Roma (2018 film)

In 1970, Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez is a Mixtec live-in maid in an upper-middle-class household in Mexico City's Colonia Roma neighborhood. The household consists of the mother, Sofía; the father, Antonio; their four school-aged children, Pepe, Sofi, Toño and Paco; and Sofía's mother, Teresa. Antonio, a medical doctor, often leaves for business conferences, but Sofía's distressed reactions to his absences suggest he is having an extramarital affair.

Meanwhile, Cleo believes she might be pregnant. She tells her boyfriend, Fermín, who pretends to be supportive but immediately abandons her at a movie theatre. She nervously reveals her news to Sofía, who provides emotional comfort and takes her to the hospital, confirming her pregnancy. Sofía then takes Cleo and the children to a family friend's hacienda for New Year celebrations. Recent tensions over land in the area arise, and a large forest fire erupts that the partygoers help extinguish.

Back in the city, Cleo sees Antonio and a young woman flirting on the street. She looks for Fermín, traveling to an impoverished district on the edge of the city, where she finds him training at a military-style camp run by Professor Zovek. Fermín denies that her baby is his, threatening to beat Cleo and their child if she talks to him again.

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Cleo returns to the city, and the increasingly distraught Sofía tries unsuccessfully to conceal her husband's infidelity from their children. With the baby almost due, Teresa takes Cleo shopping for a crib downtown. Suddenly a student protest outside the store turns into the Corpus Christi massacre of 10 June 1971 as a paramilitary group, Los Halcones (The Hawks), attacks the protesters. The militants chase a student into the store and murder him. Fermín, appearing as one of Los Halcones, points a gun at Cleo and Teresa before wordlessly exiting. Then Cleo's water breaks. The violence in the streets slows traffic and her attempt to get to the hospital. When she arrives, Antonio briefly appears, reassures her, then makes an excuse to leave. She cries in agony as her baby girl is delivered stillborn.

Later, Sofía takes Cleo and the children on a family outing to the beaches at Tuxpan. Sofía tells her children that she and their father are separating and that the outing is giving him time to collect his belongings from their home. At the beach, a strong current almost drowns Sofi and Paco, but Cleo wades in and saves them, despite not knowing how to swim. Sofía and the children affirm their love for Cleo, all of them holding each other and crying, while Cleo confesses that she did not want her baby to be born. The group returns home to find the house reorganized, and Cleo prepares a load of clothes for washing.

{{castlist|

• Yalitza Aparicio as Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez, one of the family's maids
• Marina de Tavira as Sofía, the mother of the family
• Fernando Grediaga as Antonio, Sofía's absent husband
• Jorge Antonio Guerrero as Fermín, Cleo's lover
• Marco Graf as Pepe, the youngest child of the family.
• Daniela Demesa as Sofi, the second child of the family, and only daughter.
• Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño, the eldest child of the family.
• Carlos Peralta as Paco, the third child of the family.
• Nancy García as Adela, Cleo's friend, and one of the family's maids
• Verónica García as Teresa, Sofía's mother
• José Manuel Guerrero Mendoza as Ramón, Adela's lover
• Latin Lover as Professor Zovek
• Zarela Lizbeth Chinolla Arellano as Velez
• Clementina Guadarrama as Benita
• Nicolás Peréz Taylor Félix as Beto
• Kjartan Halvorsen as Ove Larsen
• Jennifer Armour as Leslie Matos

}}

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On 8 September 2016, it was announced that Alfonso Cuarón would write and direct a project focusing on a Mexican family living in Mexico City in the 1970s. Production was set to begin in fall 2016{{cite news|last1=Kroll|first1=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/alfonso-cuaron-new-movie-participant-media-1201855134/|title=Alfonso Cuaron Sets Mexican Family Drama as Next Film|date=8 September 2016|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=7 November 2016}} by his production company, Esperanto Filmoj,Interview of Sam Green with Alfonso Cuarón why the production company is called 'Esperanto Filmoj', [http://esperantodocumentary.com/blog/an-interview-with-director-alfonso-cuaron.html An interview with director Alfonso Cuarón], 17 January 2013. and Participant Media. The film was produced by Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez, and Nicolás Celis. Filming took place from 27 November 2016 to 14 March 2017. Cuarón said he "just wrote the script without looking back. I started page one, I finish it, I never read it again as a whole. I never share it with anyone."{{Citation |title=Roma with Alfonso Cuarón and Alejándro G. Iñárritu (Ep. 173) |url=https://soundcloud.com/thedirectorscut/roma-with-alfonso-cuaron-and-alejandro-g-inarritu-ep-173 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-08}}

Roma was shot in sequence, which Yalitza Aparicio, who plays Cleo, said helped her. She was most terrified by the scene on the beach, as she—like her character—could not swim.{{cite news|last=Tapley |first=Kristopher |title=Roma Actress Yalitza Aparicio on the Challenge of Playing Alfonso Cuarón's Real-Life Nanny |date=October 23, 2018 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/yalitza-aparicio-interview-roma-alfonso-cuaron-nanny-1202988697/}} Before being cast, Aparicio, who had recently completed graduate training in preschool education, had no acting experience or formal training in acting. She has joked that the only "acting" she has ever done was lying to her parents and teachers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/11/21/18103486/yalitza-aparicio-interview-roma-cuaron|title=Roma's Yalitza Aparicio had never acted before. Now she's in one of the year's buzziest films.|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=21 November 2018|website=Vox|access-date=16 December 2018}}

Filming took place on location throughout Mexico City, as Cuarón felt shooting on soundstages would be difficult for first-time actors.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-12|title=Where was 'Roma' filmed?|url=https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/where-was-roma-filmed|access-date=2021-11-07|website=CN Traveller|language=en-GB}} The movie theatre serving as a recurring location was the Teatro Metropólitan, where Cuarón's Y tu mamá también premiered in 2001.

On 1 November 2016, the crew of Roma was the target of a robbery. According to the studio, "two women were hit, five crew members were hospitalized, and cellphones, wallets, and jewelry were stolen" during the attack. The crew reportedly arrived to set up filming for the day when a group of city workers approached the crew and tried to shut down filming. The crew said they had permission to film, but the workers persisted and a brawl broke out between the groups.{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Alan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/03/alfonso-cuaron-film-crew-attacked-robbed-mexico-city|title=Alfonso Cuarón film crew 'attacked and robbed' in Mexico City|date=3 November 2016|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=7 November 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Julia|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/americas/alfonso-cuarns-film-crew-attack-mexico-city/|title=Alfonso Cuarón film crew says Mexico City workers attacked them|date=3 November 2016|publisher=CNN|access-date=7 November 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/461334/cesan-a-funcionario-la-cuauhtemoc-tras-agresion-al-equipo-cuaron|title=Cesan a funcionario de la Cuauhtémoc tras agresión al equipo de Cuarón|date=4 November 2016|access-date=28 November 2018|magazine=Proceso|language=es}}{{cite news|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/Personal-de-la-Cuauhtemoc-agrede-a-staff-de-Alfonso-Cuaron-20161103-0261.html|title=Personal de la Cuauhtémoc agrede a staff de Alfonso Cuarón|date=3 November 2016|work=El Economista|access-date=28 November 2018}}

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In April 2018, it was announced that Netflix had acquired the film's distribution rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/04/netflix-threatens-to-pull-five-films-from-cannes-film-festival|title=Netflix Threatens to Pull Five Films from Cannes|website=Vanity Fair|first1=Rebecca|last1=Keegan|first2=Nicole|last2=Sperling|date=6 April 2018|access-date=6 April 2018}} Netflix movie chief Scott Stuber acquired the rights based on 12 minutes of footage he was shown.{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=2021-07-28|title=Netflix's Film Chief Scott Stuber Is Shaking Up Hollywood: 'The Movie Business Is in a Revolution'|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/studio-execs/netflix-scott-stuber-steven-spielberg-1235028464/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

A teaser trailer was released on 25 July 2018.{{cite news|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|title='ROMA': Alfonso Cuaron Shares First Look at Venice-Bound Personal Drama|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/alfonso-cuaron-roma-teaser-venice-film-festival-netfli-1202433161/|access-date=30 July 2018|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=25 July 2018}}

The film had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 30 August 2018,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/venice-film-festival-2018-lineup-full-list-1202433056/|title=Venice Film Festival Lineup: Welles, Coen Brothers, Cuaron, Greengrass, More – Live|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|date=25 July 2018|access-date=25 July 2018}} and made its North American debut the next day at the Telluride Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/2018-telluride-film-festival-line-up-1202918919/|title='First Man', 'Front Runner' and 'Roma' Among 2018 Telluride Film Festival Selections|website=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Kristopher|last=Tapley|date=30 August 2018|access-date=30 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://telluridecms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/guides/45th-TFF-program-guide-final.pdf|title=45th Telluride Film Festival Program Guide|website=Telluride Film Festival|publisher=The National Film Preserve|access-date=30 August 2018}} The film also played at the Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tiff-2018-lineup-beautiful-boy-life-more-1129445|title=Toronto: Timothee Chalamet Starrer 'Beautiful Boy,' Dan Fogelman's 'Life Itself' Among Festival Lineup|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=24 July 2018|access-date=24 July 2018}} It screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on 27 September 2018, the New York Film Festival on 5{{nbsp}}October 2018, and the New Orleans Film Festival as the Centerpiece Film on 22 October 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://neworleansfilmsociety.org/events/roma/|title=Roma {{!}} New Orleans Film Society|website=neworleansfilmsociety.org|access-date=30 September 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930231554/https://neworleansfilmsociety.org/events/roma/|archive-date=September 30, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/san-sebastian-bradley-cooper-lady-gaga-star-born-first-man-alfonso-cuaron-ryan-gosling-roma-1202445056/|title=Damien Chazelle's 'First Man', Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma', Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Head To San Sebastian Fest|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=14 August 2018|access-date=17 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/alfonso-cuaron-roma-new-york-film-festival-centerpiece-film-gravity-1202428471/|title=Alfonso Cuarón's 'ROMA' Set As New York Film Festival Centerpiece|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=18 July 2018|access-date=18 July 2018}} It was released at independent theatres in Mexico on 21 November, though the Cinépolis and Cinemex chains refused, as they demanded a longer exclusivity window than Netflix offered.{{cite web|url=https://expansion.mx/empresas/2018/11/22/cuaron-y-netflix-vs-cinepolis-ni-cinemex |title=Cuarón, Netflix, Cinépolis y Cinemex: el lío del estreno de 'Roma' |website=Expansión |date=22 November 2018 |language=es}} Released digitally on 14 December, the film was watched by 3.2 million households between January and February 2019, with a peak of 418,000 viewers on 23 February, the day before the Academy Awards.{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/netflix-s-private-viewership-data-has-fueled-its-growth-spending-n983356 |title= Netflix is sitting on a data goldmine — and it's starting to give us a peek

|work=NBC News|first1=Claire|last1=Atkinson|date=14 March 2019|access-date=28 November 2019}}

After Roma was nominated for Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards, AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas both issued statements that Roma would not be part of the lineup at either chain's annual Best Picture showcase. AMC said this was because it never received a license from Netflix to screen Roma in its theaters. Both theaters chains have refused to screen films from Netflix due to their policies that require a minimum of 90 days between theatrical release and home viewing.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=AMC Theatres & Regal Bar Netflix's 'Roma' From Oscar Best Picture Nom Showcases |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/netflix-roma-wont-play-amc-1202539240/ |website=Deadline |access-date=22 January 2019 |language=en |date=22 January 2019}}

The film's eligibility for the Academy Awards was a matter of controversy, since despite its limited theatrical release, many believed it to have been made for home viewing.{{cite web|title=Giving Awards to 'Roma' Is a "Devaluation of the Oscars", Say European Exhibitors|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 February 2019|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/giving-awards-roma-is-a-devaluation-oscars-say-european-exhibitors-1190434}} In March 2019, Steven Spielberg expressed disapproval of streaming films being eligible for Academy Awards,{{cite web|title=Steven Spielberg to Voice Netflix Awards Concerns at Academy Meeting |date=2 March 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/steven-spielberg-academy-netflix-oscar-competition-1203153872/

|website=Variety}} and the timing of his comments led many to believe they were a response to Roma, though he did not mention the film by name.{{cite web|title=After Roma swept the Oscars, Steven Spielberg seeks to block streaming films|date=4 March 2019|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/steven-spielberg-will-campaign-to-bar-streaming-movies-from-the-oscars/|website=Ars Technica}}

The film received the biggest promotional campaign in Netflix's history, with anywhere from $25 million to $50 million in advertisements (Netflix insisted on the former figure and its rivals on the latter). One unique tactic included sending out thousands of six-pound Roma coffee table books (worth $175) to awards voters, which led a consultant to say "the shipping charges cost more than some movies' advertising budgets".{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-08-27/netflix-fall-festivals-awards-season-irishman-marriage-story|title=Netflix embraces theatrical releases in quest for best picture Oscar. Will it be enough?|work=Los Angeles Times|first1=Glenn|last1=Whoop|date=27 August 2019|access-date=28 August 2019}}

Netflix has not publicly disclosed box-office figures for Roma, but sources deduced that the film made $90,000–120,000 from three theaters in its opening weekend, 23–25 November, and $200,000 over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, including selling out theaters in Los Angeles and New York City. Had the results been officially reported, its approximate venue average of $66,600 would have ranked among the best ever for a foreign-language film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/netflix-roma-opening-weekend-box-office-1202508491/|title=Netflix's 'Roma' Makes Estimated $200K in 5-day Thanksgiving Opening|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=25 November 2018|first=Anthony|last= D'Alessandro|access-date=25 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-netflix-s-roma-opens-strong-limited-release-say-experts-1163716|title=Box Office: Netflix's 'Roma' Opens Strong in Limited Release, Say Experts|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 November 2018|first=Pamela|last= McClintock|access-date=25 November 2018}} In its second weekend of theatrical release, the film expanded to 17 theaters. IndieWire estimated the film grossed $110,000 from four of them, including selling out in San Francisco, and that the film would "easily be the best grossing subtitled film" of 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/the-favourite-roma-arthouse-box-office-1202024536/|title='The Favourite' and 'Roma' Continue to Pull Arthouse Audiences|website=IndieWire|date=2 December 2018|first=Tom|last= Brueggemann|access-date=2 December 2018}} In its third weekend, the film made another estimated $500,000 from 100 theaters, for a running total of $900,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/mary-queen-of-scots-specialty-box-office-amazing-grace-1202026655/|title='Mary Queen of Scots' Leads Limited Openers, 'Amazing Grace' Wows New York|website=IndieWire|date=12 December 2018|first=Tom|last= Brueggemann|access-date=12 December 2018}}

Despite being released on Netflix on 14 December, the film expanded to 145 theaters and grossed an estimated $362,000 for a four-week total of $1.4 million.{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/box-office-if-beale-street-could-talk-green-book-the-favourite-1202028386/ |title='If Beale Street Could Talk' Opens Strong As 'Green Book' and 'The Favourite' Thrive |website=IndieWire|date=16 December 2018|first=Tom|last= Brueggemann|access-date=16 December 2018}} It made another $300,000 the next week and $150,000 the week after that.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/cold-war-roma-green-book-box-office-1202030251/|title='Cold War' Another Strong Foreign-Language Opener as 'Roma' Remains Strong|website=IndieWire|date=23 December 2018|first=Tom|last= Brueggemann|access-date=24 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/box-office-on-the-basis-of-sex-stan-ollie-destroyer-1202031323/|title='On the Basis of Sex' Tops Late 2018 Specialty Openings|website=IndieWire|date=30 December 2018 |first=Tom |last= Brueggemann |access-date=2 January 2019}} By its ninth week of release, the film had made an estimated $2.8 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/who-will-write-our-history-specialty-box-office-oscar-contenders-1202036749/|title='Who Will Write Our History' Opens Strong at Specialty Box Office as Oscar Contenders Await Nominations|website=IndieWire|date=20 January 2018|first=Tom |last= Brueggemann |access-date=20 January 2019}} In the weekend following the announcement of its 10 Oscar nominations, Roma grossed another $175,000 from around 80 theaters, pushing it past $3 million, the first foreign-language film to do so domestically since Ida in 2013.{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/never-look-away-box-office-gets-oscar-bump-godards-the-image-book-finds-its-fans-1202038510/ |title='Never Look Away' Box Office Gets Oscar Bump; Godard's 'The Image Book' Finds Its Fans |website=IndieWire|date=27 January 2018|first=Tom |last= Brueggemann |access-date=27 January 2019}}

