The Luces Award for Best Film is one of the awards given by the newspaper El Comercio in recognition of those outstanding Peruvian films of the previous year. While the nominees in this category are chosen by El Comercio workers, the winners are chosen by the general public.
The current Peruvian production that holds the award is the film Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced directed by Ani Alva Helfer in the nineteenth award, with the winners announced on April 2, 2024.
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 (1st) | El caudillo pardo | Aldo Salvini | ||
| Cuando el cielo es azul | Sandra Wiese | |||
| A Day Without Sex | Un día sin sexo | Frank Pérez-Garland | ||
| Pirates in Callao | Piratas en el Callao | Eduardo Schuldt | ||
| Mañana te cuento | Eduardo Mendoza de Echave | |||
| 2006 (2nd) | Madeinusa | Claudia Llosa | [1] | |
| Black Butterfly | Mariposa negra | Francisco Lombardi | [2] | |
| Chicha tu madre | Gianfranco Quattrini | |||
| The Trial | La prueba | Judith Vélez | ||
| 2007 (3rd) | Muero por Muriel | Augusto Cabada | [3] | |
| 2008 (4th) | Vidas paralelas | Rocío Lladó | [4] | |
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (6th) | Undertow | Contracorriente | Javier Fuentes-León | [5] |
| Ella | Francisco Lombardi | |||
| October | Octubre | Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal | ||
| Paradise | Paraíso | Héctor Gálvez | ||
| The Vigil | La vigilia | Augusto Tamayo | ||
| 2011 (7th) | The Bad Intentions | Las malas intenciones | Rosario García-Montero | [6] |
| Bolero de noche | Eduardo Mendoza de Echave | |||
| El guachimán | Gastón Vizcarra | |||
| The Inca, The Silly Girl, and the Son of a Thief | El Inca, la boba y el hijo del ladrón | Ronnie Temoche | ||
| The Last Chanka Warrior | El último guerrero Chanka | Víctor Zarabia | ||
| 2012 (8th) | Lima 13 | Fabrizio Aguilar | [7] | |
| El Buen Pedro | Sandro Ventura | [8] | ||
| Coliseo, los campeones | Alejandro Rossi | |||
| Dark Heaven | Cielo oscuro | Joel Calero | ||
| In House | Casadentro | Joanna Lombardi | ||
| 2013 (9th) | ¡Asu mare! | Ricardo Maldonado | [9] | |
| The Cleaner | El limpiador | Adrián Saba | [10] | |
| The Gospel of the Flesh | El evangelio de la carne | Eduardo Mendoza de Echave | ||
| I'm Still | Sigo siendo | Javier Corcuera | ||
| The Space Between Things | El espacio entre las cosas | Raúl del Busto | ||
| 2014 (10th) | Guard Dog | Perro Guardián | Bacha Caravedo, Chinón Higashionna | [11] |
| Chicama | Omar Forero | [12] | ||
| El mudo | Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal | |||
| The Vanished Elephant | El elefante desaparecido | Javier Fuentes-León | ||
| The Womb | El vientre | Daniel Rodríguez | ||
| 2015 (11th) | Magallanes | Salvador del Solar | [13] | |
| Avenida Larco, la película | Antonio Rodríguez Romaní | [14] | ||
| Climates | Climas | Gianfranco Quattrini | ||
| Just Like in the Movies | Como en el cine | Gonzalo Ladines | ||
| NN | NN: Sin identidad | Héctor Gálvez | ||
| 2016 (12th) | When Two Worlds Collide | El choque de dos mundos | Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel | [15] |
| Alone | Solos | Joanna Lombardi | [16] | |
| The Blue Hour | La hora azul | Evelyne Pegot | ||
| Extirpator of Idolatries | Extirpador de idolatrías | Manuel Siles | ||
| Rodar contra todo | Marianela Vega | |||
| La Última Noticia | Alejandro Legaspi | |||
| Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) | Videofilia (y otros síndromes virales) | Juan Daniel Fernández | ||
