Alfonso Arau Movies

In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of...

While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.

A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.

The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo...

A rumor reaches a small town, San Garabato, that a government infiltrator will arrive to check the conditions of the community. Quickly, the...

Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nuclear attack.

1905, the cinematograph has reached Southern Italy, and casts fear among the people to whom it seems a devilish trick. They call it "o 'imbroglie din...

In this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human hunter kills her mate.

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican...

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

A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two...

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-TV Western.

An undocumented man becomes the leader of a movement that defends the working conditions of migrants in the United States.

Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.

Papa and the butler try to find an acceptable husband for daddy's spoiled little girl.

A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.

Mexican feature film

On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.