# Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American Film

The Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American film is a film award category created in 2000, part of the Ariel Awards, which are presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC).

## Winners and nominees

A list of winners and nominees is presented as follows (winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger: ‡):

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2000 (42nd) |
| 2000 (42nd) | Midnight ‡ | O Primeiro Dia | Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas | Brazil |
| 2000 (42nd) | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2000 (42nd) | La vendedora de rosas | La vendedora de rosas | Víctor Gaviria | Colombia |
| 2001 (43rd) |
| 2001 (43rd) | Alone ‡ | Solas | Benito Zambrano | Spain |
| 2001 (43rd) | Ratas, Ratones, Rateros | Ratas, Ratones, Rateros | Sebastián Cordero | Ecuador |
| 2001 (43rd) | Olympic Garage | Garage Olimpo | Marco Bechis | Argentina |
| 2002 (44th) |
| 2002 (44th) | Miel para Oshún ‡ | Miel para Oshún ‡ | Humberto Solás | Cuba |
| 2002 (44th) | A Cab for Three | Taxi para tres | Orlando Lübbert | Chile |
| 2002 (44th) | El bien esquivo | El bien esquivo | Augusto Tamayo San Román | Peru |
| 2003 (45th) |
| 2003 (45th) | The Last Train ‡ | Corazón de fuego | Diego Arsuaga | Uruguay |
| 2003 (45th) | Como el gato y el ratón | Como el gato y el ratón | Rodrigo Triana | Colombia |
| 2003 (45th) | Nada + | Nada + | Juan Carlos Cremata | Cuba |
| 2004 (46th) |
| 2004 (46th) | Mondays in the Sun ‡ | Los lunes al sol | Fernando León de Aranoa | Spain |
| 2004 (46th) | Seawards Journey | El viaje hacia el mar | Fernando Casanova | Uruguay |
| 2004 (46th) | Intimate Stories | Historias mínimas | Carlos Sorín | Argentina |
| 2005 (47th) |
| 2005 (47th) | Whisky ‡ | Whisky ‡ | Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll | Uruguay |
| 2005 (47th) | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos | Icíar Bollaín | Spain |
| 2005 (47th) | Machuca | Machuca | Andrés Wood | Chile |
| 2006 (48th) |
| 2006 (48th) | Sumas y restas ‡ | Sumas y restas ‡ | Víctor Gaviria | Colombia |
| 2006 (48th) | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain |
| 2006 (48th) | Play | Play | Alicia Scherson | Chile |
| 2007 (49th) |
| 2007 (49th) | The Secret Life of Words ‡ | La vida secreta de las palabras | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
| 2007 (49th) | In Bed | En la cama | Matías Bize | Chile |
| 2007 (49th) | Alice | Alice | Marco Martins | Portugal |
| 2008 (50th) |
| 2008 (50th) | XXY ‡ | XXY ‡ | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina |
| 2008 (50th) | Elite Squad | Tropa de Elite | José Padilha | Brazil |
| 2008 (50th) | Satanás | Satanás | Andrés Baiz | Colombia |
| 2009 (51st) |
| 2009 (51st) | Lion's Den ‡ | Leonera | Pablo Trapero | Argentina |
| 2009 (51st) | Dog Eat Dog | Perro come perro | Carlos Moreno | Colombia |
| 2009 (51st) | Tony Manero | Tony Manero | Pablo Larraín | Chile |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2010 (52nd) |
| 2010 (52nd) | The Secret in Their Eyes ‡ | El secreto de sus ojos | Juan José Campanella | Argentina |
| 2010 (52nd) | The Maid | La nana | Sebastián Silva | Chile |
| 2010 (52nd) | The Milk of Sorrow | La teta asustada | Claudia Llosa | Peru |
| 2011 (53rd) |
| 2011 (53rd) | José Martí: el ojo del canario ‡ | José Martí: el ojo del canario ‡ | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 2011 (53rd) | Even the Rain ‡ | También la lluvia | Icíar Bollaín | Spain |
| 2011 (53rd) | The Man Next Door | El hombre de al lado | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn | Argentina |
| 2012 (54th) |
| 2012 (54th) | Black Bread ‡ | Pa negre | Agustí Villaronga | Spain |
| 2012 (54th) | The Zero Hour | La hora cero | Diego Velasco | Venezuela |
| 2012 (54th) | Violeta Went to Heaven | Violeta se fue a los cielos | Andrés Wood | Chile |
| 2013 (55th) |
| 2013 (55th) | Blancanieves ‡ | Blancanieves ‡ | Pablo Berger | Spain |
| 2013 (55th) | No | No | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
| 2013 (55th) | Pescador | Pescador | Sebastián Cordero | Ecuador |
| 2014 (56th) |
| 2014 (56th) | Gloria ‡ | Gloria ‡ | Sebastián Lelio | Chile |
| 2014 (56th) | The German Doctor | Wakolda | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina |
| 2014 (56th) | Anina | Anina | Alfredo Soderguit | Uruguay |
| 2014 (56th) | Melaza | Melaza | Carlos Lechuga | Cuba |
| 2014 (56th) | 15 Years and One Day | 15 años y un día | Gracia Querejeta | Spain |
| 2015 (57th) |
| 2015 (57th) | Wild Tales ‡ | Relatos salvajes | Damián Szifron | Argentina |
| 2015 (57th) | Behavior | Conducta | Ernesto Daranas | Cuba |
| 2015 (57th) | Marshland | La isla mínima | Alberto Rodríguez | Spain |
| 2015 (57th) | Mr. Kaplan | Mr. Kaplan | Álvaro Brechner | Uruguay |
| 2015 (57th) | Bad Hair | Pelo malo | Mariana Rondón | Venezuela |
| 2016 (58th) |
| 2016 (58th) | Embrace of the Serpent ‡ | El abrazo de la serpiente | Ciro Guerra | Colombia |
| 2016 (58th) | The Clan | El clan | Pablo Trapero | Argentina |
| 2016 (58th) | The Club | El club | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
| 2016 (58th) | A Wolf at the Door | O Lobo Atrás da Porta | Fernando Coimbra | Brazil |
| 2016 (58th) | Truman | Truman | Cesc Gay | Spain |
| 2017 (59th) |
| 2017 (59th) | The Distinguished Citizen ‡ | El ciudadano ilustre | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn | Argentina |
| 2017 (59th) | The Second Mother ‡ | Que Horas Ela Volta? | Anna Muylaert | Brazil |
| 2017 (59th) | Anna | Anna | Jacques Toulemonde Vidal | Colombia |
| 2017 (59th) | Such Is Life in the Tropics | Sin muertos no hay carnaval | Sebastián Cordero | Ecuador |
| 2017 (59th) | The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira | Raúl Arévalo | Spain |
| 2018 (60th) |
| 2018 (60th) | A Fantastic Woman ‡ | Una mujer fantástica | Sebastián Lelio | Chile |
| 2018 (60th) | Aquarius | Aquarius | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
| 2018 (60th) | The Animal's Wife | La mujer del animal | Víctor Gaviria | Colombia |
| 2018 (60th) | Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 2018 (60th) | Zama | Zama | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina |
| 2019 (61st) |
| 2019 (61st) | Birds of Passage ‡ | Pájaros de verano | Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra | Colombia |
| 2019 (61st) | Champions | Campeones | Javier Fesser | Spain |
| 2019 (61st) | El Angel | El ángel | Luis Ortega | Argentina |
| 2019 (61st) | A Twelve-Year Night | La noche de 12 años | Álvaro Brechner | Uruguay |
| 2019 (61st) | The Heiresses | Las herederas | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2020 (62nd) |
| 2020 (62nd) | Pain and Glory ‡ | Dolor y gloria | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 2020 (62nd) | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| 2020 (62nd) | Heroic Losers | La odisea de los giles | Sebastián Borensztein | Argentina |
| 2020 (62nd) | Monos | Monos | Alejandro Landes | Colombia |
| 2020 (62nd) | Retablo | Retablo | Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio | Peru |
| 2021 (63rd) |
| 2021 (63rd) | The Mole Agent ‡ | El agente topo | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| 2021 (63rd) | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou | Bárbara Paz | Brazil |
| 2021 (63rd) | Forgotten We'll Be | El olvido que seremos | Fernando Trueba | Colombia |
| 2021 (63rd) | La Llorona | La Llorona | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala |
| 2021 (63rd) | Schoolgirls | Las niñas | Pilar Palomero | Spain |
| 2022 (64th) |
| 2022 (64th) | The Good Boss ‡ | El buen patrón | Fernando León de Aranoa | Spain |
| 2022 (64th) | Cadejo blanco | Cadejo blanco | Justin Lerner | Guatemala |
| 2022 (64th) | The Intruder | El prófugo | Natalia Meta [es] | Argentina |
| 2022 (64th) | Memoria | Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Colombia |
| 2022 (64th) | My Brothers Dream Awake | Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos | Claudia Huaiquimilla [es] | Chile |
| 2023 (65th) |
| 2023 (65th) | Argentina 1985 ‡ | Argentina 1985 ‡ | Santiago Mitre | Argentina |
| 2023 (65th) | 1976 | 1976 | Manuela Martelli | Chile |
| 2023 (65th) | The Beasts | As bestas | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain |
| 2023 (65th) | Carajita | Carajita | Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra | Dominican Republic |
| 2023 (65th) | The Kings of the World | Los reyes del mundo | Laura Mora | Colombia |
| 2024 (66th) |
| 2024 (66th) | Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J.A. Bayona | Spain |
| 2024 (66th) | Behind the Mist | Al otro lado de la niebla | Sebastián Cordero | Ecuador |
| 2024 (66th) | La hembrita | La hembrita | Laura Amelia Guzmán | Dominican Republic |
| 2024 (66th) | The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile |
| 2024 (66th) | Puan | Puan | María Alché [es], Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina |