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1. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Edward James Olmos, Mía Maestro
Votes: 2,494
2. Freddy (2023)
109 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Dominican comedian, writer, TV producer and philanthropist Freddy Beras-Goico.
Director: Giancarlo Beras-Goico | Stars: Héctor Aníbal, Ruairi Rhodes, Juan Luis Guerra, Pepe Sierra
Votes: 43
3. The Roar of the Butterflies (2023)
50 min | Drama
Three extremely courageous women stand up to one of the bloodiest dictators in Latin American history.
Stars: Sandy Hernandez, Susana Abaitua, Luis Alberto García, Belén Rueda
Votes: 215
4. La fiesta del Chivo (2005)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama
Urania Cabral (Isabella Rossellini) returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Leonidas Trujillo (Tomas Milian), the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.
Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Tomas Milian, Isabella Rossellini, Paul Freeman, Juan Diego Botto
Votes: 891
5. Rubirosa (2018)
110 min | Drama, History
Story of Porfirio Rubirosa, the Dominican playboy and suspected spy.
Directors: Carlos Moreno, Hugo Rodríguez, Juancho Cardona, Manolo Cardona, Mauricio Lule | Stars: Manolo Cardona, Damián Alcázar, Ana Serradilla, Carolina Guerra
Votes: 85
6. El Chivo (2014– )
45 min | Drama, Romance
Based on the book by Mario Vargas Llosa "La fiesta del chivo", tells the story of the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, who in his beginnings was a cattle thief and over time cruelly ruled... See full summary »
Stars: Julio Bracho, Eileen Moreno, Iván Arana, Diana Hoyos
Votes: 31
7. Tropico de Sangre (2010)
116 min | Drama, History
A chronicle of the struggle of the Mirabal sisters against Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship and their death at the hands of the regime.
Director: Juan Delancer | Stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Juan Fernández, Sergio Carlo, Claudette Lalí
Votes: 448
8. Parsley (2022)
85 min | Drama
A pregnant woman, left alone in the wilderness near the Dominican border, tries to escape the massacre of Haitians in 1937.
Director: José María Cabral | Stars: Cyndie Lundy, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Vladimir Acevedo, Juan Maria Almonte
Votes: 133
9. Rubirosa (Serie) (2018– )
TV-14 | History
La vida de el gran seductor latinoamericano, Porfirio Rubirosa, estará plagada de mujeres, enredos, traiciones y desamores que lo pondrán todo el tiempo al filo de la muerte cuando se ... See full summary »
Stars: Damián Alcázar, Manolo Cardona, Carolina Guerra, Héctor Aníbal
Votes: 41
10. The Galíndez File (2003)
124 min | Drama, Mystery
On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappeared from his apartment in New York City, and was never heard from again. He had been working with the F.B.I., and was ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerardo Herrero, Leigh Romero | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Harvey Keitel, Eduard Fernández, Guillermo Toledo
Votes: 567
11. Kill the Dictator (2013)
90 min | Drama
The chronicles of the end of the Trujillo era between 1959 and 1961.
Director: Felix Limardo | Stars: Amaury Nolasco, Efrain Figueroa, Mercedes López Renard, Antonio Jaramillo
Votes: 275
12. Rubirosa 2 (2018)
102 min | Drama, History
Second part of the trilogy about the life of Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa.
Directors: Carlos Moreno, Hugo Rodríguez | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Héctor Aníbal, Manolo Cardona, Katarina Cas
Votes: 25
13. Arrobá (2013)
97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Attempting to successfully rob a bank, three guys travel in time repeatedly, which causes a butterfly effect.
Director: José María Cabral | Stars: Irvin Alberti, Alexis Valdés, Kenny Grullon, Hony Estrella
Votes: 105
14. Del Color de la Noche (2015)
94 min | Biography, Drama, History
An account of key events in the life of the late Dominican political leader José Francisco Peña Gómez.
Director: Agliberto Meléndez | Stars: José Francisco Gerardino, Dany De La Rosa, Leury Brand, Mario Lebrón
Votes: 30
15. Codename: Butterflies (2009)
63 min | Documentary
"Code Name: Butterflies," is the first documentary to tell the powerful story of the Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic. In the 1950s, Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal, who ... See full summary »
Director: Cecilia Domeyko | Stars: Enrique Almirante, Yavalys González, Roxana Montenegro, Yaremis Pérez
16. Rubirosa 3 (2018)
Drama, History
Final part of the trilogy about the life of Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa.
Directors: Carlos Moreno, Hugo Rodríguez | Stars: Damián Alcázar, Héctor Aníbal, María del Mar Bonelly, Manolo Cardona
Votes: 19
17. El hombre que atrapaba fantasmas (1987)
Drama, History
A story about the political crimes committed during Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Stars: Miguel Ángel Martínez, Giovanny Cruz, Soraya María, Reynaldo Disla
18. A State of Madness (2020)
93 min | Drama, History
A film noir evocative Caribbean drama set in 1953 in the Dominican Republic during the cruel dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo.
Director: Leticia Tonos | Stars: Luis José Germán, Jane Santos, Pavel Marcano, Ico Abreu
Votes: 44
19. Trujillo: El poder del jefe (1991)
75 min | Documentary
The social, political and economic circumstances from 1916 to 1937, which made possible the rise of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Director: René Fortunato | Stars: René Alfonso, Rafael Trujillo
Votes: 36
20. Sugar Fields (2016)
TV-PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A young peasant is forced to flee for killing involuntarily an abusive guard. After an entire year hiding in a remote fishing island, he decides to return to his countryside and reunite with his wife and daughters.
Director: Fernando Baez Mella | Stars: Héctor Aníbal, Julietta Rodriguez, Vladimir Acevedo, Natasha Alburquerque
Votes: 45
21. Trujillo: El poder del jefe III (1996)
81 min | Documentary
The most important events between 1952 and 1961, leading to the end of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Director: René Fortunato | Stars: René Alfonso, Rafael Trujillo
Votes: 28
22. La Tragedia de Río Verde (2018)
87 min | Drama
A story about love and breaking social barriers, set against the Rio Verde plane crash that killed the players of the Santiago baseball team in 1948.
Director: Miguel Vásquez | Stars: Johnnie Mercedes, Dulcita Lieggi, Eleazar Acosta, Ernesto Baez
Votes: 16
23. Trujillo después de Trujillo (2022)
Documentary
An analysis on the persistence of authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic after the end of Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship.
Director: Juan Delancer | Stars: Luis Abinader, Juan Daniel Balcácer, Juan Sully Bonnelly, Roberto Cassá
25. El Fotógrafo de la 40 (2024)
76 min | Documentary
The story of unsung Dominican hero Pedro Aníbal Fuentes Berg, who revealed photographs of tortured prisoners in the main clandestine jail of Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship.
Directors: Orlando Barría, Erika Santelices | Stars: Elías Belliard, Ricardo Bodden López, Luisa de Peña, Julio Escoto Santana
26. Trujillo: El poder del jefe II (1994)
90 min | Documentary
The political and social events that took place from 1938 to 1952 during Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Director: René Fortunato | Stars: René Alfonso, Rafael Trujillo
Votes: 25
27. Crimen (2008)
95 min | Drama, History
An account of the murder of the Mirabal sisters and its consequences on the end of Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship.
Director: Etzel Báez | Stars: Mónica Sepúlveda, Rosanna Pujols, Rafsil Mena, Giovanny Cruz
28. Girasol (2016)
100 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Dominican businessman Víctor Méndez Capellán, from his hardworking childhood to his financial success.
Director: Dilia Pacheco Méndez | Stars: Laureano Olivares, Carlos Báez, Pachy Méndez, Vladimir Acevedo
Votes: 30
29. Joaquín Balaguer: El Constructor de la Democracia Dominicana (2006)
96 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of Dominican writer and politician Joaquín Balaguer.
Director: Aquiles Julián | Stars: Joaquín Balaguer, Rafael Bello Andino, Juan Bosch, Marino Vinicio Castillo
30. Las Mariposas: How Three Sisters Defied a Dictator (2021)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Mirabal sisters, who led a revolution against Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship in the dominican republic.
Director: Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
31. Los Panfleteros de Santiago (2009)
57 min | Documentary, History
The story of 27 young men who were tortured and killed for defying Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship.
Directors: María Teresa Feliciano, Néstor Montilla | Stars: Marcelo Bermúdez, Leandro Guzmán, Thelma Gómez de Guillén, Luis Gómez Pérez
32.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
Trujillo: Portrait of a Dictator
(1960)
Documentary, News
Director: Palmer Williams | Star: Bill Leonard