Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Tespis Teporocho (2025)

In "Tespis Teporocho", a boy who interacts with vagabonds thirsty for knowledge, finally absorb them from an unexpected teacher. ...

The Cousin (2018)

A married woman, who's husband leaves her alone way too many times, is seduced by a junior spoiled young man, leading her into the fullfillment of her unsatisfied needs. ...

Cómo Filmar Una XXX (2017)

Ulises Alpuyeca, a film initiate, wants to make his debut feature and he accepts the first opportunity offered to him to direct a film, without knowing that it is foing to be a porn movie. Gudelio Medina, photographer and Ulysses's old mate, convinces him ...

Juan Diego: El indio de Guadalupe (2016)

The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)

TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a ...

A Shred Of Mist (2014)

After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign woman with a severe character, who subjects the child to multiple abuses and psychological torture. ...

Familia Gang (2014)

A senior official of the Mexican political system decides to fake the capture and death of The Coyote, public enemy number one in Mexico, to make this happen, he cuts a deal with his family, who require a dead body to pose as a double. Topillero is respons ...

Las Armas (2013)

A group of peasants and teachers of education, tired of abuse, take up arms and decide to attack the Madera military barracks; most of them lose their lives. ...

The Fifth Commandment (2012)

Víctor, a psychopath, loves carving crosses onto women post-mortem, blames paedophile priest and mother-in-denial for his behaviour, falls in love with one of his intended victims and decides to give up his adopted lifestyle. An alcoholic detective (he's ...

Así es la Suerte (2011)

Ramiro is a theater actor who lives estranged from his father and half brother. One morning, he runs into a suicide, who says he is an evil omen. Despite Ramiro´s efforts, the young man dies before his eyes, which leads him to believe that he has caught h ...

Mudstained Flower (2011)

A married, middle-aged well-known biochemist and university teacher Augusto, leaves his wife, his job and the comfort of his life to go after Marlene, a 14-year-old teenager with extraordinary beauty who burst into his life unexpectedly. One day, Marlene i ...

El lado oscuro de la noche (2011)

Valeria and Pablo, her husband, own an important hotel chain, which she inherited and he manages. Valeria knows that she suffers from chronic insomnia but has managed to control it and live a normal life. ...

Another Mexican (2010)

Antonio (Ricky Mergold) is a 16 year old boy from a village in the Mexican province, living the awakening of consciousness with the intensity of the contradictions that surround him: a dogmatic religion, mediocre educational institutions, corrupt politicia ...

El Infierno (2010)

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive. ...

De la infancia (2010)

Niebla, a teenage gangster, is killed in a shootout and his ghost returns to help Francisco, a ten-year-old boy who is the victim of constant abuse and violent attacks by his father, Basilio, an abusive and violent thief, adored and feared by his son. ...

The Prodigious Teacher (2010)

Three stories make up this film, each with a teacher as the protagonist of the struggle against the many deficiencies of our country´s educational system. ...

Teo's Journey (2008)

Separated from his father after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border, young Teo and his new friend, Chuy, set off on a dangerous quest across the desert to find his dad in this touching tale of courage, adventure and friendship. ...

El guapo (2007)

Unattractive man receives a large inheritance on condition that he use the money to get plastic surgery and create a better life for himself. ...

Los amorosos (2007)

A Wonderful World (2006)

A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico. ...

Crazy Carnival (2006)

In a seedy brothel, their frustrations parade: A poet who has never published, a revolutionary who came late to history, a provocative angel, a bureaucrat with delusions of a dancer, a greedy Chinese man and his timorous wife, Monica, a prostitute with low ...

Bandidas (2006)

When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists. ...

El baile de la iguana (2005)

Faced with the hardships of a tenant, landlord Don Fulberto insists on collecting rent in kind, giving rise to a drama of interests and blackmail. In another story, the alcoholic mother of a young prostitute wants to lure a beardless boy into the trade. Bo ...

Santos Peregrinos (2004)

When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness. An irresistible comedy about what happens when the residents of a Mexico City apartment building discover that three religious figurines passed down through the decades from Emiliano Zapata are full of ...

The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)

Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must c ...

Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good (2001)

The attack on a popular singer known as Pachito -who becomes the favorite candidate to win the presidential election in an imaginary Latin American country- is the starting point of several stories, including: the alleged murderer, a police officer invest ...

The Mexican (2001)

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 Samantha t ...

