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Key Features:
Romantic comedy, Undercover mission, Cynical protagonist, Deception, Unexpected romance, Self-discovery, Female empowerment, Friendship, Career aspirations
Tone:
humorous, whimsical, satirical
Target Audience:
Romantic comedy fans, Young adults, Female audience, Latin American cinema enthusiasts
Emotional Arc:
Skepticism → Affection

A la mala

2015-02-27
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Maria Laura "Mala" is an actress with little luck, but she is successful working for other women, seducing their boyfriends to know if they are faithful or not. But everything changes when her dream to perform in her acting career depends on a job to be performed with Santiago who breaks the pattern and shakes her professional convictions.

Genres
Comedy
Cast
Aislinn Derbez, Mauricio Ochmann, Luis Arrieta, Aurora Papile, Daniela Schmidt, Juan Diego Covarrubias, José Ron, Iván Sánchez, Mané de la Parra, Eugenio Derbez
Crew
Pedro Pablo Ibarra, Issa López, Ari Rosen
Rating
7.73(209 votes)
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Mujeres arriba
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Three friends seek a more entertaining and fiery sex-life with their partners.



Crazy About Work
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Ni tuyo, ni mía
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A wannabe bride seeks professional help to find a husband and in the process finds herself.



Rich in Love
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Super Crazy
6.8

A 36-year-old meek woman realizes that there’s younger people trying to outpace her doing much less, so she makes a risky change by removing her filter.



Nada que ver
8.3

After Carlos is tasked to care for Paola, both characters must work out their differences to make their time together more pleasant. As time goes on, they are faced with lessons about trust, mutual respect, and perhaps love.



An Unexpected Love
6.3

It tells the story of Marcos and Ana, who have been married for more than 25 years, but enter into an existential crisis that leads them to separate. The life of singles seems fascinating and exciting at first, but soon it also becomes monotonous for her and nightmarish for him.



Love Hurts
7.984

Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student.



Exposed
Exposed(2016)
4.9

After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.



The Ferpect Crime
6.7

A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.



Crazy About Her
7.2

After a magical night together, Adri voluntarily turns himself into the psychiatric institution where Carla lives.



Feo pero Sabroso
7.1

When an unattractive man gets engaged to a beautiful woman, their families oppose the union and the priest set to perform the ceremony is kidnapped.



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6.041

When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel discovers she is alive, the hunter becomes the hunted as she fights to get revenge on those who took her new life away from her.



Los Leones
7.8

A couple's life in NYC becomes a whirlwind when Nicole suspects José is cheating on her while receiving the surprise that her father is getting married to a woman half his age.



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El mesero(2021)
8

A waiter pretends to be an important businessman in order to reach the upper class through his entrepreneurial dreams.



Spanish Movie
5.027

Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to comedy and a high reserve of surprises constitute the ingredients of this crazy comedy: Spanish Movie.



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Miss Bala(2019)
6.3

Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.



Cindy La Regia
7.816

When Cindy decides that she doesn't want to marry her boyfriend, she runs to Mexico City, where new friendships and unexpected paths teach her that there are so much more possibilities on her life and her talent than she imagines.



Miles and Lies
7.1

Lu has a perfect life. Or so she pretends to have. She meets the handsome, short-tempered Argentinian, Diego, who is on a visit to Mexico, and she is confident to get him head over heels in love with her. In order to win a wager with her friends, her life will take a turn when she does the impossible to win him over, including taking a trip to Argentina to look for him.



El tamaño sí importa

A typical Mexican girl next door tries to win over her former boss, a very handsome and charismatic socialite, who is now broke and lonely.



Loucas pra Casar
6.4

Malu, Lúcia and Maria found the ideal man to marry. Until they discover that in reality this man is the same person: Samuel, who was dating all of them over the past years. The three will have to decide if they will fight amongst each other for exclusivity or will unite in revenge.



The Opposite of Love

An on-again/off-again couple lays out their ideas on how their relationship should work.



What a Father!
8.316

Pedro is a single man in his forties who likes to party, has no children and lives at night. Everything changes when he meets Alin. She mentions to him that she is looking for her dad and that there is a high probability that it is him.



El patrullero 777
7.78

Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, & always resolves his duties with a personal method.



Tod@s Caen
7.8

A pair of seducers try to prove who has the best techniques while trying not to fall in love with each other.



