Portrait of Luis Alcoriza

Writing

Luis Alcoriza

Career

Active from 1943 to 1996, busiest in 1951 and 1974 with 6 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Exterminating Angel
The Exterminating Angel
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Luis Alcoriza Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Showbiz
    0.1, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Mexican Cinema 8
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Character Study 5
  • Social Realism 4
  • Classic Comedy 3
  • Family Satire 2
  • Black Comedy 2
  • Golden Age Cinema 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)

Original Story

1990s

3 titles
Pesadilla para un rico
Pesadilla para un rico (1996)

Story, Screenplay

7,000 Days Together
7,000 Days Together (1994)

Writer

La sombra del ciprés es alargada
La sombra del ciprés es alargada (1990)

Dialogue, Director

1980s

8 titles · average score 61
All Souls' Day
All Souls' Day (1988)

Director, Writer

Living Is What Matters
Living Is What Matters (1987)

Director, Writer

Terror and Black Lace
Terror and Black Lace (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

Love Is a Strange Game
Love Is a Strange Game (1983)

Director, Writer

Han violado a una mujer (Tac-tac)
Han violado a una mujer (Tac-tac) (1982)

Writer, Director

National Calvary
National Calvary (1981)

Director, Writer

At a Lame Pace
At a Lame Pace (1980)

Director

Buscando un campeon
Buscando un campeon (1980)

Writer

1970s

15 titles · average score 72
Three Women in a Bonfire
Three Women in a Bonfire (1979)

Story

En la trampa
En la trampa (1979)

Writer

Las Fuerzas Vivas
Las Fuerzas Vivas (1975)

Director, Writer

The Other Virginity
The Other Virginity (1975)

Writer

Omen
Omen (1974)

Writer, Director

Faith, Hope and Charity
Faith, Hope and Charity (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

Story, Adaptation

The Wall of Silence
The Wall of Silence (1974)

Director, Story

National Mechanics
National Mechanics (1972)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Script

Departamento de soltero
Departamento de soltero (1971)

Story

Paradise
Paradise (1970)

Story, Adaptation

The World's Oldest Profession
The World's Oldest Profession (1970)

Director, Writer

Pancho Tequila
Pancho Tequila (1970)

Writer

1960s

18 titles · average score 78
The Door and the Butcher's Wife
The Door and the Butcher's Wife (1969)

Story, Director

Romeo contra Julieta
Romeo contra Julieta (1968)

Story, Screenplay

Dangerous Game
Dangerous Game (1967)

Writer, Director

The Gangster
The Gangster (1965)

Director, Adaptation

Tarahumara (Further and farther)
Tarahumara (Further and farther) (1965)

Director, Writer

Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) (1964)

Director

Shark Hunters
Shark Hunters (1963)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

The Exterminating Angel
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
GoodWatch score 88

Story

Tlayucan
Tlayucan (1962)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

Suicídate mi amor
Suicídate mi amor (1961)

Writer

Los Jóvenes
Los Jóvenes (1961)

Director, Writer

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
GoodWatch score 83

Writer

1950s

30 titles · average score 71
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Death in the Garden
Death in the Garden (1956)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay

La Vida No Vale Nada
La Vida No Vale Nada (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

The River and Death
The River and Death (1954)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Él
Él (1953)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay, Adaptation

The Brute
The Brute (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Gitana Tenias Que Ser
Gitana Tenias Que Ser (1953)

Story

El Siete Machos
El Siete Machos (1951)
GoodWatch score 78

Story

Si usted no puede, yo sí
Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951)

Writer

The Young and the Damned
The Young and the Damned (1950)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay

1940s

12 titles · average score 71
The Great Madcap
The Great Madcap (1949)
GoodWatch score 71

as Alfredo

Los amores de una viuda
Los amores de una viuda (1949)

Adaptation

La casa de la Troya
La casa de la Troya (1948)

as Octavio Maragota

Nocturno de amor
Nocturno de amor (1948)

Screenplay

Enrédate y verás
Enrédate y verás (1948)

Writer

Una extraña mujer
Una extraña mujer (1947)

Writer

Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala
Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala (1946)

as Jesús Nazareno

El ahijado de la muerte
El ahijado de la muerte (1946)

Screenplay

Esperanza
Esperanza (1946)

Writer

Naná
Naná (1944)

as Héctor de la Falloise (uncredited)

San Francisco de Asís
San Francisco de Asís (1944)

as Fray Bernardo de Quintavalle

Los miserables
Los miserables (1943)

as Juan Prouvaire