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Alfonso Cuarón

Mexican filmmaker (born 1961)

8.80body-of-work score · ranked #104 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 28, 1961 · Mexico City
Nationality
Mexico
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Alfonso Cuarón
Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    RomaMust-See #124

    2018 · United States / Mexico · drama

    BAFTA Best Film winner 2019 · Venice Golden Lion winner 2018 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2018

    3.247 citations
  2. 2
    Y tu mamá tambiénMust-See #392

    2001 · Mexico · drama, comedy, romance

    Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #5 · Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #3 · Ebert's annual top 10 2002 #6

    1.998 citations
  3. 3
    GravityMust-See #405

    2013 · United States / United Kingdom · drama, thriller, adventure

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2013 #2 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2013 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2013 #4

    1.965 citations
  4. 4
    Children of Men

    2006 · United Kingdom / United States / Japan · thriller, sci-fi, drama

    Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #27 · Ebert's annual top 10 2006 #3 · Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #19

    1.286 citations
  5. 5
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    2004 · United States / United Kingdom · fantasy, adventure

    Empire 500 (2008) #471

    0.171 citation
  6. 6
    Sólo Con Tu Pareja

    1991 · Mexico · comedy, romance

    Criterion Collection spine #353

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.