Movies about Mexico

Movies about Mexico
List of the best movies about Mexico, selected by visitors to our site: From Dusk Till Dawn, The Snitch Cartel, The Shawshank Redemption, Machete Kills, Blue Streak, Man on Fire, Becoming Mayan: Creating Apocalypto, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Gringo, Mr. Arkadin.

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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Country
Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:48
CharactersVampire, Gangsters, Brothers
PlotSurvival, The escape, Hostage
PlaceMexico
TimeNight
StyleFor men

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: 6.4
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryColombia, USA
CharactersGangsters
PlotOn real events, Wedding, Money, Death
PlaceMexico
StyleHeavy, Serious, For men, Disturbing

The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"

Markimdb: 9.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22
CharactersScammers, Prisoner, Friends, Good people
PlotSurvival, Prison Break, The escape, Freedom, Fate
PlacePrison, Mexico, USA
StyleInteresting, Popular, To cry, Atmospheric, Fascinating

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, Russia
Duration01:48
CharactersKillers, Heroes, Special agents
PlotSaving the World
PlaceSpace, Mexico
StyleExciting, Heavy, Fancy, For men

Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:33
CharactersThieves, Police, Friends, Partners
PlotRobbery, Betrayal, Toys, Gems
PlaceDeserts, Mexico, Los Angeles
StyleExciting, For men, Disturbing

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Mexico, Luxembourg
Duration02:26
CharactersCIA, Heroes, Bodyguards, Warriors
PlotAbduction, Revenge, Friendship, Justice
PlaceMexico
StyleExciting, Psychological problems, Action, Heavy, Serious

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
Duration02:19
CharactersHeroes, Warriors
PlotWar, Survival, Adventure, Travel, Slavery
PlaceJungle, Pyramid, Mexico
Time16th century
StyleExciting, Heavy

An overview of the making of Mel Gibson's 'Apocalypto'.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryMexico, USA
Duration01:42
CharactersCIA, Hired assassins, Musicians, Heroes, Presidential
PlotSkirmishes, Revenge
PlaceMexico, Small cities
StyleExciting, Heavy, Fancy, Epic, Serious

Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
CountryAustralia, USA, Mexico
Duration01:31
CharactersBusinessmen
PlotSkirmishes, Abduction
PlaceMexico
StyleExciting, Black humor, For men

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: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, film noir
CountryFrance, Spain, Luxembourg
Duration01:45
PlotInvestigation, Mystery
StyleAction, By books, Atmospheric, Smart

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:29
PlotTravel, Political
PlaceShips, Mexico
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Smart, Gloomy, Serious

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:09
CharactersScammers, Brothers, Businessmen
PlotLove, Puzzles, Survival, Investigation, Birthday
PlaceMexico, Hotels, USA
StyleUnexpected ending, Psychological problems, Twisted plot, Atmospheric, Intellectual

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:21
CharactersTeens, Monsters, Special Forces, Rabbits, Scientists
PlotDeath, Supernatural, Internet, Fear
PlaceParallel worlds, Party, Mexico, USA
StyleHeavy, Serious, Disturbing

V/H/S: VIRAL's segments include the story of a deranged illusionist who obtains a magical object of great power, a homemade machine that opens a door to a parallel world, teenage skaters that unwillingly become targets of a Mexican death cult ritual, and a sinister, shadowy organization that is tracking a serial killer. The segments are tied together by the story of a group of fame-obsessed teens following a violent car chase in LA that unwittingly become stars of the next internet sensation.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:58
CharactersTransgender people, Terminally ill
PlotOn real events, Death, Uprising, Rivalry
PlaceCourt, Hospitals, Texas, Mexico, USA
StyleInteresting, Psychological problems, Soulful, Explicit scenes, Touching

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland
Duration01:36
CharactersGangsters, Hired assassins, Killers, Businessmen, Strangers
PlotFriendship, Death, Depression, Holidays
PlaceMexico, Hotels, USA
StyleLight, Tense

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genreadventure, western
CountryItaly, Spain, West Germany
Duration02:58
CharactersHorses, Cowboys, Heroes
PlotTravel, Skirmishes, Treasures
PlaceWild West, Deserts, Texas, Tomb
StyleExciting, Action, Heavy, Tense, Epic

While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryMexico
Duration02:03
CharactersDogs, Animals, Family, Trainers, Maids
PlotMartial Arts, Cars, Relationship, Earthquake, Death
PlaceSea, Aircraft, Ocean, Beach, Mexico
StyleOscars, Fascinating, Heavy, Makes me think, Touching

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

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryFrance, USA, Mexico, Morocco, Japan
Duration02:23
CharactersFamily, Students, Parents
PlotTravel, Wedding, Depression
PlaceJapan, Deserts, Mexico
StyleSoulful, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Heavy, Makes me think

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:34
CharactersMafia, Gangsters, Brides
PlotOn real events, Money, Investigation, Death, Justice
PlaceMexico, USA
StyleAction, Tense

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryMexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration01:45
CharactersPolice
PlotLove, Adventure, Travel, Revenge, Missing people
PlaceMexico, Small cities
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive

Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:58
CharactersSharks, Sisters
PlotSurvival, Breakup, Water, Vacation, Diving
PlaceSea, Ocean, Mexico
StyleExciting, Tense, Disturbing

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryMexico
Duration01:17
CharactersDogs, Police
PlotRobbery, Revenge, The escape, Money, Friendship

A group of juvenile delinquents lives a criminal, violent life in the festering slums of Mexico City, among them the young Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:09
CharactersGangsters, Hired assassins
StyleRomantic, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Smart, Black humor

A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Colombia
Duration01:08
CharactersSnipers, FBI, Friends, Criminals
PlotInvestigation
PlaceMexico, USA, Canada
StyleExciting, Action, For men, Disturbing

A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryMexico, USA
CharactersCriminals
PlotBorder
PlaceDeserts, Mexico, USA
StyleAction, Fascinating, Tense, Serious, Disturbing

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: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:34
CharactersKillers, Police, Writers, Journalists
PlotOn real events, Death, Justice
PlacePrison, Court, Mexico, USA, New York
StyleUnexpected ending, Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating

A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration00:59
CharactersSerial killers, Gangsters
PlotDeath, Weapon
PlaceMexico, Hotels
StyleTense, Black humor, Disturbing

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genreaction, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:08
CharactersTeens, Heroes, Police, FBI, Criminals
PlotSurvival, Adventure, Skirmishes, Fight, Money
PlaceDeserts, Mexico, USA
TimeFuture
StyleExciting, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Tense, Serious

A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, western, military, history
CountryMexico
Duration02:25
CharactersHorses, Military, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Death, Uprising
PlaceMexico
StyleSoulful, Epic, Serious

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:27
CharactersHired assassins
PlotMystery
PlaceCourt, Yachts, Mexico, USA, New York
StyleAction, By books, Atmospheric, Smart, Serious

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.





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