Madres / Welcome to the Blumhouse: Madres (2021)
Horror
Expecting their first child, a Mexican-American couple move to a migrant farming community in 1970's California where strange symptoms and terrifying visions threaten their new family.
Starring: Tenoch Huerta, Ariana Guerra, Evelyn Gonzalez, Kerry Cahill, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: Ryan Zaragoza
The Tax Collector (2020)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A "tax collector" working for a local crime lord finds his family's safety compromised when the rival of his boss shows up in L.A. and upends the business.
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona, Lana Parrilla, Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez
Director: David Ayer
Relentless (2018)
Thriller
An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.
Starring: Lauren Shaw, David Castro, Elpidia Carrillo, Peter Holden, Courtenay Taylor, Sydney Sweeney
Director: Lance Tracy
Salvador (1986)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller | War
An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
Starring: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb
Director: Oliver Stone
The Brave (1997)
Drama
Raphael (Johnny Depp, who also wrote and directed the film) and his family live in a small town just above the poverty line. The only way out of the situation seems to be by earning some fast money; which happens when Raphael meets monstrous snuff movie maker, McCarthy (Marlon Brando) and agrees to be in one of his films for $30,000. With just seven days left to live, Raphael decides to make the most of them. However, he discovers how much his family means to him and decides he wants to end the contract and give the money back…but is it too late?
Starring: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carrillo, Frederic Forrest, Clarence Williams III
Director: Johnny Depp
Foreign Land (2016)
Drama | Family
Life changed for Alejandro Reis – Alex – in just a few brief moments when he discovers that he is not an American citizen. His parents brought him across the Mexican border when he was just months old. Flora Hendricks, on the other hand is born in Missouri. She decides to run away from home. Alex finds himself deported to Mexico On a seeming parallel track, Flora is arrested for shoplifting. And put in the same deportation bus with Alex. Once on Mexican soil Alex and Flora find out quickly that they are way out of their depth. They learn quickly that Tijuana and most of the other border towns are ultra violent places that are overrun by dangerous, warring criminal factions.
Starring: Jeffrey Licon, Alex Frnka, Peter Holden, Art Bonilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Giselle Bonilla
Director: Rafi Girgis
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Let's Get Harry / The Rescue (1986)
Action | Adventure
Stuart Rosenberg, under the guise of Alan Smithee, directed this action film concerning a soldier of fortune sent into a South American country to rescue a kidnapped American during a revolutionary upheaval. Harry Burk Jr. and United States Ambassador Douglas are held hostage by Colombian drug dealers who demand the release of associates who are imprisoned in the United States. But the U.S. government refuses to negotiate with the drug dealers. In disgust, Harry's brother Corey and three of his friends, along with an adventurous auto dealer named Jack, hire mercenary soldier Shrike to sneak into Columbia and rescue Harry.
Starring: Jere Burns, Gary Busey, Terry Camilleri, Elpidia Carrillo, Matt Clark, Rodolfo De Alexandre
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Seven Pounds (2008)
Drama
Academy Award nominee Will Smith stars in this drama, re-teaming with the director and producers of The Pursuit of Happyness for the emotional story of a man who will change the lives of seven strangers.
Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Predator (1987)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer, embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, otherwordly being slowly and methodically starts killing off members of Dutch's team. Possessing a chameleonlike camouflaging ability and a deadly alien arsenal, the creature tracks down the soldiers one by one.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Shane Black
Director: John McTiernan
