# List of Mexican Revolution and Cristero War films

Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Mexican Revolution and Cristero War. This list does not include documentaries, short films.

## 1910s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1914 | United States | The Life of General Villa | | Christy Cabanne | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama. Pancho Villa |

## 1920s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1923 | United States | The Broken Wing | | Tom Forman | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play The Broken Wing. |
| 1928 | United Kingdom | Adventurous Youth | | Edward Godal | Adventure, Drama, War, Western. |

## 1930s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1932 | United States Mexico | Long Live Mexico! | ¡Que viva México! Да здравствует Мексика! | Sergei Eisenstein Grigori Aleksandrov | History. |
| 1933 | Mexico United States | Thunder Over Mexico | | Sergei Eisenstein | Drama, History. |
| 1933 | Mexico | Prisoner 13 | El prisionero trece | Fernando de Fuentes | Drama, War. |
| 1933 | Mexico | Revolution | Revolución | Miguel Contreras Torres | Drama, Adventure, War. |
| 1934 | Mexico | Godfather Mendoza | El compadre Mendoza | Fernando de Fuentes | Drama, War. Based on an unknown story. |
| 1934 | United States | Viva Villa! | | Jack Conway Howard Hawks William A. Wellman | Western. Pancho Villa |
| 1936 | Mexico | Beautiful Sky | Cielito lindo | Robert Quigley Roberto Gavaldón | Musical, Comedy, Drama. |
| 1936 | Mexico | Let's Go with Pancho Villa | Vámonos con Pancho Villa | Fernando de Fuentes | Drama, War. Based on a novel Vámonos con Pancho Villa. Pancho Villa |
| 1937 | Mexico | Rebel Souls | Almas rebeldes | Alejandro Galindo | Adventure, Western. La Adelita |
| 1937 | Mexico | Such Is My Country | ¡Así es mi tierra! | Arcady Boytler | Drama, Comedy. |
| 1937 | United States | Under Strange Flags | | Irvin Willat | Romance. |
| 1938 | Mexico | | La Adelita | Guillermo Hernández Gómez Mario de Lara | Drama, War. La Adelita |
| 1938 | Mexico | La Valentina | | Martín de Lucenay | Comedy, Drama, Musical, War. |
| 1939 | Mexico | With Villa's Veterans | Con los Dorados de Villa | Raúl de Anda | Drama, War. |

## 1940s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1940 | Mexico | Those below | Los de abajo | Chano Urueta | Drama, War. Based on a novel The Underdogs. |
| 1941 | Mexico | Jalisco, don't back down | ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! | Joselito Rodríguez | Comedy, Drama, Musical. Based on a novel ¡Ay, Jalisco...no te rajes! o la guerra santa. |
| 1942 | Mexico | The Eternal Secret | Secreto eterno | Carlos Orellana | Drama. |
| 1942 | Mexico Argentina Spain | Passion Island | La isla de la pasión | Emilio Fernández | Drama. |
| 1943 | Mexico | The machine gun | El Ametralladora | Jaime L. Robles | Drama. |
| 1943 | Mexico | Wild Flower | Flor silvestre | Emilio Fernández | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1944 | Mexico | The Legend of a Bandit | La leyenda del bandido | Fernando Méndez | Western, Adventure, Drama. |
| 1945 | Mexico | The aviary | La pajarera | Emilio Gómez Muriel | Drama, War. |
| 1945 | Mexico | Between brothers | Entre hermanos | Ramón Peón | Drama, War. |
| 1945 | Mexico | The Abandoned | Las Abandonadas | Emilio Fernández | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1946 | Mexico | When the brave cry | Cuando lloran los valientes | Ismael Rodríguez | Drama, Romance. |
| 1946 | Mexico | Here is Juan Colorado | Aquí está Juan Colorado | Rolando Aguilar | Drama, War, Western. |
| 1946 | Mexico | Enamoured | Enamorada | Emilio Fernández | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1947 | Mexico | The red house | La casa colorada | Miguel Morayta | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1948 | Mexico | The fox's grandson | El nieto del zorro | Jaime Salvador | Comedy. |
| 1948 | Mexico | If Adelita went with another | Si Adelita se fuera con otro | Chano Urueta | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. |
| 1948 | Mexico | | Rosenda | Julio Bracho | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1949 | Mexico | Witch corner | Rincón brujo | Alberto Gout | Drama. |

