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The documentary portrays the life and history of Mexican wrestlers who for various reasons have decided to participate in this contact sport characterizing exotic characters. The exotic refers to the strange, the mysterious, the weird, the unusual. Particularly in wrestling exotic style refers to refined athletes in their clothing, well groomed, with a very special walk, occasionally thin effeminate. Not rude, not technical, but not rare height or size, these mannered gladiators have represented a third option within the Mexican rings, some shamelessly displaying their sexual preference and thereby defying the homophobic, or secretly homophily, mood of the wrestling fans.

Kemonito, a beloved mascot of the Mexico World Wrestling Council, has suffered many injuries, but he can’t retire and lose his only means to support his family.

The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against women - who fight in the ring and in their daily lives to redefine the image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.

Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Carlos Avila, this documentary program profiles three legendary wrestlers in a creative and imaginative exploration of the colorful, fascinating and mysterious world of lucha libre Mexican wrestling.

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Between punches and jumps, the fighters of the team "Flecha Dourada" return to the ring after 50 years to relive the glorious era of wrestling in Santa Catarina, South of Brazil.

A young man from Lima faces anxiety and depression in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic while trying to carry out the most ambitious project of his life: an experimental documentary in the style of the French New Wave about Peruvian wrestling, in which which will condense more than a thousand hours of footage that he has been recording for 4 years. The political and health crises that the country is going through, the confinement and the ghosts typical of someone who suffers from emotional problems will make this work more difficult. So he will cling to the enormous passion he has for cinema and for this beautiful sport that has fascinated him since he was a child.

The 70th anniversary of the birth of El Santo and the wrestling debut of his son mark the starting point for which El Hijo del Santo will take us into his story. His family history goes beyond the ring through personal memories and records, and brings us closer to his childhood with a father who had a double identity, to the discovery of the hero at home, and the reasons for wanting to continue this legacy.

The extreme passion for Lucha Libre, leads a small group of Ecuadorian amateur wrestlers to face each other in a tournament to win a dream opportunity to fight in the Holy Land of Lucha Libre: Mexico.

Masked luchador "Santo" fights against an evil doctor and his zombie army.

Investigators Conrado and Fernando take a leave of the absence from the police force to track down Fernando's girlfriend Virginia. Virginia, a reporter, has left town and is working undercover as a barmaid in order to interview Refugio Canales, a criminal and small town municipal president. Conrado and Fernando soon call their friend Santo for help.

Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.

On March 19th Lucha Libre World Cup: Guadalajara, MX 2023 is live! The event features the 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Women's Tournament and 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Men's Tournament. The first round matches for both women's and men's tournaments are already announced and you can check them below: 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Women's Tournament First Round Matches Team Mexico vs. Team Japan, Team United States vs. Team Rest of The World 2023 Lucha Libre World Cup Men's Tournament First Round Matches Team Canada vs. Team Europe, Team United States vs. Team Japan, Team Mexico vs. Team Rest of The World, Dream Team vs. Team Latin America

Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.

The Blue Demon faces a murderous satanic hypnotist.

A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil.

After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, a professional wrestler takes a job at a group home for youth offenders. But when a psychopath wearing a wrestling mask begins butchering the teenage residents, their rehabilitation will become a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Originally filmed in 1994 but completed in 2019.

Dr. Charon and his group of mad scientists built a neutron bomb with trying to blackmail the free world for global power. But the hero appears, Neutron, who, with the help of Dr. Thomas and reporter Nora spoil those plans.

El vampire y el sexy (or Santo in the Treasure of Dracula in its censored version) is a 1968 Mexican film starring El Santo and directed by René Cardona. ​The Vampire and Sex was filmed as the adult version of Santo in the Treasure of Dracula. While the censored family version was distributed in 1969, the uncensored version was not shown to the public until 2011 when it was discovered.