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- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsEmilio EchevarríaGael García BernalGoya ToledoAn amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
- DirectorCarlos CarreraStarsGael García BernalAna Claudia TalancónSancho GraciaPolitics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
- DirectorAntonio SerranoStarsDemián BichirSusana ZabaletaVíctor Huggo MartinSix friends... two couples... from the mexican middle well-off class, dealing with issues about sex, relationships, infidelity and many others.
- DirectorRafael MonteroStarsArcelia RamírezDemián BichirGermán DehesaThis is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple.
- DirectorAlejandro SpringallStarsDolores HerediaDemián BichirAlberto EstrellaWhen St. Jude appears to her to tell her that her daughter is still alive, Esperanza goes on a search to find her daughter.
- DirectorHugo RodríguezStarsDiego LunaMarta BelausteguiRosa María BianchiA real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoDaniel MirandaEnrique ArreolaFlama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents' divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as well as frustration in adult life. "Temporada de Patos" is a movie that shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars.
- DirectorJorge FonsStarsErnesto Gómez CruzMaría RojoSalma HayekThe lives of men and women living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City.
- DirectorLuis EstradaStarsDamián AlcázarPedro Armendáriz Jr.Delia CasanovaA naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.
- DirectorLuis EstradaStarsDamián AlcázarCecilia SuárezErnesto Gómez CruzThe minister of Economy gives a house, a car and job to a man who tried to jump from a building because of his poverty; soon, every poor tries the same strategy.
- DirectorLuis EstradaStarsDamián AlcázarJoaquín CosioErnesto Gómez CruzAfter 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.
- DirectorSimón BrossStarsXimena AyalaAlma Sofía MartínezMarco TreviñoIntertwining stories of abuse, adultery, and anorexia center around a Mexico City family with an obsessed mother.
- DirectorIssa LópezStarsMarina de TaviraAlejandra GollasArturo BarbaFour people meet again at their high school reunion, with some of the same old baggage, doubts, and questions that haunted them then, and some new ones, that come with being on the verge of turning 30.
- DirectorRoberto SneiderStarsAna Claudia TalancónDaniel Giménez CachoJosé María de TaviraSet in 1930's in Puebla, Mexico, a young woman finds herself in an arranged marriage to a prominent politician (Andres Ascencio). As his career progresses, she finds it more difficult to remain a loyal, loving wife.
- DirectorGerardo NaranjoStarsStephanie SigmanNoé HernándezIrene AzuelaAfter entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoHector HerreraDaniela ValentineA story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
- DirectorGerardo NaranjoStarsJuan Pablo de SantiagoMaria DeschampsMartha Claudia MorenoTale of a young couple who throw caution to the wind and set out in search of their true fate. Román is the son of a contemptible, right-leaning congressman. Recently enrolled in a new high school, the rebellious teen clumsily attempts to hang himself on-stage at the big talent show. Maru is the sole member of the audience to applaud, earning both students a day of detention. After bonding during the course of their punishment, Román and Maru grab daddy's gun, steal a Volkswagen, and hit the road bound for nowhere.
- DirectorAlejandro LozanoStarsTony DaltonAna Claudia TalancónPedro Armendáriz Jr.A dark, offbeat comedy about a group of Mexico City teens embroiled in a kidnapping involving a retired wrestling legend and a parrot.
- DirectorDiego LunaStarsChristopher Ruíz-EsparzaKarina GidiJosé María YazpikAbout a peculiar young boy who, as he blurs reality and fantasy, takes over the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence.
- DirectorCarlos CuarónStarsGael García BernalDiego LunaGuillermo FrancellaTwo siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.
- DirectorFernando SariñanaStarsLuis Fernando PeñaMartha HigaredaXimena SariñanaRenata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone, specially Renata's rich parents, who want to stop their love by sending her to Canada. The story remarks the difference between social classes in Mexico City, and their characters risk everything just to save their love.
- DirectorFrancisco Franco AlbaStarsIrene AzuelaÁngel Onésimo NevaresClaudette MailléEugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. Her 19-year-old daughter Helena dreams of traveling the world and learns foreign languages at home and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena cares for her mother with help from their housemaid Cahya, who also keeps the aging house in working order. Sebastian is Helena's teenage brother who attends a Catholic high school run by a Monsignor who plays classical music over the loudspeakers, thinking it will calm down the boisterous kids. Sebastian's dreams are simple: he merely wants to move to the beach. Helena is smart and pretty but she has no friends, male or female, and is totally devoted to her mother's care--and is on the verge of initiating an incestuous relationship with Sebastian. Sebastian however, is falling in love with a boy at school named Juan who is the school roughneck and the son of a single father who owns a little bar.
- DirectorPatricia RiggenStarsEugenio DerbezKate del CastilloAdrian AlonsoAfter his grandmother passes away, a young Mexican boy illegally travels across the border to search for his undocumented mother living and working in the U.S.
- DirectorMarisa SistachStarsXimena AyalaNancy GutiérrezArcelia RamírezThe history of friendship of two females teenagers and how it's cracked up by misinformation about sexual education and violence against women.
- DirectorTeresa SuárezStarsAna de la RegueraIngrid MartzGabriela PlatasThree flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter who may be two-timing her. Carmen, an artist without income, can be manic - snorting lots of cocaine and hanging out with a gay man and a transvestite. What's her future? Hanna contemplates divorce from Abraham, a wealthy momma's boy, and she's disoriented by feelings of attraction to Sandra, a customer at her jewelry store. Can any of these poor little rich girls sort things out in a world of excess?
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsDaniel Giménez CachoClaudia RamírezLuis de IcazaA womanizer is falsely diagnosed with AIDS by a jealous lover and falls in love with a woman equally suicidal as he.
- DirectorLuis EstradaStarsDamián AlcázarAlfonso HerreraJoaquín CosioAfter accepting a colossal bribe, a powerful TV conglomerate gins up fake news stories to enhance the image of a notoriously corrupt politician.
- DirectorCarlos CarreraAlejandro GamboaFernando SariñanaStarsGuillermo IvánJuan Pablo MedinaRené CamperoThis dark comedy compiles four different tales telling crime stories in the streets of Mexico City.
- DirectorLuis MandokiStarsCarlos PadillaLeonor VarelaXuna PrimusA young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
- DirectorLuis MandokiStarsJoaquín CosioGreisy MenaFernando MorenoAt the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years apart. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang La Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany clash with the most adverse conditions at the border, including white slavery, Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug-trafficking networks, the army, and La Mara Salvatrucha.
- DirectorAlberto CortésStarsRocío BarriosFrancisco JiménezMarisela RodríguezA young woman in the southern Mexican region of Chiapas falls for a revolutionary fighting in the Zapatista conflict.
- DirectorGerardo TortStarsLuis Fernando PeñaMaya ZapataArmando HernándezAuthentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.
- DirectorFrancisco VargasStarsÁngel TaviraGerardo TaracenaDagoberto GamaIn an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' nose?
- DirectorCarlos CarreraStarsAna de la RegueraAsur ZagadaMarco PérezThe true story of the border town of Juarez, Mexico where since the mid-1990s thousands of women have gone missing or turned up as sun-burnt corpses in the desert. Can new police captain Blanca Bravo stop the savagery?