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1) The ruins
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jeff and Amy are an American couple who go to Mexico for a vacation. They find themselves in the most brutal struggle when, on an archaeological dig into the jungle, they are ambushed by hostile Mayans and forced to the top of an ancient temple. There, a monstrous and diabolically clever entity awaits them among the ruins.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Dos Estaciones follows iron-willed businesswoman María García (Teresa Sánchez), the owner of Dos Estaciones, a once-majestic tequila factory now struggling to stay afloat. The factory is the final holdover from generations of Mexican-owned tequila plants in the highlands of Jalisco, the rest having folded to foreign corporations. Once one of the wealthiest people in town, María knows...
3) Macario
Series
Publisher
Distribudor en USA Imperial Films & Music, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
Español
Description
A surrealistic, allegorical portrayal of poverty, hunger, and death in a 16th-century Mexican village. On the Day of the Dead a starving woodcutter shares his food with Death, who rewards him with a healing potion that makes him wealthy but also brings the attention of the government and the church.
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
A well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
Es 1982 y una gran crisis económica está golpeando México. La elegante, encantadora y perfecta Sofía, líder del grupo de amigas del club de tenis, se enfrenta a lo inimaginable: su caída social. Sofía intentará mantener las apariencias, pero su derrumbe además de ser inevitable, dará cuenta de qué es lo que se pierde cuando se pierde el...
Author
Publisher
Vintage International, Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of his marriage, the Counselor makes a risky decision to delve into the cocaine trade along the Texas-Mexico border. His hope is that this one-time deal will set him and his fiancée on a path to financial freedom, but instead he ends up in a brutal game that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves.
7) Wild Hogs
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Four middle-aged men decide to take a motorcycle road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. These "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink, not knowing that the bar belongs to the Del Fuegos, a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, Woody, one of the Hogs decides to steal the bike back. Woody cuts the fuel...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Hector Villa, migrant farm worker by day and a part-time prizefighter by night, struggles for a better life for himself and his ailing mother. When Hector discovers their rich rancher boss has slashed his mother's salary, he pays the ultimate price for brawling with the boss' thugs: a one-way ticket back over the Mexican border. Beaten up and jobless, Hector joins forces with an old-school trainer and sets his sights on the rancher's boxer son for...
10) The Reunion
Publisher
World Wrestling Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her father, a daughter is charged with bringing his three sons back together: Sam, a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo, a loud-mouthed overbearing bail bondsman; and Douglas, a 20-year old thief fresh out of prison. When Leo discovers the con he bonded for a lot of money for is suspected of kidnapping one of the wealthiest men in the country, he convinces his two brothers to join him on what will become a dangerous adventure....
11) Get the gringo
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
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.
12) Amores perros
Series
Criterion collection volume 1060
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature film debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director's electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers--a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Based on true love, this decades spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels them to embark on a treacherous journey to NYC with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow.
15) La fea más bella
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Xenon Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
Lety es una chica modesta, tímida, romántica e inteligente, aunque fea. Con el esfuerzo de sus padres, Erasmo y Julieta, estudió Economía y un postgrado en Finanzas, graduándose con honores. Su único amigo y confidente es Tomás, con quien comparte sus penas y alegrías dándose ánimos mutuamente. Pero sus méritos universitarios no son suficientes pues la rechazan como ejecutiva por su físico. Sin embargo, con tal de tener trabajo, acepta...
16) 47 meters down
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
17) Illegal
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
Español
Description
Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
20) Sundown
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When an emergency disrupts a family vacation in Mexico, rising tensions erupt in this suspenseful jolt where nothing is quite as it seems.
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