Best Ríoplatenses Movies
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1. 23 segundos (2014)
112 min | Drama
Director: Dimitry Rudakov | Stars: Hugo Piccinini, Susana Groisman, Stefanie Neukirch, Lucia Senra
Votes: 52
2. 25 Watts (2001)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.
Directors: Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Jorge Temponi, Alfonso Tort, Valentín Rivero
Votes: 1,689
3. Seawards Journey (2003)
78 min | Adventure, Comedy
A group of men travel across Uruguay to watch the sea.
Director: Guillermo Casanova | Stars: Hugo Arana, Julio César Castro, Julio Calcagno, Diego Delgrossi
Votes: 393
4. Whisky (2004)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with ... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Stars: Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, José Pedro Bujaruz
Votes: 6,717
5. 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: 104,800 | Gross: $16.78M
6. Reus (2011)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
A chronicle of two crime families' struggle to control the Reus neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Directors: Pablo Fernández, Alejandro Pi, Eduardo Piñero | Stars: Alberto Acosta, Ignacio Dure, Martín Espina, Daniel Martinez
Votes: 102
7. The Sharks (2019)
80 min | Drama
Two young lovers embark on a relationship while a rumor of sharks at the beach has everyone talking.
Director: Lucía Garibaldi | Stars: Romina Bentancur, Federico Morosini, Fabián Arenillas, Antonella Aquistapache
Votes: 333
8. El Noctámbulo (2006)
87 min | Action
Director: Gabriel Díaz | Stars: Sergio Pereira, Gabriel Díaz, Gabriela Ers, Verónica D'Andrea
Votes: 409
9. 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: 1,404
10. The Heist of the Century (2020)
18+ | 114 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina when they rob the Banco Río branch in Acassuso.
Director: Ariel Winograd | Stars: Guillermo Francella, Diego Peretti, Luis Luque, Pablo Rago
Votes: 10,368
11. Heroic Losers (2019)
TV-MA | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In times of the infamous Argentinian Corralito, the neighbors of a little town trace a plan to recover the money they lost after learning that their bank manager and a corrupt lawyer have stolen it.
Director: Sebastián Borensztein | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni, Verónica Llinás, Daniel Aráoz
Votes: 12,783
12. Porn for Newbies (2018)
88 min | Comedy
A porn director, a fugitive, a priest. The life of Victor X.
Director: Carlos Ameglio | Stars: Martín Piroyansky, Nicolás Furtado, Carolina Manica, Daniel Aráoz
Votes: 649
13. 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: 216,452 | Gross: $3.11M
14. The Pope's Toilet (2007)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
Directors: César Charlone, Enrique Fernández | Stars: César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, Mario Silva, Virginia Ruiz
Votes: 2,875
15. Miss Tacuarembó (2010)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Martín Sastre | Stars: Natalia Oreiro, Mirella Pascual, Mike Amigorena, Diego Reinhold
Votes: 300
16. 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: 57,160 | Gross: $1.22M
17. Chinese Take-Away (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A well-ordered hardware store owner in Buenos Aires will see his life turn upside down when he helps a stranded Chinese man who doesn't speak a word of Spanish find his uncle in the bustling city. But can this coexistence bear fruit?
Director: Sebastián Borensztein | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Ignacio Huang, Carolina Hsu, Muriel Santa Ana
Votes: 19,538
18. Relocos y repasados (2013)
97 min | Action, Comedy
Andres and Elias get together one evening for their last summer joint. On his way home, Elias finds a hidden case containing 5 different types of drugs. The next morning, Elias calls Andres... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Facal | Stars: Manuel Facal, Dayana Acosta, María Aiello, Gustavo Almirón
Votes: 129
19. 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: 3,737
20. Burnt Money (2000)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice
Votes: 6,855 | Gross: $0.24M
21. Wild Horses (1995)
Unrated | 122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A road movie that begins when a man tries to rob a bank and the bank's clerk, a yuppie, pretends the thief has kidnapped him to help him run away. While they're running away, they meet a girl who becomes part of the team.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo, Fernán Mirás
Votes: 1,800
22. Wild Tango (1993)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biopic based on the life of one of the pioneer argentine rock stars 'Tanguito'. The movie tells the story of his rise and fall from grace, encompassed in violent times of a military regime.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Fernán Mirás, Cecilia Dopazo, Imanol Arias, Antonio Birabent
Votes: 1,759
23. I'm Gilda (2016)
118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and death of the tropical singer Gilda.
Director: Lorena Muñoz | Stars: Natalia Oreiro, Lautaro Delgado, Javier Drolas, Ángela Torres
Votes: 1,105
24. El Potro: Unstoppable (2018)
122 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A young man with charisma and magnetism enters the atmosphere of tropical music as a romantic singer and undertakes a vertiginous ascent to fame.
Director: Lorena Muñoz | Stars: Rodrigo Romero, Florencia Peña, Fernán Mirás, Daniel Aráoz
Votes: 798
25. 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
26. Mamá era punk (1988)
37 min | Documentary, Short
With the democratic recovery in Uruguay, a state defined by some as "the drifting situation in which Uruguayan culture is found" becomes explicit. A youth sector oscillates between ... See full summary »
Director: Guillermo Casanova | Star: Laura Canoura
Votes: 6
27. A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
TV-MA | 122 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad."
Director: Álvaro Brechner | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso
Votes: 10,987
28. The Wrath of God (2022)
TV-MA | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Luciana, a young woman immersed in a circle of mysterious deaths of relatives and the growing suspicion that the person responsible is an enigmatic writer, her former boss.
Director: Sebastián Schindel | Stars: Macarena Achaga, Mónica Antonópulos, Juan Minujín, Diego Peretti
Votes: 4,677
29. How to Win Enemies (2014)
78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Lucas, a young lawyer meets the stunning, sexy Bárbara in a café. Lucas, thinks she is perfect, with a taste for good literature. Lucas takes her home on his first date. The next morning ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Lichtmann | Stars: Martín Slipak, Javier Drolas, Inés Palombo, Eugenia Capizzano
Votes: 130
30. 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: 3,772
31. Animal (II) (2018)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Antonio Decoud has the perfect life, a wife and children who love him, a great job, and a beautiful home. But one day he learns that he urgently needs a kidney transplant.
Director: Armando Bo | Stars: Guillermo Francella, Carla Peterson, Federico Salles, Mercedes De Santis
Votes: 1,576
32. 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: 222,489 | Gross: $6.39M
33. Finde (2021)
86 min | Comedy, Horror
A couple, stressed by the confinement of their apartment and the pandemic, decide to spend a weekend in the country. The owners of the villa they rent offer to stay and serve them as in a hotel, but their offer hides other intentions.
Director: Nano Garay Santaló | Stars: Malena Pichot, Julián Lucero, Paula Grinszpan, Leonardo Sbaraglia
Votes: 532
34. 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
35. The Clan (2015)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani, Stefanía Koessl
Votes: 14,314 | Gross: $0.19M
36. Argentina, 1985 (2022)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Director: Santiago Mitre | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín, Santiago Armas Estevarena
Votes: 31,200
37. The Substitute (2022)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A substitute teacher gets involved when one of his students is threatened by a drug kingpin.
Director: Diego Lerman | Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Alfredo Castro, Juan Minujín, Rita Cortese
Votes: 1,360
38. The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime (2014)
90 min | Crime, Drama
With dreams of a better life, a humble but illiterate labourer and his wife leave their poor village in Santiago to move to Buenos Aires. However, a sinister boss' promise of a bright future will come at a high price.
Director: Sebastián Schindel | Stars: Guillermo Pfening, Andrea Garrote, Joaquín Furriel, Gabriel Martín Fernández
Votes: 2,579
39. El Asistente (2023)
86 min | Comedy
Una estrella de rock intenta redimirse junto a un amigo que acaba de conocer.
Director: Augusto Tejada | Stars: Luis Cao, Rodrigo Noya, Barbie Pucheta, Florencia Raggi
Votes: 67
40. The Tangalanga Method (2022)
98 min | Comedy
Shy corporate employee Jorge Rizzi's life takes an uproarious turn when he participates in a hypnosis session that rips off his inhibitions and releases a hilarious alter ego.
Director: Mateo Bendesky | Stars: Martín Piroyansky, Julieta Zylberberg, Alan Sabbagh, Luis Machín
Votes: 697
41. Mateína (2021)
73 min | Drama
Uruguay, 2045. Yerba mate has been forbidden. Two illegal salesmen begin a journey towards Paraguay to smuggle the herb. On the trip, they become heroes by chance, and try to return to their people their lost identity.
Directors: Pablo Abdala, Joaquin Peñagaricano | Stars: Chiara Hourcade, Diego Licio, Leandro Rodríguez, Federico Silveira
Votes: 51
42. The Last Suit (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama
Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Solarz | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, Olga Boladz, Julia Beerhold
Votes: 939 | Gross: $0.07M
43. Eber Ludueña y el puntapié final (2015)
82 min | Comedy
It is 2014. There is a week left for Argentina's debut against Bosnia in the World Cup in Brazil. Eber decides to travel to convince Sabella to include him in the team, but along the way is involved in an international boycott.
Director: Damián Leibovich | Stars: Juan Alari, Ernesto Cherquis Bialo, Federico D'Elía, Víctor Hugo Morales
Votes: 28
44. Man Facing Southeast (1986)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?
Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza
Votes: 4,591 | Gross: $0.73M
45. Society of the Snow (2023)
R | 144 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi
Votes: 132,114
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