With Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Soy Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History, War
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 8,252
2. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
G | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Octavio Calderon
Votes: 16,784 | Gross: $7.00M
3. Una rosa de Francia (2006)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Simon transports illegal immigrants to New York, leaving them to their fate. He is discovered by the coastguard and Andrés, a young sailor, saves his life. When he falls for a young protegée of Simon conflict erupts.
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Álex González, Ana de Armas, Broselianda Hernández
Votes: 162
4. Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This Oscar nominated film is the 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.
Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno
Votes: 5,342 | Gross: $2.08M
5. Yuli (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez
Votes: 1,611
6. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
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.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés
Votes: 3,743 | Gross: $0.03M
7. My Twentieth Century (1989)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Paulus Manker, Péter Andorai
Votes: 1,486 | Gross: $0.68M
8. Afinidades (2010)
87 min | Drama
The plot is around two couples. One pair is Néstor and Cristina; the other is Bruno and Magda. Film takes place inland on freshwater, a great opportunity to meditate about the human being ... See full summary »
Directors: Vladimir Cruz, Jorge Perugorría | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Cuca Escribano, Vladimir Cruz, Gabriela Griffith
Votes: 38
9. El edén perdido (2007 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Director: Manuel Estudillo | Stars: Carlos Enrique Almirante, Irela Bravo, Ana de Armas, Roberto Enríquez
Votes: 15
10. Cecilia (1982)
127 min | Drama
Cecilia, a Cuban girl of mixed race in violent 19th-century Cuba, is raised by her mother and grandmother as a courtesan. Soon, pale-skinned Cecilia catches the eye of the estate owner's ... See full summary »
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Daisy Granados, Imanol Arias, Raquel Revuelta, Miguel Benavides
Votes: 121
11. ¡Vampiros en La Habana! (1985)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
A vampire family from Cuba is preparing for a showdown between the USA vampires and the Eastern European vampires. But with the aid of a scientist, they need a type of vaccination where they can live in daylight.
Director: Juan Padrón | Stars: Frank González, Manuel Marín, Irela Bravo, Carlos Gonzalez
Votes: 1,241
12. Conducta (2014)
108 min | Drama
Aging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.
Director: Ernesto Daranas | Stars: Alina Rodríguez, Yuliet Cruz, Armando Miguel Gómez, Miriel Cejas
Votes: 1,336
13. Madrigal (2007)
112 min | Sci-Fi
"Not everything is what it seems". This is the motto of Fernando Pérez's Madrigal, an esoteric fable built, in the first part, around a handsome actor's love story with an overweight and ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Carlos Enrique Almirante, Liety Chaviano, Ana de Armas, Luis Alberto García
Votes: 112
14. Guantanamera (1995)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering ... See full summary »
Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorría, Raúl Eguren
Votes: 1,440 | Gross: $0.75M
15. Sergio and Sergei (2017)
93 min | Drama
A Russian cosmonaut is stranded on The Mir Space Station during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Director: Ernesto Daranas | Stars: Tomás Cao, Héctor Noas, Ron Perlman, Yuliet Cruz
Votes: 381
16. La muerte de un burócrata (1966)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo, Gaspar De Santelices
Votes: 1,128
17. Lucia (1968)
160 min | Drama
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.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Núñez, Adela Legrá, Eduardo Moure
Votes: 800
18. The Last Supper (1976)
120 min | Drama, History
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García, José Antonio Rodríguez
Votes: 562
19. Oedipo alcalde (1996)
100 min | Drama, War
Set amidst the rebel wars (representing the Theban plagues) of contemporary Colombia, young Mayor Edipo must mediate a peace deal between conflicting guerrilla groups and the army. It is ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Ángela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Votes: 290
20. Osceola (1971)
109 min | Western, Drama
Florida, 1830 - Of all eastern Native American tribes, only the Seminoles have resisted being moved to reservations. Having retreated to Florida, they live a simple horticultural life. But ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Petzold | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Horst Schulze, Iurie Darie, Karin Ugowski
Votes: 192
21. Habana Blues (2005)
115 min | Drama, Music
Two cuban friends play in a blues band in La Habana. When a spanish music producer offers them a contract to record an album and to build a career in Europe, they will have to decide ... See full summary »
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: Alberto Yoel, Roberto San Martín, Yailene Sierra, Mayra Rodríguez
Votes: 2,423
22. La edad de la peseta (2006)
90 min | Drama
A drama about grandmother-grandson relationships.
Director: Pavel Giroud | Stars: Mercedes Sampietro, Iván Carreira, Susana Tejera, José Ángel Egido
Votes: 191
23. Vientos de la Habana (2016)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The killing of a fiery young teacher sets Detective Mario Conde on the trail of a drug kingpin with ties to the high school he once attended.
Director: Félix Viscarret | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Juana Acosta, Carlos Enrique Almirante, Vladimir Cruz
Votes: 556
24. Les tres bessones (1995–2003)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Anna, Teresa and Helena are naughty triplets that always get into a mess. As punishment the Bored Witch sends the girls into a tale in order to learn the lesson.
Stars: Francesc Alborch, Noemí Bayarri, Carmen Calvell, Ana Maria Camps
Votes: 296
25. Lista de espera (2000)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. The problem is, it never shows up. While a number of busses pass by the station, and others ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Vladimir Cruz, Tahimi Alvariño, Jorge Perugorría, Noel García
Votes: 1,172
26. Insumisa (2019)
94 min | Drama
1810. Enrique Faber, a Swiss surgeon, lands in Cuba in search for his son. After a few weeks of investigation, he is told that his son was burnt alive in the attack on a plantation led by a... See full summary »
Directors: Laura Cazador, Fernando Pérez | Stars: Antonio Buíl, Giselle González, Mario Guerra, Héctor Noas
Votes: 87
27. Anna Pavlova (1983– )
155 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The film is based on the biography of the legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She became an internationally regarded ballerina after her performances in 1909 with the Dyaghilev's ... See full summary »
Stars: Galina Belyaeva, Lina Buldakova, Sergey Shakurov, Vsevolod Larionov
Votes: 208
28. Un paraíso bajo las estrellas (2000)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Like her mother before her, beautiful Sissy wants to be a dancer at the Tropicana, Havana's famous cabaret. But her truck driving father, Candido, forbids her to do so because of his ... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Chijona | Stars: Thais Valdés, Vladimir Cruz, Daisy Granados, Enrique Molina
Votes: 151
29. The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Taking place during the Chilean Coup d'état in 1973, this film opens with the attempted military coup of June 1973, which is put down by troops loyal to the government. The left is divided ... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Carlos Altamirano, Fernando Castillo, Luis Corvalán
Votes: 965
30. In This Tricky Life (2001)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa ... See full summary »
Director: Beatriz Flores Silva | Stars: Mariana Santangelo Goldman, Silvestre, Josep Linuesa, Andrea Fantoni
Votes: 499
31. El misterio Galíndez (2003)
124 min | Drama
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 »
Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Harvey Keitel, Eduard Fernández, Guillermo Toledo
Votes: 489
32. Tirano Banderas (1993)
91 min | Drama
In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.
Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ana Belén, Juan Diego, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 86
33. Suite Habana (2003)
80 min | Documentary
Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Francisquito Cardet, Francisco Cardet, Norma Pérez, Waldo Morales
Votes: 587
34. Bolívar, el hombre de las dificultades (2013)
117 min | Adventure, Biography, History
By the first time, Simon Bolivars story is been told from the perspective about the man, not the heroe but the human been itself; with his weakness and troubles that led him to think even ... See full synopsis »
Director: Luis Alberto Lamata | Stars: Roque Valero, Alberto Alifa, Carlos Enrique Almirante, Camila Arteche
Votes: 355
35. Las doce sillas (1962)
94 min | Comedy
When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides all of her treasures... See full summary »
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Enrique Santisteban, Reynaldo Miravalles, René Sánchez, Pilín Vallejo
Votes: 250
36. Últimos días en La Habana (2016)
R | 93 min | Drama
A Cuban man dying of AIDS in Havana.
