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1. Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno
Votes: 6,017 | Gross: $2.08M
2. Vampires in Havana (1985)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
A vampire family from Cuba is preparing for a showdown between the USA vampires and the Eastern European vampires. But with the aid of a scientist, they need a type of vaccination where they can live in daylight.
Director: Juan Padrón | Stars: Frank González, Manuel Marín, Irela Bravo, Carlos Gonzalez
Votes: 1,460
3. Clandestinos (1987)
98 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Before the military coup in Cuba, a group of people have a clandestine printing press, used to print subversive pamphlets against the government.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Isabel Santos, René Losada, Amado Del Pino
Votes: 116
4. Habana Eva (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A young seamstress in Havana with a dream of becoming a fashion designer, has to choose between the two men she loves - a suave foreign photographer, on a mysterious errand, and her loyal ... See full summary »
Director: Fina Torres | Stars: Prakriti Maduro, Yuliet Cruz, Juan Carlos García, Carlos Enrique Almirante
Votes: 359
5. Memorias del desarrollo (2010)
113 min | Drama
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Coyula | Stars: Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, Trent Harris, Ning Li
Votes: 78
6. Martí, the Eye of the Canary (2010)
105 min | Drama, History
The story of José Martí's (Cuba's National Hero) youth.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Daniel Romero, Damián Rodríguez, Broselianda Hernández, Rolando Brito
Votes: 87
7. Casa Vieja (2010)
Drama
Based on the classic Cuban piece The Old House by writer Abelardo Estorino, the film tells the story of Esteban, who returns home after a 14-year absence when he learns of the imminent ... See full summary »
Director: Lester Hamlet | Stars: Yadier Fernández, Manuel Porto, Alberto Pujol, Daisy Quintana
Votes: 31
8. Retrato de Teresa (1979)
103 min | Drama
Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Her husband, Ramón, wants ... See full summary »
Director: Pastor Vega | Stars: Idalia Anreus, Miguel Benavides, Samuel Claxton, Elsa Gay
Votes: 157
9. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1988)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: Fernando Birri | Stars: Daisy Granados, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Luis Alberto Ramírez, Adolfo Llauradó
Votes: 128
10. Demasiado miedo a la vida o Plaff (1988)
90 min | Comedy
A superstitious middle-aged woman falls in love with a taxi driver, while trying to learn the identity of the unseen person tossing eggs at her.
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Daisy Granados, Thais Valdés, Raúl Pomares, Jorge Cao
Votes: 124
11. El elefante y la bicicleta (1994)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
After two years in jail, El Isleño returns to the island of La Fe, ruled by the dictator Francisco Gavilán. He arrives with a cinematograph and exhibits "Robin Hood" to the people. The next... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Lillian Vega, Raúl Pomares, Martha Farré
Votes: 81
12. El dirigible (1994)
80 min | Comedy, History
A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed ... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Dotta | Stars: Ricardo Espalter, Laura Schneider, Marcelo Buquet, Gonzalo Cardoso
Votes: 88
13. Operación Fangio (1999)
105 min | Action, Comedy
This is the story of the February 1958 visit to pre-Castro Cuba by the legendary Argentine car racing champion Fangio, and the events which ensued during the historic Second Cuban International Automobile Race.
Director: Alberto Lecchi | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Laura Ramos, Ernesto Tapia, Fernando Guillén
Votes: 167
14. Tiempo de morir (1985)
98 min | Drama
A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his "pueblo" (village). But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Gustavo Angarita, Sebastián Ospina, Jorge Emilio Salazar, María Eugenia Dávila
Votes: 205
15. Se permuta (1985)
103 min | Comedy
Gloria, Yolanda's mother, exchanges their old house in Guanabacoa for a modern apartment in Vedado to keep Yolanda away from her boyfriend, but her plans soon backfire.
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Mario Balmaseda, Rini Cruz, Rosita Fornés, Mirta Ibarra
Votes: 87
16. Cartas del parque (1988)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Matanzas, Cuba, 1913. Two young people who are in love communicate through letters written by penman. When the young man leaves town, to become a pilot, the girl discovers she is really in love with the one who wrote the letters.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Víctor Laplace, Ivonne López Arenal, Miguel Paneke, Mirta Ibarra
Votes: 125
17. Barroco (1989)
108 min | Drama, History, Music
A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from?' (De... See full summary »
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Ángela Molina, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa
Votes: 86
18. La bella del Alhambra (1989)
108 min | Musical, Drama
Story shows the genesis of the career and the rise of Esther the most beloved actress of most popular theater in Havana at the turn of the 19th century.
