Direction: Luis Mandoki

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Luis Mandoki. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Innocent Voices

2004 · Movie · 120 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Leonor Varela · Carlos Padilla · Ofelia Medina · José María Yazpik

Plot Weakened by two years of fighting, the army of El Salvador has been forced to replenish its ranks with the nation’s young sons, most of whom are kidnapped in sudden...

7.3

4K votes

7.3

4K votes

Gaby, a True Story

1987 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Liv Ullmann · Norma Aleandro · Robert Loggia · Rachel Chagall

Plot The life story of Gabriela Brimmer, a victim of cerebral palsy. Born in Mexico just after the Second World War, Gaby, as she's called, is for the first several years...

6.7

171 votes

6.7

171 votes

Fraude: México 2006

2007 · Documentary · 110 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

Plot Fraude: Mexico 2006 follows the complex and controversial events surrounding the 2006 Mexican presidential race between former populist Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel López Obrador and conservative, pro-business Felipe Calderón...

6.3

108 votes

6.3

108 votes

La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas

2012 · Movie · 114 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Greisy Mena · Joaquín Cosío · Fernando Moreno · Angelina Peláez

Plot In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States...

6.1

445 votes

6.1

445 votes

White Palace

1990 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Susan Sarandon · James Spader · Jason Alexander · Kathy Bates

Plot A waitress in a White Palace fast-food restaurant meets a young, recently widowed, Jewish advertising executive at a bar. They "tentatively" and "uncertainly" start an affair which turns torrid very...

5.9

809 votes

5.9

809 votes

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Meg Ryan · Andy García · Ellen Burstyn · Lauren Tom

Plot Imagine a picture perfect family: a dashing pilot father, two beautiful daughters, and a loving guidance counselor mother. There's just one rub: Mom's got a perfectly hidden drinking problem. Suddenly...

5.6

8K votes

5.6

8K votes

Trapped

2002 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Charlize Theron · Kevin Bacon · Stuart Townsend · Courtney Love

Plot When Karen Jennings (Charlize Theron) and her husband (Stuart Townsend) are held hostage and their daughter is abducted, a relentless 24-hour plan is set in motion that will challenge everything...

5.4

5K votes

5.4

5K votes

Message in a Bottle

1999 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Kevin Costner · Robin Wright · Paul Newman · John Savage

Plot The story of a long distance love connection that is made when a divorced Chicago journalist (Robin Wright Penn) discovers a love letter that a widowed sailboat repairer (Kevin Costner)...

5.2

18K votes

5.2

18K votes

Angel Eyes

2001 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Jennifer Lopez · Jim Caviezel · Jeremy Sisto · Terrence Howard

Plot When a stranger (Jim Caviezel) saves South Chicago cop (Jennifer Lopez) from a dangerous situation, she thinks she may have met the perfect man until she tries to find out...

4.7

4K votes

4.7

4K votes

Born Yesterday

1993 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Melanie Griffith · Don Johnson · John Goodman · Edward Herrmann

Plot A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he...

4.3

2K votes

4.3

2K votes

Presencias

2022 · Movie · 120 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Alberto Ammann · Yalitza Aparicio · Gerardo Taracena · Angelina Peláez

Plot Follows a man whose pregnant wife gets murdered and despite the police investigation, the truth is unknown. He tries to find what happened, which confronts him with situations of suspense...

4.2

48 votes

4.2

48 votes

Campeche, un estado de ánimo (S)

1980 · Documentary · 15 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

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Motel

1984 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico

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Who is Mr. Lopez? (TV Series)

2006 · Documentary · 50 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Plot A documentary on Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign to be president of Mexico in 2006 and the country's election on July 2, where ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon appeared to...

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El día en que vienen los muertos. Mazatecos

1981 · Documentary · 69 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

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El secreto

1980 · Movie · 45 min. · Mexico

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The Edge (TV)

1989 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Kazan · Luis Mandoki · Carl Schenkel

Cast Patricia Arquette · Brad Davis · Christine Elise · Dann Florek

Plot A three-part anthology suspense program in which men and women face life's ultimate danger zone. Each episode is introduced by a mysterious figure known as The Watcher, who arrives on...

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Papaloapan

1982 · Documentary · 50 min. · Mexico

Direction Luis Mandoki

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Not rated