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A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Mexico split by decade of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Mexican films see Category:Mexican films . 1896-1919
From 1915 onward, Mexican cinema focused on narrative film. [ 5 ] During the Golden Age of Mexican cinema from 1936 to 1956, Mexico all but dominated the Latin American film industry. In 2019, Roma became the first Mexican film and fourth Latin American film to win the Oscar for best foreign language film.
Roma. (2018 film) Roma is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also produced, shot, and co-edited it. Set in 1970 and 1971, Roma follows the life of a live-in indigenous (Mixteco) housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family. [14][15] It is a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in Mexico City 's ...
List of Chicano films. Luis Valdez directed I Am Joaquin (1969), Zoot Suit (1981), and others. Sylvia Morales directed Chicana (1979), A Crushing Love (2009), and others. Edward James Olmos directed American Me (1992) and The Devil Has a Name (2019) Cheech Marin directed Born in East L.A. (1987) Chicano films are films that have been associated ...
The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a boom period in the history of Mexican cinema, which began in 1932 and culminated in 1969. [1] It was characterized by the production of high-quality films that contributed to shaping Mexican national identity and culture.
Mexican movies from the Golden Era in the 1940s and 1950s are significant examples of Latin American cinema. Mexican movies were exported and exhibited in all Latin America and Europe. The film Maria Candelaria (1944) by Emilio Fernández, won the Grand Prix in Cannes Film Festival in 1946. [1] Famous actors and actresses from this period ...
Cantinflas. Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (Spanish pronunciation: [kanˈtiɱflas]), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well known throughout Latin America and Spain.
The Revenant. Won. First Mexican and Latin American to win Best Director two times. Third director in history to win consecutive Best Director Academy Awards. First Mexican and Latin American to be nominated for Best Director three times. 2017. Guillermo del Toro. The Shape of Water. Won.