Ramón Menéndez

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Cascabel
5.6

Cascabel

Sep 01, 1977
A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.
Drama
El extraño hijo del Sheriff
5.9
In a small western town, a father obliges a doctor to separate two conjoined twins in a very hazardous operation. One of the children dies but years after seems to have survived as his brother's second personality.
Western
El año de la peste
5.1

El año de la peste

Feb 12, 1978
A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.
Thriller
Los cachorros
5

Los cachorros

May 10, 1973
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
Drama
Emiliano Zapata
5.9

Emiliano Zapata

Nov 20, 1970
This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.
War
Morir de madrugada
5.2

Morir de madrugada

Mar 29, 1980
A successful lawyer has his life shattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. An investigation reveals she was lying to him and leading a double life... but who killed her?
Mystery
Es mi vida
5.3

Es mi vida

May 13, 1982
Alberto Aguilera arrives from Ciudad Juárez to the capital to pursue a career in music, but in the midst of confusion he is accused of stealing and is sent to prison
Drama
Tres historias de amor
1
Three people live in the same building: An anxious teenager, a girl who wants to be kidnapped by a prince, and a maid who wants to explore eroticism.
Drama
Cadena perpetua
6.6

Cadena perpetua

Aug 09, 1979
Après être sorti de prison, "Tarzan" Lira essaie de se reconstruire une vie en tant qu'employé de banque. Malheureusement, cela pourrait être plus difficile qu'il ne le pense...
Crime
Llovizna
7

Llovizna

Jun 29, 1978
Returning from a business trip, a man meets some peasants who arouse fears in him.
Thriller
Es mi vida
5.3

Es mi vida

May 13, 1982
Alberto Aguilera arrives from Ciudad Juárez to the capital to pursue a career in music, but in the midst of confusion he is accused of stealing and is sent to prison
Drama
El Encuentro de un Hombre Solo
5.5
Alberto is a journalist who remembers an event 15 years ago, when his friend Gabriel saved a girl from a fire suffering third-degree burns. When he tells the story to his friends, one of them asks him to write it with realism, so Alberto comes back to his old town to meet Gabriel again.
Drama
El Brazo de Oro
6.3

El Brazo de Oro

Aug 16, 1979
Timothy Leach moves in to an abandoned farm house with his wife. On the way a man befriends Timothy with the intention to pass Marlene to him (A golden arm brace that gives who ever wears it dead eye shooting accuracy). A group of bandits notice them and see them as easy prey. they rob them of goods and supplies. on another trip the bandits seeing Mrs. Leach all alone assault her. as she lays on the ground the man who befriended Timothy strangles her. when Timothy arrives he blames the bandits and gives him Marlene and hands him a gun he is reluctant as he has never shot a gun before, but soon discovers it possesses incredible powers which uses nerves impulses to hit the target every time. Timothy is afraid but he also wants to avenge the life of his wife. even if he has to take them all on.
Science Fiction
Blue Demon y Zovek en La invasión de los Muertos
5
Professor Bruno Volpi spots some strange paintings on a cliff. He sends for Professor Zovek to help him discover its meaning. Zovek uses his powers to figure the writings are a warning that a cosmic tragedy is going to happen. Their fears prove to be true when a fire ball falls from the skies causing the ressurrection of the dead as zombies, craving for human flesh.
Horror
Por mis pistolas
7.7

Por mis pistolas

Aug 21, 1968
Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.
Adventure
El patrullero 777
7.8

El patrullero 777

Apr 27, 1978
Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, & always resolves his duties with a personal method.
Comedy
Los albañiles
6.429

Los albañiles

Dec 23, 1976
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
Drama
Longitud de Guerra
5.2

Longitud de Guerra

Dec 21, 1976
Based on the novel Tomochic by Heriberto Frías; tells the story of the rebellion of the inhabitants of the village of Tomochi, Chihuahua, against the government of Porfirio Diaz in 1891. Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1976.
Thriller
Lo que importa es vivir
5.4
A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The situation will change radically when Don Lazarus discovers that Candelario is having a love affair with his wife.
Romance
Dune
6.186

Dune

Dec 14, 1984
En l'an 10191, la substance la plus importante est l'Épice. Elle ne se trouve que sur une seule planète, Arakis, connue aussi sous le nom de Dune. La famille Atréide vient à gouverner cette planète mais son ennemi, la dynastie des Harkonnen lui tend un piège dès son arrivée. Paul, le fils du Duc Leto Atréide se réfugie alors dans le désert avec sa mère et y rencontre les Fremens, peuple caché dans le désert attendant l'arrivée d'un Messie...
Action
Memoriales perdidos
5

Memoriales perdidos

May 15, 1985
In the 16th century, an envoy from the pope and the king of Spain arrives in New Spain to deal with the case of Augustinian Alonso, in a state of autism by ingesting herbs given to him by the native Tlacuilo Camistli, who has been accused of sorcery. The envoy speaks with him and asks for the grass and ingesting it can communicate with Alonso, who contemplates in an internal vision a shining light that reflects the divine goodness. The envoy gets a dagger to Camistli and he takes his life. The envoy destroys the memorials he would send to Europe and decides to stay.
Cananea
5.6

Cananea

Aug 17, 1978
Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.
War
De todos modos Juan te llamas
5
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
History
Madame X
6.5

Madame X

Mar 16, 1981
Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her daughter. The daughter, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
TV Movie
Aquellos años
5.5

Aquellos años

Mar 21, 1974
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico
Drama
Cuartelazo
5.2

Cuartelazo

May 04, 1977
Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.
History
Money for Nothing
5.542

Money for Nothing

Sep 10, 1993
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
Drama