Top 400 Latin American Films
by minalex | created - 19 Sep 2011 | updated - 3 days ago | Public[DEE] The best films from South and Central America. Films from Brazil (118), Mexico (98), Argentina (79), Chile (34), Cuba (28), Colombia (14), Bolivia (7), Peru (5), Venezuela (4), Haiti (3), Jamaica (3), Uruguay (3), Martinique (2), Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Paraguay and Trinidad & Tobago.
Page 1 (1908-1969), Page 2 (1969-1987), Page 3 (1987-2006), Page 4 (2006-2023).
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1. El fusilamiento de Dorrego (1908)
Short, History
The director Mario Gallo made the first film with an argument from Argentina, although the opinions of scholars are not coincident as to their temporal order.
Director: Mario Gallo | Stars: Salvador Rosich, Eliseo Gutiérrez, Roberto Casaux
2. Nobleza gaucha (1915)
60 min | Drama, History, Western
A licentious patron takes a beautiful stand to his palace in Buenos Aires, after abducting her. When the gaucho who wants to go to rescue her, the field owner uses a corrupt commissary to falsely accuse him of a thief.
Directors: Humberto Cairo, Ernesto Gunche, Eduardo Martinez de la Pera | Stars: Arturo Mario, María Padín, Celestino Petray, Orfilia Rico
Votes: 87
3. Santa (1918)
40 min | Drama, Short
The first version of Gamboa's novel about an innocent young girl who is betrayed by the man she loves and must become a prostitute after her family rejects her.
Director: Luis Peredo | Stars: Elena Sánchez Valenzuela, Alfonso Busson, Ricardo Beltri, Clementina Pérez de Rebolledo
Votes: 27
4. The Grey Automobile (1919)
223 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gang terrorize Mexico City's high society in 1915. Murder, kidnapping and robbery are their trademarks. One police inspector (Cabrera) follows the gang's crimes and eventually sends them to jail.
Director: Enrique Rosas | Stars: Joaquín Coss, Juan de Homs, Manuel de los Ríos, María Teresa Montoya
Votes: 235
5. Limit (1931)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Three people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.
Director: Mario Peixoto | Stars: Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira
Votes: 2,878
6. Muñequitas porteñas (1931)
73 min
A girl who sometimes mistreats her father, leaves her home and leaves her boyfriend, seduced by an adventurer who starts her as a tango singer. The father is jailed after shooting the ... See full summary »
Director: José A. Ferreyra | Stars: Antonio Ber Ciani, Julio Bunge, Floren Delbene, Arturo Forte
Votes: 15
7. The Revenge of Pancho Villa (1932)
60 min | Biography, War
Through recontextualized footage from decades of Mexican and American silent films and newsreels, the life story of Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa unfolds in a series of spectacular battle sequences.
Directors: Edmundo Padilla, Félix Padilla | Stars: Bob Kortman, G. Raymond Nye, Pancho Villa, Raoul Walsh
Votes: 31
8. Ganga Bruta (1933)
82 min | Drama
A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he falls in love with an innocent girl.
Director: Humberto Mauro | Stars: Durval Bellini, Dea Selva, Lu Marival, Décio Murilo
Votes: 448
9. Godfather Mendoza (1934)
85 min | Drama, War
During Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza (Del Diestro) survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Bustillo Oro, Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Alfredo del Diestro, Carmen Guerrero, Antonio R. Frausto, Luis G. Barreiro
Votes: 608
10. The Woman of the Port (1934)
76 min | Drama
Rosario (Palma) becomes a prostitute after losing her father and discovering her boyfriend had a liaison with another woman. In Veracruz, Rosario lives above a sordid cabaret "selling her ... See full summary »
Directors: Arcady Boytler, Raphael J. Sevilla | Stars: Andrea Palma, Domingo Soler, Francisco Zárraga, Joaquín Busquets
Votes: 429
11. Let's Go with Pancho Villa (1936)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, War
The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Antonio R. Frausto, Domingo Soler, Manuel Tamés, Ramón Vallarino
Votes: 816
12. Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)
75 min | Musical, Comedy
Two producers have difficulties convincing a Casino owner to present their musical revue, with the biggest names in Brazilian radio and theater, until his main attraction is canceled, and he desperately agrees.
