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Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.
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Mexicali
Film · 2026 · also dramaA former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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Amores Perros
Film · 2000 · also drama and thrillerA fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a...
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Facing El Chapo
Film · 2026 · also thrillerTwo Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.
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The Experiment
Film · 2010 · also drama and thriller20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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Dance of the Forty One
Film · 2020 · also dramaMexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
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Pacto de Fuga
Film · 2020 · also drama and thrillerDuring the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through...
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Only the Strong
Film · 1993 · also dramaFormer Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven f...
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Lost in the Night
Film · 2023 · also drama and thrillerA young man from a small mining town embroils himself with a wealthy family with a dubious past.
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Red Dawn
Film · 1990 · also drama and thrillerOn October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
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Walkaway Joe
Film · 2020 · also dramaA young boy named Dallas goes on a search for his pool-hustling father after he abandons their family. Dallas is determined to bring his father home when he meets Joe Hal...
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