## 1950s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1950 | Mexico | One Day of Life | Un día de vida | Emilio Fernández | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1950 | Mexico | The whirlpool came and lifted us up | Vino el remolino y nos alevantó | Juan Bustillo Oro | Drama, War. |
| 1950 | Mexico | Duel in the mountains | Duelo en las montañas | Emilio Fernández | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1950 | Mexico | The black Angustias | La negra Angustias | Matilde Landeta | Drama, War. La Adelita |
| 1950 | United States Mexico | The Torch | Del odio nace el amor | Emilio Fernández | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on a comedy The Taming of the Shrew. |
| 1950 | Mexico | Pancho Villa returns | Vuelve Pancho Villa | Miguel Contreras Torres | Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1950 | Mexico | Pancho Villa Returns | | Miguel Contreras Torres | Western. |
| 1951 | Mexico | Sentenced to death | Sentenciado a muerte | Víctor Urruchúa | Drama. |
| 1951 | Mexico | Rural captain | Capitán de rurales | Alejandro Galindo | Drama, War. |
| 1951 | Mexico | My General's Women | Las mujeres de mi general | Ismael Rodríguez | Drama, War. |
| 1952 | United States | The Fighter | | Herbert Kline | Drama, Sport. Based on a short story The Mexican. |
| 1952 | United States Mexico | Viva Zapata! | | Elia Kazan | Biography, Drama, History, Western. Based on the book Zapata the Unconquerable. Emiliano Zapata |
| 1953 | United States | Wings of the Hawk | | Budd Boetticher | Adventure, Romance, Western. |
| 1955 | Mexico | The 7 leagues | El 7 leguas | Raúl de Anda | Adventure, Drama, Western. |
| 1955 | Mexico Spain | Three love melodies | Tres melodías de amor | Alejandro Galindo | Drama, Romance. |
| 1955 | Mexico | The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz | Ensayo de un crimen | Luis Buñuel | Comedy, Crime, Drama. |
| 1955 | United States | The Treasure of Pancho Villa | | George Sherman | Romance, War, Western. |
| 1955 | Soviet Union | The Mexican | Мексиканец | Vladimir Kaplunovsky | Drama. Based on a short story The Mexican. |
| 1956 | Mexico | The Hidden One | La escondida | Roberto Gavaldón | Adventure, Drama, War, Western. Based on a novel La escondida. |
| 1956 | United States | Bandido | | Richard Fleischer | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Western. |
| 1957 | Mexico | Sweetheart! | ¡Cielito lindo! | Miguel M. Delgado | Musical, Drama. |
| 1957 | Mexico | This was Pancho Villa | Así era Pancho Villa | Ismael Rodríguez | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Pancho Villa |
| 1957 | Mexico | land of men | Tierra de hombres | Ismael Rodríguez | Action, Drama, History, War. |
| 1957 | Mexico | Pancho Villa's treasure | El tesoro de Pancho Villa | Rafael Baledón | Adventure, Action, Drama, War. |
| 1958 | United States | Villa!! | | James B. Clark | Adventure, Western. Pancho Villa |
| 1958 | Mexico | The three pelonas | Las tres pelonas | René Cardona | Comedy, Drama, Music, War. |
| 1959 | Mexico | The Soldiers of Pancho Villa | La Cucaracha | Ismael Rodríguez | Drama, Romance, War. La Adelita |
| 1959 | United States | They Came to Cordura | | Robert Rossen | Adventure, Drama, History, War, Western. Based on a novel They Came to Cordura. Pancho Villa Expedition |
| 1959 | Mexico | Café Colón | | Benito Alazraki | Drama, Adventure, Romance, War. |
| 1959 | Mexico | People in arms | Pueblo en armas | Miguel Contreras Torres | Drama, Adventure, War. Based on a novel Viva la Soldadera. |
| 1959 | Mexico | The colonels | Las coronelas | Rafael Baledón | Comedy, Adventure, War. |

