Ariel Award for Best Picture
The Ariel Award for Best Picture is the highest award given in Mexico to a single film and is part of the Mexican Academy of Film's Ariel Award program.
Award results
1950s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1952 (9th) | - | - | - |
| 1952 (9th) | El niño y la niebla | Roberto Gavaldón | |
| 1952 (9th) | Las tres perfectas casadas | Roberto Gavaldón | |
| 1952 (9th) | Un divorcio | Emilio Gómez Muriel | |
| 1952 (9th) | - | - | - |
| 1952 (9th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1954 (10th) | - | - | - |
| 1954 (10th) | Los Fernández de Peralvillo | Alejandro Galindo | |
| 1954 (10th) | Orquídeas para mi esposa | Alfredo B. Crevenna | |
| 1954 (10th) | Sombra verde | Roberto Gabaldón | |
| 1954 (10th) | - | - | - |
| 1954 (10th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1955 (11th) | - | - | - |
| 1955 (11th) | Robinson Crusoe | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1955 (11th) | Ensayo de un crimen | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1955 (11th) | Una mujer en la calle | Alfredo B. Crevenna | |
| 1955 (11th) | - | - | - |
| 1955 (11th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1956 (12th) | - | - | - |
| 1956 (12th) | El camino de la vida | Alfonso Corona Blake | |
| 1956 (12th) | La escondida | Roberto Gavaldón | |
| 1956 (12th) | Talpa | Alfredo B. Crevenna | |
| 1956 (12th) | - | - | - |
| 1956 (12th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1957 (13th) | - | - | - |
| 1957 (13th) | Tizoc | Ismael Rodríguez | |
| 1957 (13th) | Feliz año, amor mío | Tulio Demicheli | |
| 1957 (13th) | La culta dama | Rogelio A. González | |
| 1957 (13th) | - | - | - |
| 1957 (13th) | - | - | - |
1970s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1972 (14th) | - | - | - |
| 1972 (14th) | El castillo de la pureza | Arturo Ripstein | |
| 1972 (14th) | Mecánica nacional | Luis Alcoriza | |
| 1972 (14th) | Reed, México insurgente | Paul Leduc | |
| 1972 (14th) | - | - | - |
| 1972 (14th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1973 (15th) | - | - | - |
| 1973 (15th) | El principio | Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | |
| 1973 (15th) | El cambio | Alfredo Joskowicz | |
| 1973 (15th) | Fe, esperanza y caridad | Luis Alcoriza, Alberto Bojórquez and Jorge Fons | |
| 1973 (15th) | - | - | - |
| 1973 (15th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1974 (16th) | - | - | - |
| 1974 (16th) | La Choca | Emilio "Indio" Fernández | |
| 1974 (16th) | La otra virginidad | Juan Manuel Torres | |
| 1974 (16th) | Presagio | Luis Alcoriza | |
| 1974 (16th) | - | - | - |
| 1974 (16th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1975 (17th) | - | - | - |
| 1975 (17th) | Actas de Marusia | Miguel Littín | |
| 1975 (17th) | Canoa | Felipe Cazals | |
| 1975 (17th) | De todos modos Juan te llamas | Marcela Fernández Violante | |
| 1975 (17th) | - | - | - |
| 1975 (17th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1976 (18th) | - | - | - |
| 1976 (18th) | La pasión según Berenice | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | |
| 1976 (18th) | Cuartelazo | Alberto Isaac | |
| 1976 (18th) | Longitud de guerra | Gonzalo Martínez Ortega | |
| 1976 (18th) | - | - | - |
| 1976 (18th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1977 (19th) | - | - | - |
| 1977 (19th) | El lugar sin límites | Arturo Ripstein | |
| 1977 (19th) | Naufragio | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | |
| 1977 (19th) | Los pequeños privilegios | Julián Pastor | |
| 1977 (19th) | - | - | - |
| 1977 (19th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1978 (20th) | - | - | - |
| 1978 (20th) | Cadena perpetua | Arturo Ripstein | |
