Luis Estrada

What are Luis Estrada's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Luis Estrada's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).

• Netflix5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Herod's Law (1999) · director, writer, producer, editor
  • The Perfect Dictatorship (2014) · director, writer, producer
  • Un mundo maravilloso (2006) · director, writer, producer, editor
  • The Dead Girls (2025) · director, producer
  • ¡Que viva México! (2023) · director, writer, producer
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Hell (2010) · director, writer, producer · free
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Hell (2010) · director, writer, producer
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Hell (2010) · director, writer, producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Luis Estrada's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

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  The Dead Girls(2025)

  Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows55^th
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  ¡Que viva México!(2023)

  Director · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films41^st
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  The Perfect Dictatorship(2014)

  Director · Producer · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  Hell(2010)

  Director · Producer · Story

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Un mundo maravilloso(2006)

  Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  3 lancheros más picudos II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Producer
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  El lechero del pueblo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Producer · Writer
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  Herod's Law(1999)

  Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay · Screenstory

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
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  Ámbar(1994)

  Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films35^th
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  Bandidos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  Director
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  Camino largo a Tijuana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  Director
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  The Marked Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

  Show 37 episodes · Director
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  I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

  Assistant Director
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  Angel del barrio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

  Assistant Director
• El Enemigo del Pueblo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1981 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)

$13M worldwide

Highest rated

Hell (2010)

Midcredits 97^th

Awards

Won a Sundance award in 2000.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Luis Estrada's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83^rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82^nd percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

223

• Universally Loved2
• Cult Classic2
• Crowd Pleaser3

Most divisive · director, writer, producer, editor

Ámbar (1994)

86^th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Hell (2010)

Midcredits 97^th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Luis Estrada's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Luis Estrada work with?

People who share at least 2 of Luis Estrada's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jaime Sampietro shares the most, 6.