Like Water for Chocolate (1992), Como agua para chocolate (1992), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1977), The Girl From Mexico (1939), The Three Caballeros (1944), Juan of the Dead (2011), Que Caramba Es La Vida (2014), Under Fiesta Stars (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Latin Culture movies.
Storyline: The youngest daughter (Lumi Cavazos) of a Mexican family expresses her feelings in preparing wonderful food, when tradition keeps her from marrying her true love (Marco Leonardi).
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, family, mexico, cuisine, passion, tradition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a forgotten Mexico village Tita and Pedro fall in love, but their marriage is forbidden as to traditions. Mother Elena sees Tita's role as her caretaker for life - no youngest daughter has ever married and her daughter will not be the first to break tradition. Tita's heart breaks when her mother offers Pedro her sister instead of her, and he accepted it just to live near Tita- he says. Now they live in the same house, and mother Elena cannot forbid their love as she did their marriage.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, magical realism, mexican, family, tradition, cooking ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to pursue her.—Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
Plot Keywords: comedy, fantasy, romance, erotic, supernatural, marriage, desire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the first entry of an unintended-series that turned into a long-running series for RKO, Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle, Matthew Lindsay, aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, classic, hollywood, black and white, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A large box arrives for Donald on his birthday, three gifts inside. He unwraps one at a time, and each takes him on an adventure. The first is a movie projector with a film about the birds of South America; Donald watches two cartoons, one tells of a penguin who longs to live on a tropical isle and the other about a gaucho boy who hunts the wild ostrich. The second gift is a pop-up book about Brazil. Inside is Jose Carioca, who takes Donald to Brazil's Bahia for a mix of animation and live action: the two cartoon birds sing and dance with natives. The third gift is a piñata, accompanied by Panchito. A ride on a magic serape takes the three amigos singing and dancing across Mexico. ¡Olé!
Plot Keywords: animation, musical, comedy, adventure, fantasy, disney, anthology film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Juan is a slacker trying to reconnect with his daughter, who plans to rejoin her mother in Miami. Lazaro, Juan's friend, is trying to connect with his own son, a persistent womanizer. They begin to notice that locals are "going crazy", killing people and eating their flesh, and the recently deceased are returning to life. The Cuban government and the media claim that the zombies are dissidents revolting against the government. Juan starts a business to profit off of killing the zombies, but the group may soon find their own lives at risk.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: comedy, horror, zombie, black comedy, survival, action, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the macho world of Mariachi music, only very few women can hold their own. A snapshot of life, death and the things in between - seen from a bird's-eye perspective.
Plot Keywords: documentary, mexico, music, culture, tradition, women, society ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A mine owner dies and leaves half to Gene and half to easterner Barbara Erwin. Gene wants to continue operation of the mine as requested in the will but Barbara wants to sell and leave with her half of the money. So she hires two lawyers not knowing they are crooks. They then sent their henchman out and Gene's life is soon in danger.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, music, musical, mexico, tradition, romantic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin's aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro finds out about this romance, he starts incorporating details of it into the script of his daily drama series. Soon, Martin and Julia are not only hearing about their fictional selves over the radio, but about what they are going to do next.—Christine Sai-Halasz <sai@mit.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, adaptation, usa, 1990s, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Chivo, a singer who works in a movie theater providing live entertainment, is invited by music-loving Mexican bandit Braganza to join his band. Braganza also kidnaps people to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, crime, romance, adventure, action, mexico ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bullfighter Luis Bello (Mel Ferrer) is a star, but fear and doubt strike quickly after he is injured in the ring. Manager Raul Fuentes (Anthony Quinn) refuses to let him give up, though, pushing Luis to overcome his doubt and remain a matador. Luis agrees, but complications ensue when he falls for Raul's girlfriend, Linda (Miroslava). Things get even worse after a tragic accident and a public embarrassment. Now, to salvage his dignity, Luis needs one last shot in the ring.
Plot Keywords: mexico, honor, tradition, courage, sacrifice, destiny, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In an attempt to secure a sponsor, an unlikely group of Cuban refugees become a "family" as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service gives families priority over others. In the process, a political prisoner who hasn't seen his wife for twenty years and a disaffected sugarcane cutter fall in love. An excitable brother and a lovestruck cop contribute to the general confusion. The inevitable humorous romantic entaglements ensue as a final confrontation is set up.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, romance, immigration, family, usa, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Plagued by chronic motion sickness, Isabella--a sultry Brazilian belle, and a gifted chef--needs to be in control in every aspect of her life: in her car; in the kitchen; on the dance floor, and of course, during sex. Needless to say, this confusing situation drives Isabella's husband, Toninho, crazy--and after one infidelity too many--the feisty young woman decides to do what she knows best: take over the reins of her life, and move to San Francisco. There, a brilliant career as the presenter of her TV cooking show awaits Isabella--and for the first time in a long while--she feels loved. Will guilty Toninho realise what he's lost?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, love, cuisine, female lead, independent woman, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young woman's search for passion turns to a reinvigorating romance with her husband's brother, but her decision sets in motion a series of events that threaten their ties.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, family, ethics, erotic, marriage, betrayal ...
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