American films Edit
The Mark of Zorro (1920), with Douglas Fairbanks
Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925), with Douglas Fairbanks
The Bold Caballero (1936), with Robert Livingston
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939), with Reed Hadley
The Mark of Zorro (1940), with Tyrone Power
The Sign of Zorro (1958), with Guy Williams, portions of the first 13 Zorro TV series episodes edited into a feature film, released overseas in 1958 and domestically in 1960.
Zorro, the Avenger (1959), with Guy Williams, another theatrical compilation of several Zorro TV episodes, released overseas, and was not seen in the United States until it was eventually aired on the Disney Channel.
The Mark of Zorro (1974), a made for television movie with Frank Langella as Zorro that reuses the Alfred Newman theme from 1940's The Mark of Zorro.
Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981), a parody, with George Hamilton. Diego, Jr., breaks his leg shortly after launching his career as a new Zorro, and his gay twin brother Ramon, now calling himself Bunny Wigglesworth, volunteers to fill in while he recuperates.
The Mask of Zorro (1998), played against tradition, with Anthony Hopkins as an aged Don Diego de la Vega and Antonio Banderas as Alejandro Murrieta, a misfit outlaw/cowboy who is groomed to become the next Zorro.
The Legend of Zorro (2005), the sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro, again starring Antonio Banderas.
20th Century Fox is working on a reboot Zorro film called Zorro Reborn with Gael Garcia Bernal in the title role set in the future with a script by Glen Gers, Lee Shipman, and Brian McGeevy. Sony also plans another film with a script by Christopher Stetson Boal based on the novel by Isabel Allende as a less traditional swashbuckler and more of a Dark Knight style unveiling of the character with a new backstory, gritty realism and emotional core with swordplay, combined with the martial arts that came from Europe and created a deadly combination of action and lethal fighting systems that combined swords, daggers, grappling and bare knuckles. Sony are planning on working a Django Unchained and Zorro crossover movie.
Mexican films Edit
La Gran Aventura Del Zorro (1974), Mexican Western with Rodolfo de Anda, the first Mexican actor to play the role; with Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as the villain and set in a very primitive San Francisco Bay Area.
A similar character was "The Black Wolf" set in Monterey, California in 1846.
El lobo negro (1981) Spain & Mexico Fernando Allende
Duelo a muerte/Revenge of the Black Wolf (1981) Spain Fernando Allende
European films Edit
In addition to a variety of Zorro films, European producers also used a similar character called the Coyote.
À la manière de Zorro / In the Way of Zorro (1926) Belgium William Elie
Il sogno di Zorro (1952) Italy Walter Chiari
La montaña sin ley (1953) Spain José Suárez (Suárez is the first Spanish actor to play the role)
Zorro alla corte di Spagna / Zorro at the Spanish Court (1962) Italy George Ardisson
La venganza del Zorro / Zorro the Avenger (1962) Spain Frank Latimore
L'ombra di Zorro / The Shadow of Zorro (1962) Italy, Spain & France Frank Latimore
Le tre spade di Zorro / The Three Swords of Zorro (1963) Spain & Italy Guy Stockwell
Zorro e i tre moschettieri / Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) Italy Gordon Scott
Zorro contro Maciste / Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) Italy & Spain Pierre Brice
Il segno di Zorro (it) / Duel at the Rio Grande (1963) Spain, Italy & France Sean Flynn
El Zorro cabalga otra vez / Behind the Mask of Zorro (1965) Italy & Spain Tony Russel
Zorro il ribelle / Zorro the Rebel (1966) Italy Howard Ross
El Zorro (1968) Italy & Spain George Ardisson
I nipoti di Zorro / The Nephews of Zorro (1968) Italy Dean Reed (comedy with Franco & Ciccio)
Zorro marchese di Navarra / Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969) Italy Nino Vingelli
Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra / Zorro in the Court of England (1969) Italy Spiros Focás
El Zorro justiciero (1969) Italy & Spain Fabio Testi
La última aventura del Zorro (1970) Spain & Italy Carlos Quiney
El Zorro de Monterrey (1971) Spain & Italy Carlos Quiney
Zorro il cavaliere della vendetta / Zorro, Rider of Vengeance (1971) Spain & Italy Carlos Quiney
The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972) France, USA & West Germany Douglas Frey
Les aventures galantes de Zorro (1972) France & Belgium Jean-Michel Dhermay
Il figlio di Zorro / Son of Zorro (1973) Italy & Spain Alberto Dell'Acqua
Le meravigliose avventure di Zorro (1974) Italy
Il sogno di Zorro / Grandsons of Zorro (1975) Italy Franco Franchi
Zorro (1975) Italy & France Alain Delon
La marque de Zorro (1975) France Monica Swinn
Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro! / Mark of Zorro (1976) Italy & Spain George Hilton
The Coyote of "El Coyote" was a creation of Spanish novelist José Mallorquí Figuerola writing as Carter Mulford beginning with a novel of the same name in 1943.
El coyote (1955) Spain & Mexico Act Odón Alonso
La justicia del Coyote / Judgement of Coyote (1956) Spain & Mexico Odón Alonso
Il segno del coyote / The Sign of the Coyote (1963) Italy & Spain Fernando Casanova
La vuelta de El Coyote / The Return of El Coyote (1998) Spain José Coronado
Film serials Edit
Zorro Rides Again (1937), with John Carroll as a modern-day descendant, James Vega
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939), with Reed Hadley as the original Zorro/Don Diego de la Vega
Zorro's Black Whip (1944), with Linda Stirling as an 1880s female descendent, The Black Whip
Son of Zorro (1947), with George Turner as a Civil War descendant, Jeff Stewart
Ghost of Zorro (1949), with Clayton Moore as Ken Mason, Zorro's grandson/"The Ghost of Zorro"