## 1960s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1960 | Mexico | Long live the soldier! | ¡Viva la soldadera! | Miguel Contreras Torres | Drama, Adventure, Action, War. Based on a novel Viva la Soldadera. |
| 1960 | Mexico | When Viva Villa..! it's death | Cuando ¡Viva Villa..! es la muerte | Ismael Rodríguez | Action, Drama, History, War. Pancho Villa |
| 1960 | Mexico | Pancho Villa and Valentina | Pancho Villa y la Valentina | Ismael Rodríguez | War, Action, Adventure, Drama. Pancho Villa |
| 1960 | Mexico | Impatient Heart | Impaciencia del corazón | Tito Davison | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1960 | Spain West Germany Argentina | Juanito | | Fernando Palacios | Adventure, Western. |
| 1961 | Mexico | Juana Gallo | | Miguel Zacarías | War, Drama. La Adelita |
| 1962 | Mexico | The Centaur of the North | El centauro del norte | Ramón Pereda | Western, Drama. La Adelita |
| 1962 | Mexico | The Ajusco Turtle Dove | La tórtola del Ajusco | Juan Orol | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1962 | Mexico | Sun on fire | Sol en llamas | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Adventure, War, Drama. |
| 1963 | Mexico | La Bandida | | Roberto Rodríguez | Drama, Musical, Romance, War. |
| 1964 | Mexico | María Pistolas' corrido | El corrido de María Pistolas | René Cardona Tito Novaro | Adventure, Drama, War, Western. |
| 1964 | Mexico | The Death Brothers | Los hermanos Muerte | Rafael Baledón | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1966 | Mexico | | ¡Viva Benito Canales! | Miguel M. Delgado | Action, Adventure, Drama, War. |
| 1966 | Mexico | The Bay Horse | El caballo bayo | Tito Novaro René Cardona | Drama, Western. |
| 1966 | Mexico | The four Juanes | Los cuatro Juanes | Miguel Zacarías | Adventure, Western, Action, Comedy. |
| 1966 | Italy | A Bullet for the General | Quién sabe? | Damiano Damiani | Action, Western. |
| 1966 | United States | The Professionals | | Richard Brooks | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. Based on a novel A Mule for the Marquesa. |
| 1966 | Mexico | La Valentina | | Rogelio A. González | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the corrido La Valentina. |
| 1967 | Mexico | The centaur Pancho Villa | El centauro Pancho Villa | Alfonso Corona Blake | Drama, Action, War. Pancho Villa |
| 1967 | Mexico | A Faithful Soldier of Pancho Villa | Un dorado de Pancho Villa | Emilio Fernández | Adventure, Drama, War. |
| 1967 | Mexico | The Female Soldier | La soldadera | José Bolaños | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1967 | Italy | Killer Kid | | Leopoldo Savona | Drama, Romance, Western. |
| 1967 | Mexico | My rebellious tight horse | Mi caballo prieto rebelde | Arturo Martínez | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Western. Pancho Villa |
| 1967 | Spain United States | The Vengeance of Pancho Villa | Los 7 de Pancho Villa | José María Elorrieta | Drama, Western. Pancho Villa |
| 1967 | Spain Italy | Dakota Joe | Un hombre y un Colt | Tulio Demicheli | Western. |
| 1967 | Mexico | The Partisan of Villa | La guerrillera de Villa | Miguel Morayta | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. La Adelita |
| 1968 | Mexico | | Lucio Vázquez | René Cardona Tito Novaro | War, Western, Adventure, Drama. |
| 1968 | Mexico | The leader | El caudillo | Alberto Mariscal | Drama, Action, War. |
| 1968 | Mexico | Valentín de la Sierra | | René Cardona | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. Based on the corrido Valentín de la Sierra. |
| 1968 | Italy Spain | Train for Durango | Un treno per Durango | Mario Caiano | Western, Comedy. |
| 1968 | Mexico | Dark jet horse | Caballo prieto azabache | René Cardona | Adventure, Drama, War. |
| 1968 | Italy Spain United States | The Mercenary | Il mercenario | Sergio Corbucci | Comedy, Western. |
| 1968 | Italy France | Run, Man, Run | Corri uomo corri | Sergio Sollima | Adventure, Comedy, Western. |
| 1968 | United States | Villa Rides | | Buzz Kulik | Drama, War, Western. Pancho Villa |
| 1969 | United States | The Wild Bunch | | Sam Peckinpah | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. |
| 1969 | Italy Spain | Tepepa | | Giulio Petroni | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. |
| 1969 | Mexico | The Glass Eye | El ojo de vidrio | René Cardona Jr. | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War. |
| 1969 | Mexico | Lauro Daggers | Lauro Puñales | René Cardona | Adventure, Drama, War. |
| 1969 | Italy | The Five Man Army | Un esercito di 5 uomini | Don Taylor Dario Argento | Action, Adventure, Western. |
| 1969 | United States | 100 Rifles | | Tom Gries | Adventure, Drama, War, Western. Based on a novel The Californio. |
| 1969 | United States | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | | Paul Wendkos | Action, Drama, Western. |
| 1969 | Italy Spain | Viva Cangaceiro | O' Cangaçeiro | Giovanni Fago | Drama, Western. |
| 1969 | Mexico | The trench | La trinchera | Carlos Enrique Taboada | Action, Drama, War. |

