The Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film (Spanish: Goya a la Mejor Película Iberoamericana), formerly the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (Spanish: Goya a la Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana, 1987–2008) and the Goya Award for Best Hispanic American Film (Spanish: Goya a la Mejor Película Hispanoamericana, 2009–2010), is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards with the exception of the third edition where it was not awarded. Carlos Sorín's A King and His Movie was the first winner of this award representing Argentina.

The submission of a film to this category in representation of Portugal is not compatible with a submission of said film to the Best European Film award category.^[1] Regarding the films with both a Spanish share and a (non-Spanish) Ibero-American share of the production, leading producers are required to choose between opting for this category or the Best Film category.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Argentina has received the most awards and nominations in this category with 19 wins and 30 nominations, Chile follows the most wins with 6 while Mexico and Chile follow the most nominations with 21. Goya winning films The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), A Fantastic Woman (2017) and Roma (2018) have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film representing Argentina, Chile and Mexico respectively, with the latter also being nominated for Best Picture and winning Best Director.

Argentine director Eduardo Mignogna is the most awarded director in this category, winning for Autumn Sun (1996), The Lighthouse (1998) and La fuga (2001), while the most nominated directors in this category are Peruvian director Francisco José Lombardi, nominated for Fallen from Heaven (1990), Without Compassion (1994), Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (2000) and Black Butterfly (2007) and Chilean director Andrés Wood, nominated for Machuca (2004), The Good Life (2008), Violeta Went to Heaven (2011) and Spider (2019), with four nominations each.

Notes

• The winner in each year is shown with a blue background and in bold.
• † – indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• ‡ – indicates a nominee that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1980s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1986 (1st) [2]	A King and His Movie	La película del rey	Carlos Sorín	Argentina
	Pequeña revancha		Olegario Barrera	Venezuela
	A Time to Die	Tiempo de morir	Jorge Alí Triana	Colombia
1987 (2nd)	Life Is Most Important	Lo que importa es vivir	Luis Alcoriza	Mexico
	Man Facing Southeast	Hombre mirando al sudeste	Eliseo Subiela	Argentina
	A Successful Man	Un hombre de éxito	Humberto Solás	Cuba
1988 (3rd)	Not awarded
1989 (4th)	The Beauty of the Alhambra	La bella del Alhambra	Enrique Pineda Barnet	Cuba
	Aventurera		Pablo de Barra	Venezuela

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1990 (5th)	Fallen from Heaven	Caídos del cielo	Francisco José Lombardi	Peru
	Candy or Mint	Caluga o menta	Gonzalo Justiniano	Chile
	María Antonia		Sergio Giral	Cuba
1991 (6th)	The Frontier	La frontera	Ricardo Larraín	Chile
	Hello Hemingway		Fernando Pérez	Cuba
	Jericó		Luis Alberto Lamata	Venezuela
	Técnicas de duelo: una cuestión de honor		Sergio Cabrera	Colombia
1992 (7th)	A Place in the World‡	Un lugar en el mundo	Adolfo Aristarain	Argentina
	Like Water for Chocolate	Como agua para chocolate	Alfonso Arau	Mexico
	Disparen a matar		Carlos Azpurúa	Venezuela
1993 (8th)	Gatica, el mono		Leonardo Favio	Argentina
	Knocks at My Door	Golpes a mi puerta	Alejandro Saderman	Venezuela
	Johnny cien pesos		Gustavo Graef Marino	Chile
1994 (9th)	Strawberry and Chocolate‡	Fresa y chocolate	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío	Cuba
	The Strategy of the Snail	La estrategia del caracol	Sergio Cabrera	Colombia
	Without Compassion	Sin compasión	Francisco José Lombardi	Peru
1995 (10th)	Midaq Alley	El callejón de los milagros	Jorge Fons	Mexico
	El elefante y la bicicleta		Juan Carlos Tabío	Cuba
	Sicario		Joseph Novoa	Venezuela
1996 (11th)	Autumn Sun	Sol de otoño	Eduardo Mignogna	Argentina
	Pon tu pensamiento en mí		Arturo Sotto	Cuba
	Sin remitente		Carlos Carrera	Mexico
1997 (12th)	Ashes of Paradise	Cenizas del Paraíso	Marcelo Piñeyro	Argentina
	Última llamada		Carlos García Agraz	Mexico
	Vertical Love	Amor tropical	Arturo Sotto	Cuba
1998 (13th)	The Lighthouse	El faro del sur	Eduardo Mignogna	Argentina
	Amaneció de golpe		Carlos Azpúrua	Venezuela
	De noche vienes, Esmeralda		Jaime Humberto Hermosillo	Mexico
	Kleines Tropikana		Daniel Díaz Torres	Cuba
1999 (14th)	Life Is to Whistle	La vida es silbar	Fernando Pérez	Cuba
	Crane World	Mundo grúa	Pablo Trapero	Argentina
	Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember	Del olvido al no me acuerdo	Juan Carlos Rulfo	Mexico
	Time Out	Golpe de estadio	Sergio Cabrera	Colombia

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2000 (15th)	Burnt Money	Plata quemada	Marcelo Piñeyro	Argentina
	Captain Pantoja and the Special Services	Pantaleón y las visitadoras	Francisco José Lombardi	Peru
	Ratas, ratones, rateros		Sebastián Cordero	Ecuador
	Lista de espera		Juan Carlos Tabío	Cuba
2001 (16th)	La fuga		Eduardo Mignogna	Argentina
	A Cab for Three	Taxi para tres	Orlando Lubbert	Chile
	Miel para Oshún		Humberto Solás	Cuba
	Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening	Perfume de violetas	Maryse Sistach	Mexico
2002 (17th)	The Last Train	El último tren	Diego Arsuaga	Uruguay
	The Crime of Father Amaro ‡	El crimen del padre Amaro	Carlos Carrera	Mexico
	A Lucky Day	Un día de suerte	Sandra Gugliotta	Argentina
	Nothing More	Nada	Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti	Cuba
2003 (18th)	Intimate Stories	Historias mínimas	Carlos Sorín	Argentina
	El misterio del Trinidad		José Luis García Agraz	Mexico
	Suite Habana		Fernando Pérez	Cuba
	Seawards Journey	El viaje hacia el mar	Guillermo Casanova	Uruguay
2004 (19th)	Whisky		Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll	Uruguay
	El rey		Antonio Dorado	Colombia
	Machuca		Andrés Wood	Chile
	Moon of Avellaneda	Luna de Avellaneda	Juan José Campanella	Argentina
2005 (20th)	Blessed by Fire	Iluminados por el fuego	Tristán Bauer	Argentina
	Alma mater		Álvaro Buela	Uruguay
	My Best Enemy	Mi mejor enemigo	Álex Bowen	Chile
	Rosario Tijeras		Jorge Franco	Colombia
2006 (21st)	The Hands	Las manos	Alejandro Doria	Argentina
	American Visa		Juan Carlos Valdivia	Bolivia
	In Bed	En la cama	Matías Bize	Chile
	A Ton of Luck	Soñar no cuesta nada	Rodrigo Triana	Colombia
2007 (22nd)	XXY		Lucía Puenzo	Argentina
	Black Butterfly	Mariposa negra	Francisco José Lombardi	Peru
	Padre nuestro		Rodrigo Sepúlveda	Chile
	The Silly Age	La edad de la peseta	Pavel Giroud	Cuba
2008 (23rd)	The Good Life	La buena vida	Andrés Wood	Chile
	Acne	Acné	Carlos Moreno	Uruguay
	Dog Eat Dog	Perro come perro	Federico Veiroj	Colombia
	Lake Tahoe		Fernando Eimbcke	Mexico
2009 (24th)	The Secret in Their Eyes †	El secreto de sus ojos	Juan José Campanella	Argentina
	Dawson Isla 10		Miguel Littín	Chile
	Gigante		Adrián Biniez	Uruguay
	The Milk of Sorrow ‡	La teta asustada	Claudia Llosa	Peru

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2010 (25th)	The Life of Fish	La vida de los peces	Matías Bize	Chile
	El infierno		Luis Estrada	Mexico
	The Man Next Door	El hombre de al lado	Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat	Argentina
	Undertow	Contracorriente	Javier Fuentes-León	Peru
2011 (26th)	Chinese Take-Away	Un cuento chino	Sebastián Borensztein	Argentina
	Ticket to Paradise	Boleto al paraíso	Gerardo Chijona	Cuba
	Miss Bala		Gerardo Naranjo	Mexico
	Violeta Went to Heaven	Violeta se fue a los cielos	Andrés Wood	Chile
2012 (27th)	Juan of the Dead	Juan de los Muertos	Alejandro Brugués	Cuba
	7 Boxes	7 Cajas	Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori	Paraguay
	After Lucia	Después de Lucía	Michel Franco	Mexico
	Clandestine Childhood	Infancia clandestina	Benjamín Ávila	Argentina
2013 (28th)	Blue and Not So Pink	Azul y no tan rosa	Miguel Ferrari	Venezuela
	The German Doctor	Wakolda	Lucía Puenzo	Argentina
	Gloria		Sebastián Lelio	Chile
	The Golden Dream	La jaula de oro	Diego Quemada-Díez	Mexico
2014 (29th)	Wild Tales ‡	Relatos salvajes	Damián Szifron	Argentina
	Mr. Kaplan		Álvaro Brechner	Uruguay
	Behavior	Conducta	Ernesto Daranas	Cuba
	La distancia más larga		Claudia Pinto	Venezuela
2015 (30th)	The Clan	El clan	Pablo Trapero	Argentina
	La once		Maite Alberdi	Chile
	Magallanes		Salvador del Solar	Peru
	Vestido de novia		Marilyn Solaya	Cuba
2016 (31st)	The Distinguished Citizen	El ciudadano ilustre	Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn	Argentina
	Anna		Jacques Toulemonde Vidal	Colombia
	From Afar	Desde allá	Lorenzo Vigas	Venezuela
	The Chosen Ones	Las elegidas	David Pablos	Mexico
2017 (32nd) [3]	A Fantastic Woman†	Una mujer fantástica	Sebastián Lelio	Chile
	Amazona		Clare Weiskopf	Colombia
	Tempestad		Tatiana Huezo	Mexico
	Zama		Lucrecia Martel	Argentina
2018 (33rd) [4]	Roma †		Alfonso Cuarón	Mexico
	El Angel	El ángel	Luis Ortega	Argentina
	A Twelve-Year Night	La noche de 12 años	Álvaro Brechner	Uruguay
	Mariana	Los perros	Marcela Said	Chile
2019 (34th)	Heroic Losers	La odisea de los giles	Sebastián Borensztein	Argentina
	Spider	Araña	Andrés Wood	Chile
	The Awakening of the Ants	El despertar de las hormigas	Antonella Sudasassi	Costa Rica
	Monos		Alejandro Landes	Colombia

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
2020 (35th) [5]	Forgotten We'll Be	El olvido que seremos	Fernando Trueba	Colombia
	The Mole Agent	El agente topo	Maite Alberdi	Chile
	La Llorona		Jayro Bustamante	Guatemala
	I'm No Longer Here	Ya no estoy aquí	Fernando Frías de la Parra	Mexico
2021 (36th) [6]	The Cordillera of Dreams	La cordillera de los sueños	Patricio Guzmán	Chile
	Song Without a Name	Canción sin nombre	Melina León	Peru
	The Siamese Bond	Las siamesas	Paula Hernández	Argentina
	Los Lobos		Samuel Kishi	Mexico
2022 (37th) [7]	Argentina, 1985 ‡		Santiago Mitre	Argentina
	1976		Manuela Martelli	Chile
	The Pack	La jauría	Andrés Ramírez Pulido	Colombia
	Prayers for the Stolen	Noche de fuego	Tatiana Huezo	Mexico
	Utama		Alejandro Loayza Grisi	Bolivia
2023 (38th) [8]	The Eternal Memory	La memoria infinita	Maite Alberdi	Chile
	Alma viva		Cristèle Alves Meira	Portugal
	The Fishbowl	La pecera	Glorimar Marrero Sánchez	Puerto Rico
	Puan		Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché	Argentina
	Simón		Diego Vicentini	Venezuela

Awards by country

Country	Awards	Nominations
Argentina	19	30
Chile	6	21
Cuba	4	19
Mexico	3	21
Uruguay	2	8
Colombia	1	13
Venezuela	1	11
Peru	1	8
Bolivia	0	2
Costa Rica	0	1
Ecuador	0	1
Guatemala	0	1
Paraguay	0	1
Portugal	0	1
Puerto Rico	0	1