Director: Adhemar Gonzaga | Stars: Jaime Costa, Barbosa Júnior, Pinto Filho, Oscarito
Votes: 68
13. Out on the Big Ranch (1936)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A "comedia ranchera", where two good friends fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Tito Guízar, René Cardona, Esther Fernández, Lorenzo Barcelata
Votes: 182
14. La vuelta al nido (1938)
77 min | Drama
Enrique, a gray office worker who lives a marriage already without passion begins to rethink his life when he receives an anonymous who says that his wife deceives him.
Director: Leopoldo Torres Ríos | Stars: José Gola, Amelia Bence, Cielito, Julio Renato
Votes: 64
15. Prisioneros de la tierra (1939)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
By 1915, a contractor traveling to Posadas looking for new staff. Among the music and drinks in a bar and shipped to the mill. He is accompanied by a drunken doctor and his daughter. In the mill, injustices and cruelties are accentuated.
Director: Mario Soffici | Stars: Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Roberto Fugazot, Homero Cárpena
Votes: 287
16. The Gaucho War (1942)
90 min | Drama, History, Western
The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.
Director: Lucas Demare | Stars: Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Sebastián Chiola
Votes: 193
17. Maria Candelaria (1944)
Approved | 76 min | Romance, Drama
In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. María Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Margarita Cortés
Votes: 1,220
18. O Cortiço (1945)
119 min | Comedy
Director: Luiz de Barros | Stars: Manoel Vieira, Miguel Orico, Manoel Rocha, Colé Santana
19. Enamorada (1946)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying.
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández, José Morcillo
Votes: 944
20. The Fugitive (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Directors: John Ford, Emilio Fernández | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 2,586
21. Inconfidência Mineira (1948)
Drama
Director: Carmen Santos | Stars: Rodolfo Mayer, Carmen Santos, Roberto Lupo, Oswaldo Loureiro
22. The Great Madcap (1949)
92 min | Comedy
A father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 1,412
23. The Young and the Damned (1950)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Votes: 22,011
24. Siete muertes a plazo fijo (1950)
88 min | Comedy, Thriller
On New Year's Eve, a banker and his wife invite several friends to have dinner in their apartment. Suddenly, an astrologer makes an appearance and predicts seven of the present people will die in the next weeks.
Director: Manolo Alonso | Stars: Juan José Martínez Casado, Alejandro Lugo, Raquel Revuelta, Ernesto de Gali
Votes: 22
25. One Day of Life (1950)
95 min | Drama, Romance, War
A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment.... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Fernando Fernández, Rosaura Revueltas
Votes: 161
26. The Adventuress (1950)
101 min | Drama, Musical
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Gout | Stars: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 640
27. Caiçara (1950)
92 min | Drama
A beautiful woman with a tragic past marries the owner of a small shipyard in an island, and they set up residence in a poor village. Besides not being able to adapt to the place, the partner of her husband becomes hostile to her presence.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, John Waterhouse | Stars: Eliane Lage, Abilio Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Vergueiro, Mário Sérgio
Votes: 106
28. Susana (1951)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
An unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for very, very wayward girls and deceptively finds shelter in the kind home of a frighteningly nice and decent family. Little by little, ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Rosita Quintana, Fernando Soler, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, María Gentil Arcos
Votes: 2,278
29. Vento Norte (1951)
76 min | Drama
Director: Salomão Scliar | Stars: Roberto Bataglin, Patrícia Diniz, Manoel Macedo, Berta Scliar
Votes: 18
30. Terra É Sempre Terra (1951)
90 min | Drama
Director: Tom Payne | Stars: Marisa Prado, Abilio Pereira de Almeida, Mário Sérgio, Eliane Lage
Votes: 45
31. Simon the One-Eyed (1952)
101 min | Comedy
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Mesquitinha, Yara Aguiar, Rachel Martins, Carlos Araújo
Votes: 63
32. El (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker, Carlos Martínez Baena
Votes: 6,574
33. The Bandit (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
Director: Lima Barreto | Stars: Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico
Votes: 704
34. Acuérdate de vivir (1953)
111 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Libertad Lamarque, Carmen Montejo, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero
Votes: 27
35. Song of the Sea (1953)
124 min | Drama
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Margarida Cardoso, Cacilda Lanuza, Ruy Saraiva, Aurora Duarte
Votes: 132
36. Agulha no Palheiro (1953)
95 min | Comedy
The simple and naive country girl Mariana arrives in Rio de Janeiro from Minas Gerais trying to find her fiancé, José da Silva, with his picture only, and without his phone number or ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Viany | Stars: Carmélia Alves, Roberto Bataglin, Renée Brown, Waldomiro Costa
Votes: 40
37. The Brute (1953)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas, Andrés Soler
Votes: 2,256
38. Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
82 min | Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin".
