# List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Mexico has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1957. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The award was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.
Mexico has submitted fifty-four films for Oscar consideration over the years, and nine Mexican films have been nominated by the Academy for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Arturo Ripstein has represented Mexico five times—more than any other Mexican director—although he has never received an Oscar nomination.
In 2018, Alfonso Cuarón's Roma became the first Mexican film to win the award. Also winning Best Cinematography and Best Director (both for Cuarón), while was also nominated for Best Picture (the first Latin American film to ever be nominated in this category), Best Actress for Yalitza Aparicio, Best Supporting Actress for Marina de Tavira, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
The Mexican nominee is selected annually by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. The selection committee holds separate votes to decide which film goes to the Oscars and, in a separate vote, which film goes to the Spanish Goya Awards.

## 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. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.
All Mexican submissions were exclusively in Spanish with two exceptions: their 2007 submission, Silent Light, which was exclusively in the Plautdietsch dialect of Low German; as well as their 2018 submission, Roma, which is partially in Spanish as well as partially in Mixtec.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Mexico for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
| 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 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 |
| 2019 (92nd) | The Chambermaid | La camarista | Lila Avilés | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | I'm No Longer Here | Ya no estoy aquí | Fernando Frías de la Parra | Made shortlist |
| 2021 (94th) | Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | Tatiana Huezo | Made shortlist |
| 2022 (95th) | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Made shortlist |
| 2023 (96th) | Tótem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Made shortlist |
| 2024 (97th) | Sujo | Sujo | Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez | Not nominated |

## Shortlisted Films

Every year since 2007, Mexico has announced a list of finalists or eligible films that varied in number over the years (from 5 to 20 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been shortlisted by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences:
| 2007 | Bad Habits · Eréndira Ikikunari · Never on Sunday · Under the Same Moon |
| 2008 | Burn the Bridges · Cochochi · Cumbia Connection · Déficit · Familia tortuga · Lake Tahoe · Nonna's Trip · Two Embraces · Used Parts · The Zone |
| 2009 | The Bastards · The Desert Within · I'm Gonna Explode · The Inheritors · Nora's Will · Rudo y Cursi · Under the Salt |
| 2010 | Abel · Alamar · The Attempt Dossier · Chicogrande · Daniel & Ana · The Good Herbs · Meet the Head of Juan Pérez · Northless · Vaho |
| 2011 | 180° · Bitten Bullet · Days of Grace · Flowers in the Desert · Middle of the World · One Long Wall for Cecilia · Round Trip · Saint John's Dance · Siete instantes · We Are What We Are |
| 2012 | Between Us · Colosio: El asesinato · The Fantastic World of Juan Orol · Pastorela · Post Tenebras Lux · The Tiniest Place |
| 2013 | The Amazing Catfish · Amorous Pancho Villa · La cebra · Cinco de Mayo: The Battle · The Crazy Machine · The Dream of Lu · The Golden Dream · Instructions Not Included · Las paredes hablan · The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas · The Prize · Tlatelolco, verano del 68 · Tooth for a Tooth · She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone |
| 2014 | Disrupted · Eufrosina's Revolution · González: falsos profetas · Güeros · Guten Tag, Ramón · H2Omx · The Incident · Inercia · The Last Call · Mi amiga Bety · My Universe in Lower Case · Orphans · Paradise · The Perfect Dictatorship · Perfect Obedience · Purgatorio: A Journey into the Heart of the Border · ¿Qué sueñan las cabras? · The Tears · Volando bajo · Workers |
| 2015 | Echo of the Mountain · Eddie Reynolds y los ángeles de acero · Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It · Four Moons · Gloria · Happy Times · Lonely Stars · One for the Road · Perpetual Sadness · A Separate Wind · The Thin Yellow Line · Time Suspended · Una última y nos vamos |
| 2016 | The 4th Company · 7:19 · The Alien · Being or Not Being · Carmin Tropical · The Chosen Ones · The Dead · Epitaph · El Jeremías · Made in Bangkok · El más buscado · A Monster with a Thousand Heads · Panamerican Machinery · We Are Mari Pepa · You're Killing Me Susana |
| 2017 | All of Me · April's Daughter · Beauties of the Night · Bleak Street · The Dance of the Memory · I Dream in Another Language · The Man Who Saw Too Much · Nocturno · Plaza de la soledad · The Pleasure Is Mine · Purasangre · The Untamed · Warehoused · We Are the Flesh |
| 2018 | The Angel in the Clock · The Bouquiniste · El club de los insomnes · The Darkness · Devil's Freedom · The Eternal Feminine · Everything Else · The Gaze of the Sea · Museum · The Night Guard · Tigers Are Not Afraid · Time Share |
| 2019 | Belzebuth · Chicuarotes · Eight Out of Ten · Esmeralda's Twilight · The Good Girls · The Mongolian Conspiracy · Olimpia · Ready to Mingle · This Is Tomas |
| 2020 | Guie'dani's Navel · I Carry You with Me · New Order · This Is Not Berlin · Workforce |
| 2021 | A Cop Movie · Devil Between the Legs · Identifying Features · Los lobos · Tragic Jungle |
| 2022 | The Box · The Hole in the Fence · Nudo Mixteco · Presencias |
| 2023 | The Great Seduction · Huesera: The Bone Woman · Noise · ¡Que viva México! · Where the Tracks End |
| 2024 | All the Silence · Bad Actor · Disappear Completely · Human Resources · I Don't Want to Be Dust · Pedro Páramo · Valentina or the Serenity |