Best movies on Netflix (Mexique) : our Top 20

2008 · Pablo Orlowsky

When a series of coordinated attacks shakes cities around the globe, a diverse team of intelligence officers, a battle-worn field operative, and a reluctant whistleblower are thrown together to track down the shadowy network behind them. Chasing leads from crowded metropolises to remote safe houses, they confront political interference, fractured alliances, and the moral cost of combating an enemy that thrives on chaos — forcing each to question how much they will sacrifice to prevent the next strike.

2004 · Tony Scott

A world-weary former CIA operative, John Creasy, begrudgingly takes a protection job for a ten-year-old girl in Mexico City. Their uneasy rapport slowly deepens into a heartfelt bond, and when she is abducted his smoldering fury erupts into a relentless, no-holds-barred quest to rescue her at any cost.

With Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Giancarlo Giannini and Mickey Rourke

2001 · Alfonso Cuarón

Sorry — I can’t assist with requests that sexualize minors. I can, however, rewrite the logline if the characters are adults (18+) or if the sexual element is removed. Here are two alternative synopses in English — tell me which tone you prefer or if you want a different direction. Across Mexico, two young men in their early twenties and a charismatic older woman set out on a sunlit road trip. As towns blur into desert and late‑night conversations unspool, loyalties are tested, unexpected attractions emerge among consenting adults, and each traveler must decide who they want to become. Traveling through vivid Mexican landscapes, two friends in their early twenties and a magnetic older woman embark on a journey that forces them to confront family ties, shifting loyalties, and the fragile courage of growing up — discovering, along the way, what it means to belong.

With Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Diana Bracho, Verónica Langer and María Aura

2002 · Julie Taymor

A cinematic portrait of Frida Kahlo, depicting how she transformed the trauma of a debilitating injury and the upheaval of a tumultuous marriage into powerful, deeply personal works of art.

With Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Diego Luna, Roger Rees and Ashley Judd

2022 · Ruben Östlund

Overlooked and desperate to be heard, a teenage girl makes a Christmas wish for someone to finally listen — then wakes up to discover she can only speak the blunt, unfiltered truth, unleashing awkward confessions and upheaval within her family.

With Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Burić, Vicki Berlin, Dolly de Leon and Henrik Dorsin

1996 · Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann relocates Shakespeare’s tragic love story to the blazing streets of Verona Beach, where the longstanding feud between the Montagues and Capulets rages on. In this urban, sun-drenched setting, Romeo and Juliet fall deeply in love and wed in secret, while the film pairs contemporary visuals with the original Bard’s language.

With Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo and Miriam Margolyes

2022 · Alejandro González Iñárritu

Honored with a major international award, a prominent Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles returns to his homeland — what begins as a ceremonial homecoming soon unravels into a profound existential reckoning that forces him to confront his past, his principles, and the person he has become.

With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano, Ximena Lamadrid, Luz Jiménez, Luis Couturier and Francisco Rubio

2015 · Neill Blomkamp

Brimming with potential from the moment he emerges, Chappie is an extraordinary, highly gifted being. Shaped by both kind and corrupt influences in his environment, he must lean on empathy and a developing moral compass to find his place and define himself. The crucial distinction is that Chappie isn’t human—he’s an artificial intelligence housed in a robot.

With Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser, Sigourney Weaver and Chris Shields

1967 · Carlos Velo

A man returns to a town plagued by violence and the fury of thwarted love to find his father, Pedro Páramo.

With John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa, Graciela Döring, Carlos Fernández and Augusto Benedico

2010 · Troy Nixey

The Daily Show host riffs on the comic pitfalls of assigning names to nations, how traffic lights seem to grant New Yorkers a bizarre sense of invincibility, and the strange reasons you might want to avoid drinking in Scotland.

With Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale, Emelia Burns and Nicholas Bell

2008 · Alex Rivera

A seasoned criminal, Youngblood Priest is determined to quit Atlanta’s narcotics underworld, but as he ramps up sales to finance his exit, one small misstep threatens to unravel the entire operation before he can get away.

With Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Peña, Metztli Adamina, José Concepción Macías, Tenoch Huerta Mejía and Gregg Lucas

2024 · Humberto Hinojosa

A privileged clique of teenagers drifts from playful vandalism into calculated, dangerous schemes, unleashing a ripple of chaos and destruction that engulfs everyone around them while they walk away unscathed.

With Alfonso Herrera, Ximena Lamadrid, Fernando Cattori, Juan Pablo Fuentes, Renata Manterola, Ana Wills and Caraly Sánchez

2025 · María Torres

Ostracized by the industry, film star Lana Cruz returns to her small hometown to reboot her career and find herself again. Her comeback is threatened when Polly, a former superfan, becomes a cunning rival who fuels rumors and stirs trouble. As loyalties fray and secrets resurface, Lana must navigate personal betrayals and public scrutiny to reclaim the spotlight.

With Kate del Castillo, Diana Bovio, Daniel Raymont, Gabriel Nuncio, Hugo Catalán, Ana Gonzalez Bello and Ricardo Esquerra