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Cuban Film Press Association's Greatest Latin American Films of All Time

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  • Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)

    1. Memories of Underdevelopment

    19681h 37mNot Rated
    7.6 (5.1K)
    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.
    DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsSergio CorrieriDaisy GranadosEslinda Núñez
  • The Young and the Damned (1950)

    2. The Young and the Damned

    19501h 20mNot Rated
    8.2 (23K)
    A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAlfonso MejíaRoberto CoboEstela Inda
  • The Exterminating Angel (1962)

    3. The Exterminating Angel

    19621h 35mNot Rated
    8.0 (37K)
    The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique Rambal
  • Black God, White Devil (1964)

    4. Black God, White Devil

    19642hNot Rated74Metascore
    7.2 (5.9K)
    After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
    DirectorGlauber RochaStarsGeraldo Del ReyYoná MagalhãesOthon Bastos
  • Lucia (1968)

    5. Lucia

    19682h 40m
    7.1 (1.3K)
    Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930s, and the 1960s.
    DirectorHumberto SolásStarsRaquel RevueltaEslinda NúñezAdela Legrá
  • Frida (1983)

    6. Frida

    19831h 48m
    6.8 (567)
    The most prominent female painter of Latin America, Frida Kahlo, is agonizing in her Coyoacán home. She evokes memories of her childhood, of the streetcar accident that caused her terrible pain and affliction, her friendship with Trotsky and painter Alfaro Siqueiros, her marriage to Diego Rivera, her miscarriage, her political commitment, her love affairs and the anticipated exhibition of her works.
    DirectorPaul LeducStarsOfelia MedinaJuan José GurrolaMax Kerlow
  • Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)

    7. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

    19851h 59mNot Rated
    7.1 (731)
    Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
    DirectorFernando E. SolanasStarsMarie LaforêtPhilippe LéotardMiguel Ángel Solá
  • Barren Lives (1963)

    8. Barren Lives

    19631h 43mNot Rated
    7.5 (3.2K)
    A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
    DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando Macedo
  • The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)

    9. The Hour of the Furnaces

    19684h 20mUnrated
    7.6 (1.3K)
    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 and the revolution of the third world such as the revolt of the students in the United States and Western Europe, Czech citizens protest against the Soviet Union's State bureaucracy and also the revolution that (probably) is unprecedented in Argentina.
    DirectorsOctavio GetinoFernando E. SolanasStarsMaría de la PazFernando E. SolanasEdgardo Suárez
  • Now (1965)

    10. Now

    19655mShort
    6.8 (795)
    A documentary short about racism in the United States.
    DirectorSantiago ÁlvarezStarLena Horne
  • Hugo Soto in Man Facing Southeast (1986)

    11. Man Facing Southeast

    19861h 45mR
    7.6 (4.8K)
    A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?
    DirectorEliseo SubielaStarsLorenzo QuinterosHugo SotoInés Vernengo
  • Nelson Villagra in Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969)

    12. Jackal of Nahueltoro

    19691h 35m
    7.6 (1.2K)
    The real story about an illiterate murderer, educated in prison, where he reflects on his actions days before he died.
    DirectorMiguel LittinStarsNelson VillagraShenda RománMarcelo Romo
  • The City and the Dogs (1985)

    13. The City and the Dogs

    19852h 15mUnrated
    7.4 (778)
    Four angry cadets form an inner circle to beat the system, boredom and the stifling confinement of the military academy, sparking a chain of events that begins with a robbery and leads to murder.
    DirectorFrancisco J. LombardiStarsPablo SerraGustavo BuenoLuis Álvarez
  • Norma Aleandro and Analia Castro in The Official Story (1985)

    14. The Official Story

    19851h 52mNot Rated
    7.7 (11K)
    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.
    DirectorLuis PuenzoStarsNorma AleandroHéctor AlterioChunchuna Villafañe
  • Blood of the Condor (1969)

    15. Blood of the Condor

    19691h 10m
    7.1 (663)
    The reaction of an indigenous community against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.
    DirectorJorge SanjinésStarsMarcelino YanahuayaBenedicta MendozaVicente Verneros Salinas
  • Toss Me a Dime (1958)

    16. Toss Me a Dime

    195833mShort
    7.0 (333)
    Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
    DirectorFernando BirriStarsGuillermo Cervantes LuroMaría Rosa GalloFrancisco Petrone
  • Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)

    17. Strawberry & Chocolate

    19931h 48mR
    7.4 (6.2K)
    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.
    DirectorsTomás Gutiérrez AleaJuan Carlos TabíoStarsJorge PerugorríaVladimir CruzMirta Ibarra
  • Nazarin (1959)

    18. Nazarin

    19591h 34mNot Rated
    7.7 (6.8K)
    A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFrancisco RabalMarga LópezRita Macedo
  • Antonio das Mortes (1969)

    19. Antonio das Mortes

    19691h 39m
    7.0 (2.5K)
    In this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
    DirectorGlauber RochaStarsMaurício do ValleOdete LaraOthon Bastos
  • The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)

    20. The Battle of Chile: Part I

    19751h 37mNot Rated
    8.1 (1.7K)
    The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
    DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsAbilio FernándezSalvador Allende
  • The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)

    21. The Battle of Chile: Part II

    19761h 28mNot Rated
    8.2 (1.4K)
    Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán tracks the deterioration of Salvador Allende's position following the attempted coup d'état of 29 June 1973, and analyzes the 10 weeks before Augusto Pinochet's CIA-backed seizure of power.
    DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsSalvador AllendeCarlos AltamiranoFernando Castillo
  • The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)

    22. The Battle of Chile: Part III

    19791h 20m
    7.6 (1.1K)
    This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.
    DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsSalvador AllendeAbilio FernándezErnesto Malbran
  • The House of the Angel (1957)

    23. The House of the Angel

    19571h 16m
    7.3 (508)
    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.
    DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElsa DanielLautaro MurúaBerta Ortegosa
  • Arturo de Córdova and Delia Garcés in El (1953)

    24. El

    19531h 22mApproved80Metascore
    7.9 (6.9K)
    A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsArturo de CórdovaDelia GarcésAurora Walker
  • The Guns (1964)

    25. The Guns

    19641h 20m
    7.6 (828)
    In an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
    DirectorRuy GuerraStarsÁtila IórioNelson XavierMaria Gladys

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