Best Argentina Movies Ever
by mvplocki | created - 17 Oct 2012 | updated - 17 Oct 2012 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Lo que vendrá (1988)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Against the backdrop of an increasingly-powerful police state, Miguel returns to Buenos Aires. An innocent bystander, he's shot by a rogue cop, Morea, at a political demonstration. To avoid... See full summary »
Director: Gustavo Mosquera R. | Stars: Hugo Soto, Juan Leyrado, Charly García, Rosario Bléfari
Votes: 138
2. Pasajeros de una pesadilla (1984)
96 min | Drama
Film focused on the murder of a marriage of Argentina's high bourgeoisie, crime of which the two sons of the couple were accused. It is based on the so-called Schoklender Case, which occurred in May 1981.
Director: Fernando Ayala | Stars: Federico Luppi, Alicia Bruzzo, Nelly Prono, Dalma Milevos
Votes: 84
3. The South (1988)
R | 127 min | Drama
The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz
Votes: 1,065
4. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Musical
Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Marie Laforêt, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá, Marina Vlady
Votes: 692
5. The South (1988)
R | 127 min | Drama
The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz
Votes: 1,065
6. Made in Argentina (1987)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, ... See full summary »
Director: Juan José Jusid | Stars: Luis Brandoni, Marta Bianchi, Leonor Manso, Patricio Contreras
Votes: 393
7. The Official Story (1985)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Votes: 10,860 | Gross: $0.03M
8. Camila (1984)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
In 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Imanol Arias, Héctor Alterio, Elena Tasisto
Votes: 1,451
9. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
Votes: 222,390 | Gross: $6.39M
10. Sidewalls (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Martín and Mariana are slightly damaged people who live in buildings just opposite one another. While they often don't notice each other, separation might be the very thing that brings them together.
Director: Gustavo Taretto | Stars: Javier Drolas, Miguel Dedovich, Pilar López de Ayala, Miguel Alvarez
Votes: 15,971 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Pasajeros de una pesadilla (1984)
96 min | Drama
Film focused on the murder of a marriage of Argentina's high bourgeoisie, crime of which the two sons of the couple were accused. It is based on the so-called Schoklender Case, which occurred in May 1981.
Director: Fernando Ayala | Stars: Federico Luppi, Alicia Bruzzo, Nelly Prono, Dalma Milevos
Votes: 84
12. Man Facing Southeast (1986)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?
Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza
Votes: 4,588 | Gross: $0.73M
14. The Journey (1992)
R | 150 min | Adventure, Drama
Follows the journey taken by 17-year-old Martin through Latin America - by bicycle - from his snow-frozen school in Tierra del Fuego in search of his 'real' father, a cartoonist turned anthropologist believed to be in the Amazon jungle.
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Walter Quiroz, Soledad Alfaro, Ricardo Bartis, Christina Becerra
Votes: 829
15. Son of the Bride (2001)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A dissatisfied 40-year-old, separated and without time for his own daughter and girlfriend must rethink his life when his father decides to marry his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, by church.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco
Votes: 16,510 | Gross: $0.62M
16. Nine Queens (2000)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
Director: Fabián Bielinsky | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Graciela Tenenbaum, María Mercedes Villagra
Votes: 57,118 | Gross: $1.22M
17. Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
94 min | Comedy
Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.
Director: Alejandro Doria | Stars: Luis Brandoni, China Zorrilla, Antonio Gasalla, Julio De Grazia
Votes: 7,279
18. The Night of the Pencils (1986)
105 min | Crime, Drama, History
This films tells the true story of seven teenagers who agitated for reduced student bus fares under two different regimes in Argentina, with tragic results. At first succeeding under the ... See full summary »
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Alejo García Pintos, Vita Escardó, Pablo Novak, Leonardo Sbaraglia
Votes: 2,279
19. Iluminados por el fuego (2005)
100 min | Action, Drama, History
The suicide of an old soldier buddy brings up some old memories for an Argentinian man.
Director: Tristán Bauer | Stars: Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba, César Albarracín, Víctor Hugo Carrizo
Votes: 1,947
20. The Last Elvis (2012)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Music
A tragic accident causes an Elvis impersonator to reassess his priorities.
Director: Armando Bo | Stars: John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita López, Alberto Ajaka
Votes: 1,674
21. Grandma (1979)
PG | 73 min | Comedy, Drama
The story about a family that must maintain a insatiable grandmother.
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Pepe Soriano, Juan Carlos Altavista, Osvaldo Terranova, Eva Franco
Votes: 530
22. Adiós Sui Generis (1976)
75 min | Documentary, Musical
The last show of the rock band Sui Generis.
Director: Bebe Kamin | Stars: Sui Generis, Charly García, Nito Mestre, Rinaldo Rafanelli
Votes: 59
23. Carancho (2010)
Unrated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An ambulance chaser/carancho falls for an ER/ambulance doctor, he meets one night "at work" in Buenos Aires.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Federico Silva, Cristian De Asís, Martina Gusmán
Votes: 8,782 | Gross: $0.09M
24. Paco (II) (2009)
128 min | Drama
The story of Francisco, a young psychics teacher who starts consuming drugs, his mother, a well known congresswoman and Nina, the woman who will try to save him from a horrible future.
Director: Diego Rafecas | Stars: Tomás Fonzi, Norma Aleandro, Esther Goris, Romina Ricci
Votes: 439
25. A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
A man finds a very unusual way to get rid of his wife.
Director: Juan Taratuto | Stars: Adrián Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli, Gabriel Goity, Marcelo Xicarte
Votes: 3,765
26. Tiempo de valientes (2005)
112 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Mariano Is a psychologist who must fulfill community service after losing a lawsuit by a traffic accident. He is forced to provide therapeutic support to Alfredo, a policeman depressed over... See full summary »
Director: Damián Szifron | Stars: Diego Peretti, Luis Luque, Óscar Ferreiro, Gabriela Izcovich
Votes: 7,358
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