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Roma holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "Roma finds writer-director Alfonso Cuarón in complete, enthralling command of his visual craft—and telling the most powerfully personal story of his career."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/roma_2018|title=Roma (2018)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 96 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/roma |title=Roma |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive |access-date=10 January 2019}} It is the 56th highest-rated film of all time on the site, and the best-reviewed of 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/movie/?releaseYearMin=1910&releaseYearMax=2025&page=3 |title=Best Movies of All Time |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=23 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-movies-released-in-2018 |title=The Best Movies of 2018 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2 January 2019}}{{dead url|date=January 2025|fix-attempted=yes}}

In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw wrote: "Roma is thrilling, engrossing, moving—and just entirely amazing, an adjectival pileup of wonder. He has reached back into his own childhood to create an intensely personal story."{{cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=29 November 2018|title=Roma review – an epic of tearjerking magnificence|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/29/roma-review-alfonso-cuaron|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=13 November 2023}} Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film "an expansive, emotional portrait of life buffeted by violent forces, and a masterpiece" and praised Cuarón's use of "intimacy and monumentality to express the depths of ordinary life".

Slavoj Žižek argued that people were appreciating the film for the wrong reasons, claiming that people were appreciating Cleo's grace without seeing how she must break free from the moral constraints placed upon her.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/01/roma-is-being-celebrated-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-writes-slavoj-zizek/|title=Roma is being celebrated for all the wrong reasons, writes Slavoj Žižek|date=14 January 2019|website=Coffee House|language=en-US|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225214314/https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/01/roma-is-being-celebrated-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-writes-slavoj-zizek/|url-status=dead}}

According to a study of 65 indigeneity-oriented fictional features produced in Latin America in the 21st century, the film can be considered as a catalyst for change in the blueprint for representations of Indigenous characters in cinema. Roma depicts Cleo, the main Indigenous character, with a level of detail that surpasses stereotypical portrayals. Gonzalez Rodriguez asserts that the film is a unique example of syntonic indigeneity, challenging traditional representations of the Indigenous Other as an exotic figure (histrionic indigeneity).{{Cite thesis |last=Gonzalez Rodriguez |first=M.F. |title=Histrionic indigeneity: Ethnotypes in Latin American cinema |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Amsterdam |url=https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=30d37fa1-b12b-45c9-a228-5ae3b21b72b6 |access-date=March 1, 2019}}

{{main|List of accolades received by Roma}}

Roma won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival.[https://www.labiennale.org/en/history-venice-film-festival "The awards of the Venice Film Festival from 1934 to the present day: Golden Lions for Best Film"] under "Venice Film Festival: History", La Biennale di Venezia (accessed 30-05-2019).{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/venice-film-festival-2018-awards-winners-full-list-1202001932/|title=Venice Film Festival Awards: Roma Wins the Golden Lion as The Favourite Lives Up to Its Name|last=Nordine|first=Michael|date=8 September 2018|work=IndieWire|access-date=6 October 2018}} At the Toronto International Film Festival, it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award.[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/tiff-2018-awards-green-book-peoples-choice-1202004060/ "TIFF 2018 Awards: Green Book Wins the People's Choice Award, Upsetting A Star Is Born"]. IndieWire, 16 September 2018.