Director: Enrique Pineda Barnet | Stars: Beatriz Valdés, Omar Valdés, César Évora, Carlos Cruz
Votes: 114
19. Vertical Love (1997)
100 min | Comedy
The architecture student Estela (Silvia Aguila) makes a suicide attempt after her plans for solving Havana's housing shortage are rejected. This brings her into contact with earthy, cynical... See full synopsis »
Director: Arturo Sotto Díaz | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Sílvia Águila, Susana Pérez, Manuel Porto
Votes: 111
20. Zafiros: Blue Madness (1997)
115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Manuel Herrera | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Néstor Jiménez, Bárbaro Marín, Sirio Soto
Votes: 27
21. Habana Blues (2005)
115 min | Drama, Music
Two Cuban friends play in a blues band in La Habana. When a Spanish music producer offers them a contract to record an album and build a career in Europe, they must decide whether to stay ... See full summary »
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: Alberto Yoel, Roberto San Martín, Yailene Sierra, Mayra Rodríguez
Votes: 2,605
22. Barrio Cuba (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Over several years, we follow three households and their emotions in a barrio of Havana. Magalis is a nurse, rarely happy. An older man, Ignacio, professes his love for her; her father and ... See full summary »
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Isabel Santos, Mario Limonta, Adela Legrá
Votes: 159
23. Bailando chachacha (2005)
102 min | Musical
Director: Manuel Herrera | Stars: Teherán Aguilar, Manolin Alvarez, Iván Balmaceda, Miguel Chimeno
Votes: 16
24. La película de Ana (2012)
Comedy
Directors: Daniel Díaz Torres, Esther Rauch | Stars: Blanca Rosa Blanco, Tomás Cao, Yuliet Cruz, Laura De la Uz
Votes: 36
25. Hasta cierto punto (1983)
68 min | Drama
A theater director and script-writer falls for a female worker from the Havana docks, but his machismo, social and working conflicts, and the Cuban woman's condition interfere with their relationship.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Óscar Álvarez, Mirta Ibarra, Omar Valdés, Coralia Veloz
Votes: 137
26. Life Is to Whistle (1998)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Ana Victoria Pérez
Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.06M
27. Amaneció de golpe (1998)
100 min | Action, Thriller
The film follows the events of the night of February 4, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. That night a group of military rebels staged a coup d'etat. Venezuelans found themselves as virtual ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Azpúrua | Stars: Manuel Aranguiz, Yanis Chimaras, Dalila Colombo, Gonzalo Cubero
Votes: 159
28. El cuerno de la abundancia (2008)
108 min | Comedy
In a poor rural Cuban town, Bernardo's large extended family can just make ends meet. Then they learn about a trial to distribute among the many bearers of their name the proceeds of a ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Enrique Molina, Paula Ali, Yoima Valdés
Votes: 366
29. Kangamba (2009)
War
Magnificent film about an important battle of Angolans and their Cuban internationalist brethren in the struggle for Angola's independence, in 1983.
Director: Rogelio Paris | Stars: Jorge Enrique Caballero, Samuel Claxton, Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Linnett Hernandez Valdes
Votes: 41
30. Omertá (2008)
82 min | Crime
Director: Pavel Giroud | Stars: Manuel Porto, Kike Quinones, Yadier Fernández, Teresa Calo
Votes: 6
31. The Last Supper (1976)
120 min | Drama, History
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García, José Antonio Rodríguez
Votes: 689
32. Guantanamera (1995)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truck drivers who need to take the same route begin to talk about God and the world and they end up ... See full summary »
Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorría, Raúl Eguren
Votes: 1,559 | Gross: $0.75M
33. Hello Hemingway (1990)
90 min | Drama
A young girl's academic asperation conflict with her family's struggle against poverty. Both these aspects are made all the more potent by the clear view they have of Ernest Hemingway's mansion in their home town just outside Havana.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Laura De la Uz, Raúl Paz, Herminia Sánchez, Caridad Hernandez
Votes: 99
34. Latino Bar (1991)
84 min | Drama
A woman working in a caribean Cabaret meets a man in the harbour that just went out of jail. They recognise in each other common feelings of rage and fury and then they fall in love in a story without words.
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Dolores Pedro, Roberto Sosa, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Juana Bacallao
Votes: 53
35. In This Tricky Life (2001)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa ... See full summary »
Director: Beatriz Flores Silva | Stars: Mariana Santangelo Goldman, Silvestre, Josep Linuesa, Andrea Fantoni
Votes: 541
36. Honey for Oshun (2001)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
When his father dies, a Cuban man who was raised in the United States, learns that he was not abandoned by his mother but illegally taken out of Cuba. He goes back to the island and is helped in his search by a cousin and a taxi driver.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Isabel Santos, Mario Limonta, Saturnino García
Votes: 196
37. Video de familia (2001)
47 min
It has been four years since Raulito had to go into exile in Miami. He lives abroad and the family decides to send him a video letter for his birthday.
