What are the most awarded Mexican films at the Oscars?

Mexican film makers and stars have taken home twenty-seven Oscars over the years. One of the country’s earliest winners was Anthony Quinn, the actor who in the early to mid-1950s became the first Mexican actor to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice.

The 2010s were a major decade for Mexican directors. In 2013, Alfonso Cuarón the director of the film ‘Gravity’ starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, became the first Mexican citizen to win the award for Best Director.

The following year, Alejandro González Iñárritu, another Mexican national, would receive the same award for his film ‘Birdman.’ This movie would also take home the most coveted prize of the night, Best Picture.

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A few years later, Guillermo del Toro would also win Best Director and Best Picture for his film, ‘The Shape of Water,’ which swept at the ceremony in 2017. The film also won awards the Best Original Score and Best Production Design, making it the film of a Mexican director to win the most awards.

Roma - the star of the 90th Annual Academy Awards

And, again, in 2018, Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director for his film, ‘Roma,’ which also received the Best Picture and Best Cinematography awards.

Winning timeline for Mexican filmmakers in the 2020s

2013 | 85th Annual Academy Awards

2014 | 86th Annual Academy Awards

2017 | 89th Annual Academy Awards

2018 | 90th Annual Academy Awards