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro, Fernando Soto, Agustín Isunza
Votes: 1,646
39. Wuthering Heights (1954)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A partial retelling of Wuthering Heights in 19th century Mexico.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Irasema Dilián, Jorge Mistral, Lilia Prado, Ernesto Alonso
Votes: 1,377
40. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López
Votes: 4,509
41. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadne Welter
Votes: 5,891
42. Rio, 40 Degrees (1955)
100 min | Drama
A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell peanuts at Copacabana, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and a soccer game. Various ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Modesto De Souza, Roberto Bataglin, Jece Valadão, Ana Beatriz
Votes: 860
43. Death in the Garden (1956)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 2,612
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44. Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
83 min | Drama, Music
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia, Maria Petar
Votes: 554
45. The House of the Angel (1957)
76 min | Drama
The House of the Angel focuses on the ruling class in 1920s Argentina, a deeply repressive society where political arguments were often settled by duels, and young women were expected to be totally ignorant of sex.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Elsa Daniel, Lautaro Murúa, Berta Ortegosa, Bárbara Mujica
Votes: 470
46. Toss Me a Dime (1958)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
Director: Fernando Birri | Stars: Guillermo Cervantes Luro, María Rosa Gallo, Francisco Petrone
Votes: 306
47. Mimbre (1958)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Shows the visual impressions aroused when entering the workshop of a wicker craftsman known as 'Manzanito' in the late 50's Santiago, Chile.
Director: Sergio Bravo
Votes: 66
48. Estranho Encontro (1958)
87 min | Crime
Two pairs of mismatched lovers wind up in a dangerous situation when the younger partners of each relationship meet by accident.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Mário Sérgio, Andrea Bayard, Lola Brah, Luigi Picchi
Votes: 111
49. O Grande Momento (1958)
80 min | Drama
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
Director: Roberto Santos | Stars: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Myriam Pérsia, Vera Gertel, Jaime Barcellos
Votes: 144
50. Nazarin (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 6,455
51. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,264
52. Araya (1959)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish... See full summary »
Director: Margot Benacerraf | Stars: José Ignacio Cabrujas, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 842
53. Pátio (1959)
11 min | Short
A man and a woman are laying on a chess-like patio. Both are trying to reach each other in the best way they can. However, for some odd reason they don't get on their feet, they don't talk ... See full summary »
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Solon Barreto, Helena Ignez
Votes: 189
54. The Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)
Approved | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Gastón Santos, Rafael Bertrand, Mapita Cortés, Carlos Ancira
Votes: 739
55. Macario (1960)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Votes: 4,341
56. The Young One (1960)
96 min | Drama
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, Key Meersman, Crahan Denton
Votes: 3,065
57. Arraial do Cabo (1960)
17 min | Documentary, Short
In the brazilian city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, fishermen struggle to sustain their community. A big industry installs in town, changing the way and the culture of this small village.
