Directing
José Estrada
Born October 11, 1938 · Mexico City, Mexico
Died September 23, 1986 · aged 47
José Estrada Aguirre (11 October 1938 – 23 August 1986), better known as José Estrada, was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1971 and 1985. His 1985 film Mexican, You Can Do It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known For
The Prophet Mimi · 1973The Prophet Mimi
★ 6.81973
MovieDramaThriller
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes a little boy to grow up into a murderer.
Recodo de purgatorio · 1975Recodo de purgatorio
★ 5.71975
MovieDrama
An unnamed man goes to a hotel to commit suicide with pills while listening to songs by Marlene Dietrich. But that act that seems to trigger the mere memory of places and experiences before dying, suddenly merges with other characters and dramatic experiences, which give life to a limit work, of desperate, almost intolerable courage, obstinate in dismantling all institutional discourses of the history of Mexico, without ceasing to use extraordinarily all possible cinematographic resources.
Chabelo Y Pepito Contra Los Monstruos · 1973Chabelo Y Pepito Contra Los Monstruos
★ 7.31973
MovieHorrorComedy
An ordinary day's hike gets rough when two youngsters escape from the main group into the woods and, after finding a grotto, discover that there is more to it than just darkness.
Dark Berry · 2025Dark Berry
★ 10.02025
MovieHorrorComedy
An agoraphobic, germophobic, sex-crazed and suicidal struggling writer discovers that he is the target of a sinister plot.
Uno y medio contra el mundo · 1973Uno y medio contra el mundo
★ 6.91973
MovieRomanceComedy
Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society.
Chabelo y Pepito Detectives · 1974Chabelo y Pepito Detectives
★ 7.81974
MovieAdventureFantasy
A commanding friend Pepito and Chabelo ask them to help uncover a gang who kidnaps children. They accept and are out to steal to join the band. Whenthey find that the band mesmerizes children with toys and then the kids are controlled by young boys and they controlled in turn by strangers with long hair and blue eyes.
Maten al León · 1977Maten al León
★ 6.61977
MovieDramaAdventure
A pilot is called back to his homeland, the Latin American republic of Arepa, by the rich islanders to participate in a complot to kill the dictator known as El León (The Lion).
Para servir a usted · 1971Para servir a usted
★ 4.51971
MovieDramaComedy
Working-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass through his contacts with decadent rich folk.












