Movies: Alfonso Arau

The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita r...

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 them falls in love and that complicates things....

Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity....

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....

This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history...

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

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

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses....

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

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

A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who always gets drunk....

Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to...

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

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

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

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good....

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 of them find peace they were missing....

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 out at the bar without being able to shoot pool, and the boy entertains thoughts of forming a gang t...

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

"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Sim­ple­men­te, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the grea­test com­de­dian-​ac­tors in the his­tory of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. He be­gan his film ca­reer du­ring the early years of what be­ca­me the Gol­den Age of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. ...