Directing
Luis Estrada
Born January 17, 1962 · Mexico City, Mexico (age 64)
Luis Estrada (born January 17, 1962) is a Mexican film director, writer and producer widely known for his satirical tetralogy on Mexican politics: Herod's law (La ley de Herodes, 1999), A wonderful world (Un mundo maravilloso, 2006), El infierno (2010) and The perfect dictatoship (La dictadura perefecta, 2014). He is the son of Mexican film director José Estrada.
Known For
El Infierno · 2010El Infierno
★ 7.92010
MovieActionCrime
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Amber · 1994Amber
★ 5.11994
MovieAdventureDrama
Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.
Herod's Law · 1999Herod's Law
★ 8.01999
MovieComedyCrime
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
The Perfect Dictatorship · 2014The Perfect Dictatorship
★ 7.42014
MovieDramaComedy
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
¡Que viva México! · 2023¡Que viva México!
★ 7.32023
MovieDramaComedy
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
A Wonderful World · 2006A Wonderful World
★ 7.72006
MovieComedyDrama
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose · 1982I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose
★ 6.01982
MovieDrama
Dalia and Daniel are a couple running away from the noise, the pollution and the social prejudice, so they take shelter at an isolated farmhouse, which used to belong to Daniel's father. There they are, in full intimacy with each other, only with nature and their own memories. However, the monotony and the loneliness gradually deteriorates their relationship.
Camino largo a Tijuana · 1991Camino largo a Tijuana
★ 6.71991
MovieAction
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to rescue Lila. (Written by Maximiliano Maza mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx)
Movies
El Infierno · 2010El Infierno
★ 7.92010
MovieActionCrime
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Amber · 1994Amber
★ 5.11994
MovieAdventureDrama
Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.
Herod's Law · 1999Herod's Law
★ 8.01999
MovieComedyCrime
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
The Perfect Dictatorship · 2014The Perfect Dictatorship
★ 7.42014
MovieDramaComedy
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
¡Que viva México! · 2023¡Que viva México!
★ 7.32023
MovieDramaComedy
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
A Wonderful World · 2006A Wonderful World
★ 7.72006
MovieComedyDrama
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose · 1982I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose
★ 6.01982
MovieDrama
Dalia and Daniel are a couple running away from the noise, the pollution and the social prejudice, so they take shelter at an isolated farmhouse, which used to belong to Daniel's father. There they are, in full intimacy with each other, only with nature and their own memories. However, the monotony and the loneliness gradually deteriorates their relationship.
Camino largo a Tijuana · 1991Camino largo a Tijuana
★ 6.71991
MovieAction
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to rescue Lila. (Written by Maximiliano Maza mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx)
Angel del barrio · 1981Angel del barrio
★ 6.71981
MovieActionDrama
Patada de Mula, an old retired boxer, lives with the guilt of having killed his opponent in his last fight, but he works as a masseur in a gym, sells balloons on Sundays and with the proceeds supports the widow of the opponent he killed and his son El Kid, an aspiring boxer, without his knowledge. Patada is also in love with his neighbor Marga, a young woman who is pushed into prostitution by the gangster Duque and his own father, but to whom Patada sends letters as an anonymous lover. The Kid is sponsored by Duke and detests Patada for the death of his father, but when he throws him out of the inn that his mother tends she confesses to him what he has done for them and the Kid asks her forgiveness and makes him his second.
Bandidos · 1991Bandidos
★ 6.21991
MovieAdventure
In the wake of the Mexican Revolution, a band of pre-teen boys are forced to rely on their own resources for survival.
3 lancheros más picudos II · 20023 lancheros más picudos II
★ 4.02002
Movie
El lechero del pueblo · 2002El lechero del pueblo
★ 7.02002
Movie
TV Shows
The Dead Girls · 2025The Dead Girls
★ 7.12025
SeriesDramaCrime
The story of the Baladro sisters, known as “Las Poquianchis”, who built a brothel empire and became merciless killers in 1960s Mexico.
The Marked Hour · 1988The Marked Hour
★ 8.21988
SeriesMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.