Acting
María Rojo
Born August 15, 1943 · Mexico City, Mexico (age 82)
María Rojo is the artistic name of María de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui (Mexico City, August 15, 1943), a Mexican film, theater and television actress. Daughter of Roberto Rojo, an agronomist, and Águeda Incháustegui, a school teacher. From her childhood, she remembers being nervous and suffering from dyslexia, which brought her personality problems and insecurity, but she soon stood out for her …
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.
Under the Same Moon · 2007Under the Same Moon
★ 7.82007
MovieDrama
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.
The Heart of the Night · 1984The Heart of the Night
★ 5.11984
MovieThrillerMystery
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
El Garabato · 2008El Garabato
★ 6.52008
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of a naive young man, provincial and not very experienced, to whom the circumstances of destiny, when crossing with the beautiful Frida, lead him to mature with a single blow. Rodolfo helps Frida in a car accident while she orders him to deliver an envelope. There begins the desperate flight of this innocent man fighting for his life, persecuted by thugs -who want to recover the contents of the envelope- and by the police -who seeks him for being a suspect in the death of an important diplomat.
Salón México · 1996Salón México
★ 5.71996
MovieDramaCrime
In this remake of the 40's classic, two lovers murder each other, leading to an investigation and the closing of the Saln Mxico, a famous place where people used to go to dance before WWII. The police investigation leads to several flashbacks about the life and death of a low-life dancer named Mercedes (Maria Rojo) and her lover.
Red Dawn · 1990Red Dawn
★ 8.21990
MovieDramaThriller
On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
A Shred Of Mist · 2014A Shred Of Mist
★ 5.32014
MovieThrillerHorror
After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign woman with a severe character, who subjects the child to multiple abuses and psychological torture.
Danzón · 1991Danzón
★ 6.71991
MovieDrama
A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.
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.
Under the Same Moon · 2007Under the Same Moon
★ 7.82007
MovieDrama
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.
The Heart of the Night · 1984The Heart of the Night
★ 5.11984
MovieThrillerMystery
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
El Garabato · 2008El Garabato
★ 6.52008
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of a naive young man, provincial and not very experienced, to whom the circumstances of destiny, when crossing with the beautiful Frida, lead him to mature with a single blow. Rodolfo helps Frida in a car accident while she orders him to deliver an envelope. There begins the desperate flight of this innocent man fighting for his life, persecuted by thugs -who want to recover the contents of the envelope- and by the police -who seeks him for being a suspect in the death of an important diplomat.
Salón México · 1996Salón México
★ 5.71996
MovieDramaCrime
In this remake of the 40's classic, two lovers murder each other, leading to an investigation and the closing of the Saln Mxico, a famous place where people used to go to dance before WWII. The police investigation leads to several flashbacks about the life and death of a low-life dancer named Mercedes (Maria Rojo) and her lover.
Red Dawn · 1990Red Dawn
★ 8.21990
MovieDramaThriller
On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
A Shred Of Mist · 2014A Shred Of Mist
★ 5.32014
MovieThrillerHorror
After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign woman with a severe character, who subjects the child to multiple abuses and psychological torture.
Danzón · 1991Danzón
★ 6.71991
MovieDrama
A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.
La señorita · 1994La señorita
★ 5.81994
MovieMysteryDrama
Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.
La mudanza · 1990La mudanza
★ 5.81990
MovieDrama
Between chargers, noise and improvisedly placed furniture, a couple experiences a violent marital crisis, ignoring that they are observed by many characters that will soon face them with their own demons. Inspired by a work by Vicente Leñero, Gabriel Retes orchestrates a portrait without concessions of the hell of the marriage institution and love chaos, made in video format in 1990 and completed by the filmmaker more than a decade later.
Passionate Mobile · 1994Passionate Mobile
★ 6.31994
MovieDrama
Gyula Kodar is a commissioner who investigates the murder of an American executive. Keep track of Macabí, an ex and former lover of Mary Laya, widow of the victim. With the help of Kelly, a prostitute who is his sometime lover, Gyula able to find Macabí ; then he discovers that love is superior to survival and freedom is stronger than betrayal.
A Not So Merry Christmas · 2022A Not So Merry Christmas
★ 6.62022
MovieComedyFamily
A curse is placed on grinchy Chuy, who wakes up to find he's lived a full year, but is doomed to remember only Christmas Day. Every year. From now on.
Under the Shrapnel · 1983Under the Shrapnel
★ 5.51983
MovieThrillerDrama
A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him.