Director: Humberto Padrón | Stars: Elsa Camp, Verónica Lynn, Enrique Molina, Yipsia Torres
Votes: 24
38. Aunque estés lejos (2003)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Antonio Valero, Mirta Ibarra, Laura Ramos, Roberto Enríquez
Votes: 85
39. Personal Belongings (2006)
95 min | Drama
Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Brugués | Stars: Caleb Casas, Heidi García, Osvaldo Doimeadiós, Rubén Breñas
Votes: 105
40. El Benny (2006)
132 min | Drama, Musical
Based on the life of Benny Moré, the film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré leaves the orchestra of Duany and starts his own 'Banda Gigante'. In flashback we learn of ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Luis Sánchez | Stars: Rakel Adriana, Ulyk Anello, Renny Arozarena, Laura De la Uz
Votes: 78
41. Páginas del diario de Mauricio (2006)
135 min
Director: Manuel Pérez | Stars: Rolando Brito, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Larisa Vega Alamar, Enrique Molina
Votes: 28
42. Habanastation (2011)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy
Directed mainly for kids, the film speaks of a Havana that "reveals two distinct faces, from the everyday life of a couple of kids", according to the film's official synopsis.
Director: Ian Padrón | Stars: Claudia Alvariño, Rubén Araujo, Blanca Rosa Blanco, René de la Cruz Jr.
Votes: 237
43. Fabula (2011)
Drama
In Havana, where economic difficulties are numerous, two young people try to find out if love and aspirations can survive in a city defined by adversity.
Director: Lester Hamlet | Stars: Yadier Fernández, Carlos Luis Gonzalez, Alicia Hechavarría, Fernando Hechevarria
Votes: 32
44. Adorable Lies (1992)
100 min | Comedy
In Havana, young people dream of cinema.
Director: Gerardo Chijona | Stars: Isabel Santos, Luis Alberto García, Mirta Ibarra, Thais Valdés
Votes: 45
45. Oedipus Mayor (1996)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Ángela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Votes: 345
46. Las noches de Constantinopla (2001)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The international success of a young pornography writer in contemporary Cuba unleashes a chain of chaotic events.
Director: Orlando Rojas | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Verónica Lynn, María Isabel Díaz Lago, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 22
47. Scent of Oak (2004)
135 min | Drama, Romance
It's a love story in Havana at the begining of the 19th century, between a young women from Haití and a German man. Both of them create the most important cofee plantation in Cuba with a ... See full summary »
Director: Rigoberto López | Stars: Lia Chapman, Jorge Perugorría, Rubén Breñas, Raúl Martín
Votes: 29
48. Tres veces dos (2004)
84 min
Directors: Pavel Giroud, Lester Hamlet, Esteban Insausti | Stars: Georbis Martínez, Verónica López, Susana Tejera, Félix Adrián González
Votes: 31
49. 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: 1,458
50. 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: 4,768 | Gross: $0.03M
51. The Waiting List (2000)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. The problem is, it never shows up. While a number of busses pass by the station, and others ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Vladimir Cruz, Tahimi Alvariño, Jorge Perugorría, Noel García
Votes: 1,254
52. Estorvo (2000)
95 min | Drama
The journey of a middle-class amateur.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Bianca Byington, Susana Ribeiro, Leonor Arocha
Votes: 180
53. Un paraíso bajo las estrellas (2000)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Like her mother before her, beautiful Sissy wants to be a dancer at the Tropicana, Havana's famous cabaret. But her truck driving father, Candido, forbids her to do so because of his ... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Chijona | Stars: Thais Valdés, Vladimir Cruz, Daisy Granados, Enrique Molina
Votes: 169
55. Elpidio Valdés (1979)
Not Rated | 70 min | Animation
Elpidio Valdés (ICAIC, 1979). It tells the birth of Elpidio, the death of his father and the beginnings of the War of Independence; as he knows María Silvia and how he becomes a scourge for... See full summary »
Director: Juan Padrón
Votes: 72
56. Dos patrias, Cuba y la noche (2007)
83 min | Documentary
The director Christian Liffers travels with his team to Cuba to search for evidence. Part of his luggage are poems and prose texts of the Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas. Texts, which describe... See full summary »
Director: Christian Liffers
Votes: 31
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