| Topaz (1969) | 6.2 | |
| Bitter Sugar (1996) | 7.1 | |
| Return to Ithaca (2014) | 6.5 | |
| Cuba (1979) | 5.6 | |
| Santa & Andres (2016) | 6.7 |
Movies and TV shows set in cuba
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in cuba ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sincere, stylized and political films and TV shows about / with society, nude, bare chested male, revolution, female nudity, love and romance, nudity, politics, cuban revolution and hopes plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Cuba, Spain, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cuba: The King of Havana (2015), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004), Havana (1990), Return to Ithaca (2014), Molasses (2012), Santa & Andres (2016), One Night (2012), The Perez Family (1995), Chico & Rita (2009), Madrigal (2007).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Dominican Republic
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
sex scene, male nudity, reformatory, male pubic hair, sexuality, adolescence, poverty, murder, life is a bitch, survival, rivalry, society ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
cuba
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, love story, young lovers, dancer's life, couples, love and romance, revolution, hopes, music, dance, mentor, salsa ...
Time:
year 2004, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 80s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, caribbean, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An American professional gambler named Jack Weil (Redford) decides to visit Havana, Cuba to gamble. On the boat to Havana, he meets Roberta Duran (Olin), the wife of a revolutionary, Arturo (Julia). Shortly after their arrival, Arturo is taken away ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
gambling, gambler, politics, cuban revolution, political unrest, cons and scams, society, rebelliousness, casino, poker, diamond, revolution ...
Time:
20th century, year 1958, 1950s, 50s, year 1963 ...
Place:
cuba, caribbean, latin america, australia, key west florida ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
cuba
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, France, Panama
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
With the closure of the sugar mill, the little town of Molasses is devastated, lifeless. Aldo and Monica form a young married couple that do not find a way to survive. By supporting each other, they try to save their world without loosing their ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot:
unemployment, working class, family life, social relations, parents and children, couple relations, family relations, couples, society, small town, poverty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Colombia, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, homoerotic ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, male masturbation, male nudity, discrimination, politics, sexuality, fleeing, jail, writer's life, erection, homoeroticism ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
cuba
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, stylized, tension ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
twins, lgbt, brother sister relationship, hopes, buddies, on the run, teenage life, nurse, immigrant, flirting, husband wife relationship, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, caribbean, havana cuba, miami
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual ...
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, humorous, light ...
Plot:
immigration, adaptation, mistaken identity, political prisoner, prostitute, family relations, human nature, society, politics, indians, immigrant, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
cuba, latin america, usa, miami, florida
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
Style:
captivating, serious, adult animation, sexual, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jazz, lovers apart, pianist, young lovers, love affair, desire, music, follow your dream, lifestyle, musician's life, deportation, youth ...
Time:
2010s, year 1948, 1940s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
cuba, paris france, las vegas, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Cuba
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Javier is an actor with an affinity for writing. When he begins his love story with Luisita, he does not know where the truth begins and ends. Fifteen years later he has converted his story into literature that relates his tragic love story in a ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, stylized, serious, talky ...
Plot:
surrealism, love triangle, love affair, actor's life, couples, couple relations, fall in love, love and romance, sexual relations, writers, friends, urban ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
cuba, spain, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ...
Style:
sincere, period piece, captivating, touching, stylized ...
Plot:
politics, cuban revolution, nightclub, idealism, fidel castro, revolution, immigrant, love and romance, dictatorship, family problems, chaos, political unrest ...
Time:
year 2005, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Cuba
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother (Larisa ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, road movie
Plot:
longing, friendship, youth, forbidden love, coming of age, children, young heroes, against the odds, social differences, parents and children, society, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.
Style:
black comedy, political, cynical, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mercenary, cuban revolution, revolutionary, englishman abroad, husband wife relationship, adulterous husband, swimming pool, satire, revolution, infidelity, politics, adultery ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1979, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
cuba, caribbean, havana cuba, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Soviet Union
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An unabashed exercise in cinema stylistics, I Am Cuba is pro-Castro/anti-Batista rhetoric dressed up in the finest clothes. The film's four dramatic stories take place in the final days of the Batista regime; the first two illustrate the ills ...
Style:
political, black and white, surreal, captivating, experimental ...
Plot:
rebellion, dictatorship, prostitution, propaganda, revolution, poverty, dictator, politics, farmer, cuban revolution, coup d'etat, political unrest ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
cuba, soviet union, ussr, latin america, havana cuba ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, social, art house, inspirational ...
Plot:
revolution, politics, missile, cuban missile crisis, fidel castro, bare chested male, latinos, society, international relations, existentialism, loneliness, dictator ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot:
musician's life, friends, music band, follow your dream, lifestyle, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, musician, couples, rock and roll, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A patriot (René Lavan) with a rebellious brother falls in love with a dissident's daughter (Mayte Vilán) in Castro's Cuba.
Style:
black and white, serious, realistic, tense, crying ...
Plot:
revolution, hotel, politics, aids, drinking, cuban revolution, assassin, death, prostitute, dystopia, kids in trouble, political unrest ...
Place:
cuba, latin america, miami, florida, usa ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Cuba, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Carla, a young postal worker in Havana, spends her days postmarking thousands of letters and dreaming of the day when she can be reunited with her parents, who moved to Miami when she was fifteen. To fulfill her longing for intimacy, she opens ...
Style:
slapstick comedy
Plot:
postman, post office, immigration, green card, longing, bureaucracy, satire, nostalgia, hopes, daydreamer, choice, exile ...
Place:
cuba, poetic realism, miami, havana cuba
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay slur, gay relationship, gay love, gays and lesbians, male prostitute, lgbt, gay sex, gay latino, two males in bed, gay erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
love affair, impossible love, immigrant, couples, fall in love, couple relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance, society, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba, France, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At a rundown bus station in rural Cuba, the line of passengers waiting just keeps getting longer. The problem is that every bus that passes by is already full. Their only hope is to wait for the station's bus to be fixed. As the disparate group ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ego clash, social differences, human nature, social decay, love and romance, journey, list, revolution, love, relationships, manhood, politics ...
Time:
90s
Place:
cuba, latin america
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 213 min.
Story:
Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, sincere, edutainment
Plot:
fidel castro, politics, dictator, cuban revolution, biopic, rebellion, idealism, rebelliousness, rise and fall, political corruption, state affairs, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
cuba, bolivia, caribbean, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Cuba, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film festival.
Style:
anthology, contemplative, realistic, captivating, intellectual ...
Plot:
musician, city life, self discovery, society, introspection, tour guide, culture clash, lifestyle, actor, latin dancing, visceral, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, cuba, havana cuba
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Brazil, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Havana, early 90’s. René González, a Cuban pilot, steals a plane and flees Cuba, leaving behind his beloved wife and daughter. He starts a new life in Miami. Other Cuban defectors soon follow and start a spy network. Their mission is to ...
Style:
philosophical, political, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, communism, international relations, corruption, drug, baby, informant, bomb, wedding, cold war, espionage, latin american history ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
miami, havana cuba, cuba
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Meet Chala, an eleven year-old boy with a hard life and strong respect for Carmela, his sixth grade teacher. The pair develops a solid bond, but after Carmela suffers an accident, things get complicated…
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, inspirational ...
Plot:
boy, hopes, female teacher, alcoholic mother, kids in trouble, hardcase students, society, rebellion, youth, dedicated educator, teachers and students, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, catholic, religion, rebellion, christian, food, blaxploitation, restaurant, human exploitation, slave trade, racial discrimination, black slave ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Cuba, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Scientists Werner Amadeus, son of Count Dracula, develops an anti-sun formula for vampires. He moves to Cuba with his nephew Joseph Emanuel. Joseph grows up drinking the formula and forgets his origin, becoming Pepe, a trumpet player mixed up with ...
Style:
adult animation, black comedy, adult cartoon, psychedelic, surreal ...
Plot:
vampire, female nudity, vampire human love, woman with a gun, sexual promiscuity, sexual joke, sexual tension, mafia, sex, seduction, adult humor, bare breasts ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
cuba, europe, chicago, latin america, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, lyrical, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
homosexual, gay, lgbtq, aids, writers, gay latino, childhood, gays and lesbians, poet, novelist, homosexuality, artist ...
Time:
year 2000, 1950s, 2000s, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba, south america, caribbean ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. ...
Style:
inspirational, political, suspense, factual, talky ...
Plot:
revolution, communism, dictatorship, visceral, sacrifice, rebel, idealism, historical character, heroes, character study, biopic, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 60s, year 1966, year 1967
Place:
bolivia, cuba, south america, caribbean, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Cuba, Mexico, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Havana, Cuba, 1979. Flamboyantly gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David, an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to become friends with Diego so he can monitor the ...
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, touching, independent film, social ...
Plot:
gay, communism, glbt, love, homosexual, lgbtq, redemption, politics, friendship, social commentary, artist, gender ...
Time:
70s, year 1993, 90s, year 1979
Place:
latin america, cuba, south america, caribbean, havana cuba
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