The film received 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Picture—tying with The Favourite as the most-nominated film. It is the first film distributed primarily by a streaming service to be nominated for Best Picture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/movies/oscar-nominations-academy-awards.html |title='Roma' and 'The Favourite' Lead Oscar Nominations With 10 Each, writes Brooks Barnes|date=22 January 2019|website=www.nytimes.com|language=en-US|access-date=22 January 2019}} It was tied with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) for the most Oscar nominations received by a film not in English until Emilia Pérez, in French, received 13 in 2025.{{cite news |last1=Dicker |first1=Ron |title='Roma' Ties 'Crouching Tiger' For Most Foreign Film Oscars Nominations At 10 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roma-10-oscar-nominations-record_us_5c472464e4b0bfa693c7348c?ec_carp=1785153075355034477 |access-date=23 January 2019 |work=Huffington Post |date=22 January 2019}} It won three Academy Awards,{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/24/entertainment/oscars-winners-2019-list/index.html |title=Oscars winners 2019: See the full list of winners |date=24 February 2019 |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=CNN |first=Chloe |last=Melas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225033656/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/24/entertainment/oscars-winners-2019-list/index.html |archive-date=25 February 2019 |url-status=live}} including Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Mexican film to win this honor.{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/roma-wins-oscar-best-foreign-language-film-1202045939/ |title='Roma' Wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, First Mexican Film to Do So |first=David |last=Ehrlich |date=24 February 2019 |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=IndieWire}}

Roma received American Film Institute's 2018 AFI Special Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFI-Awards-2018.aspx|title=AFI Awards|website=www.afi.com|access-date=24 January 2019}} as it was not eligible for AFI Movies of the Year due to its non-U.S. status.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/afi-awards-top-10-films-tv-2018-roma-1202025280/|title=AFI Awards: Top 10 Films and TV of 2018, Plus Special Award for 'Roma'|last=Thompson|first=Anne|date=4 December 2018|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=24 January 2019}} Time magazine and the New York Film Critics Circle named it the best film of 2018, and the National Board of Review named it one of the ten best films of 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5454739/best-movies-2018/|title=The Top 10 Movies of 2018|last=Zacharek|first=Stephanie|author-link=Stephanie Zacharek|date=15 November 2018|magazine=Time|access-date=27 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mpaa.org/2018/08/review-roundup-critics-hail-the-breathtaking-beauty-of-roma/|title=Review Roundup: Critics Hail the Breathtaking Beauty of Roma|first=Kelle|last=Long|publisher=Motion Picture Association of America|date=31 August 2018|access-date=26 November 2018}}

The February 2020 issue of New York lists Roma as one of the Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars.{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=New York Magazine|access-date=2020-02-24}}

On 15 November 2019, it was confirmed that Roma would be receiving a DVD and Blu-ray release from The Criterion Collection, marking the first time a Netflix original film was added to the library, and one of the rare times that Netflix had permitted one of their films for physical media release.{{cite web |last1=Michael |first1=Brendan |title=Alfonso Cuarón's 'Roma' Getting the Criterion Treatment |url=https://collider.com/alfonso-cuaron-roma-criterion-collection/ |website=Collider |access-date=5 January 2020 |date=15 November 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Mike |title=Roma Becomes First Netflix Film Added To Criterion Collection |url=https://screenrant.com/netflix-criterion-collection-roma/ |website=ScreenRant |access-date=5 January 2020 |date=15 November 2019}} Netflix described the announcement as "such an honor".{{cite tweet |user=NetflixFilm |number=1195413335405056001 |title=It was such an honor to see ROMA added to the @Criterion Collection today. This personal story continues to make waves around the world. https://t.co/jqy3A7HXjq |access-date=5 January 2020 |date=15 November 2019}} To coincide with the Criterion Collection release, in February 2020, Netflix released a behind-the-scenes documentary named Road to Roma.{{cite web|title='ROAD TO ROMA' Documentary Now on Netflix Globally|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/road-to-roma-documentary-now-on-netflix-globally/|website=What's on Netflix|date=13 February 2020}}

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• List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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