This is a filmography of María Félix, who began her career in 1942. Her role in the movie Doña Bárbara transformed her into the vamp of 1940s Mexican cinema. After her roles in the Emilio Fernández movies like Enamorada (1946), Río Escondido (1948) and Maclovia (1948), she achieved great fame in Europe.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | El peñón de las ánimas | María Angela Valdivia | ||||
| 1943 | María Eugenia | María Eugenia | Felipe Gregorio Castillo | Rafael Baledón, Manolita Saval | ||
| 1943 | Doña Bárbara | Doña Bárbara | ||||
| 1944 | La Mujer sin Alma | Teresa López | ||||
| 1944 | La China Poblana | Frances Erskine | Fernando Palacios | Tito Novaro, Miguel Inclán | ||
| 1944 | The Lieutenant Nun | Catalina / Don Alonso | Emilio Gómez Muriel | José Cibrián, Angel Garasa, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna | ||
| 1944 | Amok | Sra. Travis/Sra. Velmont | ||||
| 1945 | The White Monk | Galata Orsina | Tomás Perrín, María Douglas | |||
| 1945 | Vértigo | Mercedes Mallea | Emilio Tuero, Lilia Michel, Emma Roldán | |||
| 1946 | The Devourer | Diana de Arellano | Luis Aldás, Julio Villarreal | |||
| 1946 | Everybody's Woman | María Romano | Armando Calvo, Alberto Galán | |||
| 1946 | Enamorada | Beatriz Peñafiel | ||||
| 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess | Raquel Serrano | Arturo de Córdova, Rosario Granados | |||
| 1947 | Río Escondido | Rosaura Salazar | ||||
| 1947 | Que Dios me perdone | Sofía / Lena Kovach | Fernando Soler, Julián Soler | |||
| 1948 | Maclovia | Maclovia |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Mare Nostrum | Freyra | ||||
| 1949 | Just Any Woman | Nieves Blanco | ||||
| 1950 | Doña Diabla | Angela "Doña Diabla" | Víctor Junco, Crox Alvarado | |||
| 1950 | Saturday Night | Imperia | Rafael Duran, Manólo Fábregas | |||
| 1951 | The Black Crown | María Russell | ||||
| 1951 | Tragic Spell | Oliva | ||||
| 1951 | Messalina | Messalina | ||||
| 1952 | La pasión desnuda | Malva Rey | ||||
| 1953 | Reportaje | Cinema Actress | ||||
| 1954 | Camelia | Camelia | ||||
| 1954 | El Rapto | Aurora | Jorge Negrete, Andres Soler | |||
| 1954 | The Beautiful Otero | Carolina, La Belle Otero | ||||
| 1954 | French Cancan | Lola de Castro "La Belle Abesse" | ||||
| 1955 | The Heroes Are Tired | Manuella |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | La Escondida | Gabriela | Pedro Armendáriz, Andres Soler | |||
| 1955 | Canasta de cuentos mexicanos | Luisa Bravo | Pedro Armendáriz, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Emma Roldán | (segment "La Tigresa") | ||
| 1957 | Faustina | Faustina | ||||
| 1957 | Tizoc | Maria | Pedro Infante, Eduardo Fajardo | |||
| 1958 | Ash Wednesday | Victoria Rivas | ||||
| 1958 | Café Colón | Monica | Benito Alazraki | Pedro Armendáriz, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | ||
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits | Magdalena Gamboa | ||||
| 1959 | Sonatas | Niña Chole | ||||
| 1959 | La Cucaracha | "La Cucaracha" | ||||
| 1959 | La fièvre monte à El Pao | Inés Rojas | ||||
| 1960 | The Empty Star | Olga Lang | Ignacio López Tarso, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma | |||
| 1961 | Juana Gallo | Juana Gallo | Jorge Mistral, Christiane Martel | |||
| 1963 | La Bandida | María, "La Bandida" | ||||
| 1962 | Si yo fuera millonario | María, "La Devoradora" | ||||
| 1963 | Amor y sexo (Safo '63) | Diana | Julio Alemán, Julio Aldama | |||
| 1965 | La Valentina | Valentina Zúñiga | ||||
| 1970 | La Generala | Mariana Sampedro | (final film role) |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | El Charro Inmortal | ||
| 1979 | Mexico de mis amores | ||
| 1996 | María Félix... una conversación | ||
| 1996 | La vida de María Félix | ||
| 2002 | María Félix: La Inalcanzable Doña |