Best Mexican war movies
A curated collection of popular war movies from Mexico.
The Hidden One (1956)
The Hidden One (1956)
Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she cannot forget her love for a rebel leader.
Entrada de Villa y Zapata a la Ciudad de México (1914)
Entrada de Villa y Zapata a la Ciudad de México (1914)
The famous video of the historical event in which the two most loved revolutionary leaders met each other.
Sol en llamas (1962)
Sol en llamas (1962)
A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.
El compadre Mendoza (1934)
El compadre Mendoza (1934)
In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?
La Cucaracha (1959)
La Cucaracha (1959)
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
El Capitán (2017)
El Capitán (2017)
Daniel is a vegan man with many changes in his life, but no one taught him how to accept the loss of his own hero.
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra (1943)
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra (1943)
In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
Magueyes (1962)
Magueyes (1962)
Experimental filmmaker Rubén Gámez explores the iconography of the maguey plant in Mexican cinematic history.
The Nativity: The Life of Jesus Christ (1986)
The Nativity: The Life of Jesus Christ (1986)
Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to being King of the Jews . Walk where he walked, see what He did, and be where He died. What made him more than just a man in some peoples eyes but an impostor in others'? ...
Zapata: The dream of a hero (2004)
Zapata: The dream of a hero (2004)
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. Unusual in the Mexican film industry, Zapata was financed independently.
La trinchera (1969)
La trinchera (1969)
Doña Perfecta (1951)
Doña Perfecta (1951)
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
Duelo en las montañas (1950)
Duelo en las montañas (1950)
1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.
La soldadera (1967)
La soldadera (1967)
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
La corneta de mi general (1989)
La corneta de mi general (1989)
Elegía por un Mundo Perdido (0)
Elegía por un Mundo Perdido (0)
Caballo prieto azabache (1968)
Caballo prieto azabache (1968)
Standing before Pancho Villa's tomb, horse breeder Jesus harkens back to his youth, when he provided bed and board to a nondescript laborer named Doroteo Arango. In time, Arango would transform himself into gang leader Villa. When the Mexican Civil War erupts, a man named Fierro wants to execute Jesus for selling a horse to an anti-Villa buyer. But in repayment of Jesus's debt of kindness, Villa intercedes on his behalf.
El Cristo de mi Cabecera (1951)
El Cristo de mi Cabecera (1951)
1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a French officer and another guy chasing after his fiancé, and...
El Quelite (1970)
El Quelite (1970)
Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.
La tórtola del Ajusco (1962)
La tórtola del Ajusco (1962)
La negra Angustias (1950)
La negra Angustias (1950)
When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.
Atrás de las nubes (1962)
Atrás de las nubes (1962)
All it says in my notes is "Like 'Juan Sin Miedo', only with soldiers." So... Army officer seeks revenge for... something...
La seducción (1981)
La seducción (1981)
Pilotos de combate (1973)
Pilotos de combate (1973)
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