Cháman, viento de muerte (2000)

Two ambitious brothers take jobs with the region's most powerful man, willing to risk everything - even their lives - to achieve success and a better future. ...

13 Días antes de vivir (2000)

Amor de mis amores (1999)

Herod's Law (1999)

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrup ...

Las delicias del poder (1999)

A political candidate has an accident that will bring her out of the campaign unless her twin sister may be able to supplant her while she recovers. ...

Para matar al presidente (1999)

Mexican feature film ...

Fraude en el sexenio (1998)

Manos mágicas (1998)

Alta Tensión (1997)

A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money. ...

Sweet Release (1997)

The love secrets of a large family are revealed during a trajinera tour on Xochimilco, culminating in a suicide attempt during a jackpot drawing. ...

El sexenio de la muerte (1997)

The Overturning Of The Heart (1996)

1941, Jose Antelmo Cruz regrets his past while writing a novel and falling in love with a prostitute. ...

Una papa sin catsup (1995)

Gloria's grandmother is kidnapped by "La greñas", a gang leader, and is forced to impersonate her to save her grandmother's life. ...

Midaq Alley (1995)

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeou ...

The Human Hyena (1995)

The dead body of a young man who was kidnapped is found, the police looks for the kidnappers as a web of corruption its uncovered in the police department. ...

Una buena forma de morir (1994)

After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge. ...

Ya la hicimos (1994)

Virginia and Nacho, is a poor marriage, living precariously on their meager salaries, insufficient to support his child nine years of age. Until fortune smiles and Nacho wins a late model car. But sometimes it's better that luck will smile. ...

The Throne of Hell (1994)

A group of archeologists excavating Aztec ruins in Mexico City uncover a bizarre statue, which unleashes satanic powers and possesses the chief archaeologist. The demonized man goes on a rampage of bloody murders while being pursued by one of his female co ...

Vagabunda (1994)

Vagabunda is the story of young girl (Flor), well aware about her seductive skills, who arrives from an unknown place into a small town in Verazcruz where she is protected by the widowed father of a family who has two sons; one married and the other one la ...

The Stork's Mistake (1993)

India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy. ...

La sangre de un valiente (1993)

General Pershing invades Mexican territory in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus. ...

La loteria (1993)

Four stories that tell the tales of lottery winner. Each story features a different cast of street vendors. ...

Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata (1993)

Su herencia era matar (1993)

Odio, amor y muerte (1993)

La hija del odio (1993)

La casa de los cuchillos (1992)

Nocturno a Rosario (1992)

A tragic romance follows Mexican poet Manuel Acuña's passionate life and his deep love for Rosario de la Peña, a woman favored by Emperor Maximilian's court, leading to heartbreak in 19th century Mexico. ...

Lost Objects (1992)

Juan and Pilar return to Mexico City on the same train. Destiny cross their paths in a taxi stop, off the train station. A cab arrives and they take each other's baggage by mistake. After that, they spend two days looking for each other, trying to recover ...

Rulfo aeternum (1992)

Adaptation of Juan Rulfo's classic short tale "La herencia de Matilde Arcángel". Tranquilino Herrera, a man of the time of the Mexican Revolution, tells the story of her beloved, Matilde Arcangel, who was stolen from him by his boss, from whom he gives bi ...

Angeles Infernales (1992)

A gang of cross-dressers terrorize a city and a vengeful cop is after them. ...

Alto poder (1992)

Mister barrio (1992)

Perro rabioso III: Tras el rostro (1992)

Highway Patrolman (1991)

A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the consequences of his often morally gray actions. ...

Latino Bar (1991)

A woman working in a caribean Cabaret meets a man in the harbour that just went out of jail. They recognise in each other common feelings of rage and fury and then they fall in love in a story without words. ...

Paty chula (1991)

Paty, an employee of an advertising company, is summoned to a business dinner by Mr. Gutiérrez, a successful businessman. She cannot refuse the invitation since the signing of the contract depends on this meeting. In 1993 this film received the Ariel Awar ...

El extensionista (1991)

Las caguamas ninja (1991)

A group of workers at a beer factory fight crime together. ...

Invitación a morir (1991)

Mafia En Jalisco (1991)

A battle between Jalisco mobsters & federal agents. ...

El amarrador (1991)

Sandino (1990)

Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was known as "The general of free men. ...

