Best Mexican family movies
A curated collection of popular family movies from Mexico.

Capulina Speedy González (1970)
Capulina Speedy González (1970)
Pony Express mailman in old west discovers super-powered chiles, gets tangled up with bank robbers.
Las Amigas (2022)
Las Amigas (2022)

Xenobot (2025)
Xenobot (2025)
Rene Del Toro is a young man surrounded by people that want to hurt him, from politicians to bullies, his family and the syndicate, struggles to understand. After being witness to his parents' assassination, he becomes involved in a drowning accident where he becomes Xenobot, a DNA altered frog man with superpowers. He now begins a new journey to find out who killed his parents and what happened to his sister and himself.
Aventuras en Marte (1981)
Aventuras en Marte (1981)
Capulina vs. the Monsters (1974)
Capulina vs. the Monsters (1974)
A very fun film dealing with the overweight comedian Capulina in yet another one of his many similar type of films. This particular film deals with Capulina trying to escape from the Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula etc. and that is what the whole film is about: one malevolus cientific try to conquer the world using the legendary monsters, but he will need the fear of the people to give themn strenght and only one person is capable of give him enough power: Capulina.

Visita al Pasado (1981)
Visita al Pasado (1981)
Mexican feature film

Santa Claus and His Helpers (1964)
Santa Claus and His Helpers (1964)
This film opens with a scene inside of Santa's space station which orbits the Earth. First, Santa checks on all of the boys and girls to see who has been naughty and who has been nice with the help of his behavior computer. Next, Santa checks on his elves to make sure they are making the Christmas presents that he will be delivering to the children. He is dismayed to find that his elves are not making the presents but are instead fighting among themselves. It is a race against time as Santa travels to Earth and then tries to persuade the elves to make the presents which must be finished before Christmas which is only days away! Will Santa succeed in persuading the elves to make the presents on time?

Viva High School Musical: Mexico (2008)
Viva High School Musical: Mexico (2008)
Football captain Cristóbal discovers that his neighbor and classmate, Mariana, has changed a lot over the summer. Meanwhile, Luli is still as vain as ever and overshadows her poor brother, Fernando. As a new year begins at High School Mexico (HSM, initially interpreted), the school has announced a "Battle of the Bands" contest hosted by Jesse & Joy. Working against the clock and with limited resources, Cristobal, Mariana, and a few of their peers unite as a band. In a desperate effort, Luli dares the impossible task of separating Cristobal from his friends. But only one band will be the winner; the one who understands that teamwork, personal development, and hard work will not only make them better artists but also better people.

The Little Colonel (1960)
The Little Colonel (1960)
Joselito is the son of Colonel José de Alvear, Earl of Almond. When his heroic father dies in the colonies, the victim of a cholera epidemic, the child is held by her guardian and executor, his uncle Martin, who wants to take his fortune.

Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb (1960)
Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb (1960)
Joselito lives with his grandmother in a fishing village. His father went to America long ago to make a fortune. One day, the boy decides to travel there to meet him. He takes courage and embarks on a fragile boat and miraculously is saved at sea by a vessel that leads him to Mexico where he meets Tom Thumb, a little newsboy who lives many adventures and helps him in the search.

Joselito vagabundo (1966)
Joselito vagabundo (1966)
Rene, a street urchin, is coerced by the head of a gang of thieves, Frank, who wants to force him to remain in their organization. One day, Rene meets Anita, a young aristocrat to whom Frank attempted to rob. And because she feels sympathy for him, the boy will have the opportunity to change his life and leave the country to make a deal with a rich heir, Fernando de Ponce, which proposes Rene to supplant him before his old aunt, who does not know him.

Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters (1962)
Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters (1962)
The film follows adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (Maria Gracia) and Tom Thumb (Cesaro Quezadas) and their friends, fighting against the wicked Witch Queen (Ofelia Guilmáin) and her band of monsters. The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the Devil's dominion, during which the Vampire (Quintín Bulnes) accuses the Wolf (Manuel Valdés) and the Ogre (José Elías Moreno) of betraying the Witch Queen (La Reina Bruja, renamed Queen of Badness in the English dub), who orders them to ber executed. Their friend Stinky the Skunk (Santanón) however escapes and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic. The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to conquer evil.

Dos locos en escena (1960)
Dos locos en escena (1960)
Viruta and Capulina, magicians working in a theater where the actors delegate dishonest ratchets, is assassinated by two stagehands to remove payroll and left her body in the clubhouse Cristas singer Virutas girlfriend. He and Capulina move the body in a trunk to utility room but the trunk is base off and the body is in the Viruta's room. A lush Chasing Coquis showgirl girlfriend Capulina, stains of red paint and falls asleep, believing him dead detectives accuse Capulina and Viruta of murder.

Mi vida es una canción (1963)
Mi vida es una canción (1963)
Young pop singer finds his niche in the entertainment industry.

Lonely Mommy (1980)
Lonely Mommy (1980)
When her husband abandons her and her son, she ends up as a nightclub singer and gets sick, so the boy travels to the United States because he wants to find his father to ask him to return.

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey (1976)
Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey (1976)
This funny Mexican film tell the tale of a family who will do anything to get rid of the rich old lady who sits at the head of the clan. All the hilarious members want a piece of the very lucrative inheritance money. What they don't know, however, is that grandma has left all of the money to her trusty dog.

Jesús, el niño Dios (1971)
Jesús, el niño Dios (1971)

Elena (2023)
Elena (2023)
Elena. An indigenous woman, pregnant and alone, must leave her home to look for better opportunities in the city, always keeping in mind where she comes from.

Jesús, María y José (1972)
Jesús, María y José (1972)
The founder of Christianity and his sacred family.

Santa Claus (1959)

Travelers: Lost in Time (2022)
Travelers: Lost in Time (2022)
Leo, a 10-year-old boy with an inexhaustible imagination who has just lost his father and best friend, uses a homemade time machine to travel back in time to find his father, whom the boy believes is lost in time.
Simbad el Mareado (1950)
Simbad el Mareado (1950)
The Mexican comedy Simbad el Mareado stars the popular comic Tin-Tan. The story concerns the adventurer Sinbad who becomes sidetracked from his quest for riches and love when he suffers from a psychotic belief that his best friend is a commoner who may be in line to receive a financial windfall.

Pobre, pero honrada! (1973)
Pobre, pero honrada! (1973)
Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches.

Tom Thumb (1957)
Tom Thumb (1957)
A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.

Veritas, Prince of Truth (2007)
Veritas, Prince of Truth (2007)
Kern has to fight an evil menace that could destroy the earth when Veritas, his favorite comic book hero, comes to life and seeks his help.

Serafín: La Película (2001)
Serafín: La Película (2001)
In this blockbuster film from Mexico, live action, animation, fast-paced thrills and humor all combine in an irresistible tale the entire family will enjoy. The story revolves around lovable guardian angel Serafin who leads a group of youngsters in search of a magic star that will save a friend. Along the way, the young heroes learn that courage, loyalty and kindness can overpower even the darkest enemies. Join the quest and share each glorious moment!

Julio and His Angel (1996)
Julio and His Angel (1996)
Julio is a small boy in Mexico who loses his mother. As she is dying, she promises him that she will send him an angel to take care of him. He is put in an orphanage that is nothing more than a work house. Julio escapes and meets up with some street-wise kids and they go around stealing wallets and purses from the tourists around town. Julio is remembering his mother's promise while praying at the church and a man appears as he is leaving. The man's name is Angel.

Superzan and the Space Boy (1973)
Superzan and the Space Boy (1973)
A youn alien comes to earth to teach humans how to live in peace.

The Marquez-Castillo Siblings (2019)
The Marquez-Castillo Siblings (2019)
A group of four siblings compete for the heritage of their father.