# List of Mexican films of 2016

This is a list of Mexican films released in 2016.

## Box office records

* On May 30, ¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño?, starred by Karla Souza and Ricardo Abarca became the third highest-grossing film of all time in Mexico, only surpassed by No Se Aceptan Devoluciones and Nosotros Los Nobles (both 2013). The film grossed MXN$192 million in its first three weeks of release.

### Films

| Date | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | Ref. |
| January 1 | El Cumple de la Abuela | Javier Colinas | Susana Alexander Paola Núñez Marimar Vega | Comedy | | |
| February 12 | Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer | Enrique Begne | Sandra Echeverría Arath de la Torre Jesús Ochoa | Comedy | Remake of the Argentine film Un Novio Para Mi Mujer (2007) | |
| February 26 | Las Aparicio | Moisés Ortíz | Ana de la Reguera Carmen Farías Liz Gallardo Iliana Fox Tenoch Huerta Mejía Damián Alcázar Joaquín Cosío | Drama | Based on the TV series of the same name | |
| March 11 | Paraíso Perdido | Humberto Hinojosa | Ana Claudia Talancón Iván Sánchez Andrés Almeida | Thriller | | |
| March 31 | Compadres | Enrique Begne | Omar Chaparro Joey Morgan Eric Roberts Erick Elías Aislinn Derbez | Action-comedy | | |
| April 8 | Chronic: El Ultimo Paciente | Michel Franco | Tim Roth Sarah Sutherland Robin Bartlett Nailea Norvind | Drama | Premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, where it was awarded for Best Screenplay. | |
| April 15 | Desierto | Jonás Cuarón | Gael García Bernal Jeffrey Dean Morgan Marco Pérez Alondra Hidalgo | Thriller | Mexican entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards | [12] [13] [14] |
| April 22 | Las Elegidas | David Pablos | Nancy Talamantes Óscar Torres Alicia Quiñonez | Drama | Ariel Award for Best Picture in 2016 | |
| May 13 | ¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño? | Gustavo Loza | Karla Souza Ricardo Abarca Jesús Ochoa Mara Escalante | Comedy | | |
| May 19 | Rumbos Paralelos | Rafael Montero | Ludwika Paleta Iliana Fox Michel Brown Arturo Barba | Drama | | |
| June 26 | La Caridad | Marcelino Islas | Jaime Garza Verónica Langer | Drama | | |
| July 1 | La Niña de la Mina | Jorge Ramírez Valera | Regina Blandón José Ángel Bichir | Horror | | |
| July 22 | Mr. Pig | Diego Luna | Danny Glover Maya Rudolph José María Yazpik Joel Murray | Drama | | |
| August 19 | Me Estás Matando Susana | Roberto Sneider | Gael García Bernal Verónica Echegui Ashley Hinshaw Daniel Giménez Cacho | Comedy | Based on the novel Ciudades Desiertas by José Agustín | |
| August 26 | Te Prometo Anarquía | Julio Hernández Cordón | Diego Calva Eduardo Martínez | Drama | Winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2015 Locarno International Film Festival | |
| September 2 | La Delgada Línea Amarilla | Celso García | Damián Alcázar Joaquín Cosio Silverio Palacios Gustavo Sánchez Parra Américo Hollander | Drama | | |
| September 16 | No Manches Frida | Nacho G. Velilla | Omar Chaparro Martha Higareda Fernanda Castillo | Comedy | Remake of the German film Fack ju Göhte (2013) | |
| September 19 | 7:19 | Jorge Michel Grau | Héctor Bonilla Demián Bichir Verónica Langer | Drama | | |
| October 7 | Treintona, Soltera y Fantástica | Chava Cartas | Bárbara Mori Jordi Mollà Marimar Vega Angélica Aragón Juan Pablo Medina | Comedy | | |
| October 28 | La Vida Inmoral de la Pareja Ideal | Manolo Caro | Cecilia Suárez Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Sebastián Aguirre Ximena Romo Juan Pablo Medina | Comedy | | |
| October 28 | La Leyenda del Chupacabras | Alberto Rodríguez | — | Animated | | |
| October 28 | El Jeremías | Anwar Safa | Martín Castro Karem Momo Daniel Giménez Cacho Isela Vega | Comedy | | |
| November 4 | Kilómetro 31 – 2 | Rigoberto Castañeda | Carlos Aragón Mauricio García Lozano Adriá Collado Verónica Merchant | Thriller | Sequel to the Mexican film KM31 (2006) | |
| November 18 | Macho | Antonio Serrano | Miguel Rodarte Aislinn Derbez Renato López Manolo Cardona | Comedy | | |
| November 25 | Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas | Rodrigo Plá | Jana Raluy Sebastián Aguirre Emilio Echevarría Daniel Giménez Cacho | Drama | Premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in 2015 | |