Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win.

  • Title: Roberto Gavaldón
  • Popularity: 1.18
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1909-06-07
  • Place of Birth: Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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  • Also Known As: Roberto Gabaldon, Roberto Gavaldon, R. Gavaldón
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Roberto Gavaldón Movies

  • 1958
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    El cine mexicano de fiesta

    El cine mexicano de fiesta

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1933
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    Prisoner 13

    Prisoner 13

    6.7 1933 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    The Hidden One

    The Hidden One

    4.9 1956 HD

    Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she...

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  • 1958
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    Ash Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday

    4.8 1958 HD

    1913: A young woman is raped by a priest and turns away from the Church as a result of the experience. 1924: She now is the owner of an expensive...

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  • 1953
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    The Boy and the Fog

    The Boy and the Fog

    6 1953 HD

    Marta is obsessed with protecting her son from the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that she has hidden from her husband.

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  • 1960
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    Macario

    Macario

    8.7 1960 HD

    Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions,...

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  • 1973
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    Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

    Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

    7.1 1973 HD

    A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho...

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  • 1950
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    The Love Nest

    The Love Nest

    5 1950 HD

    Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and...

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  • 1953
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    Remember to Live

    Remember to Live

    5 1953 HD

    In Guanajuato, a piano teacher delays her marriage to an engineer not to let her younger sisters alone. As he is love with her voice, he is mistaken...

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  • 1946
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    El socio

    El socio

    5.5 1946 HD

    A former singer, determined to succeed in business, comes up with a partner and just believing their existence. In the end, wake up ...

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  • 1946
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    The Other

    The Other

    7 1946 HD

    A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

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  • 1946
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    The Other

    The Other

    7 1946 HD

    A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

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  • 1947
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    The Kneeling Goddess

    The Kneeling Goddess

    6.6 1947 HD

    Businessman Antonio is carrying on an affair with Raquel, who wants him to divorce his wife Elena. He purchases for Elena as an anniversary gift a...

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  • 1942
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    El baisano Jalil

    El baisano Jalil

    6.3 1942 HD

    Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the...

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  • 1954
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    Camelia

    Camelia

    5 1954 HD

    A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form...

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  • 1955
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    The Littlest Outlaw

    The Littlest Outlaw

    5.45 1955 HD

    Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General's horse to jump for the...

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  • 1954
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    Untouched

    Untouched

    6.7 1954 HD

    With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities...

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  • 1977
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    La playa vacía

    La playa vacía

    4.2 1977 HD

    Ends the season and Victoria, widow, mature and owns the beachside motel, does not want to spend another winter alone. To avoid it, buy the company...

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  • 1956
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    The Hidden One

    The Hidden One

    4.9 1956 HD

    Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she...

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  • 1953
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    The Three Perfect Married

    The Three Perfect Married

    4.4 1953 HD

    Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three...

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  • 1964
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    The Golden Cockerel

    The Golden Cockerel

    7 1964 HD

    A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman

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  • 1945
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    The Barracks

    The Barracks

    6.9 1945 HD

    The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push through his work with the opposition and hatred of the...

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  • 1952
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    Night Falls

    Night Falls

    6.5 1952 HD

    The arrogant Arizmendi, pelota champion, lives intoxicated by his success and disdain for women who love him. Arizmendi commits blackmail to lose a...

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  • 1951
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    In the Palm of Your Hand

    In the Palm of Your Hand

    6 1951 HD

    A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse...

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  • 1951
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    In the Palm of Your Hand

    In the Palm of Your Hand

    6 1951 HD

    A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse...

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  • 1959
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    Beyond All Limits

    Beyond All Limits

    5.2 1959 HD

    This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are...

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  • 1958
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    Ash Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday

    4.8 1958 HD

    1913: A young woman is raped by a priest and turns away from the Church as a result of the experience. 1924: She now is the owner of an expensive...

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  • 1953
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    The Boy and the Fog

    The Boy and the Fog

    6 1953 HD

    Marta is obsessed with protecting her son from the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that she has hidden from her husband.

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  • 1948
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    Adventures of Casanova

    Adventures of Casanova

    5 1948 HD

    Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been murdered, returns to Palermo and engages in...

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  • 1952
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    Soledad's Shawl

    Soledad's Shawl

    6.1 1952 HD

    Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself...

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  • 1977
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    Las cenizas del diputado

    Las cenizas del diputado

    5.6 1977 HD

    A political player is presumed dead in a traffic accident; his relatives all try to cash in on his estate while he goes into hiding with schemes of...

