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Series
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2011, 2009]
Language
Español
Description
On his first day on the job, prison officer Juan Olivier is knocked unconscious in a freak accident and his co-workers carry him to an empty cell. When he awakens, Juan discovers that he has been abandoned in the middle of a riot in a high-security cellblock, home to the prison's most dangerous criminals. If they discover he's a guard, he's dead meat. To survive, Juan must pose as a prisoner and conspire with the riot's vicious leader, Malamadre.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become icons, glorified by musicians who praise their fame and success. In this new constituency, they represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by money, drugs, and violence. The film is an explosive look at the drug cartels' pop culture influence on both sides of the border as seen through the eyes of an LA narcocorrido singer and...
3) Sobre ella
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
A group of friends learns how to stick together despite everyday problems.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
A chambermaid at a high-end Mexico City hotel, into a beautifully observed film of rich detail. Set entirely in this alienating environment, with extended scenes taking place in the guest rooms, hallways, and cleaning facilities, this minimalist yet sumptuous movie brings to the fore Eve's hopes, dreams, and desires.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Swedish
Description
Stockholm, the 1980s: Three teen girls decide to form a punk band, despite only one being a musician, not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Focused on stirring things up in the world, but without a clue, the trio is a tribute to DIY culture and the power of rebellion.
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
Spain, 1966: Antonio is a teacher and a Beatles fan, facets he combines by getting his pupils to recite the lyrics from Help in English class. When he learns that his idol John Lennon is making a film in Almeria, he resolves to meet him. On the journey he picks up two young runaways: Bethlehem, a pregnant girl fleeing a convent, and Juanjo, a boy escaping a dictatorial father.
Series
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
When his father suffers a debilitating stroke, Jorge is forced to put his life and career on hold. He takes over his father's janitorial position, cares for his father and studies at night. He finds himself in an awkward position when his convict brother asks him to impregnate his girlfriend who wants a baby, and Jorge finds himself falling for her. To further complicate matters, Jorge's childhood love returns to his life wanting the same.
Publisher
Distributed by Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
Tough and in your face, Rodrigo D reveals the brutal tale of a teenager making a goal of it in one of the world's toughest towns: Medellin, Colombia. Includes a cast of young actors and real life street toughs - some of whom met violent deaths after the filming.
10) El club
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Four priests exiled to a small Chilean seaside town to atone for the sins of their pasts find their fragile stability disrupted by the arrival of a newly-disgraced companion in this taut blackly comic drama.
12) La novia
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
Set in rural Spain, the film is a story of a love triangle. The unnamed bride is due to marry a respectable groom, but her true desire lies with a mutual childhood friend, the rakish Leonardo, who is already married. On the day of the wedding, the star-crossed lovers flee, with devastating consequences.
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
Bachelor Valentin Bravo has his life turned upside down when a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep. They move to L.A. in search of the mother, but are unable to find her. So he decides to raise the baby on his own and gets a job as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen.
14) Miss Bala
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
"An aspiring beauty queen finds herself in the wrong place at the worst possible time in this explosive crime thriller set amid Mexico's increasingly violent drug war. After witnessing a shooting in a nightclub, the young woman is kidnapped and forced to work for ruthless gangsters in order to keep her dreams, and her family, alive"--Container.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"Five stories of love and sex unfold over one hot summer in Madrid where taboos are broken one by one as the couples discover strange and unusual sources of sexual indulgence. As they enter into thrilling liberation, no pleasure will be denied, whatever form it takes"-- Container.
16) Cantinflas
Publisher
Kenio Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Appears on these lists
Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
Description
From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, the comedian Cantinflas became famous around the world, one joke at a time.
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Pasco is so fed up with his nagging and nitpicking wife Dana that he comes up with an ingenious plan to end the unhappy union. He finds her a boyfriend by hiring a professional seducer nicknamed 'El Taiger' to whisk her off her feet and out of the marriage. But even the best laid plans can backfire when love is involved.
Series
Criterion collection volume 855
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
While attempting to contact her ex-lover Iván, actress Pepa Marcos is enmeshed in a series of unexpected meetings with and revelations involving Iván, his mentally unbalanced ex-wife Lucía, his and Lucía's son Carlos, Carlos's fiancée Marisa, Lucía's lawyer Paulina Morales, and Candela, Pepa's model friend who has unwittingly become involved with Shiite terrorists.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
"Julian Perez, Mexico's most powerful crime lord, must embark on a mission given to him by the only authority he respects...his mother. Joined by a colorful band of unlikely heroes, Julian must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish and rescue his enlisted brother from the war-torn Iraq."--Container.
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