List of the best Alfonso Arau movies: Picking Up the Pieces(2000), Like Water for Chocolate(1992), Scandalous John(1971), I Heart Shakey(2012), Romancing the Stone(1984), El topo(1971), Posse(1975), Pedro Páramo(1967), The Wild Bunch(1969), Picking Up the Pieces(2000) ... ...
Comedy
USA
2000
91 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Maria Grazia Cucinotta Cheech Marin David Schwimmer Kiefer Sutherland Fran Drescher Lou Diamond Phillips Elliott Gould Tony Plana Richard Edson Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Romance
1992
144 Minutes
Director
Lumi Cavazos Marco Leonardi Regina Torne Mario Iván Martínez Ada Carrasco Claudette Maille Yareli Arizmendi Pilar Aranda Rodolfo Arias Joaquín Garrido
beautiful woman sister mother lover doctor revolutionary sultry melodramatic passionate mexico household romance cooking family love triangle tradition forbidden love sacrifice 1910s
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).
Comedy, Western
USA
1971
114 Minutes
Brian Keith Alfonso Arau Michele Carey Rick Lenz Harry Morgan Simon Oakland Bill Williams Christopher Dark Fran Ryan Bruce Glover Richard Hale
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
90 Minutes
Raoul
Steve Lemme Steve Guttenberg Beverly D'Angelo Alfonso Arau Rylie Behr Philippe Brenninkmeyer Michael Yurchak Dante Brown
This is a family film about a thirty-five-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious ten-year-old daughter, and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago,... See full summary »
Romance, Adventure, Action
Mexico|USA
1984
105 Minutes
Juan
Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Zack Norman Alfonso Arau Manuel Ojeda Holland Taylor Mary Ellen Trainor
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A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
Western
Mexico
1971
123 Minutes
Bandido 1
Alejandro Jodorowsky Mara Lorenzio Jacqueline Luis Brontis Jodorowsky José Legarreta Alfonso Arau José Luis Fernández Bertha Lomelí
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Western, Drama
1975
94 Minutes
Pepe
Kirk Douglas Bruce Dern Bo Hopkins James Stacy Luke Askew David Canary Alfonso Arau Beth Brickell
marshal sheriff bandit woman businessman thrilling dark american west town train jail saloon law enforcement politics old west corruption ambition pursuit underdog rivalry
A U.S. marshal (Kirk Douglas) tracks an outlaw (Bruce Dern), killing his chance to be a senator from Texas.
Drama
1967
110 Minutes
Saltaperico
John Gavin Pilar Pellicer Ignacio López Tarso Julissa Claudio Obregón Jorge Rivero Roberto Cañedo Beatriz Sheridan Alfonso Arau Eric del Castillo
A rancher comes to Comala looking for his father, because on her deathbed his mother asked him to revenge her complete abandonment.
Western
USA
1969
142 Minutes
William Holden Ernest Borgnine Robert Ryan Edmond O'Brien Warren Oates Jaime Sanchez Ben Johnson Emilio Fernández Strother Martin L.Q. Jones Albert Van Dekker
outlaw gunslinger traitor bounty hunter brutal fiery gutsy texas small town wilderness wild west robbery showdown armed conflict betrayal aging quest pursuit revenge rivalry
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Comedy
USA
2000
91 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Maria Grazia Cucinotta Cheech Marin David Schwimmer Kiefer Sutherland Fran Drescher Lou Diamond Phillips Elliott Gould Tony Plana Richard Edson Joseph Gordon-Levitt
butcher wife priest mayor blind woman cop quirky hilarious madcap new mexico desert town church butcher shop infidelity murder religion strange happenings investigation small-town life
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.