Movies: José Carlos Rodríguez

Hostage negotiator Alan Bender is called to rescue the president from a kidnapping, only to find himself also mediating to save his wife and marriage....

The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives....

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Sama...

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter wh...

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by t...

A famous drug kingpin escapes from prison. The mexican president wants him back in jail whereas the U.S. government wants him dead....

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca to celebrate their grandmother’s wedding....

After turning 40, César is invited to a culinary contest in Cancún, but a bitter discovery threatens to destroy his family as well as his chances to win the competition....

The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonizati...

It's 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous rebellion shakes the country. Three months later, the ruling party's presidential candidate is brutally murdered during a rally in Tijuana. The countr...

A governor wants to be president, but in order to reach his goal he needs to do what he hates most: being a politician....

Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day. This is a black comedy that shows the extreme situation Mexico City is suffering as far as crime is concerned, and the tension the cit...

As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a ...

In 2033, Mexico City is a hot, mechanical and chaotic megacity ruled by the military and a tyrannical government. It is an oppressed society with its religious faith and liberty of expression stolen. Pablo, the main character, is a young finantial yu...

A mexican chef meets her love interest in an american man....

Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters....

Something is happening that seems to be a karmic payback for city-bus drivers who have been responsible for running over pedestrians while on duty....

A serial killer hunts for gay men in Mexico....

Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream whic...

Based on the chilling real events that shocked Mexico. A young man who seems to have everything in life, suddenly loses his mind and plans the murder of his girlfriend and her family. Tragedy and blood envelop Karla's life when one night a hooded man...