Manuel López Ochoa

Los Malditos

White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.

Quinto patio

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.

Guitarras lloren guitarras

Juan from Altamira, Tamaulipas, arrives at the train station in the capital and is assaulted by Gus. As he finds only ten dollars in his wallet, he believes that Juan brings more money and offers him accommodation in his room to pay the rent. Juan is dedicated to singing and Gus makes his representative. Juan is successful singing together with Susana on stage and radio Azteca, but she does not correspond to his love. As she wants to succeed alone, she goes to Guadalajara but without success. Juan helps her and when she gets a heart illness, she agrees to marry him.

The Bandits

Three Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.

Los tres calaveras

A Mexican music trío go through friendships and hardships in order to be famous and travel to Spain.

Ay Chihuahua no te rajes

Guy from Chihuahua is hugely prejudiced against people from the state of Jalisco... until he finds out he has a son there. After that he figures out that he's only angry at one Jalisco family that did his grandpappy dirt, back in the day.

Nos lleva la tristeza

Love in bloom between two ranching families: boy A and girl B, boy B and girl A, the surviving grandparent of each family, their elderly man-baby house stewards, and the prize racehorse from each family all end up pairing off together. Transitory problems, inevitable happy solutions.

Escuela para solteras

All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.

Los Malditos

White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.

Quinto patio

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.

Guitarras lloren guitarras

Juan from Altamira, Tamaulipas, arrives at the train station in the capital and is assaulted by Gus. As he finds only ten dollars in his wallet, he believes that Juan brings more money and offers him accommodation in his room to pay the rent. Juan is dedicated to singing and Gus makes his representative. Juan is successful singing together with Susana on stage and radio Azteca, but she does not correspond to his love. As she wants to succeed alone, she goes to Guadalajara but without success. Juan helps her and when she gets a heart illness, she agrees to marry him.

The Bandits

Three Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.

Los tres calaveras

A Mexican music trío go through friendships and hardships in order to be famous and travel to Spain.

Ay Chihuahua no te rajes

Guy from Chihuahua is hugely prejudiced against people from the state of Jalisco... until he finds out he has a son there. After that he figures out that he's only angry at one Jalisco family that did his grandpappy dirt, back in the day.

Nos lleva la tristeza

Love in bloom between two ranching families: boy A and girl B, boy B and girl A, the surviving grandparent of each family, their elderly man-baby house stewards, and the prize racehorse from each family all end up pairing off together. Transitory problems, inevitable happy solutions.

Escuela para solteras

All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.

Cacería de Traficantes

After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a man decides to take revenge.

The Door and the Butcher's Wife

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

El Quelite

Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.

Esclava del deseo

Criminals hiding out on an island find a shipwrecked stranger.

El medio pelo

A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.

El último cartucho

Dishonest business practices and corrupt local government lead a large number of townsfolk to set up an alternative village out in the countryside, from which to practice banditry and improvised social justice.

Seguiré tus pasos

José María is an orphan child who lives in desperation until brother José finds him. The priest helps the boy channel his anger and transform his sadness into energy and love.

Yo soy Chucho el Roto

Bandit Chucho impersonates a variety of high-society figures to perform a series of playful swindles.

Shadow of the Black Hand

Semi-comic series western about two brothers what is good-guys. From the series "Los Hermanos Barragan."

Two Kinds of Schemes

Gold-digger conspires with gal-pal to snag herself a rich husband.

Alma Grande en el desierto

Yaqui Indian hero -- comic-book adaptation.

Los tres pecados

Un Latin lover en Acapulco

Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".

El inolvidable Chucho el Roto

Adventure-story feats and family melodrama centered around an 1880s Robin Hood type figure. Fourth of four in a series.

La garra del leopardo

Variation on Zorro. Lawyer disguises himself to fight crime, using his secret identity to work on clearing a client and himself of criminal charges.

La tumba de Matías

Gambler with a heart condition races the clock to get his mausoleum finished. His wife and her lover wait on the sidelines.

Dos vidas

Chispita

The story follows Isabel—known as "Chispita"—who was separated from her mother after the latter lost her memory in an accident. After growing up in an orphanage, Isabel is adopted by a widowed businessman, Don Alejandro; he hopes she will bring joy to the life of his daughter, Lili, who has become sad and ill-tempered since her mother's death—largely due to the influence of her teacher, the wicked Miss Irene. However, contrary to Alejandro's expectations, Isabel is not welcomed by his daughter; instead, she must contend with the malicious traps set for her by Lili and Miss Irene. Yet, Isabel also finds friends in the household, such as Juan Carlos (Lili’s older brother) and Gloria (the family’s maid). From her new home, Chispita begins the search for her mother.

Marionetas