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Jorge Martínez, Gabriela Ramos, Yailene Sierra, Patricio Wood
Votes: 183
37. Alsino and the Condor (1982)
PG | 89 min | Drama, War
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi
Votes: 257
38. Historias de la revolución (1960)
87 min | Drama
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Bertina Acevedo, Enrique Fong, Miriam Gómez, Francisco Lago
Votes: 51
39. Boleto al paraíso (2010)
88 min | Drama
Eunice is a teenage girl who is running away from her father's sexual harassment. Alejandro is a young rocker who breaks into a drugstore and escapes to Havana with a couple of friends. ... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Chijona | Stars: Miriel Cejas, Héctor Medina, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Laura De la Uz
Votes: 73
40. La obra del siglo (2015)
100 min | Drama
In an abandoned nuclear project conceived by Cuba and the USSR, a disillusioned engineer survives with his mean father and his frustrated son, while 1970s found footage of the "project of the century" describe its ambitious scope.
Director: Carlos Quintela | Stars: Mario Balmaseda, Mario Guerra, Leonardo Gascón, Jorge Molina
Votes: 119
41. Sandino (1991)
135 min | Biography, Drama
The US tried to occupy Nicaragua in 1927. General Cesar Augusto Sandino and his guerrillas begin armed resistance.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Joaquim de Almeida, Dean Stockwell, Ángela Molina
Votes: 93
42. Capablanca (1987)
96 min | Drama
Director: Manuel Herrera | Stars: César Évora, Galina Belyaeva, Eslinda Núñez, Adolfo Llauradó
Votes: 45
43. De cierta manera (1977)
78 min | Drama
Film about Miraflores, a housing development built in 1962.
Director: Sara Gómez | Stars: Mario Balmaseda, Yolanda Cuéllar, Mario Limonta, Isaura Mendoza
Votes: 180
44. La rosa de los vientos (1983)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy
Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of Latin American culture from the late-15th ... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Patxi Andión, José Antonio Rodríguez, Nelson Villagra, Asdrúbal Meléndez
Votes: 16
45. La piscina (2012)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
During summer in La Habana, four adolescents with physical problems, while in vacation from school, spend a day in a swimming pool with their apathetic instructor.
Director: Carlos Quintela | Stars: Raúl Capote, Mónica Molinet, Carlos Javier Martinez, Felipe García
Votes: 43
46. Los sobrevivientes (1979)
130 min | Drama
An aristocratic family decides to isolate themselves from the changes brought by the revolution and begin living History in reverse. A surreal voyage from Socialism to cannibalism.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Enrique Santisteban, Juanita Caldevilla, Germán Pinelli, Ana Viña
Votes: 106
47. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
80 min | Documentary
Completed two years after The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975) and The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976), this film deals with the creation of thousands of local groups of "popular power" by ... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández
Votes: 788
48. El cuerno de la abundancia (2008)
108 min | Comedy
In a poor rural Cuban town, Bernardo's large extended family can just make ends meet. Then they learn about a trial to distribute among the many bearers of their name the proceeds of a ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Enrique Molina, Paula Ali, Yoima Valdés
Votes: 323
49. La deuda (1997)
90 min | Drama
A usurer nicknamed The Turk is killed. Mysteriously, everyone in the village had problems with him and anyone could have been his killer.
Directors: Nicolás Buenaventura, Manuel José Álvarez | Stars: Nicolás Buenaventura, Manuel José Álvarez, Vicky Hernández, Jairo Camargo
Votes: 68
50. Buscando a Casal (2019)
116 min | Drama
Director: Jorge Luis Sánchez | Stars: Yasmani Guerrero, Yadier Fernández, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Armando Miguel Gómez