Luis G. Barreiro

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

7.3/10

A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.

6/10

Based on the famous corrido, this film tells the story of Rosa, a young coquette who comes to town only to face two men, Hipolito and Marcos, who fight for her affection. Rosa plays with the feelings of both without realizing that this can end in tragedy for her and for the men. In the village dance passions are unleashed when Hipolito finds Rosa flirting with another man, to make him jealous

An American soldier (Keaton) during World War II escapes from an airplane crash over the Pacific Ocean. He arrives on a beach believing he has landed in Japan, but he is actually in Mexico. He wanders into a fishing village and is arrested under the mistaken belief that he is a wanted serial killer. Keaton and another prisoner are put in the custody of an scientist who is planning to launch a manned rocket into outer space. The two prisoners, along with the scientist’s assistant, are blasted into space but their craft lands in an isolated portion of Mexico instead. They mistake a beekeeper wearing protective headgear as an alien, while the beekeeper believes the trio (who are wearing wizard robes) are escaped lunatics. The prisoners and the scientist’s assistant are apprehended by the local police, and the matter is quickly settled. The film is notable both as Keaton’s only Mexican production and as the last time Keaton had star billing in a feature film.

4.7/10

Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that took place 100 years earlier. Also, local girlfriends.

6.2/10

Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.

Man on death row narrates the story of his life from childhood up through the criminal activities he's being executed for.

6/10

In Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.

6.1/10

Professional bullfighter pretends to his girlfriend that he's a doctor, because her father hates bullfighters and would never let her marry one. Meanwhile...

Episodes from the life of an alcoholic hobo.

7.8/10

Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.

7.1/10

An elderly homeless man is welcomed into an Old Folks' Home and becomes acquainted with the dramas of several of his companions.

Historical drama/swashbuckler: Spain during the Inquisition.

6.8/10

The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.

Heroic adventures in the banana industry.

5/10

Homeless singer-songwriter-piano-player gets a career boost with the support of a crippled waitress, and romance blossoms. Once he starts up the ladder of success, she starts feeling insecure about all the beautiful non-deformed women he's surrounded with.

6.9/10

A 1942 film directed by Miguel M. Delgado.

Every single student at Uni flips over the young woman that lives in the building across the street from the Commons. She's a professor's daughter... Hijinks ensue.

5.6/10

Operetta-style musical comedy with can-can girls and soldiers.

7.2/10

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

7.3/10

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.

4.4/10

Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.

5/10

A 1940 film directed by Rafael E. Portas.

Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.

A 1940 film directed by Robert Quigley.

A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.

Two con-men end up at a country estate, where they thwart some jewel-thieves.

6.6/10

Comedy/drama about railroad workers.

6.5/10

At birth, three children are abandoned in a convent. They are Polito Sol and his siblings, Adriana and Carmelo Águila and they grow up to become the "Águila o Sol" trio. Many years later, Don Hipólito, Polito's father becomes rich and decides to search for his son. In the end he finds Polito and the Aguila siblings.

6.6/10

Musical romance set in 1880s Mexico.

7.1/10

The film of the thousand dancers, of the enchanting songs, of the sets that are splurge of luxury and beauty.

Young woman's father, with the help of the boyfriend he prefers for her, spreads a rumor that the guy she likes better was already married.

With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the war to the praise of townsfolk, and "El General" is ready to take a wife. However the senorita of choice already has fallen for a secret admirer, and a boyhood rival who is threatened by the General's popularity in turn plots against his life.

6.6/10

Irrational jealousy blossoms into full-blown psychosis.

6.9/10

Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators.

The story of Mexican President Benito Juárez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota.

7.3/10

During Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody, and Mendoza is considered a good friend of his guests. Eventually, the situation becomes unsustainable and he has to take sides. Betrayal and deception overcome and Mendoza's dark side surfaces

7.8/10

Colonel Carrasco's wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.

7.2/10

A 1933 film.