| 1978 (20th) | Anacrusa | Ariel Zúñiga | |
| 1978 (20th) | El recurso del método | Miguel Littín | |
| 1978 (20th) | - | - | - |
| 1978 (20th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1979 (21st) | - | - | - |
| 1979 (21st) | El año de la peste | Felipe Cazals | |
| 1979 (21st) | El infierno de todos tan temido | Sergio Olhovich | |
| 1979 (21st) | Fuego en el mar | Raúl Araiza | |
| 1979 (21st) | - | - | - |
| 1979 (21st) | - | - | - |
1980s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1981 (23rd) | - | - | - |
| 1981 (23rd) | Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar! | Raúl Kamffer | |
| 1981 (23rd) | Llámenme Mike | Alfredo Gurrola | |
| 1981 (23rd) | Noche de carnaval | Mario Hernández | |
| 1981 (23rd) | - | - | - |
| 1981 (23rd) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1982 (24th) | - | - | - |
| 1982 (24th) | La pachanga | José Estrada | |
| 1982 (24th) | Días de combate | Alfredo Gurrola | |
| 1982 (24th) | Tiempo de lobos | Alberto Isaac | |
| 1982 (24th) | - | - | - |
| 1982 (24th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1983 (25th) | - | - | - |
| 1983 (25th) | Bajo la metralla | Felipe Cazals | |
| 1983 (25th) | La viuda negra | Arturo Ripstein | |
| 1983 (25th) | Nocaut | José Luis García Agraz | |
| 1983 (25th) | - | - | - |
| 1983 (25th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1984 (26th) | - | - | - |
| 1984 (26th) | Frida, naturaleza viva | Paul Leduc | |
| 1984 (26th) | De veras me atrapaste | Gerardo Pardo | |
| 1984 (26th) | Vidas errantes | Juan Antonio de la Riva | |
| 1984 (26th) | - | - | - |
| 1984 (26th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1985 (27th) | - | - | - |
| 1985 (27th) | Veneno para las hadas | Carlos Enrique Taboada | |
| 1985 (27th) | Los motivos de Luz | Felipe Cazals | |
| 1985 (27th) | Redondo | Raúl Busteros | |
| 1985 (27th) | - | - | - |
| 1985 (27th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1986 (28th) | - | - | - |
| 1986 (28th) | El imperio de la fortuna | Arturo Ripstein | |
| 1986 (28th) | Amor a la vuelta de la esquina | Alberto Cortés | |
| 1986 (28th) | Crónica de familia | Diego López Rivera | |
| 1986 (28th) | - | - | - |
| 1986 (28th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1987 (29th) | - | - | - |
| 1987 (29th) | Mariana, Mariana | Alberto Isaac | |
| 1987 (29th) | Lo que importa es vivir | Luis Alcoriza | |
| 1987 (29th) | Días difíciles | Alejandro Pelayo | |
| 1987 (29th) | - | - | - |
| 1987 (29th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1988 (30th) | - | - | - |
| 1988 (30th) | Sergio Olhovich | ||
| 1988 (30th) | ¿Nos traicionará el presidente? | Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán | |
| 1988 (30th) | El secreto de Romelia | Busi Cortés | |
| 1988 (30th) | - | - | - |
| 1988 (30th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1989 (31st) | - | - | - |
| 1989 (31st) | Goitia, un dios para sí mismo | Diego López Rivera | |
| 1989 (31st) | El homicida | Alfonso Rosas Priego | |
| 1989 (31st) | Morir en el golfo | Alejandro Pelayo | |
| 1989 (31st) | - | - | - |
| 1989 (31st) | - | - | - |
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1991 (33rd) | - | - | - |
| 1991 (33rd) | Como agua para chocolate | Alfonso Arau | |
| 1991 (33rd) | Danzón | María Novaro | |
| 1991 (33rd) | La mujer de Benjamín | Carlos Carrera | |
| 1991 (33rd) | - | - | - |
| 1991 (33rd) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1992 (34th) | - | - | - |
| 1992 (34th) | Cronos | La invención de Cronos | Guillermo del Toro |
| 1992 (34th) | Ángel de fuego | Dana Rotberg | |
| 1992 (34th) | Tequila | Rúben Gámez | |
| 1992 (34th) | - | - | - |
| 1992 (34th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1993 (35th) | - | - | - |
| 1993 (35th) | Principio y fin | Arturo Ripstein | |
| 1993 (35th) | Desiertos mares | José Luis García Agraz | |
| 1993 (35th) | Lolo | Francisco Athié | |
| 1993 (35th) | La vida conyugal | Carlos Carrera | |
| 1993 (35th) | Novia que te vea | Guita Schyfter |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1994 (36th) | - | - | - |
| 1994 (36th) | El callejón de los milagros | Jorge Fons | |
| 1994 (36th) | Bienvenido-Welcome | Gabriel Retes | |
| 1994 (36th) | Dos crímenes | Roberto Sneider | |
| 1994 (36th) | El jardín del edén | María Novaro | |
| 1994 (36th) | Hasta morir | Fernando Sariñana |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1995 (37th) | - | - | - |
| 1995 (37th) | Sin Remitente | Carlos Carrera | |
| 1995 (37th) | Dulces compañías | Oscar Blancarte | |
| 1995 (37th) | Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Sabina Berman, Isabelle Tardán | |
| 1995 (37th) | Mujeres insumisas | Alberto Isaac | |
| 1995 (37th) | La reina de la noche | Arturo Ripstein |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1996 (38th) | - | - | - |
| 1996 (38th) | Sender Unknown | Sin remitente | Carlos Carrera |
| 1996 (38th) | The Queen of the Night | La reina de la noche | Arturo Ripstein |
| 1996 (38th) | Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Sabina Berman, Isabelle Tardán | |
| 1996 (38th) | Dulces compañías | Óscar Blancarte | |
| 1996 (38th) | Mujeres insumisas | Alberto Isaac |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 1998 (40th) | - | - | - |
| 1998 (40th) | Por si no te vuelvo a ver | Juan Pablo Villaseñor | |
| 1998 (40th) | Esmeralda Comes by Night | De noche vienes, Esmeralda | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo |
| 1998 (40th) | Elisa Before the End of the World | Elisa antes del fin del mundo | Juan Antonio de la Riva |
| 1998 (40th) | - | - | - |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 2000 (42nd) | - | - | - |
| 2000 (42nd) | Herod's Law | La ley de Herodes | Luis Estrada |
| 2000 (42nd) | Terminal Rite | Rito terminal | Óscar Urrutia Lazo |
| 2000 (42nd) | Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember | Del olvido al no me acuerdo | Juan Carlos Rulfo |
| 2000 (42nd) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 2002 (44th) | - | - | - |
| 2002 (44th) | Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles | Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos | Ignacio Ortiz |
| 2002 (44th) | The Mountain Hawk | Ciudades oscuras | Juan Antonio de la Riva |
| 2002 (44th) | Streeters | De la calle | Gerardo Tort |
| 2002 (44th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 2003 (45th) | - | - | - |
| 2003 (45th) | The Crime of Padre Amaro | El crimen del Padre Amaro | Carlos Carrera |
| 2003 (45th) | Dark City | Ciudades oscuras | Fernando Sariñana |
| 2003 (45th) | Aro Tolbukhin in the Mind of a Killer | Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino | Isaac-Pierre Racine, Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann |
| 2003 (45th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 2007 (49th) | - | - | - |
| 2007 (49th) | Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2007 (49th) | Cronicas | Crónicas | Sebastián Cordero |
| 2007 (49th) | The Violin | El violín | Francisco Vargas |
| 2007 (49th) | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
| 2008 (50th) | - | - | - |
| 2008 (50th) | Silent Light | Stellet Licht | Carlos Reygadas |
| 2008 (50th) | El cobrador: In God We Trust | Cobrador: In God We Trust | Paul Leduc |
| 2008 (50th) | Old Thieves: The Legend of Artegio | Los ladrones viejos. Las leyendas del artegio | Everardo González |
| 2008 (50th) | - | - | - |