# The best Mexican films of the 1990s

From Danzón and Love in the Time of Hysteria to Like Water for Chocolate, Cronos, Deep Crimson and Herod's Law: the New Mexican Cinema films that changed the decade, according to Kavolta.

- 427 votes · 14 items
- Nov 25, 2020 · macarena fuentes
- https://even.best/en/l/4626/the-best-mexican-films-of-the-1990s

## Top 14

1. **Homework (1990)** (47 · ▲50 ▼3) — Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. A woman films a meeting with her ex on a hidden camera.
2. **Danzón (1991)** (37 · ▲40 ▼3) — María Novaro. María Rojo as a switchboard operator looking for her dance partner in Veracruz.
3. **Like Water for Chocolate (1992)** (30 · ▲33 ▼3) — Alfonso Arau. Tita cooks her feelings, from Laura Esquivel's novel. Ten Ariel awards.
4. **Cronos (1993)** (28 · ▲31 ▼3) — Guillermo del Toro. An antiques dealer and a device that grants eternal life. His debut.
5. **Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)** (23 · ▲29 ▼6) — Alfonso Cuarón. His debut, shot by Emmanuel Lubezki.
6. **Elisa antes del fin del mundo (1997)** (23 · ▲25 ▼2) — Juan Antonio de la Riva. A girl and the 1994 economic crisis.
7. **Deep Crimson (1996)** (21 · ▲25 ▼4) — Arturo Ripstein. The Lonely Hearts killers in 1940s Mexico.
8. **No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)** (19 · ▲23 ▼4) — Arturo Ripstein. Fernando Luján waits for his pension, from García Márquez.
9. **Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman (1996)** (19 · ▲21 ▼2) — Sabina Berman and Isabelle Tardán. A woman and a lover obsessed with Villa.
10. **Salón México (1996)** (18 · ▲24 ▼6) — José Luis García Agraz. A remake of Emilio Fernández's classic.
11. **Sex, Shame and Tears (1999)** (16 · ▲18 ▼2) — Antonio Serrano. Two couples in crisis; a box-office record with 27 weeks in cinemas.
12. **A Sweet Scent of Death (1998)** (14 · ▲20 ▼6) — Gabriel Retes. A murder in a village, from Guillermo Arriaga's novel.
13. **Herod's Law (1999)** (14 · ▲18 ▼4) — Luis Estrada. Damián Alcázar as a PRI mayor in a forgotten village.
14. **Gimme the Power (1999)** (8 · ▲15 ▼7) — Fernando Sariñana. A filmmaker fed up with being mugged in Mexico City.

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