15 Favorite Contemporary Argentine Films
by richardandeol | created - 09 Nov 2014 | updated - 2 weeks ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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: 216,513 | Gross: $3.11M
2. 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: 19,539
3. 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: 222,543 | Gross: $6.39M
4. Sidewalls (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Martín and Mariana are slightly damaged people who live in buildings just opposite one another. While they often don't notice each other, separation might be the very thing that brings them together.
Director: Gustavo Taretto | Stars: Javier Drolas, Miguel Dedovich, Pilar López de Ayala, Miguel Alvarez
Votes: 15,983 | Gross: $0.00M
5. 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: 57,173 | Gross: $1.22M
6. El Angel (2018)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The angelic face of Carlos, a 17-year-old teenager, hides a dark facet of robberies, lies and murders.
Director: Luis Ortega | Stars: Lorenzo Ferro, Cecilia Roth, Luis Gnecco, Malena Villa
Votes: 11,557 | Gross: $0.09M
7. Black Snow (2017)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.
Director: Martín Hodara | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Laia Costa, Federico Luppi
Votes: 6,050
8. 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: 12,792
9. The 7th Floor (2013)
R | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A father gets into a desperate search to find his children who disappeared while going down stairs from their apartment in the seventh floor.
Director: Patxi Amezcua | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Belén Rueda, Abel Dolz Doval, Charo Dolz Doval
Votes: 6,325
10. Chronicle of an Escape (2006)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado
Votes: 3,703 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Brother and Sister (2010)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
They are both alone. They need each other but, at the same time, they despise each other. Siblings Marcos and Susana are unable to heal the old wounds festering within them after the death ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Antonio Gasalla, Graciela Borges, Elena Lucena, Rita Cortese
Votes: 790
12. 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: 8,786 | Gross: $0.09M
13. El último tren (2002)
94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Action
Three old man, a little boy training to protect an old patrimony, La "33", the last train.
Director: Diego Arsuaga | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Federico Luppi, Pepe Soriano, Gastón Pauls
Votes: 726
14. La señal (2007)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia.
Directors: Ricardo Darín, Martín Hodara | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Diego Peretti, Julieta Díaz, Andrea Pietra
Votes: 1,168
15. 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: 14,318 | Gross: $0.19M
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