Lucha Libre Films
by M30V | created - 26 Mar 2014 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicThis list compiles the films of the Mexican Lucha genre plus some homages and imitators. Each entry indicates the name of the wrestlers (or the actor who portrays him) in that particular film so that fans can search for their favorite luchador.
The films included on this list are fiction and feature at least one wrestling scene.
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Esta lista compila las películas del género de lucha libre mexicana además de algunos homenajes e imitadores. Cada una indica el nombre del luchador (o el actor que lo representa) en ess pélicula en particular para facilitar la busqueda.
Las películas en esta lista son ficción y presental al menos una escena de lucha.
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Missing from IMDB:
"La sombra blanca contra las bestias del mal" (¿?) Featuring: La sombra blanca.
"Vudú plata" (2005) Short about a fan's attempt to resuscitate Santo through voodoo.
VENGANZA, Guanajuato 50 Años Después (2023) Fan made continuation of "Las Momias de Guanajuato".
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1. Huracán Ramírez (1953)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Veteran wrestler Tonina has a pet peeve the masked Huracan because he fails to respond to his challenges. What he doesn't know is that the masked man is actually his own son Fernando. The deceit will, undoubtedly, cause only mayhem.
Director: Joselito Rodríguez | Stars: David Silva, Titina Romay, Carmelita González, Freddy Fernández
Votes: 42
Usually considered the first Lucha film. Huracán Ramírez was not a real life luchador but it became one after the film’s success. His unmasked persona was played by actor David Silva.
Featuring: Huracán Ramírez, Tonina Jackson, Frank Bucher, El Bulldog, El Lobo Negro, Bello Califa, Jack O'Brien.
2. Father of More Than Four (1938)
110 min | Comedy
Director: Robert Quigley | Stars: Leopoldo 'Chato' Ortín, Alfredo del Diestro, Sara García, Rosita Gonzalez
One of the first, if not the first film to focus on Lucha Libre.
Featuring: Charro Aguayo, Firpo Segura, Toro Hernández, Pepe Gonzáles.
3. No me defiendas compadre (1949)
92 min | Comedy
The misadventures of a young man who doesn't want a job, until he meets a beautiful girl.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez, Rosita Quintana, Juan García
Votes: 77
Comedy starring German Valdéz, it includes a match against Wolf Ruvinskis.
4. El luchador fenómeno (1952)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Director: Fernando Cortés | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, Bárbara Gil, Óscar Pulido, Tito Junco
Votes: 27
Early lucha film, it stars comedian Adalberto Martínez as El tigre de Pénjamo.
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Lobo Negro, El Médico Asesino, El Bulldog, Tonina Jackson, Lalo El Exótico, Hombre Montaña, Firpo Segura, Sergio Llanes.
5. The Beautiful Dreamer (1952)
75 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Mexican comedy of a caveman that wakes up after a beautiful 1,000 year slumber.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Germán Valdés, Lilia del Valle, Wolf Ruvinskis, Marcelo Chávez
Votes: 152
NOT A LUCHA FILM, but notable for the appearance of names such as Eduardo Bonada, Tonina Jackson, Fernando Osés, Lobo Negro, Mario Llanes, Sergio Llanes, Jack Parelli, Raúl Romero, Fuco Jiménez, Joe Silva and Wolf Ruvinskis.
6. La bestia magnífica (1952)
128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two very good friends (Crox Alvarado and Wolf Ruvinskis) become wrestlers to leave poverty behind, but the arrival of an ambitious woman (Miroslava Stern) will tragically change their destinies.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Miroslava, Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, José Elías Moreno
Votes: 44
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Enrique Llanes, El Bulldog, Rito Romero, Raul Romero, El Bulldog, Jack O'Brien, Cavernario Galindo, El Verdugo, Fernando Osés, Lobo Negro, Mario Llanes, Sergio Llanes, Arturo García
7. El enmascarado de plata (1954)
125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
This cult-classic was Director Rene Cardona's attempt to capitalize on the popularity of professional wrestling and on of its biggest stars of the 1950's, known as "El Santo". However it is... See full summary »
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Víctor Junco, Crox Alvarado, Luis Aldás, Aurora Segura
Votes: 58
Despite the title, Santo does not appear in this film.
Featuring: El Médico Asesino, Jack O'Brien, Lobo Negro, Sergio Llanes.
8. Sindicato de telemirones (1954)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
An unemployed singer devices a plot to become famous on television. He creates a fake "Union of Television Watchers" with the help of a improvised community leader whose followers are so poor they do not even own television sets.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Tito Guízar, Emilia Guiú, Rebeca Iturbide, Eduardo Noriega
Votes: 7
Featuring: Cacama, Lalo el Exótico and comedian Clavillazo.
