# Alejandro González Iñárritu filmography
The filmography of **Alejandro González Iñárritu** (born 1963) comprises eight feature films directed between 2000 and 2026, along with short films, anthology contributions, and a virtual-reality installation, for which he has won Academy Awards for Best Director twice consecutively and a special Governors Award.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) • [2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Feature debut | *Amores perros* (2000), premiered in the Cannes Semaine de la Critique and nominated for the Foreign Film Academy Award[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) |
| Highest-rated film | *Amores perros*, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes; *Birdman* follows at 91%[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) |
| Oscars | Best Director for *Birdman* (87th Academy Awards) and again for *The Revenant* (88th), plus Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for *Birdman*[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) • [3](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016) |
| Cannes | Best Director Award at the 2006 Festival for *Babel*, which received seven Oscar nominations[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) |
| VR installation | *Carne y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible)* (2017), the first VR project in the Cannes Official Selection, earned a special Oscar from the Academy's Board of Governors[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) |
| Latest feature | *Digger* (2026), a political satire starring Tom Cruise, 53% on Rotten Tomatoes[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) • [4](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/10/07/digger-by-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-tom-cruise-as-a-misanthropic-obscene-old-man_6758339_30.html) |
## Feature films
Iñárritu's directed features, in order, are *Amores perros* (2000), *[21 Grams](https://www.edgepedia.org/21-grams)* (2003), *[Babel](https://www.edgepedia.org/babel-film)* (2006), *Biutiful* (2010), *[Birdman](https://www.edgepedia.org/birdman-film) or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), *The Revenant* (2015), *Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths* (2022), and *Digger* (2026).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) His recorded directing credits also include the television pilot *Detrás del dinero* (1995), the short *Powder Keg* (2001), the anthology contribution *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), and the virtual-reality work *Flesh and Sand* (2017).[5](https://historyofmovies.com/director/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
**The first three features.** *Amores perros*, his debut, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film and received more than 60 prizes, becoming the most awarded film in the world in its year.[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) He then moved to Hollywood for *21 Grams* (2003), a drama about the consequences of a tragic death, and *Babel* (2006), a multistrand story of love, loss, and fear of the unknown that drew seven Oscar nominations and won him the Best Director Award at Cannes.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) • [2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) *Biutiful* (2010), starring [Javier Bardem](https://www.edgepedia.org/javier-bardem), was presented in [Competition](https://www.edgepedia.org/competition) at Cannes in 2010.[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
**The Oscar run.** *Birdman* (2014), a comedy about a former superhero-film actor mounting a Broadway play, appeared as a single unbroken take and won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards, with [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmanuel-lubezki) taking Best Cinematography.[6](https://www.imcine.gob.mx/pdf/anuarios/ef1a4038e743e910.pdf) • [2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) The following year *The Revenant* (2015), a survival thriller starring [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.edgepedia.org/leonardo-dicaprio), won Iñárritu a second consecutive [Academy Award for Best Director](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-director) at the 88th ceremony; DiCaprio won Best Actor for the same film, and the film was also a Best Picture nominee with Iñárritu among its credited producers.[3](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016)
**Bardo and Digger.** *Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths* (2022), an autofictional return to Mexico, received 60% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest score among his features before *Digger*.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) *Digger* (2026) stars [Tom Cruise](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-cruise) as Digger Rockwell, an oil tycoon whose actions cause an apocalypse, in a satire with a nested story structure; it was the final film released by Warner Bros. before the company's acquisition by Paramount closed, and a swathe of negative reviews accompanied its release.[4](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/10/07/digger-by-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-tom-cruise-as-a-misanthropic-obscene-old-man_6758339_30.html) • [7](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-box-office-flop-explained/688934/) • [8](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/diggers-stunning-twist-is-exactly-why-it-failed/)
## Collaboration with Guillermo Arriaga
In his first period, when he was credited as [Alejandro González Iñárritu](https://www.edgepedia.org/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu), he collaborated with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga on three features, *Amores Perros*, *21 Grams*, and *Babel*, which wove a dozen or more interlocking fates across a city or around the world.[9](https://time.com/3197114/birdman-movie-review/) The two later separated professionally, and *Biutiful* was his first feature without Arriaga.[10](https://elpais.com/cultura/cine/2026-10-02/digger-com-tom-cruise-nada-de-nada.html)
## Beyond features
In the period between *The Revenant* and *Bardo*, Iñárritu produced the virtual-reality installation *Carne y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible)*. It was shown in a preview at the 2017 Festival de Cannes, marking the first time a VR work had been accepted into the Official Selection, and it earned him a special Oscar from the Academy's Board of Governors.[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) He has also served as president of the Cannes jury, heading the 2019 feature-film jury as the first Latin American filmmaker to do so.[2](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) • [11](https://www.circulobellasartes.com/biografia/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
## Reception in numbers
Rotten Tomatoes aggregates show a consistent critical standing across the career: *Amores perros* 93% (critics) and 94% (audience), *Birdman* 91% and 78%, *21 Grams* 80% and 86%, *The Revenant* 78% and 84%, *Babel* 68% and 77%, *Biutiful* 66% and 74%, *Bardo* 60% and 67%, and *Digger* 53% and 73%.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu) The Spanish film database of the ICAA records all eight features as full-length fiction films directed by Iñárritu, with production years from 1999 for *Amores perros* to 2025 for *Digger*.[12](https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/es-es?T_general=ALEJANDRO+GONZALEZ+I%C3%91ARRITU)
## References
1. [Alejandro González Iñárritu Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alejandro_gonzalez_inniaritu)
2. [Alejandro González Iñárritu, Festival de Cannes](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
3. [The 88th Academy Awards, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016)
4. ['Digger,' by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/10/07/digger-by-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-tom-cruise-as-a-misanthropic-obscene-old-man_6758339_30.html)
5. [Alejandro González Iñárritu, History of Movies](https://historyofmovies.com/director/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
6. [Anuario IMCINE, Birdman awards](https://www.imcine.gob.mx/pdf/anuarios/ef1a4038e743e910.pdf)
7. [How Digger Dug Its Own Box-Office Grave, The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-box-office-flop-explained/688934/)
8. ['Digger's' Stunning Twist Is Exactly Why It Failed, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/diggers-stunning-twist-is-exactly-why-it-failed/)
9. [Birdman at Venice, TIME](https://time.com/3197114/birdman-movie-review/)
10. ['Digger', con Tom Cruise, El País](https://elpais.com/cultura/cine/2026-10-02/digger-com-tom-cruise-nada-de-nada.html)
11. [Alejandro González Iñárritu, Círculo de Bellas Artes](https://www.circulobellasartes.com/biografia/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/)
12. [Catálogo de Películas ICAA](https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/es-es?T_general=ALEJANDRO+GONZALEZ+I%C3%91ARRITU)
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