Screenplay: Luis Alcoriza
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Luis Alcoriza. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Young and the Damned
1950 · Movie · 88 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Alfonso Mejía · Roberto Cobo · Estela Inda · Miguel Inclán
Plot El Jaibo is a teenager who escapes from a reformatory institution and joins his friends in the neighborhood. After a couple of days, el Jaibo kills, with the presence of...
8.3
14K votes
8.3
14K votes
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Silvia Pinal · Enrique Rambal · Jacqueline Andere · José Baviera
Plot High society guests find themselves unable to leave the dining room after a posh dinner party. The uncomfortable situation extends far beyond the limits of their patience and survival instincts...
8.1
25K votes
8.1
25K votes
El (This Strange Passion)
1953 · Movie · 92 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Arturo de Córdova · Delia Garcés · Aurora Walker · Carlos Martínez Baena
Plot Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. After meeting Gloria by accident, he is suddenly intent on her becoming his wife and courts her until she...
8.0
6K votes
8.0
6K votes
Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
1960 · Movie · 92 min. · Mexico
Direction Rogelio A. González
Cast Arturo de Córdova · Amparo Rivelles · Elda Peralta · Guillermo Orea
Plot A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.
7.6
1K votes
7.6
1K votes
The Pearl of Tlayucan
1962 · Movie · 105 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza
Cast Julio Aldama · Norma Angélica · Jorge Martínez de Hoyos · Andrés Soler
Plot In order to pay for medicine for his sick son, a father in a poor Mexican village steals a valuable pearl from the local church.
7.2
114 votes
7.2
114 votes
The Brute
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Pedro Armendáriz · Katy Jurado · Rosa Arenas · Andrés Soler
7.1
2K votes
7.1
2K votes
Fe, esperanza y caridad
1974 · Movie · 113 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza · Alberto Bojórquez · Jorge Fons
Cast Sara García · Julio Aldama · Fabián Aranza · Raúl Astor
7.1
62 votes
7.1
62 votes
The Shark Hunters
1963 · Movie · 100 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza
Cast Julio Aldama · Dacia González · Tito Junco · Amanda del Llano
Plot Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico. He works hard and sends money to his wife and children that live in Mexico City. He...
7.1
152 votes
7.1
152 votes
Always Further On
1965 · Movie · 105 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza
Cast Ignacio López Tarso · Jaime Fernández · Aurora Clavel · Eric del Castillo
Plot A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
7.0
78 votes
7.0
78 votes
The River and Death
1955 · Movie · 91 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Columba Domínguez · Miguel Torruco · Joaquín Cordero · Víctor Alcocer
Plot A small town by the shore of a deep, dark river is ruled by death. Its people live by a code of honor that encourages them to take revenge for...
6.8
760 votes
6.8
760 votes
The Great Madcap
1949 · Movie · 92 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Fernando Soler · Rosario Granados · Andrés Soler · Rubén Rojo
Plot El Gran Calavera a dark comedy directed by Luis Buñuel deals with a family's attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo (Luis Alconira). The...
6.8
864 votes
6.8
864 votes
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
1954 · Movie · 81 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Lilia Prado · Carlos Navarro · Fernando Soto · Agustín Isunza
Plot Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last...
6.7
900 votes
6.7
900 votes
Presage
1974 · Movie · 118 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza
Cast David Reynoso · Fabiola Falcón · Lucha Villa · Pancho Córdova
6.6
48 votes
6.6
48 votes
Mecanica Nacional (National Mechanics)
1971 · Movie · 104 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza
Cast Manolo Fábregas · Lucha Villa · Héctor Suárez · Sara García
Plot A wacky comedy tinged with violence, MECANICA NACIONAL centers around an important car race. As aficionados drive in from all over the country, the highways become more dangerous and chaotic...
6.6
194 votes
6.6
194 votes
Untouched
1954 · Movie · 85 min. · Mexico
Direction Roberto Gavaldón
Cast Ricardo Montalban · Ariadne Welter · Víctor Parra · Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
6.4
29 votes
6.4
29 votes
Life Is Most Important
1987 · Movie · 113 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza
Cast Gonzalo Vega · Ernesto Gómez Cruz · María Rojo · Loló Navarro
6.4
39 votes
6.4
39 votes
Daughter of Deceit
1951 · Movie · 78 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Buñuel
Cast Fernando Soler · Alicia Caro · Fernando Soto · Rubén Rojo
Plot A small-time businessman with perennially misfiring schemes dodges the constant nagging of his wife through his frequent travelling; however, when one night his train is delayed on account of a...
6.4
657 votes
6.4
657 votes
La vida no vale nada
1955 · Movie · 100 min. · Mexico
Direction Rogelio A. González
Cast Pedro Infante · Rosario Granados · Domingo Soler · Magda Guzman
6.3
36 votes
6.3
36 votes
Long Life Together
1994 · Movie · 100 min. · Spain
Direction Fernando Fernán Gómez
Cast José Sacristán · María Barranco · Pilar Bardem · Agustín González
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
Escuela de rateros
1958 · Movie · 95 min. · Mexico
Direction Rogelio A. González
Cast Pedro Infante · Rosa Arenas · Yolanda Varela · Bárbara Gil
6.2
78 votes
6.2
78 votes