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Best Movies from Mexico

Mexico's catalogue on Celluloid runs to 14 films spanning 1960–2026 in Spanish, led by Macario (88%) and Roma (88%). Every title is ranked by our four-input Celluloid Score with critic consensus and expert reviews on each film page.

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The highest-rated Mexico film on Celluloid is Macario (1960) with an 88% Celluloid Score — Recommended.

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Guide to Mexico Movies on Celluloid

Each film from Mexico in our catalogue includes a Celluloid Score from up to four verified inputs, original verdict text, and linked editorial reviews where available. Audience sentiment is separate.

Titles are indexed by original language and country of production for easier discovery.

Essential Mexico Picks

Top 5 by Celluloid Score
Macario 1960 · Roberto Gavaldón · Spanish

The first Mexican film nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar — a folk fable of hunger and mortality.

88%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Roma 2018 · Alfonso Cuarón · Spanish

Cuarón's black-and-white memory piece won Oscars and turned Netflix toward auteur cinema.

88%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Amores Perros 2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu · Spanish

Iñárritu's debut announced Mexico as a powerhouse of interwoven urban tragedy and raw vitality.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Y Tu Mamá También 2001 · Alfonso Cuarón · Spanish

Cuarón's coming-of-age road movie blends horniness and history with effortless Mexican cool.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Like Water for Chocolate 1992 · Alfonso Arau · Spanish

Arau's magical-realist romance became the highest-grossing Spanish-language film in the United States for years.

83%
Celluloid Score Recommended

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Macario (1960) ★★★★½

Macario (1960) Review: Supper With Death Himself

Macario is Roberto Gavaldón's Mexican fable about a starving woodcutter who shares a meal with Death on the Day of the Dead, a haunting classic of hunger and fate.

Yes. It is a haunting, beautifully shot Mexican fable about poverty and mortality, essential for classic-film lovers and anyone drawn to the Day of the Dead.
Roma (2018) ★★★★½

Roma (2018) Review: Cuarón's Memory in Black and White

Roma is Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white portrait of a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City, an intimate family drama staged with extraordinary visual scale.

Yes. It is one of the great films of its decade, essential for anyone who values patient, observational cinema, though its slow build asks for full attention.
Amores Perros (2000) ★★★★½

Amores Perros (2000) Review: Three Lives, One Collision

Amores Perros is Alejandro González Iñárritu's electrifying debut: three Mexico City stories linked by a car crash and by the dogs their characters love.

Yes. It is one of the most exciting debuts of its era and a cornerstone of modern Mexican cinema, though its violence and length demand a strong stomach.
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) ★★★★½

Y Tu Mamá También (2001) Review: A Road Trip With Hindsight

Y Tu Mamá También is Alfonso Cuarón's road movie about two teenage friends and an older woman crossing Mexico, a raunchy comedy that deepens into something profound.

Yes. It is one of the great coming-of-age films, funny and frank before it turns quietly devastating. Best for adults comfortable with explicit sexual content.
Like Water for Chocolate (1992) ★★★★☆

Like Water for Chocolate (1992) Review: Recipes for Longing

Like Water for Chocolate is Alfonso Arau's magical-realist Mexican romance about a woman forbidden to marry, whose cooking carries her feelings to all who eat it.

Yes. It is a sensual, enchanting romance and a landmark of Mexican cinema, best for viewers who enjoy magical realism and can embrace generous helpings of melodrama.
Sin Nombre (2009) ★★★★½

Sin Nombre (2009) Review: Fleeing North on the Train Roofs

Sin Nombre is Cary Joji Fukunaga's tense Spanish-language debut about a gang member and a Honduran girl riding freight trains north, raw, gripping and humane.

Yes. It is a gripping, beautifully shot migration thriller for adults who can handle harsh gang violence, and still one of the best films on the subject.
The Crime of Father Amaro (2002) ★★★★☆

The Crime of Father Amaro (2002) Review: Sin in the Sacristy

The Crime of Father Amaro stars Gael García Bernal as a young priest drawn into desire and corruption in a Mexican parish, a provocative, gripping melodrama.

Yes, with reservations. It is a gripping, provocative drama led by Gael García Bernal, best for adults who can take its blunt critique of the Church and its melodrama.
Instructions Not Included (2013) ★★★★½

Instructions Not Included (2013) Review: Laughs Before Tears

Instructions Not Included is Eugenio Derbez's warm Mexican comedy-drama about a playboy who becomes an accidental father, broad, big-hearted and moving.

Yes. It is a heartfelt, very funny crowd-pleaser with a powerful emotional pull. Perfect for families and anyone who likes comedy with real feeling.
Flies (2026)

Flies (2026) Review: Loneliness, Interrupted

Flies is Fernando Eimbcke's black-and-white Mexico City drama about a guarded woman left in charge of a stranger's young son, and it earns its tears through restraint.

Yes. It is a tender, precisely observed two-hander for viewers who like quiet dramas, even if its premise of a reluctant carer and a lonely child is familiar.
México 86 (2026)

México 86 (2026) Review: A World Cup Hustle, Played Safe

México 86 is Gabriel Ripstein's satire of how Mexico landed the 1986 World Cup, with Diego Luna as a bluffing bureaucrat. It is breezy and well cast but too polite.

It depends. Diego Luna makes this World Cup comedy fun company for football and satire fans, but viewers wanting a sharp exposé of its scandal will find it lightweight.
Psicópata: El Asesino del Conejo Blanco (2026)

Psicópata: El Asesino del Conejo Blanco Review: Folded Flat

Psicópata: El Asesino del Conejo Blanco is a Mexican serial-killer thriller with interesting ideas about trauma, undone by a muddled script and a clashing villain.

No. Despite a promising premise and a committed lead, it is too uneven to recommend; only completists of Mexican genre cinema should seek it out.
¿Quieres ser mi novia? (2026)

¿Quieres ser mi novia? (2026) Review: Jealousy on Autopilot

¿Quieres ser mi novia? reunites Ludwika Paleta and Juanpa Zurita as an age-gap couple, but the Mexican sequel swaps real conflict for manufactured jealousy.

Mostly no. The two leads are still likeable, but only viewers already attached to Lu and Javi from the first film will find enough here to justify 97 minutes.
Socias por Accidente (2026)

Socias por Accidente (2026) Review: Two Stars, One Con Man

Socias por Accidente is a Mexican comedy about two women conned by the same man, lifted by Angelique Boyer and Bárbara de Regil but built from very familiar parts.

Mostly no. Fans of Angelique Boyer or Bárbara de Regil will enjoy their pairing, but anyone wanting a fresh or tonally steady comedy can skip it.
Venganza (2026)

Venganza (2026) Review: Big Stunts, Hollow Revenge

Venganza casts Omar Chaparro as a grieving special-forces veteran on a revenge mission; the Mexican action film's stunts impress, but its story runs on empty.

Mostly no. Action fans may enjoy the well-staged fights and Omar Chaparro's committed turn, but the thin characters and stock plot make it hard to care.

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