Arturo Ripstein Movies

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a...

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, the helping of her caring, but cynical godmother, is not enough to prevent Julia from plotting her...

Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.

Legendary 1970s Mexican horror film auteur Juan F. Moctezuma II reportedly influenced the work of mega-directors Guillermo del Toro, Robert...

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...

A gunfighter is appointed sheriff of a town that is terrorized by a gang of criminals.

A singer is on the run from the law and a criminal gang. She takes refuge at a hotel where she finally reveals a complex story of betrayal and...

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa,...

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

In a seedy brothel, their frustrations parade: A poet who has never published, a revolutionary who came late to history, a provocative angel, a...

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town...

The story of two women, a mother and her daughter, who during the Cristero War set traps for government soldiers passing by their house, using...

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

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...

Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein.