# The best Mexican films of the 2010s

From El Infierno and After Lucia to Heli, The Golden Dream, The Perfect Dictatorship and Roma: Univision's ten best Mexican films of 2010-2019.

- 245 votes · 10 items
- Nov 11, 2020 · Valentina Hernández Díaz
- https://even.best/en/l/4678/the-best-mexican-films-of-the-2010s

## Top 10

1. **El Infierno (2010)** (32 · ▲33 ▼1) — Luis Estrada. Drug cartels in the bicentennial year, with Damián Alcázar.
2. **I Dream in Another Language (2017)** (20 · ▲22 ▼2) — Ernesto Contreras. The last two speakers of a language, who aren't on speaking terms. Sundance audience award.
3. **Heli (2013)** (19 · ▲23 ▼4) — Amat Escalante. Drug violence in Guanajuato. Best director at Cannes.
4. **The Golden Dream (2013)** (19 · ▲21 ▼2) — Diego Quemada-Díez. Three teenagers cross Mexico towards the United States.
5. **Panamerican Machinery (2016)** (16 · ▲20 ▼4) — Joaquín del Paso. Factory workers who refuse to let it close.
6. **After Lucia (2012)** (13 · ▲20 ▼7) — Michel Franco. A teenage girl's bullying. Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
7. **The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)** (13 · ▲20 ▼7) — Luis Estrada. Politicians and television, with Damián Alcázar.
8. **The Untamed (2016)** (10 · ▲16 ▼6) — Amat Escalante. A creature in a cabin and a family in Guanajuato.
9. **The Amazing Catfish (2013)** (8 · ▲15 ▼7) — Claudia Sainte-Luce. A young woman taken in by a family she meets in hospital.
10. **Roma (2018)** (7 · ▲11 ▼4) — Alfonso Cuarón. Cleo, a domestic worker in 1971 Colonia Roma. Golden Lion and three Oscars.

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