Best Argentine movies (ranked) / Mejores películas argentinas (en orden)
by yakinbozek | created - 20 Sep 2011 | updated - 02 Feb 2019 | PublicIn my opinion these are some of the best movies ever made in the history of Argentine cinema. Las mejores películas en la historia del cine argentino. Según mí, ja.
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1. 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
2. The Aura (2005)
Not Rated | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
Director: Fabián Bielinsky | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Manuel Rodal, Dolores Fonzi, Mariana Malamud
Votes: 14,752 | Gross: $0.06M
3. Rosaura a las 10 (1958)
100 min | Drama, Mystery
Out of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. This intrigues his fellow boarding house tenants, so they involve themselves into his relationship until one day the mysterious Rosaura appears.
Director: Mario Soffici | Stars: Juan Verdaguer, Susana Campos, María Luisa Robledo, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 529
4. 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: 57,164 | Gross: $1.22M
5. The Bitter Stems (1956)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.
Director: Fernando Ayala | Stars: Carlos Cores, Julia Sandoval, Vassili Lambrinos, Gilda Lousek
Votes: 676
6. The Swamp (2001)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián, Leonora Balcarce
Votes: 7,873 | Gross: $0.10M
7. The Headless Woman (2008)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman's life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Daniel Genoud
Votes: 5,731 | Gross: $0.10M
8. 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
9. Los isleros (1951)
112 min | Drama
Leandro and the Carancha are inhabitants of the islands of the Parana Delta and agree a pair. They are rough persons done to the hard fight for the life in these places. They have a son who... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Demare | Stars: Tita Merello, Arturo García Buhr, Alita Román, Roberto Fugazot
Votes: 133
10. Crane World (1999)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Luis Margani, Daniel Valenzuela, Adriana Aizemberg, Federico Esquerro
Votes: 1,192
11. Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama
A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they are being ripped off.
Directors: Israel Adrián Caetano, Bruno Stagnaro | Stars: Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesán, Pamela Jordán, Adrián Yospe
Votes: 2,861
12. Never Open That Door (1952)
85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Two separate episodes that have in common the door which separates good from evil. In the first segment, "Alguien al teléfono", Ángel Magaña tries to avenge the death of his sister, a girl ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Ángel Magaña, Renée Dumas, Nicolás Fregues, Diana de Córdoba
Votes: 280
13. The Hand in the Trap (1961)
90 min | Drama
A woman uncovers the secret of her aunt's withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, Leonardo Favio, María Rosa Gallo
Votes: 262
14. The Holy Girl (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
16-year-old Amalia looks to save the soul of a middle-aged doctor.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, María Alché
Votes: 4,310 | Gross: $0.30M
15. Más allá del olvido (1956)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man who deeply loves his wife, tears before his death by disease . After falling into despair, she embarks on a journey trying to forget but, in Paris, he meets a look-alike of his beloved.
Director: Hugo del Carril | Stars: Laura Hidalgo, Hugo del Carril, Pedro Laxalt, Eduardo Rudy
Votes: 298
16. Bombón: El Perro (2004)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.
Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Rosa Valsecchi, Mariela Díaz
Votes: 4,450
17. Bolivia (1999)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
A Bolivian immigrant working illegally as a cook in a small restaurant in Buenos Aires suffers abuse and discrimination from its customers.
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Freddy Flores, Rosa Sánchez, Oscar Bertea, Enrique Liporace
Votes: 1,204 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Dark River (1952)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama
The Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Parana. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters.
Director: Hugo del Carril | Stars: Hugo del Carril, Adriana Benetti, Raúl del Valle, Pedro Laxalt
Votes: 234
19. Intimate Stories (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Three people and a baby set off on separate journeys, along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories intertwine amidst the breathtaking deserted Patagonic route.
Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Javier Lombardo, Antonio Benedicti, Javiera Bravo, Mariela Díaz
Votes: 5,391 | Gross: $0.10M
20. The Aerial (2007)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
This near-silent black and white film from Argentina tells the story of a city that has lost its voice, stolen by Mr. TV, and the attempts of a small family to win the voice back. Similar in design to early German expressionist films.
Director: Esteban Sapir | Stars: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro
Votes: 4,609
21. La libertad (2001)
73 min | Drama
A man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber.
