The Place Without Limits

The Place Without Limits 1978

7.36

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

1978

Terror and Black Lace

Terror and Black Lace 1985

5.96

A psycho with a hair fetish is caught in the act of disposing of a body and the lonely housewife that witnesses it must fight for her life.

1985

Desires

Desires 1977

5.30

Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.

1977

The Dried Butterflies

The Dried Butterflies 1978

6.40

A disturbed middle aged writer becomes obsessed with a little boy who reminds her of a former lover.

1978

The Dracula Dynasty

The Dracula Dynasty 1980

4.90

In the 16th century, the Inquisition condemns Count Orloff, a vampire and sorcerer to death. In the 19th century, the vampire Madame Kostoff arrives in Mexico and buys the house where the vampire was buried and revives him.

1980

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World 1982

4.20

The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

1982

The Year of the Plague

The Year of the Plague 1978

5.10

A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.

1978

Barrio de campeones

Barrio de campeones 1981

7.20

Extended family in working-class neighborhood; story mostly focuses on a young man who aspires to a pro boxing career, his grandma and the restaurant she owns.

1981

Violent Stories

Violent Stories 1985

5.70

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.

1985

Cuchillo

Cuchillo 1978

5.80

After the 14th Ammendment to the US Constitution, everyone has rights - except the Native Americans. Cavalry Army General Boyd applies that by breaking past treaties with the Apaches, and suppressing them in the territory under his command. A young Apache - named Cuchillo/Knife, after the massacre of his tribe - is taught that he is the gods' send to protect his people. Brought up to be a great warrior, he will attempt to reason with Boyd, and then fight an uneven battle against the Blue Demons.

1978

At a Lame Pace

At a Lame Pace 1980

4.50

Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

1980

Lola

Lola 1989

4.70

A single mother sells clothes on the streets to support her daughter in Mexico City after the earthquake.

1989

El reventón

El reventón 1977

4.30

Wild-partying hippie-artist-dilettantes end up forming a revolutionary terrorist cell. The misfit Gato loses a lot of money in bets and his father throws him out of his house. Ál leaves his girlfriend Laura for his lover, the married Adriana. Out of money Gato and Ál becomes urban guerrilla when they plan to kidnap Gato's rich father.

1977

Romelia's Secret

Romelia's Secret 1988

7.20

The way three different generations of women view virginity and the mystery that a love story hides.

1988

Call Me Mike

Call Me Mike 1979

5.80

After being unjustly accused of corruption and seriously injured in prison, Miguel's personality will merge with the characters he reads in his police novels.

1979

Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!

Mexicano ¡Tú puedes! 1985

6.00

Vicente and Carmen, are spouses, he works in a factory, although he is a womanizer and irresponsible; she sells cosmetics or fayuca. Both dream of owning a home. Vincent did not want to leave their neighborhood but after several discussions they decide to buy a land...

1985