# The best films of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema

From Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936) to the mid-50s: Pedro Infante, María Félix, Cantinflas, Dolores del Río and Emilio 'El Indio' Fernández. Based on El Imparcial, the UNAM Film Archive and Paloma & Nacho.

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- Sep 2, 2025 · Martina Giménez
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## Top 10

1. **We the Poor (1948)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pepe el Toro and the tenement, with Pedro Infante.
2. **Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The ranchera comedy that opened the Golden Age.
3. **Ahí está el detalle (1940)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cantinflas at his purest.
4. **Let's Go with Pancho Villa (1936)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Six friends join the División del Norte, by Fernando de Fuentes.
5. **Aventurera (1950)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ninón Sevilla and the cabaret-film genre.
6. **Los Olvidados (1950)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Street children in Mexico City, by Luis Buñuel.
7. **María Candelaria (1943)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz in Xochimilco; a prize-winner at Cannes.
8. **Enamorada (1946)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — María Félix and Pedro Armendáriz in the middle of the Revolution.
9. **Doña Bárbara (1943)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rómulo Gallegos's man-eater, with María Félix.
10. **Salón México (1949)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A dance-hall girl paying for her sister's schooling.
11. **Dos tipos de cuidado (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete together.
12. **Río Escondido (1948)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A rural teacher against a local boss, with María Félix.
13. **The Pearl (1947)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A fisherman and his pearl, from Steinbeck, by El Indio Fernández.
14. **Una familia de tantas (1949)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — An authoritarian family and the arrival of modernity, by Alejandro Galindo.

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