The Ariel Award for Best Picture (Ariel de Mejor Película in Spanish) is the highest award given in Mexico to a single film and is part of the Mexican Academy of Film's Ariel Award program.
Award results
1940s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
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1945 (2nd) | |||
The Shack | La barraca | Roberto Gavaldón | |
The Abandoned | Las abandonadas | Emilio Fernández | |
Twilight | Crepúsculo | Julio Bracho |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1946 (3rd) | |||
Enamorada | Emilio Fernández | ||
Champion Without a Crown | Campeón sin corona | Alejandro Galindo | |
La otra | Roberto Gavaldón |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1947 (4th) | |||
The Pearl | La perla | Emilio Fernández | |
El buen mozo | Antonio Momplet | ||
Five Faces of Woman | Cinco rostros de mujer | Gilberto Martínez Solares |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1948 (5th) | |||
Río Escondido | Emilio Fernández | ||
Que Dios me perdone | Tito Davison | ||
Rosenda | Julio Bracho |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1949 (6th) | |||
A Family Like Many Others | Una familia de tantas | Alejandro Galindo | |
El dolor de los hijos | Miguel Zacarías | ||
Pueblerina | Emilio Fernández |
1950s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1950 (7th) | |||
In the Palm of Your Hand | En la palma de tu mano | Roberto Gavaldón | |
Desired | Deseada | Roberto Gavaldón | |
Doña Perfecta | Alejandro Galindo |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1951 (8th) | |||
El jurado se declaró desierto | |||
El rebozo de Soledad | Roberto Gavaldón | ||
Mi esposa y la otra | Alfredo B. Crevenna | ||
Subida al cielo | Luis Buñuel |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1952 (9th) | |||
El niño y la niebla | Roberto Gavaldón | ||
Las tres perfectas casadas | Roberto Gavaldón | ||
Un divorcio | Emilio Gómez Muriel |
- 1953 — Not awarded
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1954 (10th) | |||
Los Fernández de Peralvillo | Alejandro Galindo | ||
Orquídeas para mi esposa | Alfredo B. Crevenna | ||
Sombra verde | Roberto Gabaldón |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1955 (11th) | |||
Robinson Crusoe | Luis Buñuel | ||
Ensayo de un crimen | Luis Buñuel | ||
Una mujer en la calle | Alfredo B. Crevenna |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1956 (12th) | |||
El camino de la vida | Alfonso Corona Blake | ||
La escondida | Roberto Gavaldón | ||
Talpa | Alfredo B. Crevenna |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1957 (13th) | |||
Tizoc | Ismael Rodríguez | ||
Feliz año, amor mío | Tulio Demicheli | ||
La culta dama | Rogelio A. González |
1970s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1972 (14th) | |||
El castillo de la pureza | Arturo Ripstein | ||
Mecánica nacional | Luis Alcoriza | ||
Reed, México insurgente | Paul Leduc |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1973 (15th) | |||
El principio | Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | ||
El cambio | Alfredo Joskowicz | ||
Fe, esperanza y caridad | Luis Alcoriza, Alberto Bojórquez and Jorge Fons |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1974 (16th) | |||
La Choca | Emilio "Indio" Fernández | ||
La otra virginidad | Juan Manuel Torres | ||
Presagio | Luis Alcoriza |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1975 (17th) | |||
Actas de Marusia | Miguel Littín | ||
Canoa | Felipe Cazals | ||
De todos modos Juan te llamas | Marcela Fernández Violante |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1976 (18th) | |||
La pasión según Berenice | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | ||
Cuartelazo | Alberto Isaac | ||
Longitud de guerra | Gonzalo Martínez Ortega |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1977 (19th) | |||
El lugar sin límites | Arturo Ripstein | ||
Naufragio | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | ||
Los pequeños privilegios | Julián Pastor |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1978 (20th) | |||
Cadena perpetua | Arturo Ripstein | ||
Anacrusa | Ariel Zúñiga | ||
El recurso del método | Miguel Littín |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1979 (21st) | |||
El año de la peste | Felipe Cazals | ||
El infierno de todos tan temido | Sergio Olhovich | ||
Fuego en el mar | Raúl Araiza |
1980s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1980 (22nd) | |||
Las grandes aguas | Servando González | ||
Misterio | Marcela Fernández Violante | ||
Morir de Madrugada | Julián Pastor |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1981 (23rd) | |||
Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar! | Raúl Kamffer | ||
Llámenme Mike | Alfredo Gurrola | ||
Noche de Carnaval | Mario Hernández |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1982 (24th) | |||
La pachanga | José Estrada | ||
Días de combate | Alfredo Gurrola | ||
Tiempo de lobos | Alberto Isaac |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1983 (25th) | |||
Bajo la metralla | Felipe Cazals | ||
La viuda negra | Arturo Ripstein | ||
Nocaut | José Luis García Agraz |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1984 (26th) | |||
Frida, naturaleza viva | Paul Leduc | ||
De veras me atrapaste | Gerardo Pardo | ||
Vidas errantes | Juan Antonio de la Riva |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1985 (27th) | |||
Veneno para las hadas | Carlos Enrique Taboada | ||
Los motivos de Luz | Felipe Cazals | ||
Redondo | Raúl Busteros |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1986 (28th) | |||
El imperio de la fortuna | Arturo Ripstein | ||
Amor a la vuelta de la esquina | Alberto Cortés | ||
Crónica de familia | Diego López Rivera |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1987 (29th) | |||
Mariana, Mariana | Alberto Isaac | ||
Lo que importa es vivir | Luis Alcoriza | ||