9. De carne somos (1955)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Marga López, Carlos Rivas, José Elías Moreno, Lucy Gallardo
Votes: 19
Featuring: Fernando Osés, Lobo Negro.
10. La sombra vengadora (1956)
86 min | Adventure, Action, Crime
An evil mastermind, known as La mano negra, attempts to steal a formula that creates synthetic drugs but a masked avenger known as La sombra will do anything to stop him.
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Armando Silvestre, Alicia Caro, Rodolfo Landa, Pedro de Aguillón
Votes: 29
Featuring: La Sombra vengadora (Fernando Osés), Mno Negra (Cacama), Roger Lopez, Lobo Negro.
11. La sombra vengadora vs. La mano negra (1956)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Armando Silvestre, Alicia Caro, Rodolfo Landa, Sara Guasch
Votes: 27
Featuring: La Sombra Vengadora, Lobo Negro, Cacama.
12. The Body Snatcher (1957)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A wrestler and a detective team up to stop a mad scientist who is kidnapping athletes and replacing their brains with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, Carlos Riquelme
Votes: 218
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis (as El Vampiro), Black Shadow (as El tigre), Lobo Negro, Murcielago Velázquez.
13. Furias desatadas (1957)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Movie of the series Tigres Del Ring, divided into 3 episodes: Furias Desatadas (Furies Unleashed) Turbulencia Criminal (Criminal Turbulence) y Zarpas Traicioneras (Treacherous Paws).
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, Rodolfo Landa, Arturo Martínez
Featuring: Black Shadow, Wolf Ruvinskis, Sugi Sito, Dorrel Dixon, Enrique Llanes, Murcielago Velázquez, Frankestein.
Part of the "Tigres del ring" serial.
14. Secuestro diabolico (1957)
87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Second film in the Tigres del ring series.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, Rodolfo Landa, Arturo Martínez
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Black Shadow, Sugi Sito, Dorrel Dixon, Enrique Llanes, Frankestein, Murciélago Velázquez.
Part of the "Tigres del ring" serial.
15. El tesoro de Pancho Villa (1957)
85 min | Adventure, Action, Drama
The hidden treasure of Pancho Villa is being searched by a group of bandits who plan to rob it from the Mexican people, but the masked hero known as "The Avenging Shadow" plans to stop them.
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Fernando Osés, Alicia Caro, Rodolfo Landa, Pascual García Peña
Votes: 16
Featuring: La Sombra Vengadora, Lobo Negro, Cacama.
16. El secreto de Pancho Villa (1957)
93 min | Drama, Adventure, Action
The hidden treasure of Pancho Villa is being searched by a group of bandits who plan to rob it from the Mexican people, but the masked hero known as "The Avenging Shadow" plans to stop them.
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Fernando Osés, Alicia Caro, Rodolfo Landa, Pascual García Peña
Votes: 18
Featuring: La Sombra Vengadora, Lobo Negro, Cacama.
17. The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957)
TV-14 | 65 min | Horror
The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Portillo | Stars: Ramón Gay, Rosita Arenas, Crox Alvarado, Luis Aceves Castañeda
Votes: 412
Featuring: Murciélago Velázquez, Enrique Yáñez, Alberto Yáñes, Lobo Negro, Sergio Yáñez and Crox Alvarado as "El Ángel".
18. La última lucha (1959)
90 min | Action, Drama
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Carlos Baena, Wolf Ruvinskis, Martha Mijares, Rosa Carmina
Votes: 22
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Alex Romano, Lobo Negro, Cavernario Galindo, Rito Romero.
19. El superflaco (1959)
80 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Pompis, a poor, skinny and weak man who works in an exercise club, falls madly in love with Brigida Loyo, a renowned artist and girlfriend of Rudy, a wrestler with an imposing physique and a reputation as a brute.
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Evangelina Elizondo, Pompín Iglesias, Wolf Ruvinskis, Daniel 'Chino' Herrera
Votes: 18
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Enrique Llanes, Lobo Negro, Hombre Montaña.
20. Los tigres del ring (1960)
87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A promoter has a thug who goes around beating fighters to death after their boxing matches if they don't obey him.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, Rodolfo Landa, Arturo Martínez
Votes: 15
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Murcielago Velázquez, Frankenstein, Cavernario Galindo, Enrique Llanes, Dorrel Dixon, Sugi Sito, Gorilita Flores, Bulldog.
Part of the "Tigres del ring" serial.
21. El torneo de la muerte (1960)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three stories of the tigers of the ring "The love of the beast", "The tiger brothers" and "The tigers of the ring".
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Crox Alvarado, Wolf Ruvinskis, Rodolfo Landa, Arturo Martínez
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Black Shadow, Murcielago Velázquez, Frankenstein.
Part of the "Tigres del ring" serial.
