Movies and TV shows set in havana cuba
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in havana cuba ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, political, touching, captivating and melancholic films and TV shows about / with society, nude, politics, female nudity, culture clash, revolution, flashback, dancing, love and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, Cuba, France and other countries.
havana cuba
TOP 10 movies tagged as havana cuba: 7 Days in Havana (2011), Che Guevara (2005), Strawberry and Chocolate (1993), Wasp Network (2019), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004), The Lost City (2005), Three Days in Havana (2013), Before Night Falls (2000), Viva (2015), Original Sin (2001).
Best films
List of movies set in havana cuba
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:
realistic, captivating, intellectual, political, serious ...
Plot:
self discovery, city life, introspection, society, lifestyle, tour guide, culture clash, musician, actor, singer, lgbt, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When he is captured in Bolivia, the "Che" is conducted to prission, when he remembers his life facts, the revolution and the women.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, uplifting, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
leadership, revolution, rebellion, injustice, politics, righting the wronged, fighting the system, folk hero, state affairs, rebelliousness, hopes, escapades ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1959, year 1960 ...
Place:
havana cuba, bolivia, latin america, cuba, argentina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Cuba, 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:
realistic, touching, sexy, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
gay, communism, redemption, lgbtq, love, politics, friendship, artist, gender, gays and lesbians, nude, revolutionary ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1979
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, latin america
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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:
tense, suspenseful, feel good, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, communism, international relations, escape, espionage, corruption, wedding, drugs, bomb, informant, baby, cold war ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
miami, cuba, havana 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, light, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, young lovers, love, latin, salsa, love story, fall in love, love and romance, revolution, music, mentor ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, caribbean, latin america
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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:
captivating, touching, sincere, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
politics, revolution, idealism, fidel castro, immigrants, nightclub, love and romance, rebellion, society, hopes, chaos, family problems ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Cuba
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, assassination, politics, dishonesty, murder, society, couples, road not taken, torture, fortune teller, gangsters, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
havana cuba, cuba
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
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:
bleak, atmospheric, lyrical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gay, revolution, writers, aids, childhood, artist, gays and lesbians, homosexual, writer's life, idealism, freedom, exile ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba, florida, caribbean ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Cuba
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers, and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father, abruptly ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, serious, touching, queer cinema
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female impersonator, gay, lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, lgbtq, dysfunctional family, gay son, gay slur, boxer, lung cancer, transvestite ...
Place:
havana cuba
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, France, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp
Style:
sexy, romantic, erotic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
obsession, femme fatale, sex, dangerous attraction, passion, erotica, couple relations, passionate sex, bdsm, chase, suspense, desire ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century
Place:
argentina, new orleans, cuba, morocco, havana cuba ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Cuba
TV show
Story:
Follow lieutenant Conde as he solves crime, beds beautiful women and navigates the corruption and politics of his Havana police department
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating
Plot:
hotshot hero, crime solving, sleuth, unconventional method, police detective, police investigation, lieutenant, investigation, police lieutenant, detective inspector, crime investigation, female nudity ...
Place:
havana cuba, cuba
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment. Based on a true story.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, tense
Plot:
university professor, hospital, sick child, treatment, translator, tragedy, catastrophe, investigation, evacuation, threat, law enforcement, woman ...
Time:
80s
Place:
havana cuba, chernobyl
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In order to receive an inheritance, Howie Goldman must comb the globe and find a woman with a deposit box number tattooed on her derrière.
Plot:
airport, disguise, hospital, convent, mafia, opera, nun, crocodile, tattoo, mob boss, heir, belly dancer ...
Place:
arabia, havana cuba, rome italy, cuba, africa ...
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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, inspirational, social, art house ...
Plot:
politics, revolution, anarchist, isolation, international relations, loneliness, society, existentialism, rebellion, dishonesty, state affairs, rebelliousness ...
Time:
60s
Place:
cuba, havana cuba, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
music, musician's life, rags to riches, latin, true love, performer's life, family relations, love story, brother brother relationship, ambition, fame, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, new york, havana cuba, usa, latin america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the ...
