Genre: Latino Dramas
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Gun Hill Road (2011)
Cast: Esai Morales, Harmony Santana, Judy Reyes …
Directed by: Rashaad Ernesto Green
After serving a three-year stint in prison, tough-guy Enrique (Esai Morales) returns to his family in the Bronx to find that his wife (Judy Reyes) is a virtual stranger to him and, worse, his…
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Crossing Over (2009)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd …
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Boasting an all-star cast that includes Harrison Ford, director Wayne Kramer's thoughtful drama weaves several stories together to create an emotionally charged examination of…
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Emilio (2009)
Cast: Walter Perez, Danny Martinez, Alejandro Patino …
Directed by: Kim Jorgensen
With just a photo and a great deal of courage to guide him, Mexican teenager Emilio (Walter Perez) embarks on an impossible quest to find his kidnapped sister, Maria, in the foreign world of…
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Boys of Ghost Town (2009)
Cast: Manuel Garcia, Danny Trejo, Marian Zapico …
Directed by: Pablo Véliz
After 17 years in prison, Danny Ortega (Manuel Garcia) returns home to a quagmire of drugs and crime and a society indifferent to ex-cons. As an attempt at a better life leads to a dead end,…
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Down for Life (2009)
Cast: Jessica Romero, Danny Glover, Snoop Dogg …
Directed by: Alan Jacobs
As the leader of a Latina gang in South Central Los Angeles, Rascal (Jessica Romero) must contend with an escalating war against a rival African-American gang while a persistent teacher…
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No Boundaries (2009)
Cast: Mark McGraw, Dani Garza, John D'Alonzo …
Directed by: Violet Mendoza, Jake Willing
Desperate to raise money for her ailing mother's medical expenses, Isabel (Dani Garza) illegally crosses from Mexico to the United States, where she looks for work, forms meaningful…
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Pedro (2008)
Cast: Hale Appleman, Alex Loynaz, Justina Machado …
Directed by: Nick Oceano
Gaining fame on the third season of MTV's "The Real World" in 1994, Pedro Zamora put a face on the growing crisis of AIDS. This moving drama tells the story of this courageous activist,…
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Don't Let Me Drown (2008)
Cast: E.J. Bonilla, Selenis Leyva, Raúl Castillo …
Directed by: Cruz Angeles
Cruz Angeles directs this moving romantic drama about two Brooklyn high school students -- Lalo, son of a poor Mexican immigrant, and Stefanie, sister of a 9/11 victim -- who lean on one…
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Chicano Blood (2008)
Cast: Damian Chapa
In this explosive actioner, a reformed gang member is pulled back into his former violent world after a Russian gang vying for control of the local drug trade kills his wife. Taking a solemn…
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44 (2008)
Cast: Miguel Aviles, Annie Basulto, Alexander Beauchamp …
Directed by: Miguel Aviles
Migs (Miguel Aviles) is 18 years old and ready to make his own decisions about his life. For two years, he's run his incarcerated father's drug business, a secret he's kept…
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Mexican Gangster (2008)
Cast: John Loretto, Damian Chapa, Christine Manoukian …
Directed by: Damian Chapa
After witnessing the murder of his parents at the tender age of 8, Johnny Sunshine rose up the ranks of the criminal underworld to become a feared gangster. But, now, as he ages, Johnny finds…
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Price of the American Dream 2 (2008)
Cast: Julieta Ortiz, Luis Arrieta, Nathan Sanchez …
Continuing the story of The Price of the American Dream, this sequel finds Laura Munoz (Julieta Ortiz) left to raise four children by herself after the death of her husband. Laura decides to…
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25 to Life (2008)
Cast: Enrique Almeida, Melissa Paladino, Monique La Barr …
Directed by: Frank Nunez
When Tony's (Enrique Almeida) gang life finally caught up with him, he was given 25 years to life in prison, a sentence that tore his family apart. But now he's been paroled, giving…
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Cast: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt …
Directed by: Mike Newell
A man obsessively in love with the childhood sweetheart who rejected him long ago and married another man remains on the sidelines of her life for the next 50 years, carving out a tortured…
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El Cantante (2007)
Cast: Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Vincent Laresca …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
Spanning three decades in the life of salsa great Hector Lavoe -- from his 1963 arrival in New York to his 1993 death from AIDS -- this riveting biopic tells the Puerto Rican singer's…
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Mexican American (2007)
Cast: Damian Chapa, Joe Estevez, Rachel Hunter …
Directed by: Damian Chapa
Scarred by his wife's death, an ex-boxer (Damian Chapa) sinks into a boozy depression, only to learn that an Aryan terrorist group in Mexico has kidnapped his daughter. The cops and the…
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Sangre de Mi Sangre (2007)
Cast: Jesús Ochoa, Paola Mendoza, Jorge Adrián Espíndola …
Directed by: Christopher Zalla
Writer-director Christopher Zalla earned a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2007 for this mistaken identity nail-biter about Pedro (Jorge Adrián Espíndola), a Mexican boy who sneaks…
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Illegal Tender (2007)
Cast: Rick Gonzalez, Wanda De Jesus, Dania Ramirez …
Directed by: Franc. Reyes
Wilson De Leon Jr. is an exceptional college student, an adoring boyfriend and a good son. He earns the latter moniker in spades when ghosts from his mother's past turn up, forcing…
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Amexicano (2007)
Cast: Hugo Aleman, Michael Aronov, Raúl Castillo …
Directed by: Matthew Bonifacio
Unable to find employment after losing his job, Italian-American Queens native Bruno (Carmine Famiglietti) takes a temporary construction and landscaping gig -- and reluctantly ends up…
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Marijuanos (2007)
Cast: Marty Ketola, Paul Navarro, Ray Daniel …
Directed by: Marty Ketola
Plenty of intense action surges through this tale of loyalty and brotherhood put to the test when a hardened convict returns to the hood, touching off a cycle of ferocious violence. Who can…
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Chop Shop (2007)
Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Ahmad Razvi …
Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Scrappy street orphan Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco) lives and works amid the mass of auto shops and junkyards known as the Iron Triangle just outside Queens, N.Y. But when his teenage sister…
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Through the Valley (2007)
Cast: Pablo Bracho, Danny Trejo, Angela D. Smith …
Directed by: Juan C. Vazquez
Jaime Flores (Pablo Bracho) fights to clean up the streets in his tough Chicano neighborhood, standing up to local politicians and unfair laws. Unfortunately, fate lands him in jail for a…
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The Cry (2007)
Cast: Adriana Domínguez, Christian Camargo, Carlos Leon …
Directed by: Bernadine Santistevan
Director Bernadine Santistevan's supernatural chiller explores the Latino fable of La Llorena, a tortured spirit who roams New York City's Central Park seeking revenge and causing…
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3 Américas (2007)
Cast: Kristen Gonzalez, Ana María Colombo, Nicolás Meradi …
Directed by: Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo
After an unexpected catastrophe, troubled teen América (Kristen Gonzalez) must move from Boston to Argentina, where she butts heads with her domineering grandmother (Ana María Colombo), forms…
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Paraiso Travel (2007)
Cast: John Leguizamo, Aldemar Correa, Angelica Blandon …
Directed by: Simon Brand
After a long journey from Colombia to a new life in New York City, Marlon (Aldemar Correa) is separated from his beloved, Reina (Angelica Blandon), and must fend for his own in the dangerous…