Joaquín Cosío’s Typical Vibe
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Joaquín Cosío has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 5 rank in the Top 10%, led by El Infierno.
Recurring themes

Flower
2017
Comedy · Drama

The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
Comedy · Drama

Bernie
2012
Comedy · Crime

Perrier's Bounty
2010
Action · Comedy

Casino Jack
2010
Comedy · Crime

Catfight
2017
Comedy · Drama

The Parade
2011
Comedy · Drama

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
Thriller · Drama

El Infierno
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Thin Yellow Line
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Belzebuth
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%AMC+ · Included

Tear This Heart Out
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

The Perfect Dictatorship
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%Netflix · Included

A Better Life
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Prime Video · Included

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Dir. Luis Estrada · With Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosío, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight
Dir. Celso R. García · With Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosío, Silverio Palacios

While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.
Dir. Emilio Portes · With Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell, Tate Ellington

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

Two young men get involved with some criminals while trying to free the tycoon they kidnapped.
Dir. Alejandro Lozano · With Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancón, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Tato and Beto are poor stepbrothers living on a banana plantation in Mexico. Both are talented soccer players, but their dreams lay elsewhere: tone-deaf Tato wants to be a singer, while Beto is content to remain on the plantation. One day, a sports agent sees the two young men playing soccer and offers to take one of them to Mexico City for a chance at sports stardom.
Dir. Carlos Cuarón · With Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella

TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
Dir. Luis Estrada · With Damián Alcázar, Alfonso Herrera, Joaquín Cosío

as Rosendito / Reginito / Abuelo
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
Dir. Luis Estrada · With Damián Alcázar, Alfonso Herrera, Joaquín Cosío

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Dir. Chris Weitz · With Demián Bichir, José Julián, Chelsea Rendon

In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang: la Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany crashed with the most adverse conditions at the border like white slavery, the Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, the brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.
Dir. Luis Mandoki · With Greisy Mena, Joaquín Cosío, Fernando Moreno

After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.
Dir. Adrian Grünberg · With Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta

When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.
Dir. Celso R. García · With Memo Villegas, Pierre Louis, Yalitza Aparicio

The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.
Dir. Roger Ross Williams · With Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Perla de la Rosa

Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Dir. Sebastián del Amo · With Óscar Jaenada, Michael Imperioli, Luis Gerardo Méndez

Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most vicious and brilliant narco. Her mission brings her into conflict with Eduardo Yzaguirre, her former boyfriend and the current Mayor of Mexico City, the cleanest and most inspirational politician in the country.
Dir. Peter Blake · With James Purefoy, Eréndira Ibarra, José María de Tavira
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