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- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsÁngel MagañaRenée DumasNicolás FreguesTwo 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 who commits suicide over gambling debts. In the second, "El pájaro cantor vuelve al hogar", Roberto Escalada is a former inmate who whistles when commits crimes, and returns home where he is expected by his blind mother, who believes he has regenerated.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsGraciliano BatistaMaría Esther BuschiazzoHéctor CalcañoWhen a woman goes to see an ex-boyfriend who blackmails her, she leaves behind an earring and when she returns to retrieve it, she finds that he has been murdered.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsJuan VerdaguerSusana CamposMaría Luisa RobledoOut 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.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsNéstor ZavarceBlanca del PradoFloren DelbeneThe plot centers on Lucio Santana, a lovable prankster and class clown whose dad happens to be a detective working on the serial killings of local children. When Lucho makes friends with a girl in his class, she divulges to him that a man who lives in the woods near the park has been giving her free lollipops, and plans to take her to his candy house. But she makes Lucho vow never to tell anyone. When the girl winds up murdered, Lucho is torn between honoring his word to his slain friend, or telling his father that he knows who the man is.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsPedro López LagarFanny NavarroGolde FlamiPablo Urioste is a respected surgeon, but he is forced to experience a nightmarish world after his wife, a marijuana addict, dies at a nightclub. He tells his story to the police, and tells stories of how he is hooked, beaten, blackmailed, and includes some bad-trip flashbacks. Ms. Quiroga tries to help him, but there is little hope for Dr. Urioste after undergoing THE MARIHUANA STORY.
- DirectorLuis SaslavskyDaniel TinayreStarsMecha OrtizPedro López LagarAmelia BenceLaura Sinrok, a rich and despotic woman domains her husband Alberto, pretending to commit suicide to retain him with her. Her ending will be tragic.
- DirectorRomán Viñoly BarretoStarsOlga ZubarryRoberto EscaladaNelly PanizzaThis "feminist" reworking of Fritz Lang's classic M focuses on the mothers of children stalked by a deranged pedophile.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsCarlos CoresJulia SandovalVassili LambrinosA washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.
- DirectorRomán Viñoly BarretoStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaGuillermo BattagliaMilagros de la VegaWhen his child is hit by a car, a writer of thrillers is desperate to avenge his death and goes in search of the murderer.
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsRichard WrightJean WallaceGloria MadisonIn 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsOlga ZubarryGuillermo BattagliaEduardo CuitiñoA murderer terrorizes a city by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López".
- DirectorManuel Mur OtiStarsOlga ZubarryAlberto de MendozaLuis PrendesA former singer's nephew and personal attendant plan to poison her.
- DirectorKurt LandStarsAlberto de MendozaEgle MartinLuis TascaA motley crew robs a bank.
- DirectorLautaro MurúaStarsAlberto ArgibayWalter VidarteTônia CarreroA young man whose dream is to become the next Carlos Gardel turns to a life of crime.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsFanny NavarroMecha OrtizTita MerelloA nurse is framed for murder by negligence. She goes to prison pregnant by her rich boss.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsJuan AlighieriLeo AlzaArturo ArcariPortrays life in one of the poorer neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Under pressure from the Peronist authorities, Klimovsky changed the ending to suggest that the problems of such communities were now a thing of the past.
- DirectorManuel RomeroStarsTita MerelloRoberto EscaladaJuan José MiguezPedro Amalfi is a known criminal on the loose that the police have been chasing for awhile. Soon, a man named Ernesto becomes involved in the situation and when Amalfi kidnaps Ernesto's wife Natalie, a rescue plan must be designed before too many people die.
- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsJulio De GraziaLuisina BrandoFernanda MistralA man who dreams of striking it rich stumbles upon the loot of a heist.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsAmelia BencePedro López LagarAntonia HerreroA 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.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsAmelia BenceCarlos CoresNelly PanizzaA young woman receives a stranger in her home who has an accident, they both get married and she inherits a fortune due to the death of her uncle. Later, she will discover that there is a connection between the events.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsOlga ZubarryGuillermo BattagliaCarlos CoresBankrupt 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.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJorge SalcedoSebastián ChiolaTito AlonsoA 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.
- DirectorFabián BielinskyStarsRicardo DarínManuel RodalDolores FonziA deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
- DirectorLuis César AmadoriStarsLaura HidalgoEduardo CuitiñoAlberto de MendozaFor ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a wealthy man.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElsa DanielLautaro MurúaBerta OrtegosaThe 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.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonLeopoldo Torres RíosStarsRoberto EscaladaCarlos ThompsonRaúl De LangeA journalist José Luis Villafane travels to a little town. A problem with your car forced him to stay in a hotel, where they share the room with Carlos Oribe, a copycat poet.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsAmelia BenceFrancisco de PaulaEnrique DiosdadoTale of Emilia (Amelia Bence), a famous concert pianist. As a child, Emilia was sexually assaulted by a circus clown (Enrique Diosdado) while the music of Manuel de Fallas' "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Emilia has gone into hysterics every time she hears the de Fallas composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager. Exploiting Emilia's fragile emotional state, the ruthless manager dominates the poor girl.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElisa GalvéNicolás FreguesVirginia RomayA woman seeks revenge for the death of her father and plans a murder in which the alibi is her own rape.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsArturo García BuhrLautaro MurúaGraciela BorgesDuring 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.
