Amores perros

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Amores perros

R

2001

2h 34m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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"Amores Perros" is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, "Amores Perros" explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into unforeseen dramatic situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog named Cofi.

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Critics Consensus

The brutality of Amores Perros may be difficult to watch at times, but this intense, gritty film packs a hard wallop.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Jul 14, 2026

5/5

A must-see.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Jul 15, 2023

The writer and director combine the gravity, narrative sweep and emotional pull of traditional literature with the dazzling visuals and pungent music of contemporary entertainment.

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Barbara Scharres

Chicago Reader

Feb 8, 2008

Solidly engaging, supersized 2000 Mexican drama.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jul 17, 2026

4/5

…the three interconnected stories in Amores Perros move forwards and backwards in time from an event which isn’t entirely clear until the end of the film, a narrative sleight of hand which made this a must-see movie at the turn of the millennium.

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Jack Hawkins

HeyUGuys

Jun 30, 2026

4/5

Neo noir and melodrama collide in this transgressive tragedy of class, crime and family in Mexico City.

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Jun 23, 2026

9/10

Swings for the rafters with mercurial tempos, ragged eruptions and a deracinated palette, as if the film stock had been dragged in dust. Fluorescence and a flat, featureless everyday light predominate. All is chaos, all is commonplace.

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Eduardo A

Jun 16, 2026

The best Mexican movie ever

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David L

@davidonfilm Sep 29, 2026

"Amores Perros" is study of humanity parenting told with a tremendous complexity and depth, a galvanic force that sends the mind reeling. So thrilled to see on the big screen remaster in 35mm for the 25th Anniversary.

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Tristan C

@RT75770054 Sep 10, 2026

Gritty, unique, miserable. Love how all of the stories tie together.

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Avi T

@AVI-thereviewer-moviewatcher1214 Aug 3, 2026

Really liked this movie. I love the way all 3 or 4 stories following POV of different people connect to make a shocking amazing action packed film. I can say this movie is Heavy, Intense, and Shocking but definitely worth your 2 30 minutes of attention. I am Mexican and love to see a movie was filmmed were I basically walk everyday. If you can REALLY recommend watching

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Luisa R

@Luisa.pez.voladora Jul 14, 2026

Deleite total. La naturalidad con la que conecta sus tres historias paralelas, el contexto de la cultura y problemática social mexicana, y su soundtrack, hacen de esta una de mis películas favoritas. La película reconcilia a personajes fuera de todo parámetro moral con una gran ternura que los humaniza. Octavio refleja una ingenua ternura en su enamoramiento y en su ilusión de un futuro mejor junto a la esposa de su hermano. El Chivo, el asesino a sueldo, revela un coraje brutal detrás de su dureza: como excluido de la sociedad, forma con sus perros un vínculo sin condición que termina de humanizarlo. Daniel y Valeria muestran cómo el amor puede ser tan frágil e impredecible como la vida misma. La relación de cada personaje con su perro es metáfora de esa relación perra que viven: un amor tan intenso como un fuego que termina quemándolos. El soundtrack, "Lucha de Gigantes" de Nacha Pop: brutal y atemporal.

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elvidalito T

@RT24030352 Jun 15, 2026

This is a great movie. Great script and great acting.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Emilio Echevarría

El Chivo

Gael García Bernal

Octavio

Goya Toledo

Valeria Maya

Álvaro Guerrero

Daniel

Vanessa Bauche

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Synopsis

"Amores Perros" is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, "Amores Perros" explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into unforeseen dramatic situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog named Cofi.

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Producer: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenwriter: Guillermo Arriaga
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Zeta Film, Altavista Films
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2001, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jun 12, 2026
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.4M
Runtime: 2h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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