"Emilia Perez," starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña, has been criticized both for its quality and how it represents trans people and Mexican culture.

In the latter category, it triumphed over Jon M. Chu’s acclaimed Wicked adaptation, Luca Guadagnino’s sports romance Challengers, Sean Baker’s rom-com Anora, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and Coralie Fargeat’s sci-fi horror The Substance.