Tango movies
by gaborpor | created - 10 Feb 2017 | updated - 26 Feb 2017 | PublicMovies with our about tango and the people behind it
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1. Our Last Tango (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Musical
The life and love story of Argentina's famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart.
Director: German Kral | Stars: María Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes, Johana Copes, Myriam Copes
Votes: 713 | Gross: $0.10M
2. Tango libre (2012)
98 min | Drama, Romance
A prison guard is attracted to a woman at his weekly tango class. They meet again when she visits her husband in the prison where he works and he is drawn into her complicated romantic life. Meanwhile the prisoners are learning the tango.
Director: Frédéric Fonteyne | Stars: François Damiens, Sergi López, Jan Hammenecker, Anne Paulicevich
Votes: 1,152
3. Assassination Tango (2002)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An aging hitman gets a contract to kill a General in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But when his mark becomes unavailable, he becomes involved in Argentinian tango culture.
Director: Robert Duvall | Stars: Robert Duvall, Luciana Pedraza, Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker
Votes: 3,384 | Gross: $0.97M
4. La vida es un tango (1939)
87 min | Musical
Romance - with its ruptures and reunions - between a girl and a boy who want to succeed with the tango.
Director: Manuel Romero | Stars: Florencio Parravicini, Tito Lusiardo, Hugo del Carril, Sabina Olmos
Votes: 48
5. Naked Tango (1990)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.
Director: Leonard Schrader | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Fernando Rey, Tony Payne
Votes: 718
6. Valentina's Tango (2006)
R | 98 min | Thriller
A dark comedy/drama of a woman's decent into madness by love. Family and loved ones try to save her but but are sucked into the madness with her. Greek tragedy mixed with farce tells this tale of passionate love and lust.
Director: Rogelio Lobato | Stars: Guillermina Quiroga, Jordi Caballero, Dianna Miranda, George Perez
Votes: 101
7. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Musical
Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Marie Laforêt, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá, Marina Vlady
Votes: 692
8. Tango Bar (1987)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A fled Tango show owner returns to Buenos Aires to join his partners after the oppressive government of Argentina has dissolved.
Director: Marcos Zurinaga | Stars: Raul Julia, Valeria Lynch, Rubén Juárez, Nélida Rodríguez
Votes: 210
9. The Tango Lesson (1997)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Sally Potter, Pablo Verón, Morgane Maugran, Géraldine Maillet
Votes: 2,470 | Gross: $1.30M
10. Shall We Dance? (2004)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 49,601 | Gross: $57.89M
11. Take the Lead (2006)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music
A dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.
Director: Liz Friedlander | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 26,661 | Gross: $34.74M
12. The Christmas Tango (2011)
102 min | Drama, Romance
At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.
Director: Nikos Koutelidakis | Stars: Giannis Bezos, Giannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis, Vicky Papadopoulou
Votes: 3,772
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