Alfonso Arau Movies

This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican...

Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.

In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of...

While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.

1905, the cinematograph has reached Southern Italy, and casts fear among the people to whom it seems a devilish trick. They call it "o 'imbroglie din...

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an...

"Mod" culture in Mexico City.

An ingenious actor has an idea of making musical numbers without a dialogue when he arrives with a violin and a ladder.

Pablo Rueda, a frustrated writer and artist, wanders through Mexico City in a labyrinth of dreams and memories that may or may not be those of his...

A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two...

Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After...

In this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human hunter kills her mate.

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.

Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost...

Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger...

A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.