René Cardona Jr.

Director, writer, actor and producer · Died February 5, 2003, aged 63 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

René Cardona Jr. (1939-2003) was a Mexican filmmaker and actor, son of well-known Mexican director René Cardona, and the father of Rene Cardona III (also an actor/director).

Biography from TMDB.

Born: May 11, 1939
Died: February 5, 2003 (aged 63)
From: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Works as: Director, writer, actor and producer
Titles: 32 on MovieCove · 130 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 14% in 30 days

What are René Cardona Jr.'s films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Action9 titles19^th

Adventure8 titles31^st

Comedy8 titles49^th

Drama2 titles63^rd

Horror2 titles5^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

32%

Bonds

25%

Power

15%

Self

Morality

Society

Ideas

Survival13 Family bonds7 Identity4 Romantic love3 Deception3 Community4 Freedom3 Violence3

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 3 · Wry 4 · Earnest 24

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 8 · Dark 6

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 19 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 12 · Charged 11 · Intense 8

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 19 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 5

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 1

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 24 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 16 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 5

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Dread

Joyful

Thrilling

Warm

Other

How their films linger

Fun18 Feel-good15 Unsettling9 Haunting5 Hopeful4 Infuriating3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy12
Bittersweet12
Tragic1
Ambiguous5
Cyclical1

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 René Cardona Jr.'s films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Vemox Cine7 titles, show their 7 titles on Vemox Cine
Midnight Pulp3 titles, show their 3 titles on Midnight Pulp
Cineverse2 titles, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
ViX2 titles, show their 2 titles on ViX
Best of British Television1 title, show their title on Best of British Television
Screambox1 title, show their title on Screambox
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for René Cardona Jr.'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

130 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page.

¡Qué rica la risa! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Director
La vida loca: Muñecos a la orden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Director
Las pasiones de sor Juana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Producer
Cuando calienta el sol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director · Writer
Que bonita familia: Papá 2000 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director
Secretarias privadísimas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Director
Angel of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Associate Producer
De ladito me da risa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Director · Script
No se puede con la risa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Director · Script
La buenota risa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Script
La risa calientita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Script
Más sabroso con la risa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Script
Me ganó la risa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Script
La risa en vacaciones 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Director
La Risa En Vacaciones 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
La Risa En Vacaciones 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director · Producer · Writer
A Woman's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Director
The Man in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Director · Producer · Writer
La risa en vacaciones 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Director · Writer
La risa en vacaciones 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Director
Dónde quedó la bolita(1993)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
La risa en vacaciones 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Director
La risa en vacaciones 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Director
Dangerous Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Director
Deliciosa Sinvergüenza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Director · Screenplay
Furia asesina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Director · Writer
Laughing while on vacations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Director
Goza conmigo(1990)
Director · Producer
Me muero de la risa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Director · Script
Santa Sangre(1989)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Playback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Director · Writer
Placeres divertidos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Director
Sabor a mí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Director · Writer
But I'm Still the King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Director
Beaks: The Movie(1987)
Director · Producer · Writer · as Soldier (as Al Coster)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Escápate conmigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Director
Fiebre de Amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Director · Screenplay
La Casa Que Arde de Noche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Director
Treasure of the Amazon(1985)
Director · Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Siempre en domingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Director
¡¡Cachún Cachún Ra-Ra!! (Una loca, loca, preparatoria) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Director
Escuela de Placer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Director · Writer
Adiós Lagunilla, adiós(1986)
Director
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Buenas y con... movidas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Director · Writer
Chile Picante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Director · Story
Huevos rancheros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Director
Johnny Chicano(1981)
Producer
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Burlesque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Director · Screenplay
Under Siege(1980)
Director · Author
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Carlos El Terrorista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Screenplay
Guyana: Cult of the Damned(1979)
Director · Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Cyclone(1978)
Director · Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Bermuda Triangle(1978)
Director · Adaptation · Executive Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Gorilla's King(1977)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Tintorera: Killer Shark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Director · Screenplay
Survive!(1976)
Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Viaje fantástico en globo(1975)
Director
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
El pequeño Robin Hood(1975)
Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
El valle de los miserables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Director · Writer
La disputa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Director
Island of Lost Souls(1974)
Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Guns and Guts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Director · Producer
La tigresa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Director
The Invasion of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Producer · Writer
Masajista de señoras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Director
Zindy the Swamp Boy(1973)
Director · Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Peluquero de señoras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Director
Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada(1973)
Director · Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Un pirata de doce años(1972)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Vanessa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Director · Screenplay
Night of 1000 Cats(1972)
Director · Producer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
La Martina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Director
¡Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Director
Bang bang al hoyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Director
Caín, Abel... y el Otro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Director · Story
Espérame en Siberia, vida mía(1971)
Director · Adaptation
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Departamento de soltero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Director
Robinson Crusoe(1970)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
OK Cleopatra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director
La mujer de oro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director · Writer
La hermana Trinquete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director · Writer
El cuerpazo del delito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director
Friar Juan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director · Writer
Click, fotógrafo de modelos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director · Writer
El despertar del lobo(1970)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
How to Kill my Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director · Writer
Vuelve el ojo de vidrio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Director · Actor
El ojo de vidrio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Director
Modisto de Señoras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Director
24 horas de placer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Director
Danger...! Women in Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Director · Writer
Las fieras(1969)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
El mundo de los aviones(1969)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Night of the Bloody Apes(1969)
Story
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
El día de la boda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Director
The Treasure of Moctezuma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Director
Operation 67 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director
Un par de robachicos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director
Dos pintores pintorescos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director
El matrimonio es como el demonio(1969)
Director
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
S.O.S. Operation Bikini(1967)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
A Colt, Five Dollars and Carrion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director
Juan Pistolas(1966)
Director
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
La cómplice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Director · Screenplay
Adorada enemiga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Director
El detective genial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Director · Producer
El gángster(1965)
as Chano
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Fuego en la sangre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Director
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers(1965)
Writer
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Yo, el gobernador (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Director
La edad de piedra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Actor
Elena's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Director
Buenos días, Acapulco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
as Ricardo
El raspado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Director
Un ángel de mal genio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Director
María Pistolas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Actor
Fuerte, audaz y valiente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Actor
¡En peligro de muerte! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
as Brown
Lástima de ropa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Actor
Espiritismo(1962)
as Rodolfo
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Actor
The Shameless Ones. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Rico
Mañana serán hombres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Actor
A Clean Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Actor
La ley del más rápido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Actor
El puma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Actor
Tom Thumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Special Effects Supervisor
Un mundo nuevo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Actor
El enmascarado de plata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
as Pecas
They also sing of pain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Estudiante

Career shape

A full career of 130 titles from 1950 to 2006.

Biggest box office

Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)

$3.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Santa Sangre (1989)

Midcredits 92^nd

Film career

1950Screen debut· They also sing of pain

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting19 of 130Directing98 of 130 · 19^thWriting49 of 130 · 19^thProducing16 of 130 · 16^thEditing1 of 130Other crew8 of 130

130 titles, 50 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 42 of them.

By decade

1950s6 · 5 acting · 1 crew1960s37 · 12 acting · 26 crew1970s37 · 1 acting · 37 crew1980s21 · 1 acting · 21 crew1990s23 · crew2000s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do René Cardona Jr.'s films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21^st percentile, the median of the 31 of 32 with a score; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

21^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

14^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

75^th and up1
50^th to 74^th4
25^th to 49^th10
Below 25^th16

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 31 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved1
Universally Panned3
Cult Classic2
Crowd Pleaser1
Mixed24

Most divisive · director, writer

Dónde quedó la bolita (1993)

85^th percentile spread · 67% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Santa Sangre (1989)

Midcredits 92^nd · 79% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 44/100 and the pacing 30/100 in their films, across 12 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 René Cardona Jr.'s work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 71 · intense

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

Who does René Cardona Jr. work with?

People who share at least 2 of René Cardona Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alfredo Rosas Priego shares the most, 18.

René Cardona Jr.

What are René Cardona Jr.'s films like?

Genres

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Moods and endings

Where can I watch René Cardona Jr.'s films?

Filmography

Career shape

Film career

By role

By decade

How do René Cardona Jr.'s films land?

Shape of the crowd

Is René Cardona Jr.'s work okay for kids?

Who does René Cardona Jr. work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers