1. A Cop Movie (Una película de policías)
This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
2. Lesser Choices
The bleached palette and home-movie aesthetics of Super 8 footage provide the image track for this testimonial about an illegal abortion in Mexico City in the 1960s, delivered in voiceover by the filmmaker’s mother. In its account of this intimate and disorienting memory, Lesser Choices summons a time of profound uncertainty—a moment from an era without rights—and offers a warning to the present.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. VISITAS (VISITAS)
(VISITAS)
4. Modern Mexico City
This Traveltalk series short brings us to the capital of Mexico, where we learn a little about the three million people living there. Their living quarters are viewed, as are various monuments found throughout the city, including a monument to George Washington. We also see the Museum of Fine Arts and the Washington Apartments. From here, we visit the bullfights.
5. 13:14: The Challenge of Helping (13:14: El Reto de Ayudar)
On September 19, 2017, at 1:14 p.m., an earthquake devastated Mexico City and its environs. Immediately, citizens mobilized to help, including the actor and youtuber Juanpa Zurita who quickly organized a group of friends that included singers, actors, content creators and other celebrities from the world of entertainment who helped him raise funds for the reconstruction of the city.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
6. With Sea Views (Con Vistas al Mar)
After consolidating itself as a tourist destination in the mid-1960s, this small coastal village has become the dormitory town for the workers of a Nuclear Power Plant. With the liberal promise of prosperity and socioeconomic wellfare, many workers left their homes to move to the small city and started working at the new Nuclear Power Plant. The collective unrest and the silence, cut off by the great gusts of wind, articulate the landscape of the village that is now under the aid of the Nuclear Power Plant.
7. Midnight Family (Midnight Family)
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
8. Noon Sun (Sol de Mediodía)
A group of mexican high school students spent their time at parties and outside of school practicing skateboard, drinking an doing drugs.
9. Megalópolis (Megalópolis)
Exploration of the territory in a delirious time-space journey through the largest Megalopolis in America.
10. Arte Mexicano (Arte Mexicano)
(Arte Mexicano)
11. Brise-Glase: Her Majesty Icebreaker Frej (Brise-Glace: Hans Majestat Isbrytaren Frej)
Second part of collaborative project Brise-Glace. Directed by Titte Törnroth.
12. Whoever is Responsible (Q.R.R. Quien Resulte Responsable)
Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
13. Mexican Police on Parade
This Traveltalk series short showcases the Mexico City police department's various units as they participate in a yearly festival. Included are a marching band, a parade of patrol cars, the motorcycle unit, equestrian unit, and the department's pistol team.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. Spain: The First Globalization (España: la primera globalización)
A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs and the discovery of America , as well as an analysis of its undeniable influence on the subsequent evolution of the history of Spain and the world.
It has an average vote of 7.818 on TMDB.
15. 1968
At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images of the 20th century.
16. Visible: Transgender Youth Stories (Visibles: Historias de Adolescencias Trans)
Two teenagers seek the fullness of their identities with time on top and normality against it. First hand testimony of transgender kids and the support of their family.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
17. Ciudad Merced (Ciudad Merced)
An audiovisual portrait about La Merced neighborhood in Mexico City
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Susurros del Panteón (Susurros del Panteón)
A walkthrough the San Fernando graveyard in Mexico City from the ethereal gaze of a ghost.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Anything Else Than Air (De puro aire)
This film explores the consequences of the decisions we take and shows those things which really matter. After leaving his wife and children and promising he would be back, a man lives in a tent at a Mexico City park. There, he earns his living by selling balloons. After 30 years, he needs to fulfill his promise and return home. Will his family accept him back? Is he going to be able to change a life on the streets for the comfort of his home?
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
20. Trump Rally
Sean Dunne's observational documentary of a 2016 Donald Trump Rally.