| 2017 (13th) | The Last Hour | La hora final | Eduardo Mendoza de Echave | [17] |
| The Light on the Hill | La luz en el cerro | Ricardo Velarde | [18] | |
| One Last Afternoon | La última tarde | Joel Calero | ||
| Pacificum, Return to the Ocean | Pacificum, el retorno al océano | Mariana Tschudi | ||
| Rosa Chumbe | Jonatan Relayze | |||
| The Dreamer | El Soñador | Adrián Saba | ||
| Wik | Rodrigo Moreno del Valle | |||
| 2018 (14th) | Don't Call Me Spinster | No me digas solterona | Ani Alva Helfer | [19] |
| ¡Asu mare! 3 | Jorge Ulloa | [20] | ||
| Aldo Salvini | ||||
| Eternity | Wiñaypacha | Óscar Catacora | ||
| Friends in Trouble | Amigos en apuros | Joel Calero, Lucho Cáceres | ||
| How to Get Over a Breakup | Soltera codiciada | Bruno Ascenzo, Joanna Lombardi | ||
| The Pink House | La casa rosada | Palito Ortega Matute | ||
| Utopia | Utopía | Gino Tassara, Jorge Vilela de Rutte | ||
| 2019 (15th) | Retablo | Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio | [21] | |
| The Clash | La bronca | Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal | [22] | |
| Complex Cases | Casos complejos | Omar Forero | ||
| Django, en el nombre del hijo | Aldo Salvini | |||
| Three Kids and a Dad | Papá x Tres | Sandro Ventura | ||
| The Journey of Javier Heraud | El viaje de Javier Heraud | Javier Corcuera | ||
| Living Unscathed | Vivir ilesos | Manuel Siles | ||
| What Couples Do | Los helechos - Enredos de parejas | Antolín Prieto | ||
| Youtuber Dad | Papá Youtuber | Fernando Villarán | ||
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (16th) | Powerful Chief | Manco Cápac | Henry Vallejo | [23] |
| Circle of Chalk | Círculo de Tiza | Jean Alcócer, Diana Daf Collazos | [24] | |
| The Restoration | La restauración | Alonso Llosa | ||
| Samichay, In Search of Happiness | Samichay, en busca de la felicidad | Mauricio Franco Tosso | ||
| Soldier's Women | Mujer de soldado | Patricia Wiesse Risso | ||
| The Song of the Butterflies | El canto de las mariposas | Nuria Frigola Torrent | ||
| We're All Sailors | Todos somos marineros | Miguel Angel Moulet | ||
| 2021 (17th) | A World for Julius | Un mundo para Julius | Rossana Díaz Costa | [25] |
| Ainbo: El espíritu del Amazonas | José Zelada, Richard Claus | [26] | ||
| The Best Families | Las mejores familias | Javier Fuentes-León | ||
| La cantera | Miguel Barreda | |||
| Fever Dream | Distancia de rescate | Claudia Llosa | ||
| Song Without a Name | Canción sin nombre | Melina León | ||
| El viaje macho | Luis Basurto | |||
| 2022 (18th) | Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village | Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo | César Galindo | [27] |
| About Everything There Is to Know | De todas las cosas que se han de saber | Sofia Velázquez | [28] | |
| Bantamweight | Peso gallo | Hans Matos Cámac | ||
| Long Distance | Larga distancia | Franco Finocchiaro | ||
| Moon Heart | El corazón de la luna | Aldo Salvini | ||
| Pakucha | Tito Catacora | |||
| The Shape of Things to Come | Tiempos futuros | Victor Manuel Checa | ||
| 2024 (19th) | Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced | Soltera, casada, viuda, divorciada | Ani Alva Helfer | [29] |
| La decisión de Amelia | Francisco José Lombardi | [30] | ||
| The Erection of Toribio Bardelli | La erección de Toribio Bardelli | Adrián Saba | ||
| How to Deal With a Heartbreak | Soltera codiciada 2 | Joanna Lombardi | ||
| The Invisible Girl | La pampa | Dorian Fernández-Moris | ||
| The Monroy Affaire | El caso Monroy | Josué Méndez | ||
| Pirú: Un viaje de oro | Bismarck Rojas | |||