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Misael Saavedra, Humberto Estrada, Rafael Estrada, Omar Didino
Votes: 930
22. Rebellion in Patagonia (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1920, some workers of Patagonia, grouped in anarchist and socialist societies, decide to make a strike demanding better working conditions. The situation becomes unsustainable and the government sends the order is restored.
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Pedro Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Luis Brandoni, Franklin Caicedo
Votes: 1,289
23. Red Bear (2002)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bear has never gotten over the separation from his wife and daughter after having been convicted for armed robbery and homicide and sent to prison. Now he is out, to finally get his cut of ... See full summary »
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Julio Chávez, Soledad Villamil, Luis Machín, Agostina Lage
Votes: 2,511
24. Silvia Prieto (1999)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman in her late-twenties called Silvia Prieto wants to improve herself. Her discovery of a second person also called Silvia Prieto will change her life forever. Maybe not the changes she hoped for.
Director: Martín Rejtman | Stars: Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Vicentico, Marcelo Zanelli
Votes: 1,603
25. Time for Revenge (1981)
R | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Two coworkers fake an accident to blackmail the company they work for for a sum of money. However, the plan goes awry and one of them dies. The surviving employee demands a compensation, but the company refuses to pay him.
Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: Federico Luppi, Haydée Padilla, Julio De Grazia, Ulises Dumont
Votes: 1,315
26. El retrato (1947)
75 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of his lewd grandmother.
Director: Carlos Schlieper | Stars: Mirtha Legrand, Juan Carlos Thorry, Héctor Calcaño, María Santos
Votes: 56
27. El bonaerense (2002)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A young locksmith is forced to leave his home and family to join the Buenos Aires police force.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, Darío Levy, Hugo Anganuzzi
Votes: 2,147
28. Pelota de trapo (1949)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.
Director: Leopoldo Torres Ríos | Stars: Armando Bo, Santiago Arrieta, Floren Delbene, Orestes Caviglia
Votes: 94
29. 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
30. 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: 223
31. 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
32. Leonera (2008)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
An incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Martina Gusmán, Guadalupe Rébora, Francisco Marquez, Roberto Maciel
Votes: 3,314 | Gross: $0.01M
33. My Sorrel Horse (1922)
44 min | Short, Drama, Western
Amancio, the son of a judge, a true master of a people, wants to impose criteria property owners and horse ranches. Prevents the eviction of the family ranch Eulalia, but with the intention of having her amorous favors.
Director: Nelo Cosimi | Stars: Nelo Cosimi, Rafael De los Llanos, Arturo Forte, Raquel Garín
Votes: 26
34. The Road to San Diego (2006)
98 min | Comedy
A young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he's discovered.
Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Ignacio Benítez, Carlos Wagner La Bella, Paola Rotela, Silvina Fontelles
Votes: 736
35. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán
Votes: 104,801 | Gross: $16.78M
36. The Traitors (1973)
113 min | Drama
Film originally intended for revolutionary working class and leftist intellectuals. About the life of a union activist who began his struggle in the Peronist ranks during the '60s and corrupted in his rise to power.
Director: Raymundo Gleyzer | Stars: Víctor Proncet, Raúl Fraire, Susana Lanteri, Mara Lasio
Votes: 224
37. Pampa bárbara (1945)
98 min | Drama, History, Western
In a pillbox in the middle of the Pampa, its commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires, for not deserting soldiers.
Directors: Lucas Demare, Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Francisco Petrone, Luisa Vehil, Domingo Sapelli, Froilán Varela
Votes: 125
38. The Magic Gloves (2003)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
Alejandro, a cab driver, and his girlfriend Cecilia are in the midst of breaking up when they become adopted by a social group led by a bossy husband and wife team, Sergio and Susana.
Director: Martín Rejtman | Stars: Vicentico, Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabián Arenillas, Susana Pampín
Votes: 990
39. Los Muertos (2004)
78 min | Drama
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the prvince of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. To get ... See full summary »
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Argentino Vargas, Francisco Dornez, Yolanda Galarza, Víctor Varela
Votes: 1,204
40. To Dream, to Dream (1976)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Mario "el Rulo" ("Curly", Gianfranco Pagliaro) is a globetrotter who travels the inner country offering artistic performances. One day, he happens to come to the hometown of Carlos (Carlos ... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Gian Franco Pagliaro, Carlos Monzón, Nora Cullen, Oscar Carmelo Milazzo
Votes: 223
41. El custodio (2006)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
A bodyguard of a top politician is so dedicated that he's in danger of losing his own identity.
