Argentinian movies you should watch.
by nicoperondi | created - 05 Aug 2013 | updated - 6 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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: 57,058 | Gross: $1.22M
2. Phase 7 (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Inside a quarantined apartment building a man must protect his pregnant wife from his new neighbors.
Director: Nicolás Goldbart | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Jazmín Stuart, Yayo Guridi, Iride Mockert
Votes: 3,396
3. The Cat Vanishes (2011)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Luis, a recognized university professor is out of the psychiatric clinic where he spent the last three years, hospitalized after a psychotic episode that led him to threaten his wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Luis Luque, Beatriz Spelzini, María Abadi, Norma Argentina
Votes: 768
4. 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: 222,139 | Gross: $6.39M
5. Cerro Bayo (2010)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
In a small town near a winter resort in the mountains of Argentina, Juana tries to commit suicide but ends up in a coma instead, to the great pain of her daughter Marta. Her other daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Victoria Galardi | Stars: Adriana Barraza, Inés Efron, Verónica Llinás, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Votes: 169
6. El hombre de al lado (2009)
103 min | Thriller
A small incident over two neighbors common wall sparks a conflict which affects the intimacy of the view over the chimney; the protagonist sparks a conflict and with paranoiac obsession destroys everyday life.
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Teófilo Mendoza, Rafael Spregelburd, Eugenia Alonso, Inés Budassi
Votes: 3,727
7. A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
A man finds a very unusual way to get rid of his wife.
Director: Juan Taratuto | Stars: Adrián Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli, Gabriel Goity, Marcelo Xicarte
Votes: 3,762
8. No me ama (2010)
16 min | Short
A man considers the fact that his girlfriend does not love him during a trip to Uruguay.
Director: Martín Piroyansky | Stars: María Canale, Martín Piroyansky
Votes: 261
9. Rain (2008)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Buenos Aires. It rains. Alma is in her car, stuck in Buenos Aires' traffic. She has recently broken-up with her boyfriend, and she has been living in her little car since then. Suddenly, ... See full summary »
Director: Paula Hernández | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Valeria Bertuccelli, Matias Umpierrez, Osvaldo Djeredjian
Votes: 443
10. Fuckland (2000)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary, Drama
Fabián, a magician from Buenos Aires, saves his money from weddings, birthdays, and bar mitzvahs, and uses a hidden camera to document a week-long trip to the Falkland Islands where he has ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Marquès | Stars: Fabián Stratas, Camilla Heaney
Votes: 375
11. 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: 16,497 | Gross: $0.62M
12. 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: 3,311 | Gross: $0.01M
13. 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: 8,771 | Gross: $0.09M
14. My First Wedding (2011)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
In "My First Wedding" ("Mi primera boda"), Jewish-born Adrián and Catholic-born Leonora have finally reached their wedding day. Instead of gracefully embracing matrimony, Adrián spends the ... See full summary »
Director: Ariel Winograd | Stars: Natalia Oreiro, Daniel Hendler, Imanol Arias, Soledad Silveyra
Votes: 1,024
15. XXY (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
Director: Lucía Puenzo | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti
Votes: 14,915 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Wild Tales (2014)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
Director: Damián Szifron | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa, Diego Starosta
Votes: 215,942 | Gross: $3.11M
17. Jauja (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Viilbjørk Malling Agger, Ghita Nørby, Adrián Fondari
Votes: 4,540
18. La sangre brota (2008)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cab driver Arturo has to find $2000 within 24 hours; his older son, Ramiro, who left home four years ago, has just phoned from Houston asking for urgent help.
Director: Pablo Fendrik | Stars: Arturo Goetz, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Guillermo Arengo, Stella Gallazzi
Votes: 201
19. Vidrios (2013)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
To know someone in depth could be exhausting. Glass sets to explore the universe of relationships, with a series of apparently isolated scenes, with unknown characters that are, through ... See full summary »
Directors: Ignacio Bollini, Federico Luis Tachella | Stars: Juan Barberini, María Canale, Valeria Correa, Julián Doregger
Votes: 15
20. The New Life (2011)
75 min | Drama
A tragic event shakes up a tranquil village in rural Argentina.
Director: Santiago Palavecino | Stars: Germán Palacios, Martina Gusmán, Alan Pauls, Ailín Salas
Votes: 64
21. Dromómanos (2012)
64 min | Drama
Five dromómanos roam the city and a village on the outskirts of a Buenos Aires almost unrecognizable, nocturnal, fierce, concrete and lyrical. There is a loving trio fascinated by a piglet,... See full summary »
Director: Luis Ortega | Stars: Brian Buley, Julieta Caputo, Camila Maidana, Ailín Salas
Votes: 30
22. The Vampire Spider (2012)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenager goes to the foothills of the Andes to deal with his phobias.
Director: Gabriel Medina | Stars: Martín Piroyansky, Alejandro Awada, Ailín Salas, Jorge Sesán
Votes: 242
23. El asaltante (2007)
Not Rated | 67 min | Drama
A look at the intimate moments of a man's life as he decides to commit a calculated act of aggression.
Director: Pablo Fendrik | Stars: Arturo Goetz, Julia Zapelli Gugliotta, José Goñi, Maya Lesca
Votes: 315
24. Puzzle (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An older housewife discovers she has a knack for solving puzzles.
Director: Natalia Smirnoff | Stars: María Onetto, Gabriel Goity, Arturo Goetz, Henny Trayles
Votes: 690
25. 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: 4,295 | Gross: $0.30M
26. Volley (2014)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy
A group of friends has a New Year's Eve party.
Director: Martín Piroyansky | Stars: Martín Piroyansky, Violeta Urtizberea, Inés Efron, Chino Darín
Votes: 1,400
27. 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: 7,341
28. 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: 1,588
29. 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: 986
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