Screenplay: Adolfo Torres Portillo

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Adolfo Torres Portillo. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Crying Woman

1960 · Movie · 75 min. · Mexico

5.6

48 votes

5.6

48 votes

5.5

36 votes

Lagunilla, mi barrio

1981 · Movie · 99 min. · Mexico

5.2

35 votes

5.2

35 votes

Son of My Life

1972 · Movie · 95 min. · Mexico

Direction Rafael Baledón

Cast Enrique Cuenca · Eduardo Manzano · Marco Antonio Muñiz · Hugo Stiglitz

Plot Gordolfo, a self-stylized ladies man, and his doting mother (Naborita) help out a childhood friend claim an inheritance by beating the feared wrestler Tulipan Jones.

4.9

21 votes

4.9

21 votes

Santa Claus

1959 · Movie · 94 min. · Mexico

Direction René Cardona

Cast José Elias Moreno · Cesáreo Quezadas "Pulgarcito" · José Luis Aguirre · Polo Ortín

Plot Santa Claus, high above the North Pole in his cloud-borne castle equipped with more surveillance devices than the Impossible Mission Force, prepares to deliver presents on Christmas night. Santa is...

4.2

48 votes

4.2

48 votes

El arracadas

1978 · Movie · 110 min. · Mexico

4.2

36 votes

4.2

36 votes

Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb

1960 · Movie · 87 min. · Mexico

Direction René Cardona

Cast Joselito · Cesáreo Quezadas "Pulgarcito" · Enrique Rambal · Oscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Plot Joselito lives with his grandmother in a fishing village. His father went to America some time ago to make a fortune. One day, the boy decides to travel there to...

3.8

69 votes

3.8

69 votes

Ya nunca más (Never Again)

1984 · Movie · 91 min. · Mexico

Direction Abel Salazar

Cast Luis Miguel · Gonzalo Vega · Rosa Salazar Arenas · Ariadne Welter

Plot A young teenage boy with a zest for sports and singing is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. The story revolves around his shock at the way his life has...

3.4

74 votes

3.4

74 votes

The White Horse

1961 · Movie · 88 min. · Mexico

3.3

134 votes

3.3

134 votes

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El cielo y tú

1971 · Movie · 108 min. · Mexico

Direction Gilberto Gazcón

Cast Braulio Castillo · Irán Eory · Susana Salvat · Carlos East

Plot Father Mauro, a Catholic priest, loses his memory and ends in a hippie commune, where he falls in love with young Susana and gets her pregnant.

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El premio Nobel del amor

1973 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico

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Un hombre llamado el diablo

1983 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico

Direction Rafael Villaseñor Kuri

Cast Vicente Fernández · Patricia Rivera · Miguel Ángel Rodríguez · María Teresa Álvarez

Plot Stepping into a small town with the intent of getting revenge, a mysterious man interrupts the lives of the local men and women by summoning their deepest fears and desires.

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Entre monjas anda el diablo

1973 · Movie · 85 min. · Mexico

Direction René Cardona

Cast Vicente Fernández · Angélica María · Sara García · Alma Rosa Aguirre

Plot A man called "The Devil" makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the monastery.

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