Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Mexico 86
TITLE DETAILS

Mexico 86

2026-05-21 · 95 min · ★ 7.8

Comedy · History · Drama

When a last-minute chance to host the 1986 World Cup appears, a cunning Mexican bureaucrat, armed with nothing but guts and audacity, cons his way through FIFA to beat the United States, but in a country of power games, every victory has a price.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Gabriel Ripstein
Production companies
Phototaxia Pictures, Gaumont
Countries
Mexico, United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Diego LunaDiego LunaMartín de la Torre
Karla SouzaKarla SouzaSusana Gómez Mont
Daniel Giménez CachoDaniel Giménez CachoEmilio Azcárraga
Álvaro GuerreroÁlvaro GuerreroGuillermo Cañedo
Memo VillegasMemo VillegasHugo Sánchez
Davor TomićDavor TomićBora Milutinovic
Cândido DammCândido DammJoâo Avelange
Roberto MartinezRoberto MartinezHermann Neuberger
Genevieve FlemingGenevieve FlemingJackie Ross
Diana SedanoDiana SedanoBeatriz
Enrique ArreolaEnrique ArreolaGustavo Álvarez
Juan Pablo Fernández GutiérrezJuan Pablo Fernández GutiérrezJose Ramón Fernández 'Joserra'
Sandra QuirózSandra QuirózEsposa Azcárraga
Roberto DuarteRoberto DuarteIngeniero Valenzuela
Andrés de LeónAgustín
Marco Antonio ArguetaMarco Antonio ArguetaCardoso
Alexandre RodriguesAlexandre RodriguesPelé
Erando GonzálezErando GonzálezDon Heberto
Frank CrudeleFrank CrudeleHenry Kissinger
Alfredo HuerecaAlfredo HuerecaDelegado Egipcio

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Streaming

Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

The Red Virgin
★ 7.1
The Red Virgin2024History · Drama

Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one of the European references on female sexuality.

Code 3
★ 7.1
Code 32025Comedy · Drama

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
★ 6.2
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher2022History · Drama

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

Me and Orson Welles
★ 6.4
Me and Orson Welles2008Comedy · History · Drama

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

The Luckiest Man in America
★ 6.3
The Luckiest Man in America2025Comedy · History · Drama

1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.

Game Change
★ 6.9
Game Change2012Comedy · History · Drama

During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.

The Dirt
★ 7.4
The Dirt2019Comedy · Drama

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

The Secrets We Keep
★ 6.0
The Secrets We Keep2020History · Drama

In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

Like or Die
★ 7.7
Like or Die2023Comedy · Drama

Fatima, a woman in her forties, becomes an online overnight sensation. Sofi and Cami, a pair of young influencers, will try to take advantage of Fatima's sudden popularity by pretending to be her friends, unbeknownst to them that they messed with the wrong person!

Small Apartments
★ 5.9
Small Apartments2012Comedy · Drama

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

Field of Lost Shoes
★ 6.1
Field of Lost Shoes2015History · Drama

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

Savage House
★ 7.0
Savage House2026Comedy · Drama

Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed, filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed.

Firebrand
★ 6.3
Firebrand2024History · Drama

Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.

Official Competition
★ 6.6
Official Competition2021Comedy · Drama

When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
★ 7.5
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl2024Comedy · Drama

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

Kabluey
★ 6.1
Kabluey2007Comedy · Drama

Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie still can't make ends meet on her own, Salman is forced to find employment, but, with minimal qualifications, his only option is to become a mascot for a digital company by donning a bulbous blue costume.

Landline
★ 6.2
Landline2017Comedy · Drama

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

The Clique
★ 5.9
The Clique2008Comedy · Drama

A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.

A Futile and Stupid Gesture
★ 6.4
A Futile and Stupid Gesture2018Comedy · Drama

In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.

Confirmation
★ 6.9
Confirmation2016History · Drama

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

Similar titles

We Own the Night
★ 6.7
We Own the Night2007Drama

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

Lorenzo's Oil
★ 7.1
Lorenzo's Oil1992Drama

Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
★ 7.5
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days2007Drama

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Carla's Song
★ 6.8
Carla's Song1996Drama

1987, love in time of war: bus driver George meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what's happened to them and help her face her past.