22. Neutrón, el enmascarado negro (1960)
72 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Neutron, a masked wrestler/superhero, battles a gang of crooks who are plotting to steal a secret formula.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Julio Alemán, Armando Silvestre, Roberto Ramírez Garza
Votes: 66
Featuring: Neutrón (Wolf Ruvinskis).
23. El correo del norte (1960)
65 min | Western
Director: Zacarías Gómez Urquiza | Stars: Luis Aguilar, Fernando Almada, José Chávez, Rosa de Castilla
Featuring: La Sombra Vengadora.
24. La furia del ring (1961)
95 min | Action, Drama
Director: Tito Davison | Stars: Luz María Aguilar, Germán Robles, Félix González, Rafael del Río
Featuring: Blue Demon, Black Shadow, Gory Guerrero, Rene Guajardo, Frankestein, Frank Bucher, Yasuhiro Kojima, Mishima Ota, El Enfermeroo, Jorge Rubio, Relampago Cubano, Tanikawa.
25. Santo vs. Infernal Men (1961)
77 min | Adventure, Mystery
El Santo helps an undercover agent take down a gang of drug smugglers.
Directors: Joselito Rodríguez, Enrique Zambrano | Stars: Joaquín Cordero, Gina Romand, Enrique Zambrano, Jorge Marx
Votes: 135
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés.
26. Santo vs. the Evil Brain (1961)
TV-14 | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An undercover police officer is kidnapped by Dr. Campos who brainwashes him into becoming a member of his gang.
Director: Joselito Rodríguez | Stars: Joaquín Cordero, Norma Suárez, Enrique Zambrano, Alberto Inzúa
Votes: 206
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés.
27. La máscara de la muerte (1961)
90 min | Western
Director: Zacarías Gómez Urquiza | Stars: Luis Aguilar, Fernando Fernández, Rosa de Castilla, Jaime Fernández
Featuring: La Sombra Vengadora.
28. El buena suerte (1961)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Miguel Aceves Mejía, Sara García, Olivia Michel, Alfredo Sadel
NOT A LUCHA FILM Featuring: Nathanael León (Frankestein), Sadel.
29. Escuela de valientes (1961)
90 min | Comedy, Western
An early 1960s Mexican western in the vaquero style. Recently widowed ranch owner Gabriela Bermúdez is facing trouble from neighboring haciendado Don Atenor. Her aunt, Tia Lola, tells her ... See full summary »
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Eulalio González, Rosita Quintana, Arturo Martínez, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 18
Musical comedy with a match between comedian "Piporro" and Nathanael León.
30. El misterio de Huracán Ramírez (1962)
86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Joselito Rodríguez | Stars: Titina Romay, Pepe Romay, David Silva, Carmelita González
Votes: 23
Featuring: Huracán Ramírez, Tonina Jackson, Sheik Mar Allah, Frankenstein, El Bigotes, Lobo Negro, Fernando Osés, Jean Safont, La amenaza negra.
31. Santo vs. the Zombies (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Horror, Action
Wrestling superhero Santo battles an evil scientist who has created a race of zombies.
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Santo, Armando Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Dagoberto Rodríguez
Votes: 240
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés, Black Shadow, Gory Guerrero, Sugi Sito, El Gladiador, El Bulldog, Firpo Segura, Joe Silva, Cacama.
32. Santo vs. the Vampire Women (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Horror
A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnaping her and marrying her to the devil.
Director: Alfonso Corona Blake | Stars: Santo, Lorena Velázquez, María Duval, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 1,498
Featuring: Santo, Cavernario Galindo, El Indio, Black Shadow, Bobby Bonales, Eduardo Bonada.
33. Santo vs. the King of Crime (1962)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
El Santo and his loyal friends will try to disarm a dangerous criminal organization.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Fernando Casanova, Ana Bertha Lepe, Roberto Ramírez Garza, Begoña Palacios
Votes: 64
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés.
34. La venganza de la sombra (1962)
85 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The Shadow's best friend is killed by a group of assailants, and now he and the Zorro Escarlata have sworn to take revenge.
Director: Zacarías Gómez Urquiza | Stars: Luis Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Cuco Sánchez
Votes: 8
Featuring: La Sombra Vengadora, Eduardo Bonada.
35. Asesinos de la lucha libre (1962)
90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Director: Manuel Muñoz | Stars: Miguel Aceves Mejía, Joaquín Cordero, Julio Aldama, Lilia Prado
Votes: 12
Featuring: Fernando Osés, Bobby Bonales, Cavernario Galindo, Black Shadow (Alejandro Cruz), Gory Guerrero.
36. Los autómatas de la muerte (1962)
80 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood... See full summary »
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Julio Alemán, Armando Silvestre, Roberto Ramírez Garza
Votes: 216
Featuring: Neutrón (Wolf Ruvinskis)
37. Sangre en el ring (1962)
80 min | Action, Drama
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Begoña Palacios, Silvia Fournier, Armando Silvestre
Featuring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Lobo Negro.
