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Isela Vega has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Herod's Law.
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Boiling Point
1990
Crime · Comedy

Electra Glide in Blue
1973
Crime · Drama

Clay Pigeons
1998
Crime · Comedy

Wise Blood
1979
Comedy · Drama

In the Name of the Italian People
1971
Comedy · Drama

Red Rocket
2021
Drama · Comedy

The Long Goodbye
1973
Mystery · Drama

The Ax
2005
Comedy · Crime

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
Dir. Luis Estrada · With Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Isela Vega

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.
Dir. Catalina Aguilar Mastretta, Santiago Limón · With Cassandra Sánchez Navarro, Regina Blandón, Diana Bovio

A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.
Dir. Roberto Sneider · With Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María de Tavira

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber

A wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family's facade of perfection after her husband's mistress exposes their dirty secrets.
Dir. Manolo Caro · With Aislinn Derbez, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Arturo Ríos