Directing

José Luis Urquieta

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

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6.7

Story about the challenges three members of a grupera music band must overcome to achieve fame.

El baile

1999

No artwork available
6.7

Story about the challenges three members of a grupera music band must overcome to achieve fame.

El baile

1999

Contrabando Humano poster
5.4

Two brothers that run a trucking business get involved with ferrying undocumented immigrants into the US after rescuing a group of people from an unscrupulous gang that cheated them out of their traveling money.

Contrabando Humano

1982

El puente poster
6.7

Exciting adventures experienced by those who for injustice or poverty have fled their countries and decide to try their luck on this side of "The Bridge".

El puente

1984

The Subway Killer poster
6.2

An already-busy police force are facing not only a wave of recent inner crime but now face a psycho who kills women in one of the multiple lines of the Mexico City Metro.

The Subway Killer

1991

The Subway Killer poster
6.2

An already-busy police force are facing not only a wave of recent inner crime but now face a psycho who kills women in one of the multiple lines of the Mexico City Metro.

The Subway Killer

1991

Alto poder poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alto poder

1992

Al Filo De Los Machetes poster
6.8

After being released from prison, our boy just wants to go home, run his farm and live peacefully... but the local agro-robberbaron won't let him be. Remake of Pueblerina (1949).

Al Filo De Los Machetes

1980

Discotec Fin De Semana poster
6.0

A group of young adults find love in a discotheque.

Discotec Fin De Semana

1979

Operation Marihuana poster
6.7

Thousands of peasants are kidnapped by the mafia and are forced to work in marijuana fields. Facing violence, death, & desperately fighting for their lives.

Operation Marihuana

1985

La camioneta gris poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

La camioneta gris

1990

Los fayuqueros de Tepito poster
6.0

Sttreet vendors get caught up in the beef between their wholesale supplier and one of his competitors.

Los fayuqueros de Tepito

1982

Muelle rojo poster
6.2

Three episodes from the "history" of organized labor in the harbors of Tampico, 1912 to modern-times.

Muelle rojo

1987

Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate poster
6.0

A bank robbery leaves eight dead, six injured, and $140 million stolen. The investigation leads detectives to a thieving organization. Everyone is out for revenge, and innocent people are taken hostage.

Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate

1986

La Tumba Del Mojado poster
6.3

A married couple are illegally working in the USA. They get separated when immigration discovers them. Each one does what they can to survive.

La Tumba Del Mojado

1985

Tres veces mojado poster
5.8

The real and cruel situation an illegal immigrant faces when leaving their home in El Salvador and entering the U.S.

Tres veces mojado

1989

El traficante poster
5.5

Narco hitman narrowly escapes capture in a police action that kills one of his gang members. He wants to marry the sister of the dead guy, but her father blames him for his son's death. Meanwhile, that police squad is still looking for him... and other stuff...

El traficante

1983

Salto al vacío poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Salto al vacío

1995

No artwork available
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Silencio Asesino

1983

The Female Scorpion poster
4.0

Those involved in the making of an amateur porn video end up getting slashed to death with a cane sword. It's up to the brave policewoman Eugenia aka The Scorpion (Maribel Guardia) to stop him.

The Female Scorpion

1986

Dos machos que ladran no muerden poster
4.7

Constancio has to leave his wife and son because they're making him crazy. He leaves his fortune behind and falls in love with another woman.

Dos machos que ladran no muerden

1988

Los tres gallos poster
6.2

A union organizer and a capitalist are butting heads over labor issues, and shit gets real between them after a cockfight that both attended.

Los tres gallos

1991

Abortion: A Song to Life poster
5.0

Roberto, a violent & domineering young man, abuses and rapes Jeni, the domestic worker in his home. Upon learning of this, his mother decides to fire the young woman rather than take action regarding her son's behavior.

Abortion: A Song to Life

1983

El puente II poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

El puente II

1986

The Good, the Bad and the Slut poster
6.0

The director of an all-girl's boarding school is playing at a clandestine casino which is robbed. The thieves flee and hide out in disguise at the boarding school, where the school director helps hide them in exchange for the loot. While there, the thieves fall in love with the school janitor and rescue one of the schoolgirls from her boyfriend.

The Good, the Bad and the Slut

1990

Tijuana caliente poster
5.7

Thanks to a scam, an innocent man ends up in jail and decides to look for the person who locked him up.

Tijuana caliente

1981

Herencia de muerte poster
6.2

Raange war between two feuding ranch families in the 1930s.

Herencia de muerte

1981

No artwork available
5.7

Mexican feature film

El solitario indomable

1988

No artwork available
5.7

Mexican feature film

El solitario indomable

1988

La pintada poster
5.2

Young Rosa is raped by her stepfather Rosendo. Her mother defends her but the evil man beats her and kills her. However, the girl, full of pain, decides to kill him and flees in terror.

La pintada

1986

Cazador De Asesinos poster
6.0

A retired police officer looks for revenge after his family is attacked by a gang of criminals.

Cazador De Asesinos

1983

The White Zorro poster
5.5

A fearless masked hero known as the White Zorro takes up his sword to fight corruption and defend the innocent. With daring adventures and swashbuckling action, he becomes a legend of justice against oppression.

The White Zorro

1978

La contrabandista poster
6.0

After her family all are killed in a home invasion, young woman moves to the city, gets involved with a high-level drug-smuggling tycoon. And also a taxi driver.

La contrabandista

1982

Crimen en Chihuahua poster
6.7

A med student goes on vacation to see his family, only to be gunned down. As the only survivor, he seeks revenge for their deaths.

Crimen en Chihuahua

1996

Asesinos de la frontera poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Asesinos de la frontera

1992

La operación pesada poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La operación pesada

1998

Los peseros poster
5.6

Two street criminals have to leave Mexico City in a hurry; they end up in Monterrey, getting involved in a labor dispute in the busdriver's union while still trying to stay one step ahead of the law.

Los peseros

1984

Las Armas poster
5.7

A group of peasants and teachers of education, tired of abuse, take up arms and decide to attack the Madera military barracks; most of them lose their lives.

Las Armas

2013

Las Armas poster
5.7

A group of peasants and teachers of education, tired of abuse, take up arms and decide to attack the Madera military barracks; most of them lose their lives.

Las Armas

2013

Hell's Way poster
5.2

Happily married Jorge takes his family on vacation to the beach but three nuts show up to spoil their fun by raping his wife and killing everyone. Jorge manages to survive the ordeal and decides to take justice in his own hands.

Hell's Way

1987