- DirectorManuel RomeroStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaZully MorenoSevero FernándezThe crimes of a banker who turned a sudden passion for a woman into a motive for horrible crimes, the execution of which he meets with incredible cynicism.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsAlberto de MendozaDuilio MarzioOrestes CavigliaIt 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.
- DirectorHugo del CarrilStarsLaura HidalgoHugo del CarrilPedro LaxaltA 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.
- DirectorFabián BielinskyStarsRicardo DarínGastón PaulsGraciela TenenbaumTwo con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsMirtha LegrandWalter VidarteAlberto ArgibayA young woman is raped by a gang.
- DirectorJohn AltonLuis SaslavskyStarsLibertad LamarqueAngelina PaganoAgustín IrustaNina Miranda leaves after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit and recalls the time of her youth. He remembers the boyfriend who chose his love despite the threat of his millionaire aunts to disinherit him if he married the artist. Her brother Vividor, pressed her to continue acting but her boyfriend was strict: the theater or me, and she agrees to leave his profession. Already married, Nina thinks she is abandoned because of a misunderstanding caused by her brother and returns to the theater, where she sings the tango, La morocha, even though she knows she can provoke a scandal. There is a fight between her husband and brother during which the latter wields a revolver and she accidentally kills her husband and is doomed because they do not believe his version. Already free, when a criminal shoots his son, who ignores that it is his mother, to steal it, she interposes and receives the shot. His son holds up his arms and orders that the door of the family mansion that has always been closed be opened and there dies happy.
- DirectorLuis SaslavskyStarsAurora BautistaAlfredo AlcónBárbara MujicaReturning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsMartha AtocheMario BaroffioCayetano BiondoA writer wrapped in a brilliant police case belonging to a Chinese sect.
- DirectorRicardo DarínMartín HodaraStarsRicardo DarínDiego PerettiJulieta DíazDuring the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia.
- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsFederico LuppiHaydée PadillaJulio De GraziaTwo 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.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsZully MorenoJorge RigaudJuana SujoA lonely woman marries a man without getting to know him.
- DirectorAntonio MompletStarsArturo de CórdovaOlga ZubarryEnrique Santos DiscépoloA prison escapee seeking to settle accounts with his companions who betrayed him joins a pickpocket and a young woman.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsArturo de CórdovaTônia CarreroCarlos CotrimPrisoners of Ilha Anchieta penitentiary rise up, dominate the guards and run away. One of them, who dreams of seeing his mother again, meets a prostitute, and tells her his story.
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsNicole MaureyMaurice RonetInda LedesmaThe love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his wife, a wealthy and unbalanced forty.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsMecha OrtizJorge RigaudSebastián ChiolaTwo men decide Malena's fate at a gambling table.
- DirectorEduardo MignognaStarsMiguel Ángel SoláRicardo DarínGerardo RomanoIn the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do anything not to return to prison. Some of them will suffer violent deaths, while others manage de disappear. Sordid and moving stories, not excluding tenderness and love, mercy or horror sealed with a pact of prison love that will remain in the heart of Buenos Aires, as witness of the yearned-for freedom.
- DirectorGeorge CahanStarsJean-Pierre AumontAlix TaltonTônia CarreroA four-alarm murder mystery, this nerve-tingling story is about a dashing, prominent builder in Brazil who is mistakenly accused of killing his wife, but because of it learns the truth about the woman he thought he knew.
- DirectorJosé Luis BorauStarsSusana CamposCarlos EstradaJosé María PradaAndrés, son of a famous pianist, discovers the corpse of a tuner killed in his shop, located in the basement of his house. Then a suspect leaves, but in the fear of possible reprisals he doesn't tell anything to the police, only to his wife Laura. From that moment on, Andrés feels threatened and persecuted.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsHugo del CarrilSoledad SilveyraVíctor LaplaceA look at the Buenos Aires underworld and its protagonists: the pimps, the prostitutes, the madams, and the politicians.
- DirectorEduardo MignognaStarsEulàlia RamonGrégoire ColinMartin LamotteBolivia, 1945. Two murders have been committed in Hotel Central, the inhospitable meeting point of the mixture of indigenous, Creole and European people who live in San Jacinto, a city of despair. Adela, the attractive owner's wife, blames Maria, one of the servants. But Timar, a young traveler, finds out some information that suggests a very different truth. In an oppressive atmosphere, where escaping seems to be the only thing that matters, Timar will struggle between his feelings for Adela and the injustice of convicting an innocent person. The risk of it is losing the few values he still has; the reward, experiencing love at its most.
- DirectorHugo del CarrilStarsHugo del CarrilRoberto EscaladaElina ColomerA delinquent confronts the police shooting them with a machine gun from a first floor and from time to time he shoots down a policeman. The one who directs the police realizes the futility of their efforts and suspends the fire.
- DirectorRubén W. CavallotiStarsJorge SalcedoGilda LousekEnrique FavaIn an artistic academy that serves as a screen for a brothel, a pimp falls in love with one of the prostitutes but it is sold to a rich man.
- DirectorKurt LandStarsOlga ZubarrySantiago Gómez CouMario Passano
- DirectorManuel AntinStarsLautaro MurúaMaría Rosa GalloSergio RenánAn Argentinean couple living in Paris receive a letter from the man's mother, in which she gives them regards from his brother. Confusion arises, as the couple know the brother to have died from an illness.
- DirectorJohn ReinhardtStarsMecha OrtizJorge RigaudPedro López LagarAlbareda does not doubt to betray her lover running away after denouncing him.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsTito AlonsoJorge AriasLuis de Lucía