Uruguay History
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1. Society of the Snow (2023)
R | 144 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi
Votes: 132,330
2. C3M - Cinemateca del Tercer Mundo (2011)
61 min | Documentary
The production and distribution of uruguayan militant cinema during the 60s.
Director: Lucía Jacob
3. Marathon Man (1976)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After the shocking murder of his older brother, a New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane
Votes: 70,264 | Gross: $21.71M
4. A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
TV-MA | 122 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad."
Director: Álvaro Brechner | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso
Votes: 10,992
5. The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Omar wants to write an authorized biography on a dead writer and travels to a farm in Uruguay to meet the trustees - the writer's brother, widow and cute mistress/mother of his daughter.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nicholas Blandullo
Votes: 3,239
6. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,066 | Gross: $1.13M
7. Burnt Money (2000)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice
Votes: 6,855 | Gross: $0.24M
8. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter
Votes: 4,867
9. The Three Caballeros (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
Directors: Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Harold Young | Stars: Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 15,584
10. Alive (1993)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay
Votes: 64,475 | Gross: $36.73M
12. Los olvidados (2018)
75 min | Documentary
Aníbal González - "DON CONY", and his brother Christian González - "KITTY" were born and raised in Marconi neighborhood, which is considered one of the most dangerous zones of Montevideo, ... See full summary »
Director: Agustín Flores | Stars: Don Cony, Kitty, Nancy, Walton
Votes: 6
13. Get the Weed (2017)
75 min | Comedy
A fake Uruguayan Chamber of Legal Marijuana travels to the United States to find 50 tons of cannabis to supply the country. President Jose Mujica is the leader of the mission.
Directors: Denny Brechner, Alfonso Guerrero, Marcos Hecht | Stars: Denny Brechner, Talma Friedler, Pepe Mujica, Gustavo Olmos
Votes: 48
14. Straight to VHS (2021)
76 min | Documentary
The story of "Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist," a 1988 Uruguayan cult film created by enigmatic filmmaker Manuel Lamas.
Director: Emilio Silva Torres | Stars: Roxana Blanco, Manuel Lamas, María Inés Pelfort, Alfonso Tort
Votes: 94
15. El cultivo de la flor invisible (2012)
84 min | Documentary
An everyday portrait of a group of people who suffer forced disappearance in Uruguay. The documentary follows this group exploring the reality through their eyes and their struggle against oblivion.
Director: Juan Alvarez Neme
Votes: 7
16. Alcira y el campo de espigas (2023)
86 min | Documentary
Uruguayan poet Alcira Soust became a legend in Mexico after hiding for 12 days in a toilet when the army entered the UNAM in 1968. Letters, poems and traces she left with relatives and friends guide us through her delusion and sanity.
Director: Agustín Fernández Gabard | Stars: Sulma Soust, Marlene Yacobazzo, Ángela Soust, Annunziata Rossi
17. Reus (2011)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
A chronicle of two crime families' struggle to control the Reus neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Directors: Pablo Fernández, Alejandro Pi, Eduardo Piñero | Stars: Alberto Acosta, Ignacio Dure, Martín Espina, Daniel Martinez
Votes: 102
18. El rosario de los Andes
90 min | Drama | Pre-production
Madelón (40) is a mother who searches for her 18-year-old son after the plane he was traveling in crashes in the Andes mountains in 1972. Just a few days after the accident, the search ... See full summary »
Director: Horacio Reyes Páez | Star: Natalia Oreiro
19. The Story of Artigas (2011)
115 min | Drama, History
In 1884, the famous painter Juan Manuel Blanes, from Uruguay, is asked to create a portrait of José Artigas. There is only one drawing of his face, done in his old age so Blanes must ... See full summary »
Director: César Charlone | Stars: Jorge Esmoris, Rodolfo Sancho, Yamandú Cruz, Franklin Rodríguez
Votes: 102
20. El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
An examination of the life, times, and legacy of Uruguay's last president, José "Pepe" Mujica.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Star: Pepe Mujica
Votes: 2,134
21. Tupamaros (1997)
95 min | Documentary
Pepe Mujica, now a member of the Uruguayan parliament, and others of the Tupamaros recount the history of this urban guerrilla group: their use of armed intervention and illegal acts--even ... See full summary »
Directors: Rainer Hoffmann, Heidi Specogna | Stars: Pepe Mujica, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, Lucia Topolansky, Graciela Jorge
Votes: 44
22. The Pope's Toilet (2007)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
Directors: César Charlone, Enrique Fernández | Stars: César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, Mario Silva, Virginia Ruiz
Votes: 2,875
23. Maiden (2018)
PG | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
Director: Alex Holmes | Stars: Frank Bough, John Chittenden, Bruno Du Bois, Pat Edwards
Votes: 2,585 | Gross: $3.01M
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