But they are far from being the only Mexican directors, and many others have recognition either from critics or box office both in Mexico and abroad.
From these other Mexican directors, whose filmography would you like to explore the most? if you are already familiar with them, who is your favorite?
Poll by Pencho15
Films include: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999), Divine (1998) and Deep Crimson (1996)
Films include: Like Water for Chocolate (1992), A Walk in the Clouds (1995) and Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Films include The 33 (2015), Girl in Progress (2012) and Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Films include: Heli (2013), The Untamed (2016) and The Bastards (2008)
Films include: Innocent Voices (2004), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) and Message in a Bottle (1999)
Films include: Gueros (2014), Museo (2018) and El último canto del pájaro Cú (2010)
Films include: I Dream in Another Language (2017), Párpados azules (2007) and The Obscure Spring (2014)
Films include: After Lucia (2012), Chronic (2015) and April's Daughter (2017)
Films include: The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002), El Traspatio (2009) and Ana y Bruno (2017)
Films include: Homework (1991) Esmeralda Comes by Night (1997) and The Passion of Berenice (1976)
Films include: We Are What We Are (2010), Barbarous Mexico (2014) and 7:19 (2016)
Films include: Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976), Los motivos de Luz (1985) and Las vueltas del citrillo (2005)
Films include: Midaq Alley (1995), Red Dawn (1990) and Los albañiles (1976)
Films include: Duck Season (2004), Club Sandwich (2013) and Lake Tahoe (2008)
Films include: Baadasssss! (2003), USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) and New Jack City (1991)
Films include: Sin dejar huella (2000), Danzón (1991) and Las buenas hierbas (2010)
Films include: Herod's Law (1999), Hell (2010) and The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)
Films include: El misterio del Trinidad (2003), Salón México (1996) and Desiertos mares (1995)
Films include Bienvenido-Welcome (1994), El bulto (1992) and Bandera rota (1979)
Films include Promises (2001), 3 Idiots (2017) and Bajo California: El límite del tiempo (1998)
Films include Corazón del tiempo (2008), Ciudad de ciegos (1991) and Tijuana, sonidos del Nortec (2012)
Films include Post Tenebras Lux (2012), Silent Light (2007) and Battle in Heaven (2005)
Films include: Elisa Before the End of the World (1997), Vidas errantes (1985) and El gavilán de la sierra (2002)
Films include Sugar Kisses (2013), El Sandwich De Mariana (2014) and Rudo y Cursi (2008)
Films include Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001), La línea paterna (1995) and The Comet (1999)
Films include KM 31: Kilómetro 31 (2006), Km 31-2 (2016) and Blackout (2008)
Films include Mezcal (2006), La orilla de la tierra (1994) and Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos (2002)
Films include A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003), Broken Sky (2006) and Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
Films include Miss Bala (2011), I'm Gonna Explode (2008) and Drama/Mex (2006)
Films include Conejo en la luna (2004), La Gran Promesa (2017) and Good Day, Ramon (2013)
Films include I Promise You Anarchy (2015), Gasolina (2008) and Buy Me a Gun (2018)
Films include A la mala (2015), Pulling Strings (2013) and El cielo en tu mirada (2012)
Films include El lugar más pequeño (2011), Ausencias (2015) and Tempestad (2016)
Films include The Delay (2012), A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015) and The Zone (2007)
Films include Perfect Strangers (2018), Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014) and Tales of an Immoral Couple (2016)