Valentina's Wedding · 2018Valentina's Wedding
★ 6.52018
MovieComedy
Valentina's seemingly idyllic life in the US is interrupted when planning a wedding means introducing her fiancé to her scandalous family in Mexico.
Mi Canción · 2021Mi Canción
★ 8.32021
MovieMusicCrime
"Mi Canción" follows the rise of young Guadalajara rapper C-Kan, as he realizes the danger he put himself in by working with the local Cartel. After falling in love with Valeria, she convinces him to leave this llife of crime and pursue his dream and become a Rap star. Conflicted, he decides to stop working with the Cartel, but that is easier said than done!
Bathroom Intimacy · 1989Bathroom Intimacy
★ 5.41989
MovieDrama
A family crisis revealed through each member's bathroom intimacy.
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?
Amor que mata · 1994Amor que mata
★ 5.71994
MovieRomanceDrama
Diego is a young musician who lives the terrible death of his uncle to AIDS. While in his deep depresion he meets Gabriela, which brings back a smile to his face. Just when life seems more promising than ever, one beutiful night death once again took a toll on his life. It seems as though the phantoms of the past are never going to let him go.
Midaq Alley · 1995Midaq Alley
★ 7.21995
MovieDrama
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
A Wonderful World · 2006A Wonderful World
★ 7.72006
MovieComedyDrama
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
She's Ramona · 2015She's Ramona
★ 5.12015
MovieComedy
Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t really get any better. She’s fired for being fat, she wants a liposuction but the doctor informs her she’s not a candidate due to her overweight, and all her universe seems to be collapsing after a series of unfortunate events. But everything will soon get better thanks to some magical beetles she finds in a Tarot café.
Forbidden Homework · 1992Forbidden Homework
★ 4.51992
MovieDrama
A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.
Ayotzinapa · 2015Ayotzinapa
★ 5.02015
MovieDocumentary
This film is a story, testimony and documentation of the forced disappearance of 43 student teachers, which exposes the criminal complicity between the police and military authorities, between the political and economic elites and criminal organizations in Mexico, which appear to be different forces, but respond to similar interests.
Tequila · 1992Tequila
★ 5.21992
MovieDrama
Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this impressionistic portrait of modern-day Mexico. Reminiscent in some ways of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, Tequila appears to be a cinematic extension of Mexico’s muralist tradition, a contemporary equivalent of Diego Rivera or David Alfaro Siqueiros with vignettes, quick ideas, visual puns, cartoons, and political statements.
TV Shows
American Playhouse · 1982American Playhouse
★ 6.61982
SeriesDramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
El Albergue · 2012El Albergue
2012
SeriesComedy
Doña Caridad and Don Tranquilino are cared for by their only daughter, a woman in the middle of menopause who lives with her unfaithful husband.
Narcos: Mexico · 2018Narcos: Mexico
★ 7.92018
SeriesDramaCrime
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Senora Acero · 2014Senora Acero
★ 7.92014
SeriesDramaCrime
The adventures of Vicenta Acero, the feared coyote who now leads the dynasty of illicit dealings once under the control of her father.
Los miserables · 1974Los miserables
★ 8.51974
SeriesDramaCrime
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco · 1997Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
★ 5.51997
Series
Killer Women · 2008Killer Women
★ 7.62008
SeriesMysteryDrama
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
Casados con Hijos · 2005Casados con Hijos
★ 8.12005
SeriesComedy
Argentine re-make of American television series Married... with Children. It follows the Argento family and their lives.
Hasta el fin del mundo · 2014Hasta el fin del mundo
★ 7.82014
SeriesDrama
After their father's death, Sofía Ripoll, the oldest of three sisters, takes over the family's fictional successful chocolate factory. Though she is engaged to a man who uses her for money, she quickly falls in love with Salvador Cruz, a former racecar driver who takes a job as her chauffeur.
María de Todos los Ángeles · 2009María de Todos los Ángeles
★ 7.62009
SeriesDramaComedy
Alborada · 2005Alborada
★ 7.52005
SeriesDrama
Alborada is a telenovela made by the Mexican TV network Televisa. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama and Mexico a few years before Mexican Independence from Spain. The series was broadcast from December 2005 to April 2006 on Univision in the United States. Alborada won the TV y Novelas award for best telenovela of the year.
