The best Emilio Fernández’s movies

Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

26/03/1903- 06/08/1986
Today we present the best Emilio Fernández’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Emilio Fernández’s movies.
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The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch
7.9/10
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, Dutch Engstrom and brothers Lyle and Tector Gorch, Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by a former partner, Deke Thornton. As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them—resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties.

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/10/1966
  • Character: Francisco Lorca
Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin another member of The Seven. They find four other men and they go to help Chico.

The War Wagon

The War Wagon
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/05/1967
  • Character: Calita
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
7.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/05/1973
  • Character: Paco
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

The Night of the Iguana

The Night of the Iguana
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 06/08/1964
  • Character: Barkeeper (uncredited)
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.

Breakout

Breakout
6.1/10
A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
7.4/10
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

The Appaloosa

The Appaloosa
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/09/1966
  • Character: Lazaro
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, shot in Mexico. The 2008 Appaloosa film (starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) is not related nor a remake of this film, although it has almost the same title.

Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio
6.6/10
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.

Erótica

Erótica
5.1/10
Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from prison and joins them. A sexual/sentimental love triangle begins leading to a violent confrontation between the two men.

La Bandida

La Bandida
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1963
  • Character: Epigmenio Gomez
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 05/10/1961
  • Character: Pascual Velasco
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

The Reward

The Reward
5/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 15/09/1965
  • Character: Sergeant Lopez
A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters.

The Treasure of the Amazon

The Treasure of the Amazon
4.6/10
A ragtag group of adventurers, including a former Nazi, is led by a half-maddened grizzled treasure hunter who wants a second chance to find the mythical treasure of the Amazon, after his first mission went terrible wrong.

A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/02/1967
  • Character: Ignacio
An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.

La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 12/11/1959
  • Character: Coronel Antonio Zeta
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.

Las cabareteras

Las cabareteras
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/12/1980
Power-struggles between gangsters over ownership/control of a strip club.

Arriba Michoacán

Arriba Michoacán
6/10
The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.

Derecho de asilo

Derecho de asilo
  • Release: 07/12/1975
After assassinating a government official, guerrilla takes refuge in a foreign embassy. Tense standoff ensues.

La Chamuscada

La Chamuscada
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 14/01/1971
  • Character: Margarito Herrero
A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.

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