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Oct 15, 2024 · Mexico City, with its vibrant colors and bustling streets, serves as the perfect backdrop for many unforgettable films. This list showcases the best movies set in this dynamic capital, highlighting how each film captures the essence of Mexico City's rich culture, history, and energy.
- Leah Collins
- 25 Best Mexican Movies on Netflix
- Roma
- Yucatán
- Coco
- Mr. Pig
- Elvira, Te Daría MI Vida Pero Lo Estoy Usando
- Desierto
- La Dictadura Perfecta
- Tiempo Compartido
- Acapulco La Vida VA
As always, let me know in the comments below if I missed one of your favorites! Keep in mind that Netflix regularly adds and pulls movies, and that some titles aren’t available in certain countries. Let’s get started!
This film has been making waves since it was released in 2018 and then scooped up three Oscars. Set in 1970’s Mexico City, it follows Cleo, a young woman who works for a wealthy family, whose life changes when their father leaves. Her own life is turned upside down too, when she finds out she’s pregnant. It’s hard to pin down the genre of this unde...
Though technically a Spanish film, I’m including it here as so many of the scenes feature the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. On board a cruise ship set for Mexico, a group of con artists do their best to outwit and rob an elderly man who has won the lottery. This movie has a little bit of everything from your classic heist film: chase scenes, tuxedos...
Miguel has dreams of being a musician. The only problem? Music is the one thing that’s forbidden in his family. When Miguel winds up visiting the Land of the Dead, he uncovers old family secrets, including the reason his grandmother forbids music. This has to be one of the most beautiful Latino movies made, with good music, stunning visuals, and he...
This one is in English, but it’s set in Mexico and directed by Diego Luna, which roots it deeply enough in Mexican culture that I’m including it. A older pig farmer in financial trouble goes to Mexico in search of a home to spend his remaining years with his beloved pig Howard. His estranged daughter follows him, they end up on a road trip together...
Elvira’s husband leaves one night to buy something at the drug store, and doesn’t come back. Reeling from shock, confusion, and fear, she takes matters into her own hands and launches a search to find him and figure out what happened. This movie kept surprising me, right until the end. It’s not your classic rom-com at all, but a good watch. Info:Dr...
A group of emigrants try to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in this gritty film. Crossing the border is already an arduous, dangerous trip, but it turns deadly when the groups encounters a self-proclaimed border patrol guard- who wants nothing less than to see them all killed. Info:Drama, Thriller | R |2016 | 1h 28min
Governor Vargas faces a ruined political when the biggest television network in Mexico, TV MX, uncovers details about his criminal activity. To save himself, he cuts a deal with a producer and reporter from the network to create a new image and build up a new reputation that will bring him political stardom. Info:Comedy, Drama | TV-MA |2014 | 2h 23...
Two families find out their reservation at a tropical timeshare resort has been double-booked and they must share their apartment. This soon becomes the least of their worries when they begin to suspect that the resort has dark plans to destroy their families. Info:Mystery, Horror, Thriller | TV-MA |2018 | 1h 36min
Three older friends meet up for a vacation in Acapulco, under the premise that Mariano will try to find his long-lost love Carmen, who lives there. One friend is married, but ill, and goes everywhere with his medicine, and the other apparently plans to spend his time trying to get with younger women at the resort. All three, however, have secrets t...
- Matt Sulem
- "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) Three out-of-work drifters (Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt) stumble upon a hearty supply of gold in a remote area of Mexico.
- "Touch of Evil" (1958) Written by, directed by and starring Orson Welles, “Touch of Evil” is a 1958 film noir that takes place on both sides of the U.S.-
- "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) Boasting an all-star ensemble cast of Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz, “The Magnificent Seven” received generally positive reviews upon its release and even more acclaim with each passing year.
- "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) Clint Eastwood’s first leading role and Sergio Leone’s first “spaghetti Western,” 1964’s “A Fistful of Dollars” is an unofficial (and unauthorized) adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1951 film “Yojimbo” and a certified classic.
Dec 12, 2019 · Amores modernos will be released in Mexico in March 2020. In Mexico City, the surprising death of Armida, a matriarch of a middle-class family, provokes a series of revelations that will...
- The Forgotten Ones. This movie, also known as The Young and the Damned, is a Mexican film made in 1950, capturing the raw life of marginalized youth in Mexico City.
- Amores Perros. Amores Perros marked Alejandro González Iñárritu’s directorial debut and shot Gael García Bernal to stardom. The film weaves multiple storylines around a single incident, earning critical praise and bagging an astonishing 95 million MXN (USD $5,383,503) at the box office, making it Mexico’s fifth highest-grossing film.
- Macario. Macario is a trippy Mexican flick from 1960, mixing horror, drama, and mystery. It follows a poor woodcutter, Macario, obsessed with his poverty and the fear of death.
- Y Tu Mamá También. Y Tu Mamá También (translated as And Your Mom Too) follows the story of two 18-year-old friends, Tenoch and Julio, on a spontaneous road trip with an older Spanish woman named Luisa.
May 23, 2019 · Hola Mexico Film Festival runs May 31 – June 8, 2019. 1. Las niñas bien. Director: Alejandra Márquez Abella. Sofia (Ilse Salas) and Fernando (Flavio Medina) have it all — money, status,...
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Dec 15, 2023 · All of the most wanderlust-inducing and iconic films set in Mexico Cigty. Spanning multiple genre, here are our favourite picks to travel to Mexico City through cinema.