## 1970s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1970 | United States | Cannon for Cordoba | | Paul Wendkos | Action, Romance, Western. |
| 1970 | Italy Spain West Germany | Companions | Compañeros | Sergio Corbucci | Action, Comedy, Western. |
| 1970 | Mexico | Emiliano Zapata | | Felipe Cazals | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. |
| 1970 | Mexico | The Glass Eye Returns | Vuelve el ojo de vidrio | René Cardona Jr. | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, War. |
| 1970 | Mexico | At the general | La generala | Juan Ibáñez | Thriller, War, Drama. |
| 1971 | Italy Spain | The long day of violence | Il lungo giorno della violenza | Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Western. |
| 1971 | Mexico | The Charred | La chamuscada | Alberto Mariscal | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1971 | United Kingdom Spain | A Town Called Bastard | | Robert Parrish | Action, Drama, Western. |
| 1971 | Italy West Germany Spain | Long Live Your Death | Viva la muerte... tua! | Duccio Tessari | Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Western. |
| 1971 | Italy | Duck, You Sucker! | Giù la testa | Sergio Leone | Drama, War, Western. |
| 1971 | Italy United States | Blindman | Il Pistolero Cieco | Ferdinando Baldi | Western. |
| 1971 | Italy France Spain | Bad Man's River | E continuavano a fregarsi il milione di dollari El hombre de Río Malo | Eugenio Martín | Comedy, Romance, Western. |
| 1972 | Mexico | Endless waltz | Vals sin fin | Rubén Broido | Biography, Drama, War. Ramón López Velarde |
| 1972 | Mexico | It happened in Jalisco | Sucedió en Jalisco | Raúl de Anda | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Western. Based on a novel Sucedió en Jalisco. |
| 1972 | Italy Spain | What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? | Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione? | Sergio Corbucci | Comedy, Western, Adventure. |
| 1972 | United Kingdom Spain United States | Pancho Villa | | Eugenio Martín | Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Western. Pancho Villa |
| 1973 | Mexico | The beginning | El principio | Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | Action, Drama, History, Romance, War. |
| 1973 | Mexico | Valente Quintero | | Mario Hernández | Adventure, Drama, Western. Based on the corrido Valente Quintero. Valente Quintero |
| 1973 | Mexico | Reed: Insurgent Mexico | Reed, México insurgente | Paul Leduc | Biography, Drama, War. Based on a novel México insurgente: la revolución de 1910. |
| 1974 | Mexico | The death of Pancho Villa | La muerte de Pancho Villa | Mario Hernández | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Pancho Villa |
| 1975 | Mexico | The Living Forces | Las fuerzas vivas | Luis Alcoriza | Action, Comedy, Drama, War. |
| 1975 | Mexico | | Simón Blanco | Mario Hernández | Action, Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1976 | Mexico | Law of the hill | La ley del monte | Alberto Mariscal | Action, Drama, Romance, War. Based on a novel El niño de la bola. |
| 1977 | East Germany | | Trini | Walter Beck | History, War, Western. Based on a novel Trini. |
| 1977 | Mexico | Quarter | Cuartelazo | Alberto Isaac | Action, Drama, History, War. Ten Tragic Days |
| 1977 | Mexico | The Divine Caste | La casta divina | Julián Pastor | Drama, History, War. Salvador Alvarado |
| 1978 | Mexico | Paloma's nights | Las noches de Paloma | Alberto Isaac | Comedy. |
| 1978 | Mexico | Death in Cold Blood | Muerte a sangre fría | Gilberto Gazcón de Anda | Adventure, Crime, Drama, War, Western. |
| 1978 | Mexico | Those below | Los de abajo | Servando González | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War. Based on a novel The Underdogs. |
| 1979 | United States | She Came to the Valley | | Albert Band | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western. Based on a novel She Came to the Valley. |
| 1979 | Mexico | Benjamín Argumedo the rebel | Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde | Mario Hernández | Western. Benjamín Argumedo |

