Mexican films/films set in Mexico??

A_Fitz

Stuff along the lines of 'No Country for Old Men' or 'Three Burials' - anyone got any recommendations?? Doesn't matter if they're subtitled - cheers!

Duiske

Machete is pretty good, though its not exactly in the vein of the films you mentioned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIxcVzwLR1k

DazMarz

El Mariachi; the world is first introduced to Roberto Rodriguez. Famous for being made on a budget of $7,000 and being a sleeper hit in the USA, this film is not half bad. A simple plot of mistaken identity when two men both wearing black and carrying guitar cases wander into a small Mexican town. One case contains a guitar. The other contains a wicked array of automatic weaponry.

For only seven grand, Rodriguez created something brilliant. While it can look ropey and strained at times, for a debut it is remarkably assured and a solid and at times masterful action film.

Phony Scott

Anything from director Alejandro Jodorowsky. A lot of people reference 'El Topo,' but I think it's overrated. Santa Sangre, on the other hand, is one of the best (if least seen) horror films ever made.

Carcharodon

Went through a period of a lot of South American films, some quality there but a lot of the names escape me.

One of the more famous ones is Amores Perros, really enjoyed that.
Y u tambien was ok but maybe not what you are looking for.
Pans Labrynth is quality
Sin Nombre is very good and worth checking out

mikhail

Carcharodon wrote: »

Y u tambien was ok but maybe not what you are looking for.

It's Y tu mama tambien (And your mother also).

Carcharodon

mikhail wrote: »

It's Y tu mama tambien (And your mother also).

Ah yes, it is all coming back to me now.

johnny_ultimate

mikhail wrote: »

It's Y tu mama tambien (And your mother also).

Definitely one of my favourite Mexico-set films (not that there are all that many!). Quite sexually explicit (not a watch with your grandparents film :pac:), but one of the more interesting road trip films I've come across. It is different than what you might be looking for, OP, but it's a fantastic film.

Jodorowsky is interesting (I've only seen Holy Mountain) but approach with caution - you're entering serious art film territory. Very difficult, challenging and shocking film, but there's plenty to like if you give the madness a chance.

BopNiblets

Monsters is a low budget Cloverfield/War Of The Worlds type film set in Mexico, it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IshZoIwz_o

A_Fitz

Cheers guys, much appreciated - will start investigating immediately!

Cazale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy28rYE8NIw

Sin Nombre is definitely worth a watch.

mikhail

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Definitely one of my favourite Mexico-set films (not that there are all that many!).

All that many Mexico-set films, or all that many of them among your favourites?

Mexico has a pretty healthy film industry, which I keep meaning to explore properly. Aside from the more familiar modern guys like Del Toro and Cuarón, there are some interesting older directors like Buñuel and Jodorowsky.

El Horseboxo

Voces inocentes (About the El Salvadorean civil war but i was filmed and produced in Mexico)
El norte
Amores Perros
Matando Cabos
La ley de Herodes

All the above are in Spanish and the last 2 are dark comedies. So subtitles may not put across some of the humor. A lot of Mexican films are heavy on slang anyways so suppose you never really get it the way a local would. Does my head in when i see how lazy the subtitles are with the translation.


And the below are some that have a good few scenes in Mexico.

Traffic
Babel
Man on fire
The Matador
The ruins

Phony Scott

A_Fitz wrote: »

Stuff along the lines of 'No Country for Old Men' or 'Three Burials'

a bit off topic, but Red Hill, which was shown at the Horrorthon (but isn't remotely a horror movie), is an Australian 'western' that you could compare to No Country... and Three Burials. Check it out.

indough

Cronos

Corsendonk

What about westerns?? Good few set in Mexico, The Professionals, The Wild Bunch, Major Dundee, The Magnificent Seven to name a few.

Not to forget that great classic of the cinema Elvis in "Fun in Acapulco"


Also the list of notable mexican movies from Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexican_films

kraggy

Carcharodon wrote: »

Went through a period of a lot of South American films, some quality there but a lot of the names escape me.

One of the more famous ones is Amores Perros, really enjoyed that.
Y u tambien was ok but maybe not what you are looking for.
Pans Labrynth is quality
Sin Nombre is very good and worth checking out

Pan's Labyrinth was set, and filmed, in Spain. The writer/director is Mexican but the film is very much of a Spanish theme and setting.

fontanalis

Would Apocalypto be considered mexican? Or was it more modern day Guatemala.

Carcharodon

kraggy wrote: »

Pan's Labyrinth was set, and filmed, in Spain. The writer/director is Mexican but the film is very much of a Spanish theme and setting.

Ok.......but no harm in checking out a good movie.

Gerty

Yeah but it almost seems like the op is asking for a reason so no point in misleading him. There is already a great film recommendation thread.

bullpost

I've seen this one a couple of times - its excellent:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103994/

RoadRunner

km31 - Mexican horror about a haunted stretch of road where accidents keep happening. Surprising decent :pac:

RGDATA!

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a great movie from Sam Peckinpah, shot on a low budget in Mexico in the early 70's, well worth checking out

Beruthiel

I'm a fan of Gael Garcia Bernal.

My favourites:

Y tu mamá también
Amores Perros
The Motorcycle Diaries