Directors: Mário Carneiro, Paulo César Saraceni
Votes: 58
58. My Son, the Hero (1961)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Reynaldo and Martín Del Hierro are witnesses of the murder of their father by Pascual Velazco, as they grow up they're poisoned by the desire of vengeance by their mother, but once they get it it'll change their lifes forever.
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, Julio Alemán, Columba Domínguez, Patricia Conde
Votes: 349
59. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,553
60. The Turning Wind (1962)
78 min | Drama
In the State of Bahia, Brazil, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Antonio Pitanga, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy de Carvalho, Aldo Teixeira
Votes: 850
61. The Given Word (1962)
98 min | Drama
A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 3,937
62. Barren Lives (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Votes: 2,909
63. Valparaiso (1963)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A travelogue of Valparaiso, Chile, a city built on steep hills. Life is a constant struggle against geography. Neighbourhoods are reached by series of ramps, staircases, and funicular ... See full summary »
Director: Joris Ivens | Star: Roger Pigaut
Votes: 1,320
64. Porto das Caixas (1963)
80 min | Drama
Irma can only think about getting rid of her cowardly dirty husband. She seeks out lovers not to commit adultery or for pleasure, but to find an accomplice to kill her husband.
Director: Paulo César Saraceni | Stars: Irma Álvarez, Reginaldo Faria, Paulo Padilha, Joseph Guerreiro
Votes: 153
65. Garrincha - Alegria do Povo (1963)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Heron Domingues, Garrincha
Votes: 289
66. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,667
67. Black God, White Devil (1964)
Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle
Votes: 5,357
68. The Guns (1964)
80 min | Drama
In an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Átila Iório, Nelson Xavier, Maria Gladys, Leonidas Bayer
Votes: 738
69. Men and Women (1964)
93 min | Drama
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Norma Bengell, Odete Lara, Mário Benvenutti, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 642
70. Simon of the Desert (1965)
Not Rated | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Hortensia Santoveña
Votes: 10,839
71. Now (1965)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary short about racism in the United States.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lena Horne
Votes: 759
72. The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
109 min | Drama
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Santos | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Jofre Soares, Maria Ribeiro, Maurício do Valle
Votes: 199
73. The Secret Formula (1965)
42 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An irreverent essay, unified only by the author's unique voice, full of surreal moments and provocative scenarios related to intellectual debates about the Mexican national character.
Director: Rubén Gámez | Stars: José Castillo, Manuel Gaitán, Pilar Islas, Nico-Nito
Votes: 354
74. Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1965)
79 min | Drama
CHRONICLE OF A BOY ALONE, is an indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens, its children. Focusing on the bleak life of eleven-year-old bad boy Polin... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Diego Puente, Tino Pascali, Cacho Espíndola, Victoriano Moreira
Votes: 813
75. São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
107 min | Drama
A man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.
Director: Luiz Sérgio Person | Stars: Ana Esmeralda, Eva Wilma, Otelo Zeloni, Walmor Chagas
Votes: 990
76. Vereda de Salvação (1965)
100 min | Drama
In the poor Brazil's Northeast, rural laborers join in a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to ... See full summary »
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Raul Cortez, José Parisi, Lélia Abramo, Esther Mellinger
Votes: 76
77. The Deceased (1965)
90 min | Drama
Woman who is obsessed with death wants a first-class burial for herself, and even buys a luxury coffin beforehand.
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Gracindo, Ivan Cândido, Nelson Xavier
Votes: 496
78. Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Procópio Ferreira, Magalhães Graça, Jardel Filho, Zbigniew Ziembinski
Votes: 57
79. Plantation Boy (1965)
90 min | Drama
In Brazil in the 1920s, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. His adaptation will be difficult and painful.