Director: Rodrigo Moreno | Stars: Julio Chávez, Osmar Núñez, Marcelo D'Andrea, Elvira Onetto
Votes: 948
42. 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
43. The Window (2008)
R | 85 min | Drama
It is a significant day for eighty year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit.
Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Antonio Larreta, María del Carmen Jiménez, Emilse Roldán, Roberto Rovira
Votes: 595 | Gross: $0.01M
44. El último malón (1917)
97 min | Documentary, History, War
Reconstruction of the last Indian rebellion of Mocovíes in San Javier, north of the province of Santa Fe, in 1904. Silent Movie.
Director: Alcides Greca | Stars: Mariano López, Salvador López, Rosa Volpe, Alcides Greca
Votes: 111
45. God Bless You (1948)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama
A player wife, Nancy, who holds elegance to disguise their poverty while waiting for a wealthy man appears and deal with it, talk to the old man begging at the door of a casino. Soon after, a mysterious suitor offers a life of luxury.
Director: Luis César Amadori | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Zully Moreno, Florindo Ferrario, Enrique Chaico
Votes: 278
46. El secuestrador (1958)
75 min | Drama
A group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive in a world that seems to have no place for them. With a tone raw and realistic story portrays their daily tragedies, and their struggle to survive.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: María Vaner, Leonardo Favio, Lautaro Murúa, Osvaldo Terranova
Votes: 87
47. Cama adentro (2004)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama
A wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routine and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into economic crisis.,
Director: Jorge Gaggero | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina, Marcos Mundstock, Raul Panguinao
Votes: 993 | Gross: $0.20M
48. Picado fino (1996)
80 min | Drama
Thomas Roads, a young man who lives in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, a place where there are no shots and black and white is a constant. After learning that his girlfriend is pregnant, is a young lover and a quick exit for problems arises.
Director: Esteban Sapir | Stars: Belén Blanco, Marcela Guerty, Facundo Luengo, Miguel Ángel Solá
Votes: 183
49. The Beast Must Die (1952)
95 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
When his child is hit by a car, a writer of thrillers is desperate to avenge his death and goes in search of the murderer.
Director: Román Viñoly Barreto | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega, Nathán Pinzón
Votes: 550
50. El dependiente (1969)
87 min | Drama
Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams...and her family.
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Walter Vidarte, Graciela Borges, Nora Cullen, Fernando Iglesias 'Tacholas'
Votes: 561
51. 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: 7,292
52. Liverpool (2008)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A merchant sailor returns to his home in Tierra del Fuego after spending most of his life at sea.
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Juan Fernández, Nieves Cabrera, Giselle Irrazabal
Votes: 1,201
53. Cuando en el cielo pasen lista (1945)
123 min | Drama
The life and work of philanthropist and educator William Case Morris.
Director: Carlos F. Borcosque | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Ilde Pirovano, Aída Alberti, Luis Zaballa
Votes: 24
54. Boquitas pintadas (1974)
R | 120 min | Drama
The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Alfredo Alcón, Marta González, Luisina Brando, Raúl Lavié
Votes: 286
55. La sartén por el mango (1972)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
It takes place in a bachelor party come to light where unscrupulous, the issues that define the human being: sex, friendship, loneliness, family, and especially hypocrisy, hypocrisy Argentina a very painfully ours.
Director: Manuel Antin | Stars: Claudio García Satur, Víctor Laplace, Alberto Argibay, Enrique Liporace
Votes: 48
56. Su mejor alumno (1944)
114 min | Biography, Drama
The film tells the story of the natural son of a former president of Argentina and father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, named Domingo, according to the first autobiographical accounts.
Director: Lucas Demare | Stars: Enrique Muiño, Ángel Magaña, Orestes Caviglia, Norma Castillo
Votes: 61
57. 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: 16,515 | Gross: $0.62M
58. Almafuerte (1949)
92 min | Drama
Biography of the Argentine poet Almafuerte.
Director: Luis César Amadori | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Pola Alonso, Eva Caselli, Federico Mansilla
Votes: 38
59. El jefe (1958)
90 min | Crime, Drama
It is the story of a gang of juvenile petty criminals who find their "boss" to one capable of solving their problems and realize their wishes.