Charm School
6.875

Defiant 18-year-old Adela León pushes her father and an unbending headmistress to the limit in this delicious comedy.



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3some(2009)
5.949

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Tired of Kissing Frogs

A romantic comedy about a young interior decorator who, as a result of a romantic disappointment, becomes the female counterpart of Don Juan. The misadventures of the manizer make her rediscover the value of love.



Plan V
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Paula, who is beautiful and full of life, ends with her boyfriend and is left devastated; her friends Fer and Jen decide to create a plan to find her the ideal boy: to find a virgin guy who can fall in love with her.



Mesa de regalos
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Tarek's Situation
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Tarek is a young man who is working at a telecommunications company,and he fell in love with a girl when he heard her voice in a radio talk show. A customer of the company he works at asks him to spy on a girl which stole a valuable thing from him. When Tarek does his searches, he discovers that she is the girl he have dreamed about.



Sexo a la venta
6.664

Patricia is a woman who was handed over as payment for her father's debt to the mafia. Her life takes a turn every moment, positioning her each time in a better rank within the mafia.



The Surgeons Use Their Hands

Two orderlies pretend to be surgeons to impress two young doctors and conquer, through several scenarios. Finally, they are discovered when they had to operate on a mafia boss to remove a bullet.



Qué León
7.7

A love story between a couple with the same last name but very different social statuses.



Te Presento a Laura

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A Cop Movie
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This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.



Josephine
Josephine(2013)
5.852

Josephine doesn't like her job and keeps on having relationships without a future. Her sister and parents keep pushing her to find a good husband. To shut them up, she creates a handsome Brazilian millionaire but her little white lie has a flip side - she loses everything to find the love of her life.



You've Got This
7.9

An ad creative and a successful exec have a great marriage — until he wants to be a dad just as her star is rising. Then he brings someone new home.



My Best Friend's Wedding

A woman is determined to stop the wedding of her best friend, since she has been secretly in love with him.



The Valet
The Valet(2022)
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World famous movie star Olivia faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent. The hard-working valet Antonio accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover-up. This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos.



Sex, Shame & Tears
6.6

A comedic drama featuring two couples and two old friends in Mexico City. Tomas visits Carlos and Ana, while Miguel and Andrea are joined by Maria. The presence of guests triggers lust, rejection, infidelities, reconciliation and other consequences.



That's Not Cheating
5.802

Mateo and Camila, a couple that allow each other being unfaithful with a unreachable someone chosen by each.



Los Verduleros
7.243

The adventures of two friends, one a chicken vendor in a market and the other a policeman. They have love affairs and capture criminals.



On Probation
7.425

Mariano is a psychologist who must fulfill community service after losing a lawsuit by a traffic accident. He is forced to provide therapeutic support to Alfredo, a policeman depressed over his wife cheating on him. Mariano is then accidentally involved in a double homicide investigation being conducted by Alfredo.



Not A Minute To Lose

Elisa is an old-fashioned girl who receives the visit of her future self, who advises her to take the risk and invite Carlos, his best friend, on a date. She has always been attracted to him.



Jamon Jamon
6.2

José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, his mom enlists Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter, to seduce Silvia.



No Filter
No Filter(2016)
5.8

When a woman visits a Chinese doctor, she discovers her pain is due to pent-up rage, and the only cure is to fully express herself, whatever may come.



Cuban Fury
6.1

Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.



Our Lovers
7.2

Carlos is a professionally frustrated screenwriter, and Irene is not sure what she wants to do with her life. When Irene meets Carlos at a coffee shop, she approaches him and, although she doesn't know him, proposes to play a game.



Love Taste like Chocolate

After losing her boyfriend, Moni decides to focus on her thesis, which consists on chocolate pastry-making. When she starts seeing other guys, the ghostly figure of her abusive boyfriend Javi appears, provoking funny situations since Moni is the only one who sees him.



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When a 17-year-old learns the TV news host she pines for is engaged, she and her best friend launch an elaborate plan to prevent his marriage.



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7.5

Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping with his wife.



The Heiresses
6.5

After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.



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6.237

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The Duel
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6.134

Ernesto lives in depression and decides to hire a hit-man to end his own life. However, his plan takes an unexpected turn when he meets Rita, whose love gives him a new reason to live.



