Best Mexican mystery movies
A curated collection of popular mystery movies from Mexico.
Ghost Town (1963)
Ghost Town (1963)
A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.
Los muertos no hablan (1958)
Los muertos no hablan (1958)
Bandit crew with mysterious masked leader is doing lots of crimes. Mauricio Rosales and his sidekick ride into town all incognito and stuff to set things right.
The Head of Pancho Villa (1957)
The Head of Pancho Villa (1957)
Rival factions struggle over a box that was entrusted by Pancho Villa to several members of his higher command. Second of three films in series "El jinete sin cabeza."
The Iron Mask (1960)
The Iron Mask (1960)
A rancher living alone must deal with a vampire.
Swamp of the Lost Monster (1957)
Swamp of the Lost Monster (1957)
A disappearing body leads a detective and his sidekick into an encounter with a gill man.
Lost Girl (2019)
Lost Girl (2019)
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
Only God Knows (2006)
Only God Knows (2006)
On a lark in Tijuana, a carefree Brazilian art student crosses paths with a brooding Mexican journalist, sparking a cascade of events across both Mexico and Brazil. As Dolores and Damián discover an intimate love and a mysterious spiritual heritage, they struggle with ever more costly choices.
Triptych (2021)
Triptych (2021)
Triptych (2020) is a homage to the the radical, political album, ‘We Insist!’ (1960) by the jazz musician Max Roach – the ideas of which prefigured the themes that became the Civil Rights and anti-apartheid movements. The catalyst for this film was the broadcasted portraits of figures such as Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and the evident incongruity between the beguiling ordinariness of the images that represented them with the violent end we know they endured. Through a rare focus on portraiture, Akomfrah seeks to express the diversity of Black characters, characteristics and characterisations that should form the bedrock of any de-colonial or anti-racist future.
El Supersabio (1948)
El Supersabio (1948)
Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
Madame Death (1969)
Madame Death (1969)
A mad scientist teams with an evil, disfigured woman to kidnap and operate on young women to make her look beautiful again.
Rocambole vs. the Harpies (1967)
Rocambole vs. the Harpies (1967)
Super-detective muscle dude in tights vs a criminal mastermind who doses women with ugly serum to make them commit crimes.
The Demon Rat (1992)
The Demon Rat (1992)
A teacher in the middle of a messy divorce discovers that her husband has been recklessly dumping nuclear waste and wreaking havoc on the nearby wildlife. Now, she must contend with a feral, mutated rat in her home, and her soon-to-be ex who will do anything to keep his secrets.
Triumph of the Champions of Justice (1974)
Triumph of the Champions of Justice (1974)
Mano Negra sends a group of alien dwarves led by Aker to the state laboratory to kidnap the professor Arego and obtain the formula for the cultivation of microorganisms. The formula is divided among his four daughters and most work at a circus. The aliens take capsules that make themselves invisible, kidnap the girls and are eventually revealed to be blue-skinned, red-eyed monsters who are reduced to a puddle of green goo when killed.
Two Monks (1934)
Two Monks (1934)
In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan, and suddenly attempts to bludgeon him to death with a heavy crucifix. Both men then relate their own versions of a story of romantic rivalry between them.
Twilight (1945)
Twilight (1945)
Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.
Carmín tropical (2014)
Carmín tropical (2014)
Mabel travels to her hometown to find the murderer of her friend Daniela. A journey through nostalgia, love and betrayal in a place where transgenderism once took on an unusual dimension.
Tragic Jungle (2020)
Tragic Jungle (2020)
Deep in the jungle, a group of Mexican gum workers crosses their path with Agnes, a mysterious Belizean woman. Her presence enlivens the fantasies and desires of those men, without knowing that they have woken up an ancient Mayan legend.
Hidden Moon (2012)
Hidden Moon (2012)
After a mysterious, beautiful Latin woman named Miranda makes a dramatic appearance at the funeral of a man, shocking his affluent Southern California family, Victor, the man's son, heads to Mexico to find out the truth about the nature of her relationship with his dead father. He finds Miranda in the city of Guanajuato living with another man, Tobias. When Victor confronts Miranda, she denies meeting his father and says they will never hear from her again. If Miranda is telling the truth, what exactly was she doing at Victor's father's funeral? Who is the man that she is living with now? Their confrontation is the beginning of a chain of events where the protagonists will have to solve the dilemma that happens when true love comes twice at the same time.
Cora (2024)
Cora (2024)
A woman compulsively accumulates black plastic bags in her bedroom closet. What's in the bags?
Conversaciones (2020)
Conversaciones (2020)
10 fantastic and dark conversations tell us the story of a Mexican family through the relations and conflicts of two brothers.
Circuito cerrado (2017)
Circuito cerrado (2017)
Julián has a simple routine for every day: spying on Ana from the time she leaves until she returns home. Then Julián receives a call and reports all the activities.
Arsenio Lupin (1947)
Arsenio Lupin (1947)
Arsenio Lupin is an audacious Parisian thief who mocks the police, especially Inspector Ganimard, but turns over most of his ill-gotten gains to charity. One night, he attends a party disguised as a newspaper writer who also mocks Ganimard; the next morning, the host's wife and a male guest are found murdered, and Ganimard arrives to solve the crime. A Mexican version of the Arsene Lupin character, with Sherlock Holmes tossed in as a cameo at the end.
The Specter's Road (1967)
The Specter's Road (1967)
A group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a haunted path to reach they city. (English Subtitled)
The Sign of Death (1939)
The Sign of Death (1939)
Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo.
Who Killed Grandpa? (1972)
Who Killed Grandpa? (1972)
A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension.
Mujeres infieles 4 (2016)
Mujeres infieles 4 (2016)
After a hotel maid confronts her boss about secret cameras in the rooms, she insists on watching the videos, which reveal more than she imagined.
Toc Toc... (2021)
Toc Toc... (2021)
A young woman is tormented in her room.
The Bricklayers (1976)
The Bricklayers (1976)
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.