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  • 1960
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    Macario

    Macario

    8.7 1960 HD

    Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions,...

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  • 1945
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    Corazones de México

    Corazones de México

    5 1945 HD

    Mexican movie

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  • 1948
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    Tongolele Has Been Killed

    Tongolele Has Been Killed

    5.8 1948 HD

    Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?

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  • 1955
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    Después de la tormenta

    Después de la tormenta

    5.3 1955 HD

    This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers....

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  • 1950
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    Rosauro Castro

    Rosauro Castro

    6.1 1950 HD

    Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon...

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  • 1972
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    Doña Macabra

    Doña Macabra

    5.4 1972 HD

    The story of Armida (named ¨Doña Macabra¨ by her neighbors) and Demetria, two old women who live in an old house with Octavio, a kind...

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  • 1963
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    Autumn Days

    Autumn Days

    7 1963 HD

    Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows...

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  • 1951
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    Desired

    Desired

    5.3 1951 HD

    A man comes to a village to marry a girl, but upon meeting the bride's sister, he falls in love with her.

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  • 1961
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    The White Rose

    The White Rose

    7 1961 HD

    An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his land, resorting to a devious scheme to try to...

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  • 1960
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    El Siete de Copas

    El Siete de Copas

    5.6 1960 HD

    Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

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  • 1958
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    Here is Heraclius Bernal

    Here is Heraclius Bernal

    5 1958 HD

    Historical drama/biopic about 1880s Social Justice bandits in a mining community in Sinaloa. First of three in series.

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  • 1958
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    El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal

    El rayo de Sinaloa: La venganza de Heraclio Bernal

    5.2 1958 HD

    Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a historical-drama trilogy.

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  • 1955
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    De carne somos

    De carne somos

    5.6 1955 HD

    Woman becomes a prostitute so her writer BF can concentrate on his art instead of working for a living.

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  • 1956
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    Historia de un amor

    Historia de un amor

    5 1956 HD

    Singer relives her love-life in flashback: she adopts another woman's illegitimate daughter, she gets married, the grandparents of the baby raise a...

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  • 1944
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    Naná

    Naná

    5 1944 HD

    Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.

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  • 1947
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    The Kneeling Goddess

    The Kneeling Goddess

    6.6 1947 HD

    Businessman Antonio is carrying on an affair with Raquel, who wants him to divorce his wife Elena. He purchases for Elena as an anniversary gift a...

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  • 1976
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    The Fungi Man

    The Fungi Man

    5.1 1976 HD

    Racial conflicts, love triangles and the awakening of passion will lead to disaster for a decadent aristocratic family in the newly independent...

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  • 1979
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    Cuando tejen las arañas

    Cuando tejen las arañas

    5.2 1979 HD

    Young woman tries to discover the family secret that led to her father being murdered, and she gradually is manipulated into a lesbian relationship.

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    El Siete de Copas

    El Siete de Copas

    5.6 1960 HD

    Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

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  • 1951
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    Mi vida por la tuya

    Mi vida por la tuya

    5 1951 HD

    During a mother's dream comes up Gloria Rivas as a vamp who crushes her son's life.

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  • 1956
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    The Hidden One

    The Hidden One

    4.9 1956 HD

    Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she...

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  • 1970
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    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    5.6 1970 HD

    A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

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  • 1974
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    La madrastra

    La madrastra

    5.8 1974 HD

    In Segovia at the beginning of the thirties the hoarder widower and Marcos must be prudent but has relations with the sterile prostitute Mercedes...

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  • 1972
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    Doña Macabra

    Doña Macabra

    5.4 1972 HD

    The story of Armida (named ¨Doña Macabra¨ by her neighbors) and Demetria, two old women who live in an old house with Octavio, a kind...

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  • 1935
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    The Dead Speak

    The Dead Speak

    5.2 1935 HD

    Professor Jiménez believes the human retina retains the image of the last thing a person sees before death. Only his student Eduardo stands by...

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  • 1973
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    Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

    Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

    7.1 1973 HD

    A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho...

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Camelia

    Camelia

    5 1954 HD

    A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form...

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  • 1937
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    Ave sin rumbo

    Ave sin rumbo

    5 1937 HD

    A woman with a past meets a man with a past; the back story of each one represents an obstacle to their couple-bonding. Will they work through their...

