Cinematography: Patrick Murguía

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Patrick Murguía. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Un mundo maravilloso

2006 · Movie · 118 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Estrada

Cast Damián Alcázar · Antonio Serrano · Cecilia Suárez · Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Synopsis Once upon a time, Juan Pérez, the poorest of the poor, reaches fame in a fluke accident in what seemed to be an attempt of suicide, to protest against the government and his social condition. The Ministry of Economy, surrounded...

6.6

718 votes

6.6

718 votes

From Scratch (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Dennie Gordon · Nzingha Stewart

Cast Zoe Saldana · Roberta Rigano · Eugenio Mastrandrea · Saad Siddiqui

Synopsis An American woman falls in love with a Sicilian man while studying abroad in Italy.

6.6

790 votes

6.6

790 votes

To the Other Side

2005 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico

Direction Gustavo Loza

Cast Héctor Suárez · Carmen Maura · Ignacio Guadalupe · Vanessa Bauche

Synopsis This drama features three stories about the bonds between children and absent parents. A Cuban boy who lives in poverty with his mother longs to visit his father in the United States..

6.5

261 votes

6.5

261 votes

Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles

2002 · Movie · 100 min. · Mexico

Direction Ignacio Ortiz

Cast Arturo Ríos · Luisa Huertas · Ana Graham · Dagoberto Gama

Synopsis An award winning film from Mexico traces one family from the era of Emperor Maximilian to the present day. Follow the legacy of a boy who dares to stare into the eyes of a coyote, and subsequently traps his descendents...

6.3

100 votes

6.3

100 votes

Abel

2010 · Movie · 83 min. · Mexico

Direction Diego Luna

Cast Christopher Ruiz-Esparza · Karina Gidi · Geraldine Alejandra · Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza

Synopsis Abel (Christopher Ruiz-Esparza), a nine-year-old boy, has stopped talking since his father left home. One morning he starts to speak again, pretending to be the head of the family. No one dares to challenge this miracle. One day a man...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Brooklyn's Finest

2009 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Antoine Fuqua

Cast Richard Gere · Don Cheadle · Ethan Hawke · Wesley Snipes

Synopsis Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer...

6.0

9K votes

6.0

9K votes

Revolution

2010 · Movie · 110 min. · Mexico

Direction Carlos Reygadas · Gael García Bernal · Diego Luna · Rodrigo Plá

Cast Rodolfo Palacios · Mónica Bejarano · Ari Brickman · Yolanda Abbud L.

Synopsis The Mexican revolution began one hundred years ago with the overthrow of the country’s dictatorial President Porfirio Díaz. REVOLUCIÓN is a portmanteau film in which ten directors look back in ten short films at the violent upheaval that was to...

5.8

100 votes

5.8

100 votes

Low Winter Sun (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Ernest R. Dickerson

Cast Mark Strong · Heather Fairbanks · Pennie-Marie Hawkins · Joseph Kathrein

Synopsis TV Series (2013). 10 Episodes. Murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective, Frank Agnew.

5.8

174 votes

5.8

174 votes

5.3

99 votes

The Frozen Ground

2013 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Scott Walker

Cast Nicolas Cage · John Cusack · Vanessa Hudgens · Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson

Synopsis Based on actual events. In Anchorage, Alaska, a young prostitute, Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens), faces her worst nightmare and escapes from the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen (John Cusack). An Alaska State Trooper (Nicolas Cage) constructs a plan to...

5.2

4K votes

5.2

4K votes

Fuera del cielo

2006 · Movie · 112 min. · Mexico

Direction Javier 'Fox' Patrón

Cast Demian Bichir · Armando Hernández · Dolores Heredia · Damián Alcázar

Synopsis Malboro and Cucu, the starring characters, are two brothers who split after the older one, Malboro, went to prison five years. One day he is set free, willing to return to his life. Cucu is the younger brother, who has...

5.1

105 votes

5.1

105 votes

Last Light (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Dennie Gordon

Cast Matthew Fox · Joanne Froggatt · Tom Wlaschiha · Amber Rose Revah

Synopsis Your family. Your world. What if it all disappeared tomorrow? If society were collapsing, how far would you go to save the ones you love?

4.8

191 votes

4.8

191 votes

Miss Bala

2019 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Catherine Hardwicke

Cast Gina Rodriguez · Anthony Mackie · Matt Lauria · Ismael Cruz Cordova

Synopsis Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. A remake of the 2011 film, 'Miss Bala.'

4.7

399 votes

4.7

399 votes

Mafia Mamma

2023 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Catherine Hardwicke

Cast Toni Collette · Monica Bellucci · Eduardo Scarpetta · Giulio Corso

Synopsis Kristin Balbano is an American executive and mother who travels to Rome to attend her grandfather's funeral. There she discovers that the family business is a criminal organization and their rivals now have the Balbanos in their sights. Kristin has...

4.2

528 votes

4.2

528 votes

Don't Look Deeper (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 8 min. · United States

Direction Catherine Hardwicke

Cast Amy Anderson · Bevin Bru · Jan Luis Castellanos · Don Cheadle

Synopsis A high school student in central California sets of an unexpected series of events when she begins to doubt if she's human.

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So B. It

2016 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Gyllenhaal

Cast Jacinda Barrett · Cloris Leachman · Alfre Woodard · John Heard

Synopsis A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.

Not rated

Not rated

Washington Black

2023 · Series · United States

Direction Wanuri Kahiu · Maurice Marable · Rob Seidenglanz

Cast Tom Ellis · Rupert Graves · Shaunette Renée Wilson · Julian Black Antelope

Synopsis An 11-year-old slave boy embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the company of his master's eccentric inventor brother.

Not rated

Not rated

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Direction Matt Reeves · Chris Koch · Adam Davidson · Shaz Bennett

Cast James Wolk · Natalie Martinez · Elizabeth Lail · Charlie Barnett

Synopsis Explores the three parallel lives of Joe Kimbrough after he makes a pivotal choice at a crossroads in his life, and asks the question of how different life might look if you made your decision based on love, loyalty or...

Not rated

Not rated