Director: Walter Lima Jr. | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Sávio Rolim, Rodolfo Arena, Anecy Rocha
Votes: 98
80. Grande Sertão (1965)
92 min | Drama
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
Directors: Geraldo Santos Pereira, Renato Santos Pereira | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Sônia Clara, Jofre Soares, Milton Gonçalves
Votes: 54
81. Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo, Gaspar De Santelices
Votes: 1,461
82. Ukamau (1966)
75 min | Drama
While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Elsa Antequera, Néstor Cárdenas, Benedicta Huanca, Benedicta Mendoza
Votes: 252
83. Cerro Pelado (1966)
Not Rated | 34 min | Documentary, Short
Though lesser known than Leni Riefenstahl's OLYMPIA or Kon Ichikawa's TOKYO OLYMPIAD, Santiago Alvarez's tribute to Cuba's sporting triumphs is no less breathtaking. A ship of athletes ... See full summary »
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 31
84. A Grande Cidade ou As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe (1966)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Luzia comes from the backwoods of Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, in search of her fiancé. But soon she'll find out he has turned into a dangerous criminal and is being looked after by the police.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Anecy Rocha, Antonio Pitanga, Joel Barcellos
Votes: 160
85. Entranced Earth (1967)
111 min | Drama
In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha
Votes: 3,581
86. For the First Time (1967)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A traveling film projectionist brings the film Modern Times (1936) to a secluded village that has never seen a motion picture before.
Director: Octavio Cortázar
Votes: 273
87. El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1967)
63 min | Drama
Aniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her true love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Federico Luppi, Elsa Daniel, María Vaner, Edgardo Suárez
Votes: 433
88. The Margin (1967)
96 min | Drama, Romance
About people who live by the margins or Rio Tietê, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Director: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias | Stars: Mário Benvenutti, Valeria Vidal, Bentinho, Lucy Rangel
Votes: 237
89. The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967)
112 min | Comedy
The metamorphoses of Juan Quin Quin, in turns bullfighter, guerrilla fighter and sacristan.
Director: Julio García Espinosa | Stars: Julito Martinez, Erdwin Fernández, Adelaida Raymat, Enrique Santisteban
Votes: 119
90. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A Cuban man cycles through his opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family moves to Miami.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés
Votes: 4,776 | Gross: $0.03M
91. Lucia (1968)
160 min | Drama
Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930s, and the 1960s.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Núñez, Adela Legrá, Eduardo Moure
Votes: 1,183
92. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Unrated | 260 min | Documentary, History, War
Divided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution ... See full summary »
Directors: Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Julio Troxler
Votes: 1,188
93. The Red Light Bandit (1968)
92 min | Crime, Thriller
The story of a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night. Working alone, he also used to rape his female victims.
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Pagano Sobrinho, Luiz Linhares
Votes: 1,688
94. Three Sad Tigers (1968)
100 min | Drama
The drunken nights of several listless chancers in Chile's capital city build inexorably to violence.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Shenda Román, Nelson Villagra, Luis Alarcón, Jaime Vadell
Votes: 387
95. Hanoi, martes 13 (1968)
Not Rated | 38 min | Short, Documentary
A short film which documents the lives of the people of Hanoi which took place on March 13.
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 183
96. LBJ (1968)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Documentary
A montage of 1960s America, all focused on the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes: 322
97. Coffea Arábiga (1968)
18 min | Documentary, Short
'Coffea arábiga' was sponsored as a propaganda documentary to show how to sow coffee around Havana. In fact, Guillén Landrián made a film critical of Castro, exhibited but banned as soon as the coffee plan collapsed.
Director: Nicolás Guillén Landrián
Votes: 82
98. Antonio das Mortes (1969)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 2,281
99. Invasion (1969)
123 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of men led by an old man trying to stop an invasion of the city of Aquileia. The invaders are introducing a machinery for a mass invasion, but the invasion is absolute and impossible to define.
Director: Hugo Santiago | Stars: Olga Zubarry, Lautaro Murúa, Juan Carlos Paz, Martín Adjemián
Votes: 968
100. 79 primaveras (1969)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Documentary
An agit-prop documentary marking the death of Vietnamese nationalist leader Ho Chí Minh, using found footage to link his work to worldwide political movements including the Cuban revolution and resistance within the USA to the Vietnam war.
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 489
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