Top 250 Movies Like Papá Soltero
A list of the best movies similar to Papá soltero. If you liked Papá soltero then you may also like: Ni sangre ni arena, Raffles, Reportaje, Daughter of Deceit, La niña de los hoyitos and many more great movies featured on this list.
Papá soltero was a series on the Televisa network that began on February 11, 1987 and ended on July 6, 1994. It was produced by Luis de Llano Macedo and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas It was starred by César Costa, along with Luis Mario Quiroz, Edith Márquez, Gerardo Quiroz, with stellar performances by José Luis Cordero, Aurora Alonso and Octavio Galindo.
Daughter of Deceit
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
La niña de los hoyitos
Teenage Ferco falls in love with Rosalba who's already in love with Rafael. To impress Rosalba, Ferco learns to drive his father's plane, hoping this will win her over from Rafael.
They Say I'm a Communist
A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
Si yo fuera diputado
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.
The Black Sheep
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.
The Bricklayers
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
Los ojos de un niño
Little boy learns of his stepmother's infidelity and later witnesses a murder... but the shocks have thrown him into a hysterical paralysis, and it's almost impossible for him to communicate anything to anybody.
Before the Corpse of a Leader
A union leader dies in a sleazy hotel room, then the wife, mistress, police, co workers, reporters, colleagues, and political figures arrive to the hotel and each has its own intentions.
Confidencias de un ruletero
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.
Cuatro contra el mundo
This dazed Mexican-melodrama-cum-boozer-heist-noir cuts a dark swath over a border nominally dominated by the hardboiled likes of Chandler and Hammett. Employing many of the classic tropes of Mexican noir (blood-tainted money, hothouse betrayals, the entrapped yearnings of dark hearts), we follow the slow demise of a gang who hole up in an attic in the wake of a fatal robbery. Galindo liberally dashes in lashes of the smokiest amour mort, gradually whittling it down to an ill-fated if rapturous coupling of gangster’s moll and underling. Starring Leticia Palma and Víctor Parra.
The Three Musketeers
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
El Pájaro con Suelas
When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a shoemaker and his friends will attempt to rescue her.
La muerte del chacal
A psycho-killer is on the loose targeting only young women. Grisly deaths pile up, one after another. The real problem is not finding out who he is, but instead, how to stop him.
Se la llevó el Remington
While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.
Todo el poder
Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day. This is a black comedy that shows the extreme situation Mexico City is suffering as far as crime is concerned, and the tension the city and it's inhabitants live day after day.
La soldadera
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
Champion Without Crown
A young ice cream vendor, Roberto Terranova, witnesses a child being beaten and comes to his aid by physically overpowering the aggressor. His strength and natural ability catches the eye of a well-known boxing trainer. Considering him a diamond in the rough, he aims to put Roberto in the professional ring. But Roberto finds that his personal challenges must be overcome before he can achieve professional greatness.
Zapata en Chinameca
Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata.
El ganador
A little girl who dresses as a boy to steal so she can support herself and her guardian who is like a father to her. One day while stealing meets a young man who gives her a job and becomes good friends with her.
Asesinos de la lucha libre
Cowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.
Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas
The Cast Aways saga continues as the shipwrecked islanders discover a cave full of buried treasures, along with the bones of Pirates. They use the cave as a shelter and plan an escape with the loot. Before their plan is complete, a ship arrives with pirates, lead by a young woman, who have come to claim their treasure as their own, and a battle ensues between them and the shipwrecked islanders.The islanders discover by chance that the new arrivals have no claim to the treasure, and their leader a treasure hunting imposter.
Mighty Victoria
Feature film located at the beginning of the 20th-century which tells the story of the town "La Esperanza", whose dying mining boom receives a fatal blow.
La venida del rey Olmos
After spending some time with the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Reynaldo Olmos goes back to Mexico City and establishes a ministry in the poorest of poor neighborhoods. Is he sincere, or is this a scam?
Las dos galleras
Two tough Mexican ladies avenge their father when he is set-up and shot during a cockfight.
Legend Quest: The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies
Three friends confront a horde of mummies, who have inexplicably awakened, and try to rescue their pal, not realizing they have fallen into a trap.
Narcosatánicos Diabólicos
Roberto makes a pact with the devil to please his multiple lovers sexually, Satan accepts the deal but promises to snatch his soul when he finds true love. Meanwhile, two cops are on the lookout for those responsible of a murderous drug on the streets.
Full Spead Ahead
A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.
El ratero de la vecindad
Roberto es un ladrón que le hace creer a su hijo Pepito y a todos sus vecinos que es un honesto Mecánico. La güerita recién llegada a la vecindad es la muchacha de la que Roberto se ha enamorado. Pero Roberto tiene una doble vida, ya que también es Bobby "El elagante" jefe de una banda de ladrones, quienes siempre fallan en todos sus robos y juntos se ven envueltos en persecuciones graciosas y equivocaciones constantes. Una divertida comedia para toda la familia.
