Best Movies from Mexico by Director
2607
49
1961
Luis Alcoriza
Andrés Soler, Júlio Aldama, Jorge Martínez
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Religion
Mexico
Spanish
2704
64
1965
Luis Alcoriza
Ignacio López Tarso, Jaime Fernández, Aurora Clavel
Drama
Mexico
Spanish
1876
16
1994
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz
Drama / Comedy
Cuba / Mexico / Spain
Spanish
2591
48
1953
Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas
Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Michèle Cordoue
Drama / Romance
France / Mexico
French
1396
13
1992
Alfonso Arau
Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné
Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
2575
46
1995
Alfonso Arau
Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
USA / Mexico
English
896
9
2024
Jacques Audiard
Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldana, Edgar Ramírez
Comedy / Crime / Musical / Thriller / Drama
France / USA / Mexico
Spanish
2473
38
2023
Lila Avilés
Naíma Sentíes, Montserrat Marañon, Marisol Gasé
Drama
Mexico / Denmark / France
Spanish
2702
63
1959
Juan Antonio Bardem
María Félix, Francisco Rabal, Aurora Bautista
Adventure / Drama / Romance
Spain / Mexico
Spanish
2702
63
2020
Hilal Baydarov
Orkhan Iskandarli, Rana Asgarova, Huseyn Nasirov, Samir Abbasov, Kamran Huseynov
Drama
Azerbaijan / Mexico / USA
Azerbaijani
2176
28
2007
Juan Antonio Bayona
Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
2728
71
2016
Enrique Begne
Omar Chaparro, Joey Morgan, Eric Roberts, Kevin Pollak, Aislinn Derbez
Action / Comedy / Adventure
Mexico
English
134
3
1961
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
192
5
1950
Luis Buñuel
Alfonso Mejía, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Drama / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
486
8
1962
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico
Spanish
1328
12
1952
Luis Buñuel
Dan O'Herlihy, Felipe de Alba, Jaime Fernández, Chel López
Adventure / Drama
Mexico
English
1634
14
1952
Luis Buñuel
Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker,
Drama / Comedy
Mexico
Spanish
2122
24
1959
Luis Buñuel
Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo
Drama / Religion
Mexico
Spanish
2155
25
1960
Luis Buñuel
Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, Key Meersman, Crahan Denton
Drama / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2257
29
1965
Luis Buñuel
Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Hortensia Santoveña
Short / Drama / History / Comedy / Religion
Mexico
Spanish
2630
51
1955
Luis Buñuel
Miroslava Stern, Ernesto Alonso, Rita Macedo, Ariadna Welter, Eva Calvo
Comedy / Crime / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2637
52
1954
Luis Buñuel
Irasema Dilián, Jorge Mistral, Lilia Prado, Ernesto Alonso
Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
2591
48
2007
Mike Cahill
Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber
Comedy / Drama
Mexico / USA
English
2704
64
1998
Martin Campbell
Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Action / Western / Adventure / Romance / Comedy / Comic
USA / Mexico
English
2522
41
2021
Leos Carax
Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell, Angèle
Drama / Musical / Romance
France / Belgium / Germany / USA / Japan / Mexico / Switzerland
English
2707
66
2007
Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
Antonio Lerma Batista, Evaristo Lerma Batista
Drama
Mexico / UK / Canada
Tarahumara
2076
22
2002
Carlos Carrera
Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón
Drama / Romance / Religion
Mexico / Spain / Argentina / France
Spanish
2702
63
1995
Carlos Carrera
Tiaré Scanda, Fernando Torre Laphame, Guillermo Gil
Drama / Detective
Mexico
Spanish
2700
62
1976
Felipe Cazals
Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action / History
Mexico
Spanish
2725
70
2008
Mariana Chenillo
Fernando Luján, Cecilia Suárez, Verónica Langer
Comedy / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2758
76
1991
Alex Cox
Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche
Drama / Crime / Comedy
USA / Mexico
English
2758
76
1987
Alex Cox
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Assa, Rene Auberjonois
Action / Adventure / War / Drama / Biography
USA / Mexico / Spain
English
131
2
2001
Alfonso Cuarón
Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
435
7
2018
Alfonso Cuarón
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2725
70
2008
Carlos Cuarón
Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia
Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA / Mexico
Spanish
2709
67
2015
Jonás Cuarón
Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo
Drama
Mexico / France
Spanish
2704
64
1964
Raúl de Anda
Luis Aguilar, Sonia Furio, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Sonia Infante
Drama / Crime
Mexico
Spanish
149
4
2006
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
1856
15
2021
Guillermo del Toro
Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Mary Steenburgen, Willem Dafoe
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
USA / Mexico / Canada
English
2521
40
2025
Guillermo del Toro
Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Ralph Ineson
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Mexico / USA
English
2534
42
2022
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro
Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
USA / Mexico / France
English
2591
48
2001
Guillermo del Toro
Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
Spain / Mexico
Spanish
2659
54
1993
Guillermo del Toro
Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath
Drama / Horror
Mexico
English
2783
80
1991
Nicolás Echevarría
Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa
Action / Adventure / Drama / Biography
Mexico / Spain / USA / UK
Spanish
2725
70
2004
Fernando Eimbcke
Enrique Arreola, Diego Cataño, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea
Comedy / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2099
23
1932
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Sergei Bondarchuk, Grigori Aleksandrov
Documentary / Experimental / Romance
Soviet Union / USA / Mexico
Russian (Silent)
2702
63
2016
Amat Escalante
Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Edén Villavicencio
Drama
Mexico / Denmark / France / Germany / Norway / Switzerland
Spanish
2783
80
1999
Luis Estrada
Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Comedy / Crime / Mystery
Mexico
Spanish
2772
78
1975
Leonardo Favio
Juan José Camero, Marina Magali, Alfredo Alcón, Lautaro Murúa
Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Argentina / Mexico
Spanish
2375
32
1944
Emilio Fernández
Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán
Romance / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2464
37
1947
Emilio Fernández
Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués
Adventure / Drama / Romance
Mexico / USA
English
2538
43
1948
Emilio Fernández
María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Carlos López Moctezuma
Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
2630
51
1942
Emilio Fernández
David Silva, Isabela Corona, Pituka de Foronda, Carlos López
Drama / War / History
Mexico / Argentina / Spain
Spanish
2702
63
1949
Emilio Fernández
Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez
Drama
Mexico
Spanish
1908
18
1947
John Ford, Emilio Fernández
Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz
Drama / Religion
Mexico / USA
English
2562
45
2023
Michel Franco
Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Brooke Timber, Merritt Wever, Jessica Harper
Drama
USA / Mexico / Chile
English
2690
59
2020
Michel Franco
Naian Gonzalez Norvind, Diego Boneta, Mónica Del Carmen, Fernando Cuautle
Drama / Thriller
Mexico / France
Spanish
2702
63
2021
Michel Franco
Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Samuel Bottomley
Drama
France / Mexico / Sweden
English
2067
21
2009
Cary Fukunaga
Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Thriller / Drama / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2392
34
1960
Roberto Gavaldón
Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Mexico
Spanish
2609
50
1986
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Guillermina Alba, Guadalupe Del Toro, Letícia Lupercio, Arturo Meza
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
47
1
1972
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Cult
West Germany / Peru / Mexico
German
2048
20
1984
John Huston
Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Drama
Mexico / USA
English
2562
45
2022
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid
Drama / Comedy / Epic
Mexico
Spanish
401
6
2000
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal
Thriller / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
1899
17
2010
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
Drama
Spain / Mexico
Spanish
1158
11
1970
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Western / Experimental / Cult
Mexico
Spanish
2494
39
1989
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico / Italy
English
2743
74
1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara, Adriana Page
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Experimental
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2736
73
2024
Zoë Kravitz
Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat, Christian Slater, Simon Rex
Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Comedy
USA / Mexico
English
2702
63
2016
Emir Kusturica
Monica Bellucci, Emir Kusturica, Sloboda Micalovic, Predrag Manojlovic
Drama / War / Romance
Serbia / Mexico / USA / UK
Serbian
2702
63
2010
Pablo Larraán
Marcelo Alonso, Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Jaime Vadell, Antonia Zegers
Drama
Chile / Germany / Mexico
Spanish
2607
49
1982
Miguel Littin
Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi
Drama / War
Nicaragua / Cuba / Mexico / Costa Rica
Spanish
2607
49
1975
Miguel Littin
Diana Bracho, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Antonio Casab, Arturo Beristain
Drama / Thriller
Mexico
Spanish
2706
65
2022
Natalia López
Francisco Berdiales, Reina Carmona, Yaretzi Cazares, Yadira Cleto
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Mexico / Argentina / USA
Spanish
2731
72
2019
Luke Lorentzen
Fer Ochoa, Josue Ochoa, Juan Ochoa
Documentary / Action / Crime / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2647
53
1987
Luis Mandoki
Liv Ullmann, Rachel Chagall, Norma Aleandro, Robert Loggia
Drama / Biography
USA / Mexico
English
2775
79
2004
Luis Mandoki
Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Muñoz
Drama / War / Period Film
Mexico / USA / Puerto Rico
Spanish
2404
35
2017
Lucrecia Martel
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele
Drama
Argentina / Brazil / Spain / Dominican Republic / France / Netherlands / Mexico / Switzerland / USA / Portugal / Lebanon
Spanish
2696
60
2025
Gabriel Mascaro
Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Brazil / Mexico / Netherlands / Chile
Portuguese
2583
47
2004
Niels Mueller
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Brad William Henke
Drama
USA / Mexico
English
NR
-
2011
Gerardo Naranjo
Stephanie Sigman, Juan Carlos Galván, Noé Hernández
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action
Mexico
Spanish
2718
69
2010
Troy Nixey
Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale
Horror / Thriller
USA / Australia / Mexico
English
2702
63
2024
Luis Ortega
Adriana Aguirre, Roberto Carnaghi, Úrsula Corberó
Crime / Drama / Sports / Comedy / Gangster
Argentina / Spain / USA / Mexico / Denmark
Spanish
2663
55
1936
Edmund Padilla, Felix Padilla
Documentary
USA / Mexico
English (Silent)
1026
10
1974
Sam Peckinpah
Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action / Comedy / Cult
Mexico / USA
English
2698
61
2007
Rodrigo Plá
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Maribel Verdú, Daniel Tovar, Carlos Bardem
Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2663
55
1994
Lourdes Portillo
Ofelia Almeida, Jesus de la Torre
Documentary / Mystery
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2659
54
2002
Carlos Reygadas
Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Drama / Romance
Mexico / Germany / Netherlands / Spain
Spanish
2702
63
2018
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas, Natalia López, Phil Burgers, Rut Reygadas
Drama
Mexico / France / Germany / Denmark / Sweden
Spanish
2716
68
2005
Carlos Reygadas
Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz, David Bornstien
Adult / Drama / Romance
Mexico / Belgium / France / Germany
Spanish
2543
44
1996
Arturo Ripstein
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Regina Orozco, Marisa Paredes
Crime / Drama / Comedy
Mexico / France / Spain
Spanish
2392
34
1962
Ismael Rodríguez
Toshirô Mifune, Columba Domínguez, Flor Silvestre
Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2685
58
1957
Ismael Rodríguez
Pedro Infante, María Félix, Alicia del Lago
Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
2704
64
1961
Ismael Rodríguez
Antonio Aguilar, Jr., Julio Aleman, Colomba Dominguez
Adventure / Drama / Western
Mexico
Spanish
2167
27
1992
Robert Rodriguez
Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos
Action / Thriller / Crime / Gangster
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2762
77
2024
Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
Juan Jesús Varela, Yadira Pérez, Alexis Varela, Sandra Lorenzano
Drama
USA / Mexico / France
Spanish
2762
77
2006
Juan Carlos Rulfo
Sofia García López, José Guadalupe Calzada
Documentary / Biography
Mexico
Spanish
2707
66
2013
Claudia Sainte-Luce
Lisa Owen, Ximena Ayala, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén, Andrea Baeza
Drama / Comedy
Mexico
Spanish
2278
30
2016
Martin Scorsese
Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Tadanobu Asano
Drama / History / Thriller / Religion
USA / Taiwan / Mexico
English
2704
64
1960
George Sidney
Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
Comedy / Musical
Mexico / USA
English
NR
-
1970
Don Siegel
Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Manuel Fábregas, Alberto Morin
Comedy / War / Western
USA / Mexico
English
2045
19
2002
Julie Taymor
Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
USA / Canada / Mexico
English
2702
63
2018
Gonzalo Tobal
Lali Espósito, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Inés Estévez, Daniel Fanego
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Argentina / Mexico
Spanish
2718
69
1996
David Twohy
Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane, Ron Silver, Teri Polo
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Mystery / Action
USA / Mexico
English
2647
53
1981
Francis Veber
Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Corynne Charbit
Comedy / Adventure
France / Mexico
French
2445
36
1956
Carlos Velo
Luis Procuna, Consuelo Procuna, Ángel Procuna
Documentary / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2684
57
2015
Lorenzo Vigas
Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla, Catherina Cardozo
Drama
Venezuela / Mexico
Spanish
2702
63
2021
Lorenzo Vigas
Elián Gonzalez, Hernán Mendoza, Hatzín Navarrete
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2683
56
2021
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego
Drama
Colombia / Thailand / France / Germany / Mexico / Qatar / UK / China / Switzerland
English
2752
75
2015
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Thailand / UK / Germany / France / Malaysia / South Korea / Mexico / USA / Norway
Thai
2388
33
1984
Robert Zemeckis
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman
Action / Adventure / Family / Comedy / Romance
Mexico / USA
English
2330
31
2008
Erick Zonca
Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella
Drama / Thriller / Crime
France / USA / Mexico / Belgium
English
