# Every Ariel Award winner for Best Picture (2001–2025)

The Ariel, awarded by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences, is Mexican cinema's top prize. From Amores perros to Sujo, by way of Pan's Labyrinth, Silent Light and Roma: the 25 films that have won the Ariel for Best Picture since the 43rd ceremony. Fernando Eimbcke and Ignacio Ortiz Cruz have each won it twice, as has Fernanda Valadez.

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- Dec 5, 2025 · Matías Morales
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## Top 25

1. **Amores perros** (32 · ▲33 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 43rd ceremony (films of 2000). Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
2. **El crimen del padre Amaro** (17 · ▲20 ▼3) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 45th ceremony (films of 2002). Directed by Carlos Carrera.
3. **Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 44th ceremony (films of 2001). Directed by Ignacio Ortiz Cruz.
4. **El misterio del Trinidad** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 46th ceremony (films of 2003). Directed by José Luis García Agraz.
5. **Temporada de patos** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 47th ceremony (films of 2004). Directed by Fernando Eimbcke.
6. **El laberinto del fauno** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 49th ceremony (films of 2006). Directed by Guillermo del Toro.
7. **Luz silenciosa** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 50th ceremony (films of 2007). Directed by Carlos Reygadas.
8. **Sujo** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 67th ceremony (films of 2024). Directed by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez.
9. **Lake Tahoe** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 51st ceremony (films of 2008). Directed by Fernando Eimbcke.
10. **Las elegidas** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 58th ceremony (films of 2015). Directed by David Pablos.
11. **Sin señas particulares** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 63rd ceremony (films of 2020). Directed by Fernanda Valadez.
12. **El norte sobre el vacío** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 65th ceremony (films of 2022). Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella.
13. **El premio** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 55th ceremony (films of 2012). Directed by Paula Markovitch.
14. **El infierno** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 53rd ceremony (films of 2010). Directed by Luis Estrada.
15. **Mezcal** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 48th ceremony (films of 2005). Directed by Ignacio Ortiz Cruz.
16. **Pastorela** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 54th ceremony (films of 2011). Directed by Emilio Portes.
17. **La jaula de oro** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 56th ceremony (films of 2013). Directed by Diego Quemada-Diez.
18. **Sueño en otro idioma** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 60th ceremony (films of 2017). Directed by Ernesto Contreras.
19. **Cinco días sin Nora** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 52nd ceremony (films of 2009). Directed by Mariana Chenillo.
20. **Roma** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 61st ceremony (films of 2018). Directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
21. **Güeros** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 57th ceremony (films of 2014). Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios.
22. **Ya no estoy aquí** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 62nd ceremony (films of 2019). Directed by Fernando Frías de la Parra.
23. **Noche de fuego** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 64th ceremony (films of 2021). Directed by Tatiana Huezo.
24. **Tótem** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 66th ceremony (films of 2023). Directed by Lila Avilés.
25. **La 4a. Compañía** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Ariel for Best Picture at the 59th ceremony (films of 2016). Directed by Amir Galván and Mitzi Vanessa Arreola.

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