Terror in Argentina
by antonivakin | created - 14 Sep 2016 | updated - 17 Oct 2016 | PublicCoup in 1976. Military dictatorship in 1976-1983. War with left partisans in 1969-1973. "Dirty War" of 1976-1983.
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1. 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
2. Garage Olimpo (1999)
R | 98 min | Drama
In the 70's, eighteen year-old Maria Fabiani lives with her French mother Diane in an old house in Buenos Aires, subletting rooms and giving classes to illiterate adults in the slums. One ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bechis | Stars: Antonella Costa, Carlos Echevarría, Enrique Piñeyro, Pablo Razuk
Votes: 2,870
3. The Children of the War (1984)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, War
Based on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Falklands War.
Director: Bebe Kamin | Stars: Gustavo Belatti, Gabriel Rovito, Leandro Regúnaga, Tina Serrano
Votes: 145
4. Veronico Cruz (1988)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, War
A rural teacher in Jujuy, establishes a friendly relationship with the inhabitants of Chorcán, a small Andean village. Circumstances in EEE Outbreak of War of the Malvinas and one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Pereira | Stars: Leopoldo Aban, Juan José Camero, Guillermo Delgado, Ana María González
Votes: 222
5. Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A well respected journalist in Buenos Aires, the editor of the major newspaper La Opinión, is kidnapped by the military for publishing articles critical of their terrorist tactics.
Director: Linda Yellen | Stars: Roy Scheider, Liv Ullmann, Terry O'Quinn, Sam Robards
Votes: 133
6. Chronicle of an Escape (2006)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado
Votes: 3,704 | Gross: $0.00M
7. Kamchatka (2002)
106 min | Drama
The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life. After witnessing the "... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Cecilia Roth, Héctor Alterio, Fernanda Mistral
Votes: 3,714
8. Imagining Argentina (2003)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rubén Blades, Irene Escolar
Votes: 3,547
9. 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
10. Funny Dirty Little War (1983)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ... See full summary »
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Federico Luppi, Víctor Laplace, Héctor Bidonde, Rodolfo Ranni
Votes: 564
11. Figli/Hijos (2001)
92 min | Drama
Director: Marco Bechis | Stars: Carlos Echeverría, Julia Sarano, Stefania Sandrelli, Enrique Piñeyro
Votes: 274
12. Cuarteles de invierno (1984)
115 min | Drama
A boxer and a singer are hired by the Armed Forces to entertain the people of a small town. When their personalities and principles get them in trouble with the authorities, they support each other as they face their destiny.
Director: Lautaro Murúa | Stars: Oscar Ferrigno, Eduardo Pavlovsky, Ulises Dumont, Arturo Maly
Votes: 46
13. Das Autogramm (1984)
92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Juan José Mosalini, Ángel Del Villar, Anna Larreta, Hanns Zischler
Votes: 31
14. The Clan (2015)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani, Stefanía Koessl
Votes: 14,307 | Gross: $0.19M
15. Cordero de Dios (2008)
90 min | Crime, Drama
The kidnapping 77-year-old man in Argentina forces his daughter to return to Buenos Aires after years of exile abroad.
Director: Lucía Cedrón | Stars: Mercedes Morán, Jorge Marrale, Leonora Balcarce, Malena Solda
Votes: 388
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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: 222,388 | Gross: $6.39M
19. Clandestine Childhood (2011)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamín Ávila | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Oreiro, César Troncoso, Teo Gutiérrez Moreno
Votes: 2,688 | Gross: $0.01M
20. No Te Metas (1989)
29 min | Short, Drama
Argentinian immigrant and political activist, Miguel, reflects on his escape from the regime attacks of De Mayo Plaza the week of his mother's birthday in Israel. When he's suspected of a ... See full summary »
Director: Yohanan Weller | Stars: Gili Aronson, Danny Littari, Rashid Masharawi, Meir Poli
21. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,237 | Gross: $0.67M
22. Looking for My Brother (2006)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama
A young Argentine girl is caught up in a political assassination and has to think quickly to protect her freedom.
Director: Nathaniel McCullagh | Stars: Danielle Hartnett, Ivo Lopez, Eduardo Ricard, Nevin Millan
Votes: 44
23. Padre (II) (2013)
12 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Argentina 1983, the dictatorship comes to an end in the country, but not in this woman's life.
Directors: Santiago Bou Grasso, Patricio Plaza
Votes: 141
24. The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis (2016)
TV-MA | 78 min | Drama
During Argentina's dictatorship, Francisco Sanctis receives information about two people sentenced to "disappear." He must make a crucial decision: whether or not to risk his own life to save others.
Directors: Francisco Márquez, Andrea Testa | Stars: Diego Velázquez, Laura Paredes, Valeria Lois, Marcelo Subiotto
Votes: 527
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