El profe
Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.
The Vivanco Ladies
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
Get Off at the Next Corner!
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
Somos novios
To save a television show, an administrator proposes a show involving three young singers.
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of him wears off very quickly, and then...
Piernas cruzadas
Lucerito is a Spanish star who has come to Mexico, accompanied by her godfather and her agent, to find work. Rosario is from upper class society and has grown tired of the demands made upon her by her family. When they meet each other in a Mexican hotel, they discover that they could be each other's identical twin and decide to change places.
Cambiando el destino
A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario have an accident and get lost in the middle of the desert.
Un novio para dos hermanas
Pili and uncle Angel travel to Mexico to see Mili dancing at her debut in a theater in the capital. When Mili finds out the bad economic situation of her uncle, she decides to seek work. Meanwhile, Pili works in a department store and meets Rodolfo, the grandson of Mrs. Caceres, owner of the store, which she takes for the chauffeur of the lady. In turn, Ms. Caceres hires Mili to dance at her party, where she meets and falls for Rodolfo. Rodolfo, who does not know of the existence of a twin sister, is convinced that the girl in the party is Pili. And the sisters do not know they are in love with the same man, which will lead to an unexpected conflict.
La pachanga
In a building, at the same time a girl's birthday is celebrated and an old man who died of cold is being watched.
Las golfas
A gaggle of sex-workers face everyday problems and gradually find their way back to respectable wife-and mother-hood.
A Million Miles Away
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
Mariana Mariana
The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.
The Dove and the Wolf
Displaced by the violence that swept their town, Paloma and Lobo survive trying to love each other. Through thirst, fear and nostalgia, Paloma wishes to go back home but Lobo lives tied to a memory that stops him from returning.
La vida no vale nada
Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.
Pepe El Toro
The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
La Cucaracha
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
La agonía de ser madre
She has an incurable heart condition, her son's a shoplifter, her husband's an alcoholic, her daughter runs away from home...
Wild Flower
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
La monja alférez
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
El seductor
A young artist's affair with a married woman destroys her family. Twenty-odd years later, her two daughters fall into his orbit.
María Eugenia
Before marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the promise to marry his daughter. The godmother is dying, Carlos quiets and everything takes an unexpected course.
El medio pelo
A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.
The Humiliated
Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent.
Apolinar
Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to the earth, but he is obstructed by the magician of darkness, until by means of a telescope he is able to send a bag of light to Tancredo, now grown old. Tancredo goes to the seashore and opens the bag of light as an offering to his beloved, whereupon the sun returns to the earth.
9/11: The Heartland Tapes
Across America, the morning of September 11, 2001 began routinely, with news and radio broadcasts sharing local human interest stories and traffic reports. But by 9 a.m., the day's narrative had taken a tragic turn. Most of us are familiar with the national news coverage of 9/11, but the local reporting from TV and radio affiliates across the nation was no less important and no less compelling. This is an account of the tragedy as it unfolded, and as it aired in American cities large and small, told without narration or interviews.
Lupe
The film — a mix of music, colors, abstract scenes and little dialogue — is based loosely on the life and death of Mexican-American actress Lupe Velez. The music, far more than mere background, borders on serving as the film’s narrative and ranges from classical to contemporary pop music.
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and Mexican Revolution.
Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado
Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.
Doña Perfecta
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
Colmillos, el hombre lobo
Horse-trainer discovers a magical statue and steals it from its hiding place. The curse of the werewolf results.
Los Fernández de Peralvillo
A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.
El fiscal De Hierro 4
Ramona survives her brush with death and plots revenge against el fiscal de hierro, her mortal enemy.
La amargura de mi raza
An Afro–Latin man falls in love with a white woman and that brings social problems and opposition from her wealthy family.
Santa
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito
La mujer legítima
Widower wants to remarry, but his adult children are slow to warm to his new wife. One daughter in particular tries very hard to discredit her in his eyes.
There are not Crosses in the Sea
A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter.
La mujer que engañamos
Woman chooses between two suitors. The lucky one is a cad and cheats on her, the one who was rejected hangs around in the background to set things right whenever she has a problem.
La satánica
She's got a sugar-daddy paying her bills, and while she's stringing him along, she meets somebody her own age that she reallytruly falls in love. And it turns out he's the son of her rich dude.
Papá soltero was a series on the Televisa network that began on February 11, 1987 and ended on July 6, 1994. It was produced by Luis de Llano Macedo and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas It was starred by César Costa, along with Luis Mario Quiroz, Edith Márquez, Gerardo Quiroz, with stellar performances by José Luis Cordero, Aurora Alonso and Octavio Galindo.
A list of the best movies similar to Papá soltero. If you liked Papá soltero then you may also like: Ni sangre ni arena, Raffles, Reportaje, Daughter of Deceit, La niña de los hoyitos and many more great movies featured on this list.
Ni sangre ni arena
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.