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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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: 6.4
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryColombia, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryMexico, USA
Duration01:42

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

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

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
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

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

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, fantastic, thriller
CountryUSA, Spain
Duration01:21

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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

      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

      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

        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

        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

        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

        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

        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

        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

        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

        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: 6.5
        Genredrama, western, military, history
        CountryMexico
        Duration02:25

        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: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, film noir
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

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

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, short, crime
        CountryUSA, Mexico

        The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA

        A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genredrama, adventure, western
        CountryUSA, Spain

        Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hops in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It’s just another night in Old 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: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          A gang of cold-blooded outlaws narrowly escapes a blood-soaked bank robbery in a grimy frontier town. With a notorious bounty hunter hot on their trail, these nefarious criminals desperately need a place to hide out before night falls. Fate brings them to the home of the Tildons, a seemingly innocent family with two feisty daughters. As the men settle in, an impetuous game of cat and mouse plays out during the cold, black night. Come morning, nothing will ever be the same.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

          Three pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.

          Markimdb: 3.1
          Genreaction
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          WKBA kickboxing champion and hard-action star Gary Daniels (The Expendables) takes to the screen in a border-crossing, barrier smashing all-action explosion that pits his will to live against the merciless murder machine of a Mexican drug cartel. Hardened DEA agent Cole finds himself sucked into the deadly underworld of Tijuanna in search of his ex-wife, a journalist who may have gone too far in search of a story. She’s been abducted by a charismatic Cartel boss who publicly aspires to public office while privately slaughtering anyone who gets in his way. Now, in a place where two cultures clash and life is cheaper than bullets, Cole is about to discover the cost of shooting to kill when you Misfire.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:56

          Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, crime
          CountryMexico
          Duration01:57

          A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:04

          When two friends embark on a journey to Mexicali for a Birthday celebration, they soon realize their psychedelic shenanigans have taken a turn for the worse.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
          CountryMexico, USA
          Duration01:52

          An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
          Duration00:29

          Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryMexico, USA
          Duration01:07

          High school seniors Logan and Blake prepare for an epic Spring Break as they travel to the beautiful and exotic Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta hoping to hook up with their high school crushes. Surrounded by hot girls in teeny bikinis, the guys are truly in heaven. After meeting at a club, Logan falls for a mysterious local beauty named Gaby but then realizes the next morning, when his grandfather’s Rolex watch is missing, that she was after more than just his heart.

          Markimdb: 4.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          A female American reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:10

          Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and runs away. But when Joan reappears will he take the chance at that happiness, or will he turn his back on it?

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genremelodrama, drama, western
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:14

          Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrecomedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          Two oafs must rescue their stranded pal in Mexico.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrecomedy, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:19

          A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.




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