Mexican films about the revolution

List of the best Mexican films about the revolution, selected by visitors to our site: Vera Cruz, New Order, Old Gringo, The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas, Salma's Big Wish, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Get the Gringo, Jungle Shuffle, Walker, We Are What We Are.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7
Genreadventure, western
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:34

After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryMexico, France

In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama, adventure, history
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:59

When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish. Written by E.W. DesMarais

Markimdb: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
CountryMexico
Duration01:56

In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang: la Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany crashed with the most adverse conditions at the border like white slavery, the Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, the brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrefantasy, family, cartoon
CountryMexico

In the Mexican town of Santa Clara, Salma, a 16 year-old orphan who never got to meet her biological parents, has spent most of her life searching for clues of their identities and whereabouts, that is until she discovers a special book that is filled with stories of the town's past and the history of it's people.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, adventure, western, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Mexico, USA
Duration02:01

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:36

    A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genreadventure, cartoon
    CountryMexico, South Korea, Colombia

    In this turbulent jungle adventure an outcast coati male has to team up with a quirky spider monkey to save a coati princess from the hands of a human poacher and his mysterious client.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, western, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:34

    William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:30

    A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a terrible challenge - how to survive. For they are cannibals. They have always existed on a diet of human flesh consumed in bloody ritual ceremonies... and the victims have always been provided by the father. Now that he is gone, who will hunt? Who will lead them? How will they sate their horrific hunger? The task falls to the eldest son, Alfredo, a teenage misfit who seems far from ready to accept the challenge... But without human meat the family will die.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:51

    After being busted for a heist, a former CIA contractor is sent to a Mexican prison. His former CIA boss offers him freedom if he can break into the prison vault and steal $50 Million.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico

    Eve, a young chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA, France, Spain, Mexico
    Duration02:10

    The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryMexico

    Tequila in Mexico, 1940s: Honor and dignity come first here. The town is protecting a certain secret. In spite of all prohibitions, Antonio, a respected young landowner, has an affair with Lola, his uncle Vicent's young wife. She is sexually dissatisfied from her older husband. Also butler's young daughter Milagros is in love with him and sees him when he leaves Lola's room after they had sex. She threatens him to disclose the secret.

    Markimdb: 2.2
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryMexico

    A shocking assault inspires horrific violence when a group of teens encounters a girl from their school while camping in a remote spot.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryMexico
    Duration02:20

    A young teen and his misfit group of friends try to escape from a strict boarding school that holds dangerous secrets.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA, Mexico
    Duration01:31

    An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryMexico, USA

    Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico
    Duration02:03

    In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico

    Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryGermany, Mexico, USA
    Duration01:49

    The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryMexico

    Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she's literally lived her life on the move, globe-trotting from city to city. Currently working in Mexico City and set to leave for London, Rachel's world turns upside down on the eve of her own goodbye party when she gets drunk and passes out on the street. Saved by Alejandro, a handsome Mariachi singer and single father, Rachel wakes up in his apartment with no recollection of how she got there. Nor does she remember that she rejected his visa the day before, which he desperately needs for his daughter. Romance unexpectedly blossoms between the two, but either sparks or fists will fly after she finds out his secret.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, western
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:56

    Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden goal.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryMexico, USA
    Duration01:31

    After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a murderous rampage while trying to uncover the truth. Who threw him from the plane? Was it his best friend?

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:34

    Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an infected zone. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures," while a journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:26

    (In a dark basement) Norma hears the faint voice of Everio and her own, from an Ampex vintage tape recorder. They have been talking incessantly, and *oftentimes the taped conversations coincide with their *chats. The only thing troubling Norma is that until that day, she and Everio had never met and the last she heard was Everio strangling her.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective, music
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:27

    Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryThailand, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
    Duration01:10

    In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be cured, and forms a telepathic bond with one of them.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico

    Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform their lives, they quickly devolve into the criminal, adult underworld of Mexico City in a bid to buy their freedom.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryMexico
    Duration02:28

    Toto has grown and now is a young cock. An evil rancher tricks the female owner of the ranch where they live and forces her to bet the property in a cockfight in the arena. Toto is the only option to defend their home, so he must train in just one week and win the championship of the arena.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:55

    The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryUSA, Mexico

    A team of reality TV paranormal investigators go to Mexico's most haunted house in the pursuit of better ratings. However, when the true dark secrets of the mansion begin to reveal themselves, the hapless team quickly discover that this house is no hoax. With zero genuine ghost-hunting experience, they have to figure out how to stop the ghosts and escape the house with their lives.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:52

    The opening titles explain that American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products.Lauren Adrian (Jennifer Lopez), an impassioned American news reporter for the "Chicago Sentinel" wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan (Martin Sheen) assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, crime, detective, anime
    CountryJapan, Italy, United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain

    On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers lead by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls of the roadway. The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:48

    Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Argentina
    Duration01:47

    A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Mexico
    Duration02:33

    It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:35

    When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Mexico

    Arcadia may look like an ordinary town, but it lies at the center of magical and mystical lines that makes it a nexus for many battles among otherworldly creatures, including trolls, aliens, and wizards. Now, various heroes will team-up in an epic adventure where they must fight the Arcane Order for control over the magic that binds them all together.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller
    CountryMexico

    A science fiction thriller that takes place in 1968's Mexico and deals with identity in a metaphorical way, as the plot involves a mysterious condition that makes all persons locked inside a bus station on a rainy night to adopt the same face and features.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico

    A well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico, USA
    Duration01:52

    Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The Consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genredrama, family, sport
    CountryMexico

    Two young kids dream about being professional baseball players.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico, Spain, Guatemala
    Duration01:50

    A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, western
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:21

    Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountrySpain, Mexico

    Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryMexico

    On the surface, Clara Barron seems to have it all: a job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a loving family. But, the one thing Clara doesn't have figured out is her love life. Pressured by a family wedding in Mexico, Clara asks a co-worker to pose as her boyfriend for the weekend festivities,- only to be caught by surprise when her ex- boyfriend (and family favorite) suddenly shows up after disappearing from her life completely. Torn, Clara must decide between going back to the past or open her heart to new and unexpected possibilities.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, history
    CountryChile, France, Mexico, USA
    Duration01:55

    In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryMexico
    Duration01:53

    The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryMexico

    Daniel and Maria are about to get married and have a modern wedding on the beach in mind. But their families have other plans for the celebration.




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