Director: Fernando Ayala | Stars: Alberto de Mendoza, Duilio Marzio, Orestes Caviglia, Leonardo Favio
Votes: 116
60. 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: 435
61. La quintrala (1954)
105 min | Biography, Drama
Chile in the seventeenth century a woman kills her lover because he wants to conquer a priest. A slave commit the murder; when he is hanged religious, discover the truth.
Director: Hugo del Carril | Stars: Antonio Vilar, Ana María Lynch, Francisco de Paula, Milagros de la Vega
Votes: 73
62. 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: 814
63. The Party Is Over (1960)
104 min | Drama
During the infamous decade, the grandson of a conservative leader of the Province of Buenos Aires will get into the affairs of his grandfather and discover a world of corruption.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Arturo García Buhr, Lautaro Murúa, Graciela Borges, Leonardo Favio
Votes: 89
64. Extraordinary Stories (2008)
Not Rated | 245 min | Drama, Mystery
In this adventurous experiment in storytelling, secret identities, missing persons, lost treasures, exotic beasts and desperate criminals are only a few of the elements woven into a grand tapestry of mysteries.
Director: Mariano Llinás | Stars: Mariano Llinás, Walter Jakob, Agustín Mendilaharzu, Raúl Agüero
Votes: 1,279
65. Last Days of the Victim (1982)
90 min | Crime, Mystery
The story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.
Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: Federico Luppi, Soledad Silveyra, Ulises Dumont, Julio De Grazia
Votes: 573
66. 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: 1,189
67. 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: 222,512 | Gross: $6.39M
68. Cuando besa mi marido (1950)
69 min | Comedy
A woman discovers a fiery letter to her husband, this tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a friend of his, this by rumors of his incredible passion becomes popular among women even gaining in some way.
Director: Carlos Schlieper | Stars: Cristina Berys, Susana Campos, Max Citelli, Alberto de Mendoza
Votes: 43
69. Prisioneros de una noche (1961)
85 min | Drama
In a span of a few hours a pawn and a dancer meet on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, they fall in love and are separated because of a man.
Director: David José Kohon | Stars: María Vaner, Alfredo Alcón, Osvaldo Terranova, Helena Tritek
Votes: 55
70. Born and Bred (2006)
100 min | Drama
In Patagonia, a successful interior designer's life falls apart after he suffers a horrific accident.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Guillermo Pfening, Martina Gusmán, Victoria Vescio, Gloria Torres
Votes: 584
71. Los siete locos (1973)
118 min | Drama
After committing a fraud in the company where he works, a man meets a strange character who will introduce you to a group a terrorist attack plot.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Alfredo Alcón, Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Thelma Biral
Votes: 202
72. Cropped Head (1992)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
After his bike and money gets stolen from him, Lucio struggles to find his place in the surrounding reality of Argentina in the 1990s.
Director: Martín Rejtman | Stars: Ezequiel Cavia, Damián Dreizik, Mirta Busnelli, Horacio Peña
Votes: 799
73. Hardly a Criminal (1949)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A bank employee utilizes a legal loophole to conduct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement following a six-year prison sentence.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Jorge Salcedo, Sebastián Chiola, Tito Alonso, Josefa Goldar
Votes: 264
74. Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Fantasy
Nazareno Cruz is the seventh son of a couple living in a high mountain village. According to a myth, a seventh son will become a wolf on nights of the full moon. Everyone in the village is ... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Juan José Camero, Marina Magali, Alfredo Alcón, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 730
75. Rolling Family (2004)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Graciana Chironi, Adelina Bielopolsky, Ludmila Stancer, Josefina Santín
Votes: 1,276 | Gross: $0.01M
76. La muerte camina en la lluvia (1948)
73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A murderer terrorizes a city by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López".
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Olga Zubarry, Guillermo Battaglia, Eduardo Cuitiño, Nicolás Fregues
Votes: 149
77. 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
78. 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: 3,703 | Gross: $0.00M
79. 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: 2,873
80. Moebius (1996)
88 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A train on the Buenos Aires subway system suddenly vanishes.
Director: Gustavo Mosquera R. | Stars: Guillermo Angelelli, Roberto Carnaghi, Annabella Levy, Jorge Petraglia
Votes: 2,174
81. 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
82. Breve cielo (1969)
84 min | Drama
Young and correct Paquito meets a girl on the streets of Buenos Aires. They spend some time around the city, while discovering the outgoing and enigmatic character of Delia.
