Alfonso Arau Movies

Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974

The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo...

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...

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

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

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...

Mexican feature film

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...

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local...

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

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...

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...

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

"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Sim­ple­men­te, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the grea­test com­de­dian-​ac­tors in the...

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

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

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

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

Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981

On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.