List of Mexican films of 2016

This is a list of Mexican films released in 2016.

Box office records

• On May 30, ¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño?, starred by Karla Souza and Ricardo Abarca became the third highest-grossing film of all time in Mexico, only surpassed by No Se Aceptan Devoluciones and Nosotros Los Nobles (both 2013).^[1] The film grossed MXN$192 million in its first three weeks of release.^[1]

Films

Date	Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
January 1	El Cumple de la Abuela	Colinas, JavierJavier Colinas	Susana Alexander Paola Núñez Marimar Vega	Comedy		[2]
February 12	Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer	Begne, EnriqueEnrique Begne	Sandra Echeverría Arath de la Torre Jesús Ochoa	Comedy	Remake of the Argentine film Un Novio Para Mi Mujer (2007)	[3]
February 26	Las Aparicio	Ortíz, MoisésMoisés Ortíz	Ana de la Reguera Carmen Farías Liz Gallardo Iliana Fox Tenoch Huerta Mejía Damián Alcázar Joaquín Cosío	Drama	Based on the TV series of the same name	[4]
March 11	Paraíso Pérdido	Hinojosa, HumbertoHumberto Hinojosa	Ana Claudia Talancón Iván Sánchez Andrés Almeida	Thriller		[5]
March 31	Compadres	Begne, EnriqueEnrique Begne	Omar Chaparro Joey Morgan Eric Roberts Erick Elías Aislinn Derbez	Action-comedy		[6]
April 8	Chronic: El Ultimo Paciente	Franco, MichelMichel Franco	Tim Roth Sarah Sutherland Robin Bartlett Nailea Norvind	Drama	Premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, where it was awarded for Best Screenplay.[7][8][9][10]	[11]
April 15	Desierto	Cuarón, JonásJonás Cuarón	Gael García Bernal Jeffrey Dean Morgan Marco Pérez Alondra Hidalgo	Thriller	Mexican entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards	[12] [13] [14]
April 22	Las Elegidas	Pablos, DavidDavid Pablos	Nancy Talamantes Óscar Torres Alicia Quiñonez	Drama	Ariel Award for Best Picture in 2016	[15]
May 13	¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño?	Loza, GustavoGustavo Loza	Karla Souza Ricardo Abarca Jesús Ochoa Mara Escalante	Comedy		[16]
May 19	Rumbos Paralelos	Montero, RafaelRafael Montero	Ludwika Paleta Iliana Fox Michel Brown Arturo Barba	Drama		[17]
July 1	La Niña de la Mina	Ramírez Valera, JorgeJorge Ramírez Valera	Regina Blandón José Ángel Bichir	Horror		[18]
July 22	Mr. Pig	Luna, DiegoDiego Luna	Danny Glover Maya Rudolph José María Yazpik Joel Murray	Drama		[19]
August 19	Me Estás Matando Susana	Sneider, RobertoRoberto Sneider	Gael García Bernal Verónica Echegui Ashley Hinshaw Daniel Giménez Cacho	Comedy	Based on the novel Ciudades Desiertas by José Agustín	[20]
August 26	Te Prometo Anarquía	Hernández Cordón, JulioJulio Hernández Cordón	Diego Calva Eduardo Martínez	Drama	Winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2015 Locarno International Film Festival	[21]
September 2	La Delgada Línea Amarilla	García, CelsoCelso García	Damián Alcázar Joaquín Cosio Silverio Palacios Gustavo Sánchez Parra Américo Hollander	Drama		[22]
September 16	No Manches Frida	Velilla, Nacho G.Nacho G. Velilla	Omar Chaparro Martha Higareda Fernanda Castillo	Comedy	Remake of the German film Fack ju Göhte (2013)	[23]
September 19	7:19	Michel Grau, JorgeJorge Michel Grau	Héctor Bonilla Demián Bichir Verónica Langer	Drama		[24]
October 7	Treintona, Soltera y Fantástica	Cartas, ChavaChava Cartas	Bárbara Mori Jordi Mollà Marimar Vega Angélica Aragón Juan Pablo Medina	Comedy		[25]
October 28	La Vida Inmoral de la Pareja Ideal	Caro, ManoloManolo Caro	Cecilia Suárez Manuel Rulfo Sebastián Aguirre Ximena Romo Juan Pablo Medina	Comedy		[26]
October 28	La Leyenda del Chupacabras	Rodríguez, AlbertoAlberto Rodríguez	—	Animated		[27]
October 28	El Jeremías	Safa, AnwarAnwar Safa	Martín Castro Karem Momo Daniel Giménez Cacho Isela Vega	Comedy		[28]
November 4	Kilómetro 31 – 2	Castañeda, RigobertoRigoberto Castañeda	Carlos Aragón Mauricio García Lozano Adriá Collado Verónica Merchant	Thriller	Sequel to the Mexican film KM31 (2006)	[29]
November 18	Macho	Serrano, AntonioAntonio Serrano	Miguel Rodarte Aislinn Derbez Renato López Manolo Cardona	Comedy		[30]
November 25	Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas	Plá, RodrigoRodrigo Plá	Jana Raluy Sebastián Aguirre Emilio Echevarría Daniel Giménez Cacho	Drama	Premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in 2015	[31]

See also

• List of 2016 box office number-one films in Mexico

References

1. "¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño? es la tercera cinta mexicana mas taquillera". Milenio (in Spanish). Grupo Milenio. May 30, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
2. "El Cumple de la Abuela". Cine Premiere (in Spanish). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
3. "Se estrena la película 'Busco novio para mi mujer'" (in Spanish). Televisa. February 8, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
4. "La película Las Aparicio se estrena en México" (in Spanish). 1Fila. February 23, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
5. "Se estrena Paraíso perdido" (in Spanish). Televisa. March 9, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
6. "La película 'Compadres' se estrena en México" (in Spanish). Televisa. March 29, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
7. "Complement to the Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
8. "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
9. Henry Barnes (24 May 2015). "Cannes 2015: Jacques Audiard's Dheepan wins the Palme d'Or". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
10. Rebecca Ford (24 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Dheepan' Wins the Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
11. "'El último paciente: Chronic' se estrena en México". Televisa Corporativo (in Spanish). April 4, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
12. "Desierto se estrena en México". El Imparcial (in Spanish). April 14, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
13. ""Desierto" de Jonás Cuaron es elegida para representar a México en los Oscar". Quien. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
14. Hecht, John (14 September 2016). "Oscars: Mexico Selects 'Desierto' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
15. "Las elegidas, una historia desgarradora estrena el 22 de abril" (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
16. "¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño?". Cine Premiere (in Spanish). Retrieved November 3, 2016.
17. "La película 'Rumbos Paralelos' se estrena en México" (in Spanish). Televisa. May 16, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
18. "Se estrena la cinta "La niña de la mina"". La Prensa (in Spanish). Organización Editorial Mexicana. July 1, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
19. Daen, Arturo (July 22, 2016). "Mr. Pig, de Diego Luna: el viaje de un hombre y su puerco para sanar heridas del pasado". Animal Político (in Spanish). Retrieved November 3, 2016.
20. "'Me estás matando Susana' se estrena en México" (in Spanish). Televisa. August 16, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
21. "Te Prometo Anarquía (2015)" (in Spanish). Interior XIII. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
22. "La Delgada Línea Amarilla" (in Spanish). Corazón Films Mexico. September 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
23. "Martha Higareda busca revancha con 'No manches Frida'". El Informador (in Spanish). Unión Editorialista, S.A. de C.V. September 9, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
24. "Llega a las salas el filme '7:19' basado en el terremoto de 1985". Excelsior (in Spanish). Imagen Digital. September 20, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
25. "'Treintona, soltera y fantástica' se estrena en México" (in Spanish). Televisa. September 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
26. Baños, Sughey (October 17, 2016). "Manuel Caro presenta "La Vida Inmoral de la Pareja Ideal"". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 2, 2016.
27. Rodarte, Jorge (September 9, 2016). ""La leyenda del chupacabras" llega pronto a los cines". El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved November 3, 2016.
28. Moreno, Violeta (October 17, 2016). "El Jeremías, reflejo de la educación en México". Milenio (in Spanish). Grupo Milenio. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
29. "Se estrena en México 'Kilómetro 31- 2'" (in Spanish). Televisa. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
30. "Mira las primeras imágenes de 'Macho', de Miguel Rodarte". El Debate (in Spanish). September 4, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
31. "Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas" (in Spanish). Cinemex. November 3, 2016.