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Federico Curiel

Federico Curiel

Director, actor and writer · Died June 17, 1985, aged 68 · Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Federico Curiel (19 February 1917 – 17 June 1985) was a Mexican cartoonist, caricaturist, composer, singer, actor, film director and screen writer during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 19, 1917
Died
June 17, 1985 (aged 68)
From
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Works as
Director, actor and writer
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 107 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 38 days to Oct 27Down 40% in 30 days

What are Federico Curiel's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

Genres

Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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
Power
30%
Morality
25%
Bonds
17%
Society
11%
Survival
7%
Self
7%
Ideas
3%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 5 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
7
Tense
4
Absurd
4
Melancholic
3
Romantic
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

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 Federico Curiel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Federico Curiel'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

107 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

  • El Padre trampitas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Padre superior

  • La silla vacía(1984)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bohemios de aficion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • Hombres de tierra caliente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • El Asesino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • La sangre de nuestra raza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director · Writer

  • Contacto chicano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Presos sin culpa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Las musiqueras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Dos hermanos murieron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • Ay Chihuahua no te rajes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • The Death Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • Carita de primavera(1977)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dios los cría (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director · Story

  • Atacan los karatecas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • Night of San Juan: Santo in Black Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director · Writer · as Board member

  • The Devil's Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director · Writer

  • Me caiste del cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Santo vs. the Kidnappers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Director

  • Suicide Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Director

  • National Mechanics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Nando

  • The Champions Five Supermen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Nino, las cosas simples de la vida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • The Mummies of Guanajuato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Superzan el Invencible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • El ídolo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Sr Corvino

  • Santo vs. the Vice Mafia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director

  • The Champions of Justice(1971)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Vengeance of the Vampire Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director · as Coroner

  • Cruz de amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • Quinto patio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • Enigma de muerte(1969)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Super Colt 38 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Director · Writer

  • The Vampire Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Mil Máscaras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Don Alejandro (uncredited)

  • Valentín Armienta, el vengador (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Director

  • The Psychedelic Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Writer

  • Los Asesinos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Writer

  • La sombra del murciélago(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hellish Spiders(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • El amor de María Isabel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director

  • Los canallas(1968)

    Director · as uncredited

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Empire of Dracula(1967)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Maria Isabel(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Retablos de la Guadalupana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director

  • Demonios sobre ruedas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director

  • El asalto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Story

  • The Engagement Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director

  • Frente al destino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • Juicio contra un ángel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director

  • Las hijas del Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director

  • Las dos galleras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director · Writer

  • Las vengadoras enmascaradas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director

  • Santo vs. the Diabolical Brain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Adventures of the X Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director

  • The Terrible Giant of the Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Writer

  • Tin-Tán El Hombre Mono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director

  • The Living Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay

  • Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director · Screenplay · as Music Maestro

  • Santo in the Hotel of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director · Adaptation

  • Secuestro en Acapulco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director

  • La muerte pasa lista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Santo vs. the King of Crime(1962)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • La barranca sangrienta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Adaptation · Songs · Story

  • The Brainiac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Writer · as Detective

  • Sangre en el ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • The Black Whip vs. the Impostors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Writer

  • Revenge of the Resurrected (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Writer

  • Dinamita Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • Los encapuchados del infierno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Neutrón, el enmascarado negro(1960)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • La marca del gavilán (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • El fistol del diablo IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Writer

  • The Infernal Coffin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Writer

  • Cazadores de cabezas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Writer

  • The Blood of Nostradamus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Treasure of King Solomon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • The Curse of Nostradamus(1961)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Hidden Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • El fistol del diablo II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Writer

  • El fistol del diablo III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Writer

  • El fistol del diablo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Writer

  • Dos hijos desobedientes(1960)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Black Whip vs. The Hanging Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Story · Actor

  • 800 Leagues Over the Amazon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Fragoso (as Federico Curiel 'Pichirilo')

  • I'm flying low (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • El jinete solitario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • The Mystery of The Black Whip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • The Black Whip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • The Last Rebel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • El buen ladrón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • Pablo y Carolina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • The Hawks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Perico

  • New faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • Frontera norte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Detective policía

  • Here Come The Freeloaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Actor

  • Las interesadas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Vuelve el lobo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • La justicia del lobo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • El lobo solitario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Sígueme corazón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Traigo mi 45 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Pichirilo

  • The Soft One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Brillantina

  • Los apuros de mi ahijada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 107 titles from 1951 to 1984.

Most popular right now

Maria Isabel (1968)

Film career

  • 1956Screen debut· The Hawks

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting34 of 107: 27 only acting, 7 with another roleDirecting68 of 107: 44 only directing, 24 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thWriting34 of 107: 10 only writing, 24 with another roleOther crew1 of 107: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

107 titles, 26 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1950s21 · 21 acting · 1 crew1960s55 · 7 acting · 51 crew1970s19 · 5 acting · 17 crew1980s12 · 1 acting · 11 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 Federico Curiel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 23rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

6thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 13 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · director, writer

La silla vacía (1984)

94th percentile spread · 64% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Maria Isabel (1968)

Midcredits 82nd · 70% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 53/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 6 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.

Who does Federico Curiel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Federico Curiel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fernando Osés shares the most, 6.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers