Cinematography: Héctor Ortega

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


The Last Gaze

2006 · Movie · 124 min. · Mexico

Direction Patricia Arriaga-Jordán

Cast Sergi Mateu · Marisol Centeno · Arcelia Ramírez · Gina Morett

Plot A white sheet stained with red in a room in a whorehouse somewhere in the Mexican desert. Somebody is walking away. A year earlier. Homero, a very successful artist in...

6.4

40 votes

6.4

40 votes

Streeters

2001 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico

6.0

146 votes

6.0

146 votes

Hilda

2014 · Movie · 89 min. · Mexico

Direction Andres Clariond

Cast Verónica Langer · Adriana Paz · Fernando Becerril · Marco Antonio Aguirre

Plot When Hilda, the new housemaid arrives, Mrs. Lemarchand's obsessions are irreversibly triggered.

5.8

68 votes

5.8

68 votes

5.6

175 votes

Elephants Never Forget (S)

2004 · Movie · 11 min. · Mexico

5.5

42 votes

5.5

42 votes

Viaje redondo

2009 · Movie · 95 min. · Mexico

5.4

37 votes

5.4

37 votes

From Prada to Nada

2011 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Angel Gracia

Cast Camilla Belle · Alexa PenaVega · Wilmer Valderrama · April Bowlby

Plot A Latina spin on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their...

4.7

352 votes

4.7

352 votes

The Night Buffalo

2007 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico

Direction Jorge Hernández Aldana

Cast Diego Luna · Liz Gallardo · Gabriel Gonzalez · Irene Azuela

Plot A schizophrenic man commits suicide after his girlfriend cheats on him with his best friend.

4.3

276 votes

4.3

276 votes

Cinnamon

2012 · Movie · 100 min. · Mexico

Direction Jordi Mariscal

Cast Ana Martín · Isabel Yudice · Norma Angélica · Mónica Dionne

Plot Maria's and her grandmother's love for cooking, and Maria's energy and creativity to change those around her. The importance of Mexican food and family traditions.

3.8

55 votes

3.8

55 votes

The Primordial Turtle

2017 · Documentary · 75 min. · Mexico

Direction Eduardo Quiroz

Plot A film that describes the complex relationship that human beings and turtles have held throughout time. It´s a film that illustrates the serious threat of extinction that sea turtles are...

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Tenpahua (S)

1987 · Movie · 15 min. · Mexico

Direction Romelia Álvarez

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Muerte súbita (S)

1987 · Movie · 15 min. · Mexico

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The guerrilla and the hope: Lucio Cabañas

2005 · Documentary · 111 min. · Mexico

Direction Gerardo Tort

Plot This documentary is a testimonial fabric that attempts to reconstruct the memory of the struggle and the legendary figure of Lucio Cabañas, a rural teacher from the State of Guerrero...

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Cien años con Juan Rulfo (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Documentary · 52 min. · Mexico

Direction Juan Carlos Rulfo

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Como ama una mujer (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Antonio Serrano

Cast Rebecca Jones · Aarón Aguilar · Manuel Antonio Aguirre · Rocío Bravo

Plot An original production filmed in Mexico, "Como Ama Una Mujer" is inspired by the lyrics of Lopez' first Spanish-language album of the same name released earlier this year. At the...

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Nahui

2020 · Movie · min. · Mexico

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La nao de China (S)

2004 · Movie · 10 min. · Mexico

Direction Patricia Arriaga-Jordán

Cast Emilio Echevarría · Damayanti Quintanar · Gina Morett · Samuel Gallegos

Plot A man about to become totally blind, searching for a last look at a beautiful woman chances on a young girl on the verge of prostitution and their meeting turns...

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