## 1980s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1980 | Mexico | Persecution and death of Benjamín Argumedo | Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo | Mario Hernández | Drama, Western. Benjamín Argumedo |
| 1982 | Mexico | The devil in person | El diablo en persona | Edgardo Gazcón | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1982 | Mexico Soviet Union Italy | Red Bells | Красные колокола. Фильм 1. Мексика в огне Messico in fiamme Campanas rojas | Sergei Bondarchuk | Drama, Western. John Reed |
| 1983 | Mexico | Guerilla from the North | El guerrillero del norte | Francisco Guerrero | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1987 | Mexico | Zapata in Chinameca | Zapata en Chinameca | Mario Hernández | Action, History. |
| 1987 | Mexico | La Coyota | | Luis Quintanilla Rico | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1988 | Mexico | The rail | La rielera | Raúl Fernández | Action. |
| 1989 | Mexico | Rosendo Fierro: Villa's email | Rosendo Fierro: El correo de Villa | Tito Novaro Roberto Sala Blanco | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. |
| 1989 | United States Mexico | Old Gringo | | Luis Puenzo | Adventure, History, Romance. Based on a novel The Old Gringo. |

## 1990s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1992 | Mexico | Like Water for Chocolate | Como agua para chocolate | Alfonso Arau | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Like Water for Chocolate. |
| 1995 | United States Mexico | Land of Darkness | | Adrian Rudomin | Drama. |
| 1999 | Mexico France Spain | The Comet | El cometa | José Buil Marisa Sistach Peret | Musical, Adventure, Drama. |

## 2000s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 2000 | Mexico | Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles | Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos | Ignacio Ortiz Cruz | Drama. |

## 2010s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 2010 | Mexico | Marcellin, bread and wine | Marcelino, pan y vino | José Luis Gutiérrez Arias | Drama, Family. Based on a novel Marcelino, pan y vino. |
| 2010 | Mexico | Big boy | Chico grande | Felipe Cazals | Drama, History, War, Western. Based on an unknown text. |
| 2011 | Mexico | The zebra | La cebra | Fernando Javier León Rodríguez | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama. |
| 2012 | Mexico | The walls speak | Las paredes hablan | Antonio Zavala Kugler | Drama, History. |
| 2013 | Mexico | Citizen Buelna | Ciudadano Buelna | Felipe Cazals | Drama, History. Rafael Buelna |
| 2013 | Mexico Denmark | Killing Strangers | Matar extraños | Nicolás Pereda Jacob Secher Schulsinger | |

## Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1967 | Mexico | Pedro Páramo | | Carlos Velo | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, War. Based on a novel Pedro Páramo. |
| 1968 | Mexico | The scapular | El escapulario | Servando González | Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, War. |
| 1968 | Mexico | The door and the butcher's wife | La puerta y la mujer del carnicero | Luis Alcoriza Ismael Rodríguez Chano Urueta | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery. |
| 1999 | United States | From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | | P. J. Pesce | Horror, Thriller, Western. |
| 2004 | Mexico | Zapata: The dream of a hero | Zapata: el sueño del héroe | Alfonso Arau | Biography, Drama, Fantasy, War. Emiliano Zapata |

## Television films

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Director | Subject |
| 1972 | United States | Hardcase | John Llewellyn Moxey | Western. |
| 1976 | United States | Wanted: The Sundance Woman | Lee Philips | Drama, Western. |
| 1999 | United States | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure | Joe Johnston Carl Schultz | Action, Adventure, History, War. |
| 2003 | United States Mexico | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Larry Gelbart | Biography, Drama, History, War, Western. Pancho Villa |

## TV Series

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1970 | Mexico | The Constitution | La constitución | Raúl Araiza | Drama, History, War. |
| 1987 | Mexico | Path to Glory | Senda de gloria | Raúl Araiza | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War. |
| 2004 | Mexico | Zapata: love in rebellion | Zapata: amor en rebeldía | Walter Doehner | Biography, Drama. Emiliano Zapata |
| 2011 | Mexico | The charm of the eagle | El encanto del águila | Mafer Suárez Gerardo Tort | Biography. |
| 2016-17 | Mexico | Revolution - The Battles of Celaya | Revolución - Las Batallas de Celaya | Miguel Rico Tavera | History. Battle of Celaya |
| 2023 | Mexico | Pancho Villa: The Centaur of the North | Pancho Villa: El Centauro del Norte | Rafael Lara | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War. Pancho Villa |

## Cristero War

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1947 | Mexico United States | The Fugitive | | John Ford | Drama, History. Based on a novel The Power and the Glory. |
| 1947 | Mexico | It Happened in Jalisco (The Cristeros) | Sucedió en Jalisco (Los cristeros) | Raúl de Anda | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Sucedió en Jalisco o los Cristeros. |
| 1949 | Mexico | The charro del Cristo | El charro del Cristo | René Cardona | Drama. |
| 1958 | Mexico | Ash Wednesday | Miércoles de ceniza | Roberto Gavaldón | Drama, War. |
| 1971 | Mexico United States | Rain for a Dusty Summer | | Arthur Lubin | Drama, Western. Miguel Pro |
| 1971 | Mexico | The days of love | Los días del amor | Alberto Isaac | Drama, War. |
| 1976 | Mexico | Anyway, your name is Juan | De todos modos Juan te llamas | Marcela Fernandez Violante | Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1979 | Mexico | The holy war | La guerra santa | Carlos Enrique Taboada | Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War. |
| 1980 | Mexico | Lame Step | A paso de cojo | Luis Alcoriza | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War. |
| 2008 | Mexico | | Padre Pro | Miguel Rico | Drama. Miguel Pro |
| 2008 | Mexico | The Desert Within | Desierto Adentro | Rodrigo Plá | Drama. |
| 2011 | Mexico Netherlands | The Last Christeros | Los Últimos Cristeros | Matías Meyer | Drama, Western. Based on a novel Rescoldo: los últimos cristeros. |
| 2012 | Mexico | For Greater Glory | | Dean Wright | Drama, History, War, Western. |
| 2023 | Mexico | | Mirando al Cielo | Antonio Peláez | Drama. José Sánchez del Río |