Thirty Something, Single and Fabulous

A woman in her mid-30s breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years and goes on a journey of self-discovery.



Jefe
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5.6

Cesar is 'the boss', the one everyone hates, the one some flatter and the one nobody tells the truth; the great successful businessman is on the edge of the precipice. One night his actions crumble down, his partners betray him and his wife kicks him out of the house. Entrenched in his office, he tries relentlessly to recover his company and his life. But he will not do it alone, César will find a very special ally, Ariana, the cleaner of the night shift.



My Girlfriend Is an Agent

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Assolo
Assolo(2016)
4.9

A funny and intelligent comedy about a wonderfully flawed woman.



I Love You, Stupid
6.366

Marcos' life turns upside down after he loses the same day his girlfriend and his job. Marcos' life turns wild after to meet Raquel.



Loving
Loving(2017)
5.112

Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.



Common Wealth
6.9

Julia, a real estate agent, finds an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, a stroke of luck that will force her to face the wrath of the very peculiar inhabitants of the community, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the money.



Phenomena
Phenomena(2023)
5.951

Madrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged women investigating paranormal events, are put to the test when their leader, Father Pilón, has an unpleasant encounter.



Whisky
Whisky(2004)
6.9

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.



Sólo con tu pareja

Tomás Tomás is a young yuppie playboy with a string of discarded girlfriends. But when Silvia, the victim of one of his adventures, tries to get revenge by typing "positive" on his AIDS test, Tomás experiences for the first time the realities of love and death.



Cero y van cuatro
7.647

Four stories... one city. A dark comedy about crime in the big city: EL TORZON - two friends are smoking grass in their car, when they're caught by a corrupt Judicial Police Officer; VIDA EXPRESS - a wealthy businesswoman is kidnapped and her deadbeat husband has to come up with the money; BARBACOA DE CHIVO - an angry mob mistakes a college professor with a burglar and decide to lynch him in front of the church; COMIDA PARA PERROS - a bumbling thief tries to rob a restaurant



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Gringo(2018)
5.878

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.



Sex Is Comedy
5.815

A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise.



The Misfits Club
6.831

Valeria has just moved to Madrid after her parent's separation. What at first seems a bad start for her new life becomes the beginning of an amazing life experience. New friendships, a city full of possibilities, first love...



More the Merrier
6.7

Multiple stories about the oscillating world of couple relationships and how difficult it can be to separate sex from love.



Sweet Family
7.5

A fat woman attempts to lose weight in order to use her mother's wedding dress with the help of her evil sisters and needy fiancé.



El refugio
6.4

An actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged sister, creator of a new and unique discipline that mixes yoga and fengshui; a group of children wanting to have fun, but also to discover hidden secrets; a taciturn bellboy who sees everything; and a tremendous storm that will leave everyone isolated just before Christmas. A weekend in which everything can happen, and in which everything will happen.



Women of Mafia
5.1

A maligned police officer receives one last chance to save her career when she must break up a crime syndicate by masquerading as one of their own.



Do It Like An Hombre
7.081

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Chasing Papi
6.76

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How to Be a Latin Lover

An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.



Darling Trap
4.818

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Too Beautiful to Lie

A professional lady con makes herself the pharmacist's fiancée overnight, and faces a disastrous blemish in her impeccable con-woman career.



Fall for Me
6.167

Lilli is suspicious of her sister's new fiance, but when an attractive stranger enters her life, she's suddenly distracted by the thralls of desire.



Rosario Tijeras
6.7

Rosario Tijeras has been abused by men all her life, initially by her stepfather. Years later, she works as a paid assassin, seducing men and killing them when they least expect it. She meets Emilio, a wealthy womanizer, and his best friend, Antonio, at a nightclub, and starts an affair with Emilio despite Antonio's growing feelings for her. But circumstances bring her closer to Antonio, until her past catches up with her in a devastating way.



To Hell With The Ugly

Eliseo is ugly, lame and single. He hasn't met the woman of his life and has never known love. Nati is ugly, missing a breast and separated. She found the man of her life but, even so, has never experienced true love. Eliseo thinks that the worst of his life is still to come. Nati thinks that the best of her life is still to come. The death of Eliseo's mother reunites them twenty years on in a last chance to find happiness and love. But what happens when the woman of your life is married to your brother

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