paco Malgesto and a group of people who help make his dream.

The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.

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Two secret agents are after a couple of car thieves who belong to a band of criminals headed by Ernesto. The band has kidnapped the son of Daniel, a boxer who is about to fight for the world title. The agents must destroy Ernesto's band and rescue Daniel's son before the fight so Daniel doesn't lose his chance at the title under the kidnapper's threats.

All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.

A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.

Calculating Aime sends her sister Monica to distract a love-struck smuggler, Juan del Diablo, when he threatens to reveal their affair to Aime's new rich husband. They are discovered alone together and to save Monica's virtue, Juan del Diablo promises to marry Monica.

Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.

Rosita is a young Puerto Rican woman, beautiful but for her scarred face, which she views as a curse. She ignores the men who serenade her nightly for a manipulative man who pursues her for the money she inherited.

A committee of four wise men trains the masked hero Mil Máscaras to defend the world. When someone kidnaps the members of the committee, the hero stops at nothing to rescue them.

A naive but humane student leaves his town with the ambition to become a doctor, promising to return to help his people, who see him as a local hero.