¡Viva Mexico!
To kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are celebrating one of the most vibrant film producers in Latin America: Mexico! In recognition of Mexico’s Independence Day, Telescope presents a list of classic and contemporary masterpieces that showcase the diversity of Mexican cinema.
No One Will Ever Know
(Nadie Sabrá Nunca)
A mother and son escape their mundane lives through the world of fiction in 1970s rural Mexico.
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- Mexico • 2018
- Director Jesús Torres Torres
- Cast Adriana Paz, Jorge A. Jimenez, David Medel, Arcelia Ramírez, Manuel Ojeda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Roma
A meditative portrait of a domestic worker's journey through adversity in turbulent 1970s Mexico City.
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- Mexico, United States • 2018
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
I Dream in Another Language
(Sueño en otro idioma)
If a linguist wants to record a conversation in a now defunct millenary language, he must make two seniors reconcile.
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- Mexico, Netherlands • 2017
- Director Ernesto Contreras
- Cast Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, Eligio Meléndez, José Manuel Poncelis, Fátima Molina
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Desierto
A group of emigrants attempt to cross the US-Mexico border, but the journey becomes bloody when a psychotic vigilante appears.
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- Mexico, France • 2015
- Director Jonás Cuarón
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Diego Cataño, Marco Pérez, Alondra Hidalgo, Oscar Flores
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Pluto TV, Freevee
Cesar Chavez
History is made one step at a time.
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- United States, Mexico • 2014
- Director Diego Luna
- Cast Michael Peña, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Jacob Vargas, Gabriel Mann, Lisa Brenner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VIX , Freevee, Hoopla
Elvira, I'd Give You My Life But I'm Using It
(Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando)
After her husband disappears, the wife he left behind begins a desperate search to find him.
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- Mexico • 2014
- Director Manolo Caro
- Cast Cecilia Suárez, Vanessa Bauche, Angie Cepeda, Mariana Treviño, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Carlos Bardem
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on YouTube
Heli
Heli must protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world.
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- Mexico, Netherlands, Germany • 2013
- Director Amat Escalante
- Cast Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda Gonzalez, Juan Eduardo Palacios, Kenny Johnston, Reina Julieta Torres
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
After Lucia
(Después de Lucía)
After a video of her having sex goes viral, Alejandra becomes the target of bullying from her schoolmates.
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- Mexico, France • 2012
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Tessa Ía, Hernán Mendoza, Gonzalo Vega Sisto, Tamara Yazbek Bernal, Paco Rueda, Paloma Cervantes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
Alamar
Before his five-year-old son moves to Italy, Jorge takes him to a Mexican coral reef to teach him about his Mayan origins.
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- Mexico • 2010
- Director Pedro González-Rubio
- Cast Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestor Marin
- Genre Documentary, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Biutiful
You don't choose your family. We all belong to somebody, but to belong to Uxbal and Marambra, is both a blessing and a curse.
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- Mexico, Spain • 2010
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández, Cheikh Ndiaye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Even the Rain
(También la lluvia)
As a director shoots a film about Christopher Columbus in Bolivia, locals rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
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- Spain, Mexico, France • 2010
- Director Icíar Bollaín
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Raúl Arévalo, Najwa Nimri, Karra Elejalde, Cassandra Ciangherotti
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Duck Season
(Temporada de patos)
Adulthood is a moving target.
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- Mexico, United States • 2004
- Director Fernando Eimbcke
- Cast Daniel Miranda, Diego Cataño, Danny Perea, Enrique Arreola
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Y Tu Mamá También
(Y tu mamá también)
Two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn about life — and each other.
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- Mexico • 2001
- Director Alfonso Cuarón
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho, Verónica Langer, María Aura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel
Amores Perros
(Amores perros)
Love. Betrayal. Death.
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- Mexico • 2000
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Emilio Echevarría, Jorge Salinas
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee, Hoopla
Midaq Alley
(El Callejón de los Milagros)
Three diverse perspectives from a group of men and women who cross paths in Mexico City.
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- Mexico • 1995
- Director Jorge Fons
- Cast Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Like Water for Chocolate
(Como agua para chocolate)
In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.
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- Mexico • 1992
- Director Alfonso Aráu
- Cast Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Ada Carrasco, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maillé
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Pluto TV, Hoopla