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  • 1952
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    Soledad's Shawl

    Soledad's Shawl

    6.1 1952 HD

    Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself...

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  • 1953
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    The Three Perfect Married

    The Three Perfect Married

    4.4 1953 HD

    Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three...

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    Rosauro Castro

    Rosauro Castro

    6.1 1950 HD

    Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon...

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    Rosauro Castro

    Rosauro Castro

    6.1 1950 HD

    Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon...

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  • 1936
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    Cielito lindo

    Cielito lindo

    5.5 1936 HD

    A 1936 film.

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  • 1942
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    El conde de Montecristo

    El conde de Montecristo

    5.3 1942 HD

    Adaptation of Dumas' swashbuckler classic.

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  • 1948
    imgMovies

    Tongolele Has Been Killed

    Tongolele Has Been Killed

    5.8 1948 HD

    Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?

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  • 1967
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    Rio Blanco

    Rio Blanco

    5 1967 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1970
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    Las figuras de arena

    Las figuras de arena

    5.5 1970 HD

    Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit. Everyone learns and grows.

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  • 1955
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    Después de la tormenta

    Después de la tormenta

    5.3 1955 HD

    This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers....

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  • 1961
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    The White Rose

    The White Rose

    7 1961 HD

    An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his land, resorting to a devious scheme to try to...

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  • 1937
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    El derecho y el deber

    El derecho y el deber

    5.4 1937 HD

    Officer comes home from the Revolution to discover that he's been declared dead and that his wife has remarried and given his lands to another man.

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  • 1944
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    Caminito alegre

    Caminito alegre

    5 1944 HD

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

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  • 1978
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    Las del talon

    Las del talon

    4.8 1978 HD

    At The Play Boy strip club, everybody's got a story. Owners, employees, customers...

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  • 1965
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    Los hijos que yo soñé

    Los hijos que yo soñé

    7.2 1965 HD

    Grieving widow finds new purpose in life as director of an orphanage.

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  • 1938
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    La tierra del mariachi

    La tierra del mariachi

    5 1938 HD

    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.

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  • 1951
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    Mi vida por la tuya

    Mi vida por la tuya

    5 1951 HD

    During a mother's dream comes up Gloria Rivas as a vamp who crushes her son's life.

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  • 1941
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    Rancho Alegre

    Rancho Alegre

    5 1941 HD

    Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other...

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  • 1946
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    Rayando el sol

    Rayando el sol

    5.5 1946 HD

    Romantic triangle on the hacienda.

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  • 1982
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    Viva México y sus corridos

    Viva México y sus corridos

    4.2 1982 HD

    Song/action clips from 8 or 12 movies that starred Antonio Aguilar as historical figures, with an onscreen narrator who splains things.

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  • 1976
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    The Fungi Man

    The Fungi Man

    5.1 1976 HD

    Racial conflicts, love triangles and the awakening of passion will lead to disaster for a decadent aristocratic family in the newly independent...

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  • 1952
    imgMovies

    Night Falls

    Night Falls

    6.5 1952 HD

    The arrogant Arizmendi, pelota champion, lives intoxicated by his success and disdain for women who love him. Arizmendi commits blackmail to lose a...

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Untouched

    Untouched

    6.7 1954 HD

    With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities...

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  • 1958
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    La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal

    La rebelión de la sierra: El Fin de Heraclio Bernal

    5.2 1958 HD

    Third and last film in the trilogy about Heraclio Bernal. Heraclio continues his fight against the Federales in the Juarista era.

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  • 1970
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    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    5.6 1970 HD

    A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    5.6 1970 HD

    A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

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  • 1951
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    Desired

    Desired

    5.3 1951 HD

    A man comes to a village to marry a girl, but upon meeting the bride's sister, he falls in love with her.

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  • 1944
    imgMovies

    Naná

    Naná

    5 1944 HD

    Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.

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  • 1948
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    A la sombra del puente

    A la sombra del puente

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1947
    imgMovies

    La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra

    La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1964
    imgMovies

    The Golden Cockerel

    The Golden Cockerel

    7 1964 HD

    A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    The Love Nest

    The Love Nest

    5 1950 HD

    Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and...

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    De carne somos

    De carne somos

    5.6 1955 HD

    Woman becomes a prostitute so her writer BF can concentrate on his art instead of working for a living.

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  • 1939
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    La bestia negra

    La bestia negra

    5 1939 HD

    Comedy/drama about railroad workers.

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