Dark Fate · 2003Dark Fate
★ 7.22003
SeriesDramaRomance
Mariana lives with her father, Atílio, and is motherless. He is a very powerful man, and he keeps a big secret: Mariana is not his biological daughter, Atílio has two sisters: Isabel, the oldest, a good and caring woman, who raised Mariana and loves her as if she were her own daughter; Márcia, the youngest, arrogant and very vain, has a cold heart, has never fallen in love with anyone and always mistreated Mariana, until a boy called Inácio Lugo Navarro arrives in the city, very attractive, who uses a false name and is looking for his roots and revenge.
Your Love Is My Fortune · 2021Your Love Is My Fortune
★ 7.72021
SeriesDramaComedy
My fortune is loving you tells the story of Natalia and Chente, who both suffer different situations that change their lives instantly. Natalia comes from a high social position; however, she loses everything when Adrián, her husband, leaves her for what was "her best friend" after 20 years of marriage, in addition, he leaves her on the street and penniless. Vicente, from a different socioeconomic class than Natalia, falls into the hands of a financial fraud that also leaves him in a very difficult economic situation, adding the recent loss of Lucía, his wife, at the hands of a bank robbery in which she was. For Natalia and Chente, they have no choice but to live under the same roof, with which, upon meeting the relationship, they will go through a lot of ups and downs of emotions when they try to resolve their personal situations.
Amanecer · 2025Amanecer
★ 7.82025
SeriesDrama
The telenovela revolves around Leonel Carranza (Fernando Colunga), a man who lives in Villa Escarlata and owns the Montoro estate. His routine changes completely when his wife and best friend disappear together, leaving him so angry and disillusioned that he thinks they're dead, which could have serious consequences for him in the future.
Tomorrow is forever · 2008Tomorrow is forever
★ 7.42008
SeriesDrama
Fernanda is the youngest daughter of the landowner Gonzalo Elizalde, owner of a large dairy company, and Eduardo is the son of Soledad, the Elizalde family's housekeeper. The two children have grown up together, united by an innocent and pure love, despite the difference in social class.
Te Sigo Amando · 1996Te Sigo Amando
★ 7.01996
SeriesDrama
Yulissa Torres-Quintero is a beautiful young woman from an upper social class who has been orphaned at a very young age; For this reason, she and her brother Alberto were raised by their cruel grandmother, Doña Paula Garza vda. de Torres-Quintero, who pretends to be sick to manipulate her grandchildren. After several years, Paula is ruined and penniless, so she decides to mortgage all her assets to the landowner Ignacio Aguirre, owner of the Arroyo Negro hacienda, as a last resort to survive and avoid poverty.
We Were Kings · 2024We Were Kings
★ 6.22024
SeriesDramaCrime
A tight-knit crew of three reigns over a bustling barrio in Mexico City — until a sudden tragedy breaks their crowns and renders two of them rivals.
Cloroformo · 2012Cloroformo
★ 7.02012
SeriesCrime
Life of boxing in Mexico City: bets, deception, love, crime, and courage, take place in the lives of amateur boxers and professional fighters.
Las Lunas del Auditorio · 2002Las Lunas del Auditorio
★ 7.32002
Series
Hasta que te conocí · 2016Hasta que te conocí
★ 8.72016
SeriesDrama
"Hasta que Te Conocí" unravels the life of the Divo de Juárez: Juan Gabriel. Gabriel's extraordinary talent as a singer-songwriter allowed him to rise above poverty, betrayal, and prejudice, eventually making him one the most beloved performers in all of Ibero-America.
The Marked Hour · 1988The Marked Hour
★ 8.31988
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.
Sincronía · 2017Sincronía
2017
SeriesDramaMystery
Presents three incidents narrated from four points of view. The viewer can watch each of the sections in any order, addressing high-impact issues in Mexican reality, such as human trafficking, kidnapping, and pedophilia.
Ellas, inocentes o culpables · 2000Ellas, inocentes o culpables
★ 8.02000
SeriesDrama
Wild Heart · 2009Wild Heart
★ 5.82009
SeriesDrama
Corazón salvaje is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre in conjunction with Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas. The telenovela debuted on 12 October 2009 at 9:00 pm, replacing Sortilegio, and aired for a total of 135 episodes. The final episode was broadcast on 16 April 2010, and the program was replaced with Soy tu dueña. In the United States, the telenovela debuted on 22 February 2010 at 9:00 pm on Univisión, again replacing Sortilegio. However, beginning on 26 April, the program was moved from prime time to the 12:00 midnight time slot.