Argentinian Movies on Netflix
Last updated April 28, 2024
Valentin
2002 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsValentin, a 9-year-old boy living with his grandmother in late-1960s Buenos Aires, believes his family has problems that only he can solve. He dreams of being reunited with his mother, while his abusive dad uses him as bait to attract women.
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The Motorcycle Diaries
2004 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis foreign-language drama tells the incredible true story of a 23-year-old medical student from Argentina -- future revolutionary Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) -- who motorcycled across South America with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) beginning in 1951. Walter Salles's film is based on Guevara's diaries of the trek, a deeply personal odyssey that ultimately crystallized the young man's budding political beliefs.
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The Official Story
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsArgentinean schoolteacher Alicia (Norma Aleandro) is forced to question her government's official story of the "Dirty War" of the 1970s when she suspects that her adopted daughter, Gaby, may be the child of a murdered political prisoner. But her quest for truth takes a heavy toll on her relationship with her conservative husband (Héctor Alterio). This wrenching historical drama won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.
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Sidewalls
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSeparated by the wall their apartments share, Mariana and Martín are the perfect couple. They have the same quirks, same tastes, same ideals and even the same neuroses -- they're a match made in heaven. There's just one problem: They've never met.
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Cautiva
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAn Argentinean teen's (Bárbara Lombardo) life turns upside down when a judge reveals that her real parents had "disappeared" for political reasons years ago. Suddenly, she's ordered to leave the couple who raised her and move in with a grandmother (Susana Campos) she's never known. But understanding the long-hidden truth about her origins isn't easy. First-time filmmaker Gaston Biraben directs this poignant, award-winning drama.
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Lion's Den
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter waking to find her apartment a bloody mess, with her ex-lover Nahuel dead and her ex-lover Ramiro (Rodrigo Santoro) wounded, Julia (Martina Gusman) finds herself pregnant and in prison. Incarcerated with other mothers, she gives birth and tries to raise her son behind bars. As she continues to push for a new trial, Julia also deals with her formerly estranged mother, Sofía (Elli Medeiros), who now wants to take her son from her.
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The Aura
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsPart character study, part crime drama, The Aura follows reclusive and fastidious taxidermist Espinosa as he moves from dreaming about pulling off the perfect crime to actually planning and executing a real heist. Filmmaker Fabian Bielinsky (Nine Queens) lovingly nurtures Espinosa (Ricardo Darin), creating a complex character whose eerie frozen moments of epileptic seizure (hence the film's title) make for hypnotic viewing.
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Sins of My Father
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsNicolas Entel's searing documentary tells the story of Pablo Escobar -- Colombian drug kingpin, murderer and family man -- through the eyes of his son, Sebastian, as well as the sons of two of Escobar's most prominent victims.
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Intimate Stories
2002 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsA charming and affecting tale charting the fortunes of three small town heroes pursuing their dreams, Carlos Sorin's "Historias Minimas" offers further evidence of the current riches to be found in Argentine cinema. Awarded a special jury prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, it's a deceptively simple yet delightful road movie concerned with three disparate characters heading for the Argentine city of San Julian.
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A Red Bear
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsEx-con Oso (Julio Chavez) can't wait to get his old life back now that he's out of jail, but things aren't what they used to be. His daughter, Alicia (Agostina Lage), doesn't remember him anymore, and her mother has moved on without him. Oso tries hard to stay on the right path, but the past keeps rearing its ugly head. Will he be able to stay out of trouble, or will the past keep catching up with him?
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Live-in Maid
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWinner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, this film tells the story of Beba, a spoiled member of the Argentinean upper middle class, and Dora, the maid who's worked for her more than 30 years. When Beba's wealth begins to fade, the relationship between the two women undergoes subtle and not-so-subtle changes, amplifying the cataclysmic transformation occurring in Argentinean society. Norma Aleandro and Norma Argentina star.
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Un Amor
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTwo friends fall in love with the same girl, a free spirit named Lisa, but their teenage love triangle evaporates when she suddenly leaves town. On a business trip 30 years later, she returns, reawakening old passions.
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Phase 7
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a deadly outbreak of influenza holds the residents of a quarantined apartment building hostage, Coco and his pregnant wife, Pipi, must form a tentative partnership with an unstable but well-stocked neighbor.
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The Window
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThough ailing 80-year-old Antonio (Antonio Larreta) is confined to bed, he takes great care in planning a reunion with his estranged son, a renowned concert pianist. He asks his caretaker to summon a piano tuner and retrieve a 40-year-old bottle of champagne. But the gorgeous day calls to Antonio through the window, and he recklessly decides to take a walk as he contemplates his life. Argentinean filmmaker Carlos Sorin directs this meditative drama.
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Lost Embrace
2004 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAriel and his mother run a lingerie shop located in downtown Buenos Aires. It's a comfortable, cloistered world, but many young people there still search for their immigrant roots. Ariel, however, wants more than that; he yearns to understand why his father left the family shortly after his birth to fight a war in Israel and why he never returned. Cast includes Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg and Sergio Boris. Daniel Burman directs.
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Love in Transit
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThe lives of four people intersect in unexpected ways, each of them unaware of how their actions are affecting one another. They are all desperately searching for love -- though love may be staring right at them in this modern tale of the heart.
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Clandestine Childhood
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThis tense drama portrays the complex life of 12-year-old Juan, whose parents return to Argentina to covertly battle the ruling junta. Juan strives to be a "normal" kid despite his parents' undercover activities that put all their lives at risk.
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Penumbra
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter overcoming her initial hesitation and renting an apartment to an enigmatic man in Buenos Aires, hard-driving businesswoman Marga discovers her new tenant has bizarre links to the solar eclipse that is currently taking place.
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The Paranoids
2008 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsLuciano (Daniel Hendler) is devastated to learn that his friend, Manuel (Walter Jakob), is creating a television series featuring an uncomfortably familiar character named Luciano. But life changes for the narcoleptic hypochondriac when he gets a houseguest: Manuel's girlfriend (Jazmín Stuart). Set in Argentina, director Gabriel Medina's comedy follows Luciano as he reveals his softer side to his beautiful boarder.
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Cold Sweat
2010 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsThis tense horror film follows a young couple in search of the man's ex-girlfriend, who has disappeared. After infiltrating a mysterious house in a bad area, they uncover a murderous plot with an explosive link to Argentina's last military dictator.
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The Fish Child
2009 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsWealthy Argentinean teen Lala has been gaga for her family's maid, Ailin, since the day she joined the household three years ago. Now 16, Lala finds her affections returned, and the pair is planning to run off together in this romantic thriller.
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A Week Alone
2007 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsAn affluent Buenos Aires couple goes on vacation, leaving their children at home with only the family maid to keep an eye on them. But the peaceful dynamic the parents expect is upended when the maid's teenage brother shows up unexpectedly.
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The Last Summer of La Boyita
2009 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsLuciana is becoming a teenager and has little time or patience for her younger sister, Jorgelina. For summer vacation, the girls part ways, and Jorgelina travels to the countryside, where she befriends a young ranch hand with an unusual secret.
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Vivan Las Antipodas
2011 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsVisit striking locations that are antipodes, located diametrically opposite each other on Earth's surface. A peaceful sunset is contrasted with bustling city streets; people who live in a wasteland are connected to people dwelling next to a volcano.
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Liverpool
2008 | NR | 2.4 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker Lisandro Alonso's stark drama follows Farrel, a hard-drinking man who escapes his past through work as a merchant seaman. After decades at sea, he finally takes leave to visit his aging mother. But the dying woman barely recognizes her son.
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