Hangin' Out
★ 4.1
Hangin' Out1983Comedy

The pert Tina is sick of school and the muff in her Bavarian village. She wants to go with Tino - attendant of a visiting auto-scooter - who has to leave the place for dubious reasons. However he lets her down and leaves alone. Now Tina persuades fellow student Robby, who has a crush on her, to take her on a random trip with his motor-scooter. It seems only to be a matter of time until he realizes that she's just using him to follow her boyfriend - or will the shy Robby manage to win her heart on their chaotic journey?

The Breakfast Club
★ 7.7
The Breakfast Club1985Comedy · Drama

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Bad Education
★ 7.4
Bad Education2004Drama

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
Not rated
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir2021History

Daskale ti didaskes?
★ 7.0
Daskale ti didaskes?1983Comedy · Drama

Dimitris Thalassias is a single singing teacher at a senior high school in Athens and undertakes the care of a child abandoned by its mother at the door of the foundling hospital. He does everything required to raise it right, but he sees his life changing unexpectedly, since his fiancée leaves him, and his relations with his students go from bad to worse. While this is happening, the mother shows up to claim her child. In the end, everything is corrected, and a solution is provided through marriage.

The Last Sparapet
Not rated
The Last Sparapet2025History · Drama

Based on true events, the film presents nearly all stages of national hero Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan's life, intertwined with significant events in the modern history of our country.

Billy Elliot
★ 7.6
Billy Elliot2000Comedy · Drama

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

The Lost Boys
★ 7.1
The Lost Boys1987Comedy

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

Tragedi Bintaro
★ 3.0
Tragedi Bintaro1989Drama

It was inspired by the real event of a train crash in Bintaro that claimed many victims. The story begins with Minah (Roldiah Matulessy) who lives in a dense Jakarta village with five of her grandchildren. Parents of children who have to divorce, to Minah who accept their burden. Everyday Minah earns a living as a clothes washer and a massager. His second grandson, Juned (Ferry Octora), in addition to going to school, has been looking for money by selling newspapers. Minah wants to move her granddaughter to move to the village. The dream was destroyed, the compilation of the train they were riding in a collision. Most films try to redraw the crash event. Grandma Minah became a victim. The only survivor is Juned, while his left must be amputated.

Knock Knock
★ 6.3
Knock Knock2017Comedy

'Knock Knock' tells the story of down-on-his-luck former boxer Sam Grant, who one night finds himself caught in a whirlwind of conjecture and conundrum as his colorful and quirky neighbors come to him with scary tales of their apartment's mysterious new resident. Inspired by the retro horror classics of VHS days gone by, 'Knock Knock', is sure to be a treat for any horror fan and aficionado.

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
★ 8.3
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible2025History

Best known for their megahit ’80s anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)”—made famous in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club—Simple Minds is one of the most iconic and influential Scottish bands in history. From working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow to rock stars playing Live Aid, this is the unlikely story of an extraordinary band that continues touring to this day.

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
★ 7.6
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-19922017History

An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.

Sound of Falling
★ 7.0
Sound of Falling2025Drama

Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.

Basquiat
★ 6.6
Basquiat1996History · Drama

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Not rated
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP2005Drama

In 1988, Hokkaido's Hokusei Yoichi High School became the first high school in Japan to accept students who had previously dropped out of high school from nationwide. This special follows Yoshiie Hiroyuki (based on a former graduate of Hokusei Yoichi) and his friends from the time they enroll in the school during it's first year accepting delinquents. This is a brilliant tale of troubled youths trying to break free from their former lives- fighting through various gut-wrenching challenges on their way- while the teachers struggle to help them every step of the way.

The Woman from the Great Bear
★ 7.7
The Woman from the Great Bear1982Drama

A construction site is set up next to a colony of forest workers. Murgu, a worker on the construction site, and Maria, a girl raised by foresters who took care of the colony's household affairs, fall in love with each other.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.