Style:
political, surreal, anamorphic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination, winter, social satire, paranoia, investigation, hitman, political conspiracy, satire, sex scene, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1958 ...
Place:
havana cuba, new york, philadelphia
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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:
political, serious, realistic, cynical, witty ...
Plot:
mercenary, politics, revolution, military, revolutionary, love, law enforcement, infidelity, gunrunner, plantation, cuban revolution, state affairs ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, caribbean, latin america, havana cuba
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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, touching, sincere, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot:
ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, follow your dream, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, music, immigrants, couples, musician, latin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, usa, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Cuba, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
destiny, celibacy, orphan, male nudity, sexual relations, political unrest, looking for love, singleness, twentysomething life, pregnancy, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 2020s
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Style:
political, intellectual, stylized, compassionate, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, cruise ship, ship, jewish, nazi, anti semitism, catastrophe, genocide, world politics, sea, ocean liner ...
Time:
20th century, year 1939, 1930s
Place:
cuba, germany, israel, california, havana cuba ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Style:
realistic, sexy, affectionate, unusual plot structure, harsh ...
Plot:
boxing, racism, sport, interracial love, gangsters, african american, interracial romance, tragedy, runaway, death sentence, violent, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
new jersey, africa, europe, germany, paris france ...
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20K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A music-loving kinkajou named Vivo embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
Style:
entertaining, sincere, humorous, captivating, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
music, friendship, love, singer, friend, teamwork, animal human communication, musician, human animal relationship, coming of age, animals, child ...
Time:
future
Place:
havana cuba, miami
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
Style:
light, ironic, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stoner, alcoholic, poet, cocaine, beach party, karma, buddies, lsd, entertainment, drugs, adultery, marijuana ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, kentucky, vietnam, jamaica ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Cuba
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two young, strong-willed Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a most-popular-girl-in-school type, take their late father's ashes to Cuba, the site of many family legends of his services to the Revolution. Arriving in Havana, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Audience:
date night
Plot:
culture clash, nothing goes right, family relations, society, disorder, love triangle, on the road, paternity revealed, death of father, vacation, siblings relations, cuban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, UK, Cuba
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Gösta Eriksson, a hairdresser, buys a car from used-car dealer Bertil Planåker. But Gösta soon discovers that the car is a wreck. Planåker won't give him his money back, in fact he denies ever having seen Gösta. Gösta's brother Rolle ...
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
gadget, businessman, perfume, pretending to be someone else, remote control, bicycle, car, hairdresser, suitcase of money, ex convict, dance contest, fish ...
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
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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:
education, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, fighting the system, alcoholic mother, youth, dedicated educator, hopes, hardcase students, society, rebellion, teachers and students ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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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, surreal, captivating, experimental, breathtaking ...
Plot:
rebellion, propaganda, politics, political unrest, prostitution, state affairs, society, revolution, poverty, protest, power struggle, coup d'etat ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
cuba, tokyo, latin america, havana cuba, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 583 min.
Story:
The multigenerational saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family.
Style:
surprise ending, epic
Plot:
crime boss, cosa nostra, gangsters, mafia, sicilian mafia, loss of son, car bomb, pregnancy, widower, brother sister relationship, new year's eve, bondage ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 80s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
southern italy, vatican, sicily, las vegas, miami ...
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
"The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style:
road movie, touching, political, inspirational, breathtaking ...
Plot:
self discovery, motorcycle, travel, poverty, freedom, revolutionary, revolution, road trip, young man, politics, idealism, coming of age ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952, 60s
Place:
latin america, south america, argentina, chile, peru ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic, USA
Duration: 105 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:
gloomy, visually appealing, thought provoking, rough, cerebral ...
Plot:
revolution, politics, hotel, death, interrogation, communist, assassin, culture clash, utopia, dysfunctional family, writers, women ...
Place:
cuba, latin america, spain, tokyo, israel ...
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