Días difíciles | Alejandro Pelayo |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1988 (30th) | |||
Esperanza | Sergio Olhovich | ||
¿Nos traicionará el presidente? | Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán | ||
El secreto de Romelia | Busi Cortés |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1989 (31st) | |||
Goitia, un dios para sí mismo | Diego López Rivera | ||
El homicida | Alfonso Rosas Priego | ||
Morir en el golfo | Alejandro Pelayo |
1990s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1990 (32nd) | |||
Rojo amanecer | Jorge Fons | ||
Pueblo de madera | Juan Antonio de la Riva |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1991 (33rd) | |||
Como agua para chocolate | Alfonso Arau | ||
Danzón | María Novaro | ||
La mujer de Benjamín | Carlos Carrera |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1992 (34th) | |||
Cronos | La invención de Cronos | Guillermo del Toro | |
Ángel de fuego | Dana Rotberg | ||
Tequila | Rúben Gámez |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1993 (35th) | |||
Principio y fin | Arturo Ripstein | ||
Desiertos mares | José Luis García Agraz | ||
Lolo | Francisco Athié | ||
La vida conyugal | Carlos Carrera | ||
Novia que te vea | Guita Schyfter |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1994 (36th) | |||
El callejón de los milagros | Jorge Fons | ||
Bienvenido-Welcome | Gabriel Retes | ||
Dos crímenes | Roberto Sneider | ||
El jardín del edén | María Novaro | ||
Hasta morir | Fernando Sariñana |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1995 (37th) | |||
Sin Remitente | Carlos Carrera | ||
Dulces compañías | Oscar Blancarte | ||
Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Sabina Berman, Isabelle Tardán | ||
Mujeres insumisas | Alberto Isaac | ||
La reina de la noche | Arturo Ripstein |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1996 (38th) | |||
Sender Unknown | Sin remitente | Carlos Carrera | |
The Queen of the Night | La reina de la noche | Arturo Ripstein | |
Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Sabina Berman, Isabelle Tardán | ||
Dulces compañías | Óscar Blancarte | ||
Mujeres insumisas | Alberto Isaac |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1997 (39th) | |||
Cilantro and Parsley | Cilantro y Perejil | Rafael Montero | |
Deep Crimson | Profundo carmesí | Arturo Ripstein | |
Santo Luzbel | Miguel Sabido | ||
Reclusorio | Ismael Rodríguez |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1998 (40th) | |||
Por si no te vuelvo a ver | Juan Pablo Villaseñor | ||
Esmeralda Comes by Night | De noche vienes, Esmeralda | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | |
Elisa Before the End of the World | Elisa antes del fin del mundo | Juan Antonio de la Riva |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1999 (41st) | |||
Bajo California: El límite del tiempo | Carlos Bolado | ||
Divine | El evangelio de las maravillas | Óscar Urrutia Lazo | |
Un embrujo | Carlos Carrera |
2000s
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2000 (42nd) | |||
Herod's Law | La ley de Herodes | Luis Estrada | |
Terminal Rite | Rito terminal | Óscar Urrutia Lazo | |
Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember | Del olvido al no me acuerdo | Juan Carlos Rulfo |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2001 (43rd) | |||
Amores perros | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | ||
Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening | Nadie te oye: Perfume de violetas | Marisa Sistach | |
His Most Serene Highness | Su alteza serenísima | Felipe Cazals |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2002 (44th) | |||
Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles | Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos | Ignacio Ortiz | |
The Mountain Hawk | Ciudades oscuras | Juan Antonio de la Riva | |
Streeters | De la calle | Gerardo Tort |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2003 (45th) | |||
The Crime of Padre Amaro | El crimen del Padre Amaro | Carlos Carrera | |
Dark City | Ciudades oscuras | Fernando Sariñana | |
Aro Tolbukhin in the Mind of a Killer | Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino | Isaac-Pierre Racine, Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2004 (46th) | |||
El misterio del Trinidad | José Luis García Agraz | ||
A Thousand Clouds of Peace | Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor | Julián Hernández | |
Japón | Carlos Reygadas |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2005 (47th) | |||
Duck Season | Temporada de patos | Fernando Eimbcke | |
Innocent Voices | Voces inocentes | Luis Mandoki | |
Manos libres | José Buil |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2006 (48th) | |||
Mezcal | Ignacio Ortiz | ||
News from Afar | Noticias lejanas | Ricardo Benet | |
Las vueltas del citrillo | Felipe Cazals |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2007 (49th) | |||
Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro | |
Cronicas | Crónicas | Sebastián Cordero | |
The Violin | El violín | Francisco Vargas |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2008 (50th) | |||
Silent Light | Stellet Licht | Carlos Reygadas | |
El cobrador: In God We Trust | Cobrador: In God We Trust | Paul Leduc | |
Old Thieves: The Legend of Artegio | Los ladrones viejos. Las leyendas del artegio | Everardo González |
Year | English title | Original title | Director |
---|---|---|---|
2009 (51st) | |||
Lake Tahoe | Fernando Eimbcke | ||
I'm Gonna Explode | Voy a explotar | Gerardo Naranjo | |
Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies | Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo | Yulene Olaizola | |
Los herederos | Jorge Hernández Aldana |
2010s
2020s
Notes
External links
- "GANADORES Y NOMINADOS" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-04-28.