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Espaldas mojadas
5.2

Espaldas mojadas

Jun 16, 1955
Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life.
Crime
El hombre de papel
6.9

El hombre de papel

Oct 05, 1963
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
Drama
El rey de San Gregorio
1
Pedro and Cati live in the San Gregorio township. They must fight for their love despite the over-protection and fears of their families.
Drama
Burlada
5

Burlada

Apr 04, 1951
Fancy gentleman uses his charms to exploit a bunch of women.
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.
Ojos de juventud
4.6

Ojos de juventud

Dec 25, 1948
A bad woman exploits her husband's love. Infidelity, illegitimate children, self-sacrificing fatherhood... Also: Cabarets!
Bodas de oro
5.3

Bodas de oro

Oct 24, 1956
On their anniversary, a lomg-married couple reminisce about the history of their marriage
Drama
Rostros olvidados
6

Rostros olvidados

Oct 18, 1952
A woman looses her baby girl in a train accident but, years later, the girl's father reveals that the baby survived and was raised by him with two other daughters.
Drama
Besos prohibidos
5

Besos prohibidos

Aug 16, 1956
Nightclub singer has to choose between marrying again or reuniting with her divorced husband.
Drama
Perdida
6.6

Perdida

Oct 21, 2009
This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, who built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S., employing thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, and often reprehensible populist-genre films that were utterly and uniquely Mexican.
Documentary
El jibarito Rafael
5

El jibarito Rafael

Jan 01, 1968
Relates the life of one of Puerto Rico's most loved and revered composer and songwriter, Rafael Hernández.
Drama
Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
7.944
Biography of the famous composer of children's music Gabilondo Soler. Starts from his childhood, when he worked as a pastor and grandmother tried to teach him to play the piano. Later he went to the city to study music theory and began writing his first songs.
Drama
Flor de canela
5

Flor de canela

Feb 25, 1959
Nightclub entertainer discovers the truth about her birth mother while making the right choice in her love life, choosing the good guy over the slimy, exploitative hoodlum.
Drama
Victimes du péché
6.5

Victimes du péché

Feb 02, 1951
À México, une danseuse cubaine du "Cabaret Changó" sauve un bébé d'une poubelle et décide de l'élever, mais son proxénète se met en travers de son chemin.
Drama
Tambien de dolor se canta
6.9
The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
Comedy
Maison de rendez-vous
7.7

Maison de rendez-vous

Oct 18, 1950
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.
Drama
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
Piel canela
6.2

Piel canela

Aug 05, 1953
Marucha (Sarita Montiel) has had a shattered face since childhood, but she has a beautiful figure and covers half of her face with her hair. She is a singer and performs in neighborhood theaters. Marucha and Ramon are professionals in crime.
Drama
Revancha
5.5

Revancha

Sep 15, 1948
A man steals to buy medicine for his sick mother but when she dies he gets into drug trafficking at a local cabaret.
Drama
Hay un niño en su futuro
5
Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.
Perdida
7.833

Perdida

Jun 03, 1950
Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...
Drama
Nadie muere dos veces
4.9

Nadie muere dos veces

Sep 15, 1953
Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
Crime
Pobre corazón
5

Pobre corazón

May 17, 1950
Woman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her; dumping her on moving on would be better for him than watching her decline and feeling sad.
Por qué peca la mujer
5.3
Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.
Drama
Música y dinero
5

Música y dinero

May 22, 1958
Restaurant/nightclub is sinking into bankruptcy and management team pull wacky shit to try to get back on their feet.
A La Habana me voy
1

A La Habana me voy

Sep 02, 1950
Backstage musical: showbiz couple fusses and breaks up, then resolve their problems just before the end.
Music
Un pecado por mes
1

Un pecado por mes

May 18, 1949
Paloma and Marcelo are in love, but only dare meet once a month- see, she doesn't know that he is only pretending to be the son of rich ranchers, and he doesn't know that she is only pretending to be the daughter of the great business tycoon B. Quintana... she is in reality just an employee! But when a desperate Marcelo must take a job at Quintana's company, both their lies begin to unravel.
Comedy
Tres angelitos negros
5

Tres angelitos negros

Jun 09, 1960
Three Black Angels (Spanish: Tres angelitos negros) is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Miguel Aceves Mejía, Yolanda Varela and Pedro Vargas.
Reportaje
6.9

Reportaje

Nov 13, 1953
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Drama
Carne de horca
5.3

Carne de horca

Oct 08, 1953
Andalusia, Spain, 19th century. The roads are infested with bandits who sow panic among travelers. Although most of them are ruthless killers, Lucero is a true champion of the disinherited.
Drama