How to watch the Mexico films in order
There are 3 Mexico films, about 4.8 hours in total. The first was released in 1993, the latest in 2003. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
The Mexico Trilogy (also known as the Desperado Trilogy on some released DVD products) is a series of films: El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, all written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez, beginning in 1992 and ending in 2003 and distributed by Columbia Tristar which tell the continuing story of the movies' main character, "El Mariachi".
- 1
El Mariachi (1993)
22 Feb 1993 · 81 min
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.
- 2
Desperado (1995)
25 Aug 1995 · 104 min
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
- 3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
11 Sep 2003 · 102 min
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.