List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956.

List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: Submissions
Table Section Text: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956.

Year (Ceremony)	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director	Result

1957 (30th)	Torero!	Torero	Carlos Velo	Not Nominated

1959 (32nd)	Nazarín	Nazarín	Luis Buñuel	Not Nominated

1960 (33rd)	Macario	Macario	Roberto Gavaldón	Nominated

1961 (34th)	The Important Man	Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante)	Ismael Rodríguez	Nominated

1962 (35th)	The Pearl of Tlayucan	Tlayucan	Luis Alcoriza	Nominated

1963 (36th)	The Paper Man	El hombre de papel	Ismael Rodríguez	Not Nominated

1965 (38th)	Always Farther Away	Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)	Luis Alcoriza	Not Nominated

1966 (39th)	Black Wind	Viento Negro	Servando González	Not Nominated

1967 (40th)	The Adolescents	Los Adolescentes	Abel Salazar	Not Nominated

1971 (44th)	El Topo	El Topo	Alejandro Jodorowsky	Not Nominated

1973 (46th)	Reed: Insurgent Mexico	Reed, México insurgente	Paul Leduc	Not Nominated

1974 (47th)	Calzonzin Inspector	Calzonzin Inspector	Alfonso Arau	Not Nominated

1975 (48th)	Letters from Marusia	Actas de Marusia	Miguel Littín	Nominated

1976 (49th)	Length of War	Longitud de guerra	Gonzalo Martínez Ortega	Not Nominated

1977 (50th)	Pafnucio Santo	Pafnucio Santo	Rafael Corkidi	Not Nominated

1978 (51st)	A Limitless Place	El Lugar sin límites	Arturo Ripstein	Not Nominated

1981 (54th)	Mojado Power	Mojado Power	Alfonso Arau	Not Nominated

1983 (56th)	Eréndira	Eréndira	Ruy Guerra	Not Nominated

1985 (58th)	Frida Still Life	Frida, naturaleza viva	Paul Leduc	Not Nominated

1986 (59th)	The Realm of Fortune	El Imperio de la fortuna	Arturo Ripstein	Not Nominated

1987 (60th)	Life Is Most Important	Lo Que Importa es Vivir	Luis Alcoriza	Not Nominated

1988 (61st)	The Last Tunnel	El Último túnel	Servando González	Not Nominated

1990 (63rd)	Cabeza de Vaca	Cabeza de Vaca	Nicolás Echevarría	Not Nominated

1991 (64th)	Homework	La Tarea	Jaime Humberto Hermosillo	Not Nominated

1992 (65th)	Like Water for Chocolate	Como agua para chocolate	Alfonso Arau	Not Nominated

1993 (66th)	Chronos	Cronos	Guillermo del Toro	Not Nominated

1994 (67th)	The Beginning and the End	Principio y fin	Arturo Ripstein	Not Nominated

1995 (68th)	Midaq Alley	El callejón de los milagros	Jorge Fons	Not Nominated

1996 (69th)	Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman	Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda	Sabina Berman Isabelle Tardán	Not Nominated

1997 (70th)	Deep Crimson	Profundo carmesí	Arturo Ripstein	Not Nominated

1998 (71st)	Un embrujo	Un embrujo	Carlos Carrera	Not Nominated

1999 (72nd)	No One Writes to the Colonel	El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba	Arturo Ripstein	Not Nominated

2000 (73rd)	Amores perros	Amores perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Nominated

2001 (74th)	Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye	Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye	Maryse Sistach	Not Nominated

2002 (75th)	El crimen del Padre Amaro	El crimen del Padre Amaro	Carlos Carrera	Nominated

2003 (76th)	Aro Tolbukhin	Aro Tolbukhin	Isaac Pierre Racine Agustí Villaronga Lydia Zimmermann	Not Nominated

2004 (77th)	Innocent Voices	Voces inocentes	Luis Mandoki	Not Nominated

2005 (78th)	Al otro lado	Al otro lado	Gustavo Loza	Not Nominated

2006 (79th)	Pan's Labyrinth	El laberinto del fauno	Guillermo del Toro	Nominated

2007 (80th)	Silent Light	Luz silenciosa	Carlos Reygadas	Not Nominated

2008 (81st)	Tear This Heart Out	Arráncame La Vida	Roberto Sneider	Made January Shortlist

2009 (82nd)	Backyard	El Traspatio	Carlos Carrera	Not Nominated

2010 (83rd)	Biutiful	Biutiful	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Nominated

2011 (84th)	Miss Bala	Miss Bala	Gerardo Naranjo	Not Nominated

2012 (85th)	After Lucia	Después de Lucía	Michel Franco	Not Nominated

2013 (86th)	Heli	Heli	Amat Escalante	Not Nominated

2014 (87th)	Cantinflas	Cantinflas	Sebastian del Amo	Not Nominated

2015 (88th)	600 Miles	600 Millas	Gabriel Ripstein	Not Nominated

2016 (89th)	Desierto	Desierto	Jonás Cuarón	Not Nominated

2017 (90th)	Tempestad	Tempestad	Tatiana Huezo	Not Nominated

2018 (91st)	Roma	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón	Won Academy Award

Sentence(s)

Deep Crimson was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to earn a nomination.

final_sentence: Deep Crimson was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to earn a nomination.