Alfonso Arau
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Coco
as Papá Julio (voice)Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an...
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The Wild Bunch
as HerreraAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is...
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Romancing the Stone
as JuanThough she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her...
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¡Three Amigos!
as El GuapoA trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village...
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El Topo
as Bandit 1El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with...
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Used Cars
as ManuelWhen the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to...
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Posse
as PepeA tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train...
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Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. AmadoA small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when...
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Walker
as RaoussetWilliam Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in...
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Committed
as GrampyAfter her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him...
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Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
as Himself"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Simplemente, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the greatest...
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Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico'When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his...
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Scandalous John
as PacoA crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the...
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I Heart Shakey
as RaoulShakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious...
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El aviso inoportuno
as uncreditedThe farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and...
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Trip to the Moon
as Carlos VeraIn this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where...
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The Dead One
as Tezcatlipoca (voice)Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the...
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as (archive footage)An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured...
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Inspector Calzonzin
as CalzonzínMexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
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Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as IndioA pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this...
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Tivoli
as TilichesWhile trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of...
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Operación carambola
as Capulina's Aid #1Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a...
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Run, Cougar, Run
as EtioIn this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human...
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There Are No Thieves in This Village
as Agente viajeroWhen a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the...
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El rincón de las vírgenes
as Lucas Lucatero"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
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Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto PinoA comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who...
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Stones for Ibarra
as Chuy SantosA couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings...
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The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
as uncreditedA man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.
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Aunt Isabel's Garden
as uncreditedA ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through...
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...And Your Love Too
as AlfredoOn August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a...
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Paradise
as El PerroProblems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a...
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Tres amigos
as uncreditedMan accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's...
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El águila descalza
as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / MascalzzoneShmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with...
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Camino largo a Tijuana
as uncreditedJuan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug...
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Mojado Power
as Nato SolísMexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
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Polvora En La Piel
as uncreditedCompilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes. Roxana Chavez is a young girl who's flirting with...
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Miami Vice
as uncreditedThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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227
as uncreditedA housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington,...
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Gunsmoke
as MandoGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chuy SantosHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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