Director: David José Kohon | Stars: Alberto Fernández de Rosa, Ana María Picchio, Gloria Raines, Zelmar Gueñol
Votes: 108
83. El viento (2005)
92 min | Drama, Romance
After the funeral of his daughter Ema, Frank Osorio travels for the first time to Buenos Aires to tell his granddaughter Alina about her mother's death. But Frank has two big secrets: the ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Mignogna | Stars: Federico Luppi, Antonella Costa, Pablo Cedrón, Mariana Briski
Votes: 356
84. Excursiones (2009)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Marcos works in a candy factory; Martín is a TV scriptwriter. Both were great friends, but they haven't seen each other for years. Marcos gets a theater for a one-man show and asks his friend to help him write it.
Director: Ezequiel Acuña | Stars: Alberto Rojas Apel, Matías Castelli, Martín Piroyansky, Martina Juncadella
Votes: 143
85. 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: 10,869 | Gross: $0.03M
86. Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic (1976)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Mara Ordaz, a former diva who lives in a mansion away from the city and sorrounded by memories together with her husband, her doctor and the person in charge of the administration of her ... See full summary »
Director: José A. Martínez Suárez | Stars: Mecha Ortiz, Arturo García Buhr, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Mario Soffici
Votes: 221
87. La caída (1959)
84 min | Drama
Albertina, a pretty but wet university student, is hired by a bedridden widow to take care of her and her four children. Helping out around the house she soon discovers the kids live a life... See full summary »
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Elsa Daniel, Duilio Marzio, Lautaro Murúa, Lydia Lamaison
Votes: 115
88. 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: 7,371
89. El dependiente (1969)
87 min | Drama
Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams...and her family.
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Walter Vidarte, Graciela Borges, Nora Cullen, Fernando Iglesias 'Tacholas'
Votes: 561
90. El crack (1960)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Central transfers his star and to replace him, they look at Osvaldo. In this way, Osvaldo begins to represent the interests and expectations of his girlfriend, his mother, his father, the representative, the journalists, leaders and fans.
Director: José A. Martínez Suárez | Stars: Jorge Salcedo, Aída Luz, Marcos Zucker, Domingo Sapelli
Votes: 47
91. 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: 3,715
92. El rufián (1961)
120 min | Drama, Thriller
An amnesiac carnival psychic is haunted by the thought that a man is coming to kill her.
Director: Daniel Tinayre | Stars: Carlos Estrada, Egle Martin, Óscar Rovito, Aída Luz
Votes: 68
93. Lost Embrace (2004)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía, Sergio Boris
Votes: 3,064 | Gross: $0.19M
94. The Truce (1974)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A man has to come to terms with his wasted youth, estranged family and grim prospects for the future.
Director: Sergio Renán | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Luis Brandoni, Ana María Picchio, Marilina Ross
Votes: 700
95. The Naked Angel (1946)
85 min | Drama
Bankrupt due to gambling debts, a man sends his beautiful adolescent daughter to ask a sculptor for money. The artist accepts to lend the money - but in exchange for seeing the girl nude.
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Olga Zubarry, Guillermo Battaglia, Carlos Cores, Eduardo Cuitiño
Votes: 92
96. Roma (2004)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.
Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro, José Sacristán, Vando Villamil
Votes: 1,344
97. A sangre fría (1947)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple plans to poison a wealthy elderly to stay with his fortune. However, the plans of the villain and his accomplice stagger at the last minute.
Director: Daniel Tinayre | Stars: Amelia Bence, Pedro López Lagar, Antonia Herrero, Floren Delbene
Votes: 20
98. Plata dulce (1982)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A man meets a former teammate of military service that offers a sweet deal. The money starts coming in abundance, but things change from one day to the other.
Director: Fernando Ayala | Stars: Federico Luppi, Julio De Grazia, Gianni Lunadei, Nora Cullen
Votes: 584
99. 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: 8,785 | Gross: $0.09M
100. El asadito (2000)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of friends meets to eat a barbecue on the terrace of Tito's house. The celebration takes place between talks about women, cars, football, politics, movies and also revealing hidden grudges and betrayals that come to light.
Director: Gustavo Postiglione | Stars: Tito Gómez, Gerardo Dayub, Héctor Molina, Raúl Calandra
Votes: 273
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