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La malquerida
6.9

La malquerida

Sep 16, 1949
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
Drama
Ustedes los ricos
7.5

Ustedes los ricos

Dec 31, 1948
Pepe rencontre Manuel, le vrai père de Chachita, qui l'attire chez lui avec de l'argent et menace Pepe. El Tuerto s'échappe de prison et, pour se venger de Pepe, provoque une explosion où El Torito, le fils de Pepe, et Manuel meurent, sauvant Chachita des flammes.
Drama
María Eugenia
5.5

María Eugenia

Apr 01, 1943
Before marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the promise to marry his daughter. The godmother is dying, Carlos quiets and everything takes an unexpected course.
Drama
El seminarista
5.9

El seminarista

Nov 02, 1949
Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.
Comedy
Café Concordia
5

Café Concordia

Jan 01, 1939
During the early XX Century, a lovely woman dancer has an amazing success in a place called "Cafe Concordia". She is courting by many men, buts he is in love with Ernesto, a young man whose parents are against their relationship. Ernesto invites Raquel to a party at his home but she is snubbed by his mother and offended by a slighted pretender. Ernesto faces this man in a duel in which he is about to be killed by his rival, but Raquel protects his body and receives the bullet. She dies in Ernesto's arms.
El baisano Jalil
6.3

El baisano Jalil

Dec 03, 1942
Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the daughter of the Veradada wasteful. Being invited to the house of Don Guillermom, Jalil and his wife Suan and Selim are teased and contempt. Finally, the Lebanese family worker puts in place the family of Don Guillermo ridiculous.
Comedy
La trepadora
5.3

La trepadora

Sep 21, 1944
Romantic triangles between city folk and country folk, with new money/old money issues complicating the story.
Santa
5.6

Santa

Mar 30, 1932
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
Drama
El abandonado
5.3

El abandonado

Sep 15, 1949
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.
El capitán Malacara
6

El capitán Malacara

Jun 15, 1945
Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.
Una carta de amor
6.2

Una carta de amor

Nov 20, 1943
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
Drama
Acapulco
5.8

Acapulco

Jan 18, 1952
Young lady goes shopping for a millionaire husband.
Drama
Flor silvestre
6.4

Flor silvestre

Apr 24, 1943
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
Drama
Les Bas-fonds de Mexico
6.4
Mercedes, une entraîneuse du cabaret Salón México, amasse chaque semaine la somme d’argent nécessaire pour payer les coûteuses études de sa jeune sœur Béatrice, pensionnaire dans une institution huppée. Elle espère ainsi lui offrir un avenir plus radieux que le sien. Personne ne connaît la double vie épuisante de Mercedes, à l’exception d’un agent de police qui tente de lui venir en aide.
Drama
La ausente
5.7

La ausente

May 07, 1952
After arguing with her husband, a woman runs out of the house in the car and dies in a mysterious accident
Drama
Rondalla
5

Rondalla

Oct 06, 1949
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
El espectro de la novia
5
British-born David T. Bamberg was a magician who went by the stage name of Fu Manchu. He was so popular in Mexico and South America that he was given the opportunity to star in a series of crime / horror / mystery films between 1943 and 1949. This is one of them.
Mystery
Rosauro Castro
6.1

Rosauro Castro

Dec 22, 1950
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 arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.
Drama
Dos tipos de cuidado
8.3

Dos tipos de cuidado

Nov 05, 1953
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.
Comedy
¡Ay, amor... cómo me has puesto!
6.1
A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her snobby, dead-pan family to spend some time with his scumbag friends, he changes their lives, while at the time stealing the girl's heart.
Comedy
La casa de la zorra
5.5

La casa de la zorra

Dec 06, 1945
The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.
Fantasía ranchera
6

Fantasía ranchera

Feb 12, 1947
Young composer in a small town where everyone is very nurturing of his talent finishes his first opera and goes to Mexico City to get it produced. Over half the movie is taken up with a performance of his masterpiece.
Comedy
La vida en broma
5

La vida en broma

May 24, 1950
Many many mistaken identities and impostures overlapping among a group of husbands, wives and others.
Comedy
La hija del penal
5.5

La hija del penal

Nov 09, 1949
A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world. Romance, bad luck and astonishing coincidences wait in her path.
Martín Garatuza
5

Martín Garatuza

Sep 02, 1935
Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators.
Rocambole
5

Rocambole

Jan 26, 1946
Convict breaks out of jail to undo aristocratic crimes involving a fortune in jewels, a servant wrongfully accused of theft, and a dispossessed young heiress.
Crime
Inmaculada
5

Inmaculada

Sep 15, 1950
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.
Drama
La soñadora
5

La soñadora

Sep 20, 1917
La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.
En defensa propia
5

En defensa propia

Jun 14, 1917
The recently orphaned Enriqueta has to work to earn a living; She finds a job with the widower Julio Mancera, for whom she works as governess for her little daughter. After a while, the two fall in love and get married. But then, Julio's cousin Eva returns from Europe and tries to separate the couple. She is almost successful, but her plans are thwarted at a party she throws for Julio and his friends, where she is surprised by Julio, Enriqueta, and the other guests in a compromising situation with Julio's best friend, Mauricio.
María
5

María

Jan 01, 1938
The story narrates the idyllic and tragic love between María and her cousin Efraín, both natives of Valle del Cauca. In the middle of a romantic and bucolic landscape, the young characters fall in love with each other but circumstances prevent the full realization of their love.
Drama
México de mis recuerdos
6
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
Drama
La tigresa
5

La tigresa

Aug 26, 1917
The attractive and rapturous Eva is ready to do anything to be the protagonist of a cruel and painful romance. Determined, the young woman falls in love with the humble craftsman Bruno, whom she later abandons to marry the millionaire Ernesto. Bruno goes mad with pain and is admitted to a madhouse. In delirium, Bruno imagines a tigress with Eva's face attacking her in her delusions.
Drama
La tigresa
5

La tigresa

Aug 26, 1917
The attractive and rapturous Eva is ready to do anything to be the protagonist of a cruel and painful romance. Determined, the young woman falls in love with the humble craftsman Bruno, whom she later abandons to marry the millionaire Ernesto. Bruno goes mad with pain and is admitted to a madhouse. In delirium, Bruno imagines a tigress with Eva's face attacking her in her delusions.
Drama
En defensa propia
5

En defensa propia

Jun 14, 1917
The recently orphaned Enriqueta has to work to earn a living; She finds a job with the widower Julio Mancera, for whom she works as governess for her little daughter. After a while, the two fall in love and get married. But then, Julio's cousin Eva returns from Europe and tries to separate the couple. She is almost successful, but her plans are thwarted at a party she throws for Julio and his friends, where she is surprised by Julio, Enriqueta, and the other guests in a compromising situation with Julio's best friend, Mauricio.