Top 5 Alfonso Cuarón Movies
31 October, 2023“The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or bad movie, it’s just to see what you learn for the next one.”
Alfonso Cuarón
Born in Mexico City, Alfonso Cuarón is one of the most prominent filmmakers of all time. Along with Alejandro Gonzalez Inãrittu and Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón is one of the Three Amigos of Cinema. He works in a wide variety of genres, from classic family movies (“A Little Princess”) to dystopian thrillers (“Children of Men”). Each movie of Cuarón is a unique and thought-provoking cinematic experience. Whether you prefer arthouse movies, Mexican road films, or sci-fi masterpieces, you will find in his filmography some interesting films for you. It is really hard to choose the “best” and “worst” Cuarón movies. However, we have compiled a list of his most iconic cinematic masterpieces for those who are new to Cuarón and prefer watching movies of other filmmakers or even gambling at IviBet.
“A Little Princess” (1995)
Every girl dreams of such love – faithful, sincere, generous, demanding nothing in return, passing through life. The image of the father is revealed here in such an ideal context that throughout the movie we see the main character of the movie – Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews) – the best manifestations of girlish character traits. These traits were revealed in the girl, not without the help of her father’s love and adoration. The protagonist of the movie is given to a kind of boarding school, while the loving father has to go to war. And before the draft, the family lived in sunny India, from where Sara picked up all sorts of fairy tales.
Sara is not arrogant as a teacher at a boarding school Miss Maria Minchin
(Eleanor Bron). The image of this cynical and cruel woman is very contrasting to the image of sincere Sara. The true princess has the simplicity of a child who will easily feel the truth from falsity, who will be alien to conventions and the division of people into ranks.
“Children of Men” (2006)
Set in a dystopian city in 2027, “Children of Men” is a dark thriller about humanity. The world is in mourning and darkness, as women have been completely infertile for 20 years and can no longer bear children. People have become even angrier than in the past, many people are persecuted and try to get out of this world, especially immigrants. Theo Faron (Clive Owen) is a British citizen and is not affected by these persecutions. However, his life is still linked to the exiles when his ex-wife asks him to move a young pregnant woman to another continent.
It’s not much of a fantasy, but a plausible scenario of human civilization from the not-too-distant future. The movie is interspersed with events that merge the bleak life of the main population of the planet almost like a reservation, and on the other hand, they are opposed by the “true owners” of everything that is still valuable on Earth. The movie shows in a white thread the problems that exist now, only in the future they will be practically unsolvable.
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004)
The threequel, as we know, became the first movie of the franchise where the director changed. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was the film where the characters matured and the story took on a darker coloring and also became noticeably older. And Alfonso Cuarón was the perfect replacement for Columbus. If you compare all the movies solely on the directing and visuals, the third installment would be the first without any contenders. The visuals have not only gotten darker but much more realistic. Alfonso Cuarón is one of the few directors who tries to play with the camera and does a minimal amount of splicing. The time travel in the movie is also breathtaking. The adherence to cause and effect has kept the number of plot holes to a minimum, which is something films in this vein can’t boast of.
“Gravity” (2013)
Some movies are spectacular, and there are movies filled with deep meaning. And there is a 2013 movie called Gravity that combines both. The movie centers on two astronauts, Dr. Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Lieutenant Kowalski (George Clooney). Working for NASA, getting huge money for servicing space equipment, and spending all their free time on education, practically from the first minutes of the time allotted for the movie they find themselves in a difficult life situation. They are left completely alone in the open space, having a ghostly hope to get to the neighboring stations. There is almost no oxygen, fuel is quickly running out.
The movie has a lot of vivid pictures of the environment. In each frame, there is not only an opportunity to enjoy the nature of space and the planet but also to think about the fact that we have such beauty under our noses and do not know how to appreciate it. Rarely there will be gratitude for the opportunity to live, the opportunity to be involved in the world around us. The movie is fascinating and you will want to rewatch it.
“Roma” (2018)
“Roma” is a family saga that revolves around the life of a domestic worker Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) in 1970s Mexico City. The head of the family Antonio is always on the move, but his wife Sofía (Marina de Tavira) spends time with their four children, giving the maintenance of the house to two maids. The country is in for a big change, and so is this family. The 1970s in Mexico was the time of the violent youth movements and street protests. “Roma” also depicts the Corpus Christi Massacre of 1971, when the paramilitary forces killed many protesting students.
“Roma” is a brilliant portrayal of Mexican life of the 1970s, and its political and social issues. This film also is partly autobiographical and highly personal for Cuarón. In this movie, he tried to capture the very essence of his childhood memories and the protagonists of his memory. To capture the essence of time, he uses black-and-white visuals and panoramas of homes, streets, beaches, and oceans. The character of Cleo is inspired by the real-life domestic worker who raised Cuarón.
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