Zone of Silence (1990)

Several fantastic stories occur in the Mexican "Zone of Silence." It begins in the 1920s when a man steals a train and then flees to enter the present. Another man finds a colonizer guarded by a ghost treasure, two girls are attacked by an evil car and fin ...

Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord (1990)

A satanic preacher comes to a small town where he unleashed the terror of the inhabitants. ...

Chacales de la frontera (1990)

Baroque (1989)

A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from? ...

They Call Me Violence (1989)

Female-lead action film. ...

José, hijo del hombre (1989)

Mexican feature film ...

All Souls' Day (1988)

Two families gather at a cemetery to honor their departed. ...

Passport to Death (1988)

El rutas (1988)

The film got its inspiration from a real life character that killed policemen in the streets. The film narrates just how this man was pushed to committing crime. ...

Neighborhood Rats (1988)

Mexican feature film ...

La ley del ejecutor (1988)

Living Is What Matters (1987)

A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. T ...

Mariana Mariana (1987)

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American th ...

Los confines (1987)

Mix magical universe of Juan Rulfo, in which Juan Preciado, "Pedro Paramo", located incestuous siblings "Talpa" while Juvencio Nava, of "Diles que no me maten", flee several men who pursue for killing Colonel Terrones. ...

Zapata en Chinameca (1987)

Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata. ...

The Realm of Fortune (1986)

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die. ...

Crónica de familia (1986)

Esteban and María are a young couple of lovers, both belonging to aristocratic families. When María announces she's moving to London to study, the sullen Esteban decides to follow her, and both opt to steal from their parents to escape and be free, with ...

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia (1986)

Based on the true story of boys from Brazilian jails taken to the state border and abandoned without food or clothing to relieve overcrowding in prison. Once discovered it became a major scandal in the 70s. ...

El puente II (1986)

Mexican feature film ...

Viaje al paraíso (1985)

Family plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong. ...

Dos pistoleros violentos (1985)

Two little boys grow up and go after the two blackhats that killed their parents. ...

Violent Stories (1985)

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film. ...

La revancha (1985)

Industrial spies are holed up in a safe-house after killing a half-dozen people to steal some data. On their way to the private airfield where their handlers are waiting to extract them, they run afoul of a small-town wedding. Unfortunately, it's the weddi ...

Operation Marihuana (1985)

Thousands of peasants are kidnapped by the mafia and are forced to work in marijuana fields. Facing violence, death, & desperately fighting for their lives. ...

Tiempo de lobos (1985)

Two young emigres return home from USA to their family farm to visit for a week. ...

Nosotros los pelados (1984)

Slice-of-life comedy/melodrama aout life in a working-class neighborhood. ...

The Evil That Men Do (1984)

A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship. ...

Figuras de la pasión (1984)

This fairy type of movie is divided in episodes (Figuras) that are settle either on a jail or an play, in this surrealistic film we are immerse in a Dogville type of stage were the combination of Poetry, testaments and political discourse of the mix of cha ...

Arizona (1984)

Tragedy strikes a group of immigrants crossing the border between Arizona and Mexico. ...

Las Lupitas (1984)

Mexican feature film ...

Mundo mágico (1983)

Anthology movie that presents 3 stories about romance. ...

Desires (1983)

Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin. ...

El Norte (1983)

Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. ...

Erendira (1983)

While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the girl, forces her into prostit ...

Guerrillero Del Norte (1983)

The Mexican Revolution in the state of Sonora. ...

Cosa fácil (1982)

This is a story of revenge, as detective Shayne's own clients sabotage his actions, and leave him blind in one eye. The cases then become personal and Shayne vows to destroy the guilty. ...

The Eve (1982)

Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered. ...

Días de Combate (1982)

A private detective starts a game of cat and mouse with a psychopath who strangles women who leaves messages on the bodies of his victims. ...

In the Land of Light Feet (1982)

During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his to ...

La guerra es un buen negocio (1982)

Comatose little village gets rich overnight selling minerals to arms manufacturers. ...

Los gemelos alborotados (1982)

Gumaro and his buddy Chon are among the First Citizens locally. One day, unexpectedly, twin brothers of both of them turn up in town. Adaptation of A Comedy Of Errors. ...

A Married Woman (1982)

Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a strange mishap one day, ...

La combi asesina (1982)

Mexican feature film ...

Trail of Death (1981)

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein. ...

Everyone's Hell So Feared (1981)

The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise of confusing political positions. ...

Long live Tepito! (1981)

Slice of life covering four or five days in a badly run-down neighborhood. Matriarch of a slum family dies unexpectedly; relatives from neighboring blocks cope with the loss and arrange her funeral. ...

Pueblo de Boquilla (1981)

Mexican feature film ...

Visita al Pasado (1981)

Mexican feature film ...

The Sowing of Others (1981)

Short film. Unknown plot. ...

¿Y si platicamos de agosto? (1980)

It tells the story of two young people who, in the context of the 1968 student movement, awaken to love life and social conscience. ...

En la cuerda del hambre (1979)

Owners of two small farms try to move forward in life by wholesaling their own produce instead of relying on dishonest brokerages. When that doesn't work, they hatch a kidnapping scheme, and the movie shifts its focus to the rich people who have been profi ...

The Widow of Montiel (1979)

Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It is based on a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Marquez. ...

Life Sentence (1979)

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks. ...

Roots of Blood (1979)

A deadly riot breaks out after unfair labor practices at a garment factory raises tensions between Mexican and Chicano workers. ...

La madre (1979)

Mexican feature film ...

The Recourse to the Method (1978)

Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before he is finally ousted, only to die in obscurity in Paris. Early in his regime, the resources and agricultura ...

Pasajeros en Transito (1978)

A brave group of Mexicans embark on a risky mission to rescue a wounded guerrilla in Bolivia. This guerrilla, hoping to return to Mexico, is currently in the hands of friends who protect him and anxiously await the arrival of rescuers. ...

Rattlesnake (1977)

A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who t ...

Caminando pasos... caminando (1977)

In a community of the Matlatzinca ethnic group, a teacher tries to integrate the inhabitants into the struggle of a guerrilla group. ...

The Mongol Plot (1977)

In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, wh ...

Maten al León (1977)

A pilot is called back to his homeland, the Latin American republic of Arepa, by the rich islanders to participate in a complot to kill the dictator known as El León (The Lion). ...

Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk ...

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! (1976)

Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, s ...

Letters from Marusia (1975)

Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible ...

The Coming of the King Olmos (1975)

After spending some time with the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Reynaldo Olmos goes back to Mexico City and establishes a ministry in the poorest of poor neighborhoods. Is he sincere, or is this a scam? ...

Tivoli (1975)

While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption. ...

El valle de los miserables (1975)

In 1909, former judge Cristóbal Zamarripa owns Valle Nacional, a tobacco plantation where he exploits workers with the support of the tyrant Porfirio Díaz, who sends him political prisoners as slaves. The others are lured with the promise of high wages, ...

Auandar Anapu (1975)

Anapu is the people's hero. He extracts water from a rock, befriends, and baptizes it, makes peace with the warring brothers, raises the dead, licking men and women clean. In between, he makes a lot of soul searching as he wanders through the village, ming ...

Peregrina (1974)

Biopic: the last year or so in the life of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Governor of Yucatan in the early 1920s. ...

El primer paso... de la mujer (1974)

Three girls from different social classes are forced to take that first step into adulthood that leads them to live fun adventures and also unfortunate events. ...

La muerte de Pancho Villa (1974)

After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated. ...

Those Years (1974)

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico ...

The Prophet Mimi (1973)

Childhood trauma and religious repression causes a little boy to grow up into a murderer. ...

Uno Y Medio Contra El Mundo (1973)

Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society. ...

La derrota (1973)

Los Cacos (1972)

A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money. ...

Los perturbados (1972)

Tú, yo, nosotros (1972)

Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection. ...

Tacos al Carbon (1972)

Tacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City. ...

Cayó de la gloria el diablo (1972)

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of him wears off very quickly, and then... ...

Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1972)

A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution. ...

El águila descalza (1971)

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses. ...

Sin salida (1971)

Ex-con trying to go straight is backed into a corner by "former associates. ...

The Gates of Paradise (1971)

Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete. ...

There's Always a First Time (1971)

La Generala (1971)

During the Mexican Revolution, a hardened and rich lady landowner is overtaken by the violence of the times. Losing her land and house, she falls in love with a revolutionary leader that is killed by a sadistic and corrupt federal officer. She takes the re ...

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. ...

Emiliano Zapata (1970)

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution. ...

Love Traps (1969)

Love, infidelity and desire are the protagonists of three stories full of entanglements and romance. ...

The Outsiders (1967)

A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the Socio-economic disparity in the Mexican culture. The upper-class couple rides along with outsiders who go club-hopping and resort t ...