| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Notes |
| 1943 | El peñon de las animas | María Angela Valdivia | Miguel Zacarías | Jorge Negrete | |
| 1943 | María Eugenia | María Eugenia | Felipe Gregorio Castillo | Rafael Baledón, Manolita Saval | |
| 1943 | Doña Bárbara | Doña Bárbara | Fernando de Fuentes | Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués | |
| 1944 | La Mujer sin Alma | Teresa López | Fernando de Fuentes | Fernando Soler | |
| 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 | Antonio Momplet | Julián Soler, Stella Inda | |
| 1945 | The White Monk | Galata Orsina | Julio Bracho | Tomás Perrín, María Douglas | |
| 1945 | Vértigo | Mercedes Mallea | Antonio Momplet | Emilio Tuero, Lilia Michel, Emma Roldán | |
| 1946 | La Devoradora | Diana de Arellano | Fernando de Fuentes | Luis Aldás, Julio Villarreal | |
| 1946 | Everybody's Woman | María Romano | Julio Bracho | Armando Calvo, Alberto Galán | |
| 1946 | Enamorada | Beatriz Peñafiel | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández | |
| 1947 | The Kneeling Goddess | Raquel Serrano | Roberto Gavaldón | Arturo de Córdova, Rosario Granados | |
| 1947 | Río Escondido | Rosaura Salazar | Emilio Fernández | Fernando Fernández | |
| 1947 | Que Dios me perdone | Sofía / Lena Kovach | Tito Davison | Fernando Soler, Julián Soler | |
| 1948 | Maclovia | Maclovia | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez | |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Notes |
| 1948 | Mare Nostrum | Freyra | Rafael Gil | Fernando Rey | |
| 1949 | Just Any Woman | Nieves Blanco | Rafael Gil | Antonio Vilar, Mary Delgado | |
| 1950 | Doña Diabla | Angela "Doña Diabla" | Tito Davison | Víctor Junco, Crox Alvarado | |
| 1950 | Saturday Night | Imperia | Rafael Gil | Rafael Duran, Manólo Fábregas | |
| 1951 | The Black Crown | María Russell | Luis Saslavsky | Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman | |
| 1951 | Tragic Spell | Oliva | Mario Sequi | Rossano Brazzi, Massimo Serato, Emma Gramatica | |
| 1951 | Messalina | Messalina | Carmine Gallone | Georges Marchal, Jean Tissier | |
| 1952 | La pasión desnuda | Malva Rey | Luis Cesar Amadori | Carlos Thompson | |
| 1953 | Reportaje | Cinema Actress | Emilio Fernández | Jorge Negrete | |
| 1954 | Camelia | Camelia | Roberto Gavaldón | Jorge Mistral, Ramón Gay | |
| 1954 | El Rapto | Aurora | Emilio Fernández | Jorge Negrete, Andres Soler | |
| 1954 | The Beautiful Otero | Carolina, La Belle Otero | Richard Pottier | Jacques Bertier | |
| 1954 | French Cancan | Lola de Castro "La Belle Abesse" | Jean Renoir | Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Édith Piaf | |
| 1955 | The Heroes Are Tired | Manuella | Yves Ciampi | Yves Montand, Jean Servais, Curd Jürgens | |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Notes |
| 1955 | La Escondida | Gabriela | Roberto Gavaldón | Pedro Armendáriz, Andres Soler | |
| 1955 | Canasta de cuentos mexicanos | Luisa Bravo | Julio Bracho | Pedro Armendáriz, Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Emma Roldán | (segment "La Tigresa") |
| 1957 | Faustina | Faustina | José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Fernando Fernán Gómez, Fernando Rey | |
| 1957 | Tizoc | Maria | Ismael Rodríguez | Pedro Infante, Eduardo Fajardo | |
| 1958 | Ash Wednesday | Victoria Rivas | Roberto Gavaldón | Arturo de Córdova, Víctor Junco, Andrea Palma | |
| 1958 | Café Colón | Monica | Benito Alazraki | Pedro Armendáriz, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | |
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits | Magdalena Gamboa | Roberto Gavaldón | Jack Palance, Pedro Armendáriz | |
| 1959 | Sonatas | Niña Chole | Juan Antonio Bardem | Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Aurora Bautista | |
| 1959 | La Cucaracha | "La Cucaracha" | Ismael Rodríguez | Dolores del Río, Emilio Fernández, Pedro Armendáriz | |
| 1959 | La fièvre monte à El Pao | Inés Rojas | Luis Buñuel | Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais | |
| 1960 | The Empty Star | Olga Lang | Tito Davison | Ignacio López Tarso, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma | |
| 1961 | Juana Gallo | Juana Gallo | Miguel Zacarías | Jorge Mistral, Christiane Martel | |
| 1963 | La Bandida | María, "La Bandida" | Roberto Rodríguez | Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Katy Jurado | |
| 1962 | Si yo fuera millonario | María, "La Devoradora" | Julián Soler | Miguel Aceves Mejía | |
| 1963 | Amor y sexo (Safo '63) | Diana | Luis Alcoriza | Julio Alemán, Julio Aldama | |
| 1965 | La Valentina | Valentina Zúñiga | Rogelio A. González | Eulalio González, José Elías Moreno, Carlos Agostí | |
| 1970 | La Generala | Mariana Sampedro | Juan Ibañez | Carlos Bracho, Ignacio López Tarso | (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 | |
