José Luis Aguilar

Black Moon (2023)

The story of three brothers arises between dreams, ideals and frustrations in the context of a community rebellion to defend their river from a construction company. ...

Darker Than Night (2014)

When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror. ...

Family Blood (2013)

Two young people, who knew each other in a previous life, meet again. Alejandro recognizes Yolanda, who is from a strange family that has the disadvantage of living a very long time, which is also to blames for the mysterious disappearance of his father. A ...

Cinco de Mayo: The Battle (2013)

On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico. ...

Never on a Sunday (2006)

A middle-class Mexican family is forced to hire the services of a funeral home with a dubious reputation, without imagining the danger that the owner of the business will put them through. ...

Wedding Night (2001)

A reserved wedding suite should never go to waste, especially on a wedding night. ...

Rogelio (2001)

A tragicomic short film imbued with magical realism that revolves around the theme of death, focusing specifically on the Mexican people's bond with the departed. ...

El valor de la amistad (2000)

Sr. X (2000)

All of Them Witches (1996)

Something strange is going on in Dolores' apartment house--or is it mainly in Dolores' head that the strangeness lies... When her best friend Eva is murdered on her doorstep, and her husband begins to have violent nightmares, it appears that there is defin ...

Solo (1996)

An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in the ...

Oedipus Mayor (1996)

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia ...

The Queen of the Night (1994)

The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ...

Cabeza de Vaca (1991)

In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian trib ...

Appointment with Death (1989)

A horror anthology composed of four episodes from the TV series "La Hora Marcada". ...