38. El señor Tormenta (1963)
85 min | Drama, Action, Crime
Gambling manager Zavala's henchmen beat up the Cavernario wrestler for not losing a match. Then Zavala makes the star of the star Patricia, girlfriend of the promising César, to bribe him when he faces the incorruptible Señor Tormenta.
Directors: Fernando Fernández, Alberto Mariscal | Stars: Julio Aldama, Angélica María, Jaime Fernández, Eric del Castillo
Votes: 14
Featuring: Black Shadow, Frankenstein, Murciélago Velazquez, Rito Romero, Sugi Sito.
39. Santo in the Hotel of Death (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Mystery
Mystery and suspense catches up with our crime-fighting heroes once again.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Fernando Casanova, Ana Bertha Lepe, Roberto Ramírez Garza, Alfredo Wally Barrón
Votes: 82
Featuring: Santo, Black Shadow.
40. Santo vs. the Diabolical Brain (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The legendary El Santo continues to fight against crime and evil.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Fernando Casanova, Ana Bertha Lepe, Roberto Ramírez Garza, Luis Aceves Castañeda
Votes: 68
Featuring: Santo, Frankenstein.
41. Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)
92 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
El Santo, the masked Mexican wrestler, investigates a series of kidnappings. He discovers that the mysterious Doctor Caroll is using the victims as part of his experiments to develop an ... See full summary »
Directors: Alfonso Corona Blake, Manuel San Fernando | Stars: Santo, Claudio Brook, Norma Mora, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 351
Featuring: Santo, Beny Galán, Cavernario Galindo, El Tigre del Ring.
42. Doctor of Doom (1963)
77 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A mad scientist terrorizes a city by kidnapping young women with his ape-man Gomar and then using them as subjects in sadistic brain transplant experiments. A female wrestler whose sister ... See full summary »
Directors: René Cardona, Manuel San Fernando | Stars: Lorena Velázquez, Armando Silvestre, Elizabeth Campbell, Roberto Cañedo
Votes: 367
Featuring: Lorena Velázquez as Gloria Venus, Elizabeth Campbell as Golden Rubi, Güera Solís, Magdalina Caballero, Toña 'La Tapatia, Irma Gonzalez, Murcielago Velazquez, Cavernario Galindo, Reyes Oliva, Raúl Reyes, Gori Casanova, Mario Texas, Gerardo Zepeda.
43. Neutrón contra el Dr. Caronte (1963)
80 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
Neutron, a superhero/wrestler, goes up against a mad scientist and his army of monsters.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Julio Alemán, Armando Silvestre, Rosita Arenas
Votes: 66
Featuring: Neutrón (Wolf Ruvinskis)
44. Tormenta en el ring (1963)
85 min | Drama, Action, Crime
The priest wants to fight again despite the medical ban and he does so even though Zavala's henchmen, now in complicity with the mafioso Colatti, hurt his hand.
Director: Fernando Fernández | Stars: Julio Aldama, Miguel Arenas, Elisa Asperó, Mario Cid
Featuring: Rito Romero, René Guajardo, Cavernario Galindo, Sugi Sito, Black Shadow, Álvaro Velazco, Murciélago Velazquez, Frankestein, Ray Mendoza, Raul Reyes.
45. La sombra blanca (1963)
84 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Fernando Fernández | Stars: Crox Alvarado, Miguel Arenas, Ramón Bugarini, Rosa Carmina
Featuring: Félix Gonzáles as 'La sombra blanca'.
46. Neutron vs. the Maniac (1964)
81 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Gina Romand, Rodolfo Landa, Chucho Salinas
Votes: 40
Featuring: Neutrón (Wolf Ruvinskis)
47. The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964)
85 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
If you've ever longed for a movie about wrestling women who take on various monsters, this is it. There is Xochitl, a female mummy, and her lover Tezomoc who is also a mummy, and he can ... See full summary »
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Lorena Velázquez, Armando Silvestre, Elizabeth Campbell, María Eugenia San Martín
Votes: 395
Featuring: Lorena Velázquez as Gloria Venus, Elizabeth Campbell as Golden Rubi, Güera Solís, Magdalena Caballero, Toña 'La Tapatia, Chabela Romero, Irma Gonzalez, Murcielago Velazquez, Cavernario Galindo, Reyes Oliva, Raúl Reyes, Gori Casanova, Mario Texas, Mishima Ota, Uroki Sito, Nathanael León, Gerardo Zepeda, Reyes Oliva.
48. El ciclón de Jalisco (1964)
75 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Julio Aldama, Lucha Moreno, Daniel 'Chino' Herrera, José Elías Moreno
Featuring: Julio Aldama as 'El ciclón'.
49. Las chivas rayadas (1964)
80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family.
Directors: Manuel Muñoz, Alberto Mariscal | Stars: Antonio Espino, Sara García, Dacia González, Eric del Castillo
Votes: 19
Featuring: Crox Alvarado.
50. Los fenómenos del futbol (1964)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Directors: Manuel Muñoz, Alberto Mariscal | Stars: Antonio Espino, Sara García, Kitty de Hoyos, Dacia González
Votes: 13
Featuring: Crox Alvarado, Cavernario Galindo.
51. The Diabolical Axe (1965)
74 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
El Santo is chased throughout 4 centuries by a mysterious masked man called El Encapuchado Negro.
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Santo, Lorena Velázquez, Fernando Osés, Beatriz González
Votes: 145
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés, Lobo Negro.
52. Santo vs. the Strangler (1965)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Musical
Santo battles the Strangler.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Santo, María Duval, Roberto Cañedo, Ofelia Montesco
Votes: 85
Featuring: Santo.
53. Blue Demon: El Demonio Azul (1965)
77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A professor challenges a mad scientist who turns himself into a werewolf.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Jaime Fernández, Rosa María Vázquez, Mario Orea
Votes: 51
Featuring: Blue Demon, Frankenstein, Fernando Osés.
54. Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins (1965)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Ariadne Welter, Chucho Salinas, Rodolfo Landa
Votes: 25
Featuring: Neutrón (Wolf Ruvinskis), Fernando Osés, Gerardo Zepeda.
55. She-Wolves of the Ring (1965)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Action
Los problemas Íntimos y las maldades de sus amigos los resuelven en el ring.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Lorena Velázquez, Elizabeth Campbell, María Eugenia San Martín, Sonia Infante
Votes: 71
Featuring: Lorena Velázquez as Gloria Venus, Elizabeth Campbell as Golden Rubi, Chabela Romero, Martha 'Güera' Solís, Marina Rey, Refugio González, René 'Copetes' Guajardo, Murcielago Velázquez, Cavernario Galindo, Black Shadow, Ray Mendoza, Dorrell Dixon, Hombre Montaña, Gerardo Zepeda, Reyes Oliva.
56. Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers (1965)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Masked hero El enmascarado de oro faces a criminal that turns invisible.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Ana Bertha Lepe, Guillermo Murray, Carlos Agostí, Adriana Roel
Votes: 41
Featuring: Ray Mendoza, René 'Copetes' Guajardo, Dorrell Dixon, El Bizarro, 'Karloff' Lagarde, Jorge Rivero.
57. El hijo de Huracán Ramírez (1966)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.
Director: Joselito Rodríguez | Stars: Pepe Romay, Titina Romay, David Silva, Carmelita González
Votes: 22
Featuring: Huracán Ramírez, Frankenstein, Profesor Landru , Sheik Mar Allah, Toniu Marcus, Rudy Mar Allah, El Inquisador, Kirgvan Kid, Cacama, El Hindu, Mario Prado.
58. Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler (1966)
82 min | Adventure, Horror
The ghost of the Strangler seeks revenge on Santo.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Santo, Roberto Cañedo, María Duval, Carlos López Moctezuma
Votes: 73
Featuring: Santo, Espanto I, Espanto II, Gerardo Zepeda.
59. Grave Robbers (1966)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Santo investigates a series of grave robberies.
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Santo, Gina Romand, Mario Orea, Jorge Peral
Votes: 54
Featuring: Santo, Frankenstein, Lobo Negro.
60. Blue Demon vs. el poder satánico (1966)
75 min | Action, Mystery, Horror
The film begins early in the century with our villain, apparently some sort of sorcerer or alchemist. His "satanic power" manifests itself rather arbitrarily throughout the movie in various... See full synopsis »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Martha Elena Cervantes, Jaime Fernández, Queta Garay
Votes: 77
Featuring: Blue Demon, Lobo Negro, Santo, El Nazi, Ray Mendoza, Fernando Osés.
61. Los endemoniados del ring (1966)
88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two masked wrestling heroes known as Angel and Satan must investigate a criminal scheme involving fixed wrestling matches and murders.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: 'Karloff' Lagarde, René 'Copetes' Guajardo, Armando Silvestre, Emily Cranz
Votes: 19
Featuring: René Guajardo (Ángel), Karloff Lagarde (Satán), Jorge Rivero, Fernando Osés, Beny Galán, Jean Safont.
62. La mano que aprieta (1966)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.
Directors: Alfredo B. Crevenna, Tito Novaro | Stars: 'Karloff' Lagarde, René 'Copetes' Guajardo, Gina Romand, Andrés Soler
Votes: 24
Featuring: René Guajardo (Ángel), Karloff Lagarde (Satán), Fernando Osés, Antonio Montoro, Mishima Ota, Beny Galán, Humberto Garza, Jorge Allende, Jean Saffon, Mario Texas.
63. Superargo vs. Diabolicus (1966)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A superhero battles a madman who is plotting to steal uranium in order to take over the world.
Director: Nick Nostro | Stars: Giovanni Cianfriglia, Gérard Tichy, Loredana Nusciak, Mónica Randall
Votes: 394
ITALIA-SPAIN COPRODUCTION
Movie influenced by lucha, spies and superheroes films.
Featuring: Superargo
64. Cada quién su lucha (1966)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Comedy
Two friends seeking good luck are brainwashed by a corrupt magician who manipulates wrestling matches for his own personal gain.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Marco Antonio Campos, Gaspar Henaine, María Duval, Baby Bell
Votes: 35
Featuring: Frankestein, bodybuilder Eduardo Silvestre and comedian Capulina.
65. Baron Brakola (1967)
77 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The evil Baron Brakola wakes up from his sleep in order to take revenge and defeat the man in the silver mask.
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Santo, Fernando Osés, Mercedes Carreño, Antonio de Hud
Votes: 54
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés, Beny Galán, Juan Garza.
66. Santo vs. the Martian Invasion (1967)
92 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The masked wrestler battles Martians intent on taking over Earth.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Santo, Wolf Ruvinskis, Ignacio Gómez, Beny Galán
Votes: 376
Featuring: Santo, Wolf Ruvinskis, El Nazi, Beny Galán, Ham Lee.
67. The Panther Women (1967)
TV-PG | 87 min | Horror, Action, Sci-Fi
The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice. The fighters will face them up and down the ring.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Ariadne Welter, Elizabeth Campbell, Tongolele, Eric del Castillo
Votes: 130
Featuring: El Angel, Betty Grey, Marina Rey, Guadalupe Delgado, Judith Mercado, Murcielago Velázquez, Cavernario Galindo, Reyes Oliva, Ariadna Welter (Venus), Elizabeth Campbell (Rubí).
68. Operation 67 (1967)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy.
Directors: René Cardona Jr., René Cardona | Stars: Santo, Jorge Rivero, Elizabeth Campbell, Noé Murayama
Votes: 91
Featuring: Santo, Jorge Rivero, Henry Pilusso, Manuel Galavis, Ray Mendoza, Tony Sugar, Jean Safont.
69. Goldface, the Fantastic Superman (1967)
100 min | Adventure
During businessman Matthews's party his industrial property was attacked and destroyed by terrorists of the megalomaniac, The Cobra.
Director: Bitto Albertini | Stars: Espartaco Santoni, Evi Marandi, Attilio Severini, Micaela Pignatelli
Votes: 87
ITALIA-SPAIN-VENEZUELA COPRODUCTION
Out of all Bitto Albertini's martial arts films, this one shows the greater influence from the mexican genre.
70. Hellish Spiders (1968)
Not Rated | 85 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
Arácnea's residents have been desperately searching for a source of food to save the life of their queen. Earth is chosen, since human brains are apparently like health food for alien spiders.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Blanca Sánchez, Martha Elena Cervantes, Ramón Bugarini
Votes: 89
Featuring: Blue Demon, Fernando Osés, Frankestein, Juan Garza, Cacama.
71. Blue Demon: Destructor of Spies (1968)
TV-PG | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The future of the world rests on Blue Demon's shoulders yet again when crazy scientists create a mind-control machine and put an evil plan in motion.
Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Carlos East, Maura Monti, Alma Delia Fuentes
Votes: 43
Featuring: Blue Demon, Cavernario Galindo.
72. Blue Demon contra cerebros infernales (1968)
TV-14 | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A wrestling hero helps the police in their battle against a mad doctor and his army of female zombies.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: David Reynoso, Ana Martín, Noé Murayama, Dagoberto Rodríguez
Votes: 50
Featuring: Blue Demon, Murcielago Velázquez, Black Shadow, Cavernario Galindo.
73. Pasaporte a la muerte (1968)
85 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Agent Zero and his gang must battle against an evil doctor and his powerful android. Sequel to Blue Demon destructor de espías.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Eric del Castillo, Maura Monti
Votes: 34
Featuring: Blue Demon.
74. Blue Demon contra las diabólicas (1968)
87 min | Crime, Thriller
A Mad Doctor has kidnapped and made a group of cape wearing, go-go booted women his servants. They assist him in kidnapping politicians and millionaires so that he can in turn, make them ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: David Reynoso, Ana Martín, Carlos Agostí, Barbara Angely
Votes: 38
Featuring: Blue Demon.
75. Santo vs. the Villains of the Ring (1968)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Santo fights a group of phony spiritualists who are trying to scam his goddaughter out of her 6-million-peso inheritance.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Santo, Wolf Ruvinskis, Silvia Fournier, Graciela Lara
Votes: 55
Featuring: Santo, Wolf Ruvinskis, Jean Safont, Dick Medrano, Ray Mendoza, Beny Galán, El Nazi, Ham Lee.
76. The Witches Attack (1968)
TV-14 | 76 min | Adventure, Horror, Fantasy
Santo must battle an evil witch and the demons and evil spirits she brings up from Hell.
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Santo, Lorena Velázquez, María Eugenia San Martín, Ramón Bugarini
Votes: 147
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés, Lobo Negro, Juan Garza, Rito Romero.
77. The Treasure of Montezuma (1968)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Santo and Jorge Rivero team up to stop an international syndicate from stealing Mexico's greatest treasure.
Directors: René Cardona Jr., René Cardona | Stars: Santo, Jorge Rivero, Amadee Chabot, Maura Monti
Votes: 68
Featuring: Santo, Jorge Rivero, Ray Mendoza, Henry Pilusso.
78. La sombra del murciélago (1968)
90 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A former wrestler called "the bat" lives in hiding after being disfigured and plans to kidnap a beautiful female singer and a lucha libre star known as Blue Demon.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Jaime Fernández, Marta Romero, Alejandro Moreno, Fernando Osés
Votes: 47
Featuring: Murcielago Velázquez, Blue Demon, Juan Garza, Fernando Osés.
79. The Bat Woman (1968)
80 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Batwoman is called to investigate a whacked-out scientist who is capturing wrestlers and using their spinal fluid to create a Gill Man.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Maura Monti, Roberto Cañedo, Héctor Godoy, David Silva
Votes: 1,018
Featuring: Maura Monti as La Mujer Murciélago (with a stand-in for lucha scenes), Ofelia Chávez, Manuel Capetillo.
80. Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A masked wrestler/superhero goes up against a madman and his army of robots.
Director: Paolo Bianchini | Stars: Giovanni Cianfriglia, Guy Madison, Luisa Baratto, Diana Lorys
Votes: 421
ITALIA-SPAIN COPRODUCTION
Sequel to 'Superargo contro Diabolikus'.
81. Los canallas (1968)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The leader and villain of the movie is called Kadena, a buxom girl, who is the real deal of the gang "Hell's Angels" and whose goal is to kill the Mil Mascaras as sending to jail to his ... See full summary »
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Mil Máscaras, Regina Torné, Manolo Muñoz, David Silva
Votes: 30
Featuring: Mil Máscaras, Dorrell Dixon, Juan Garza.
82. La venganza de Huracán Ramirez (1969)
87 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Joselito Rodríguez | Stars: Pepe Romay, Titina Romay, David Silva, Carmelita González
Votes: 24
Featuring: Huracán Ramírez, Jean Safont, Tonina Jackson, Nemorio Callejas, Sheik Mar Allah.
83. Blue Demon y las invasoras (1969)
87 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Blue Demon must battle against a group of alien women looking to kidnap men from planet earth.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Regina Torné, Gilda Mirós, Agustín Martínez Solares
Votes: 44
Featuring: Blue Demon, Juan Garza, Dorrell Dixon.
84. Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (1969)
81 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mexican wrestler El Santo invents a time machine. After somebody uses the machine to find the hidden location of Drácula's treasure, El Santo must hunt down the vampire.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Santo, Aldo Monti, Noelia Noel, Roberto G. Rivera
Votes: 559
Featuring: Santo, Lobo Negro.
85. Santo vs. Capulina (1969)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Capulina is a night-watchman in a warehouse, a perfect job for him. When some thieves break in and steal some crates, El Santo is after them because they are using the warehouse for diamond... See full summary »
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Gaspar Henaine, Santo, Liza Castro, Crox Alvarado
Votes: 111
Featuring: Santo, Juan Garza, Frankenstein, Hijo del Santo (As a child).
86. Mil máscaras (1969)
80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Wrestling superhero Mil Máscaras battles bad guys.
Director: Jaime Salvador | Stars: Mil Máscaras, Malú Reyes, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Eric del Castillo
Votes: 26
Featuring: Mil Máscaras, Frankestein.
87. Las vampiras (1969)
91 min | Horror
A wrestler (Mil Máscaras) tries to break up a covey of vampires, led by the King of Vampires (Carradine)
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: John Carradine, María Duval, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mil Máscaras
Votes: 93
Featuring: Mil Máscaras.
88. Enigma de muerte (1969)
90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Mil Mascaras investigates a nest of fifth-columnists operating out of a carnival led by a Nazi (John Carradine) attempting to resurrect the Third Reich posing as a circus clown .
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: John Carradine, Mil Máscaras, María Duval, Isela Vega
Votes: 44
Featuring: Mil Máscaras, Juan Garza.
89. Santo in the Border of Terror (1981)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Santo runs into a mad doctor turning immigrants into mind-controlled zombie slaves.
Director: Rafael Pérez Grovas | Stars: Santo, Gerardo Reyes, Carmen del Valle, Carlos Suárez
Votes: 71
Featuring: Santo, Carnicero Aguilar, Cien Caras, Jungla, Mocho Kotta, 'Karloff' Lagarde, Bobby Lee, Ringo Mendoza, Jean Safont.
90. Cazadores de espías (1969)
85 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Carlos East, Eleazar García, Leonorilda Ochoa, Maura Monti
Votes: 23
Featuring: Carlos East as Rayo de oro, Nathanael León.
91. Las luchadoras vs el robot asesino (1969)
TV-G | 80 min | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
A lady wrestler and her police-officer boyfriend battle a mad scientist who has developed a murderous killer robot and uses it to kidnap wealthy people.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Joaquín Cordero, Regina Torné, Héctor Lechuga, Malú Reyes
Votes: 76
Featuring: Regina Torné as Gaby, Malú Reyes as Gemma, several uncredited luchadoras.
92. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
R | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A doctor tries to save his son's life through a complicated heart transplant operation, the involuntary donor being a gorilla. Eventually, the young man turns into a violent hybrid beast.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: José Elías Moreno, Carlos López Moctezuma, Armando Silvestre, Norma Lazareno
Votes: 1,229
Featuring: Some uncredited luchadoras.
93. Santo Faces Death (1969)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of international criminals lead by Dr. Igor steal a large emerald from a Colombian mine and plan to sell it on the black market. Santo works with the Colombian authorities in an attempt to recover the emerald and to stop Dr. Igor.
Directors: Manuel Bengoa, Enrique López Eguiluz, Fernando Orozco | Stars: Santo, Johana Aloha, Frank Braña, Ramiro Corso
Votes: 67
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés.
Featuring: Santo (actually portrayed by a Colombian luchador in this co-production)
94. Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
To foil his plan for world domination, wrestling superheroes El Santo and Blue Demon battle the mad Dr. Halder and his army of reanimated monsters.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Santo, Alejandro Moreno, Ivan J. Rado, Carlos Ancira
Votes: 448
Featuring: Santo, Blue Demon, Black Shadow, Cavernario Galindo, Juan Garza.
95. Santo contra Blue Demon en la Atlántida (1970)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A Nazi scientist threatens to destroy civilization with a nuclear bomb from his base in Atlantis. Santo must deactivate it in time to stop his plan to revive the Third Reich.
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Santo, Alejandro Moreno, Ivan J. Rado, Agustín Martínez Solares
Votes: 142
Featuring: Santo, Blue Demon.
96. The World of the Dead (1970)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This time Santo and Blue Demon must take on a 300 year-old witch with a really bad attitude. She raises a legion of zombies and sends them to fight Santo in his home and in the rings. Talk about a rude interruption to a wrestling match .
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Santo, Alejandro Moreno, Pilar Pellicer, Carlos León
Votes: 121
Featuring: Santo, Blue Demon.
97. Santo vs. the Riders of Terror (1970)
TV-14 | 80 min | Western
Después de que un grupo de leprosos violentos se escapan de un sanatorio, robando varias granjas, los residentes de la ciudad exigen al sheriff que tome acción. Mientras tanto, un criminal ... See full summary »
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Santo, Armando Silvestre, Julio Aldama, Mary Montiel
Votes: 151
Featuring: Santo, Frankenstein.
98. Superzan El Invencible (1971)
TV-PG | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Tres extraterrestres aterrizan en la Tierra, y se hacen amigos de un niño pequeño pastor. pistolas de rayos de los alienígenas pueden "congelar" las personas, y que pueden desaparecer y reaparecer a voluntad.
Directors: Federico Curiel, Ángel Rodríguez | Stars: Raúl Martínez, Superzan, Federico Curiel, Johnny Laboriel
Votes: 34
Featuring: Superzan, Rayo de Jalisco, Anibal, Tinieblas, El Rostro, El Fantasma Blanco, César Valentino, Perro Aguayo, Rolando Valentino, Chino Chow, El Greco, El Charro del Misterio.
99. The Vengeance of the Vampire Women (1970)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Doctor Igor Brancov brings back to life a group of vampire women who swear revenge on Santo as he is the descendant of the man who defeated them back in the 19th century,
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Santo, Norma Lazareno, Gina Romand, Aldo Monti
Votes: 112
Featuring: Santo, Fernando Osés.
100. Los campeones justicieros (1971)
80 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Five luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, La Sombra Vengadora, Tinieblas plus Black Shadow) face off against a mad scientist and his army of powerful wrestling midgets.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Alejandro Moreno, Mil Máscaras, El Médico Asesino, Alejandro Cruz
Votes: 191
Featuring: Blue Demon, Mil Máscaras, El Médico Asesino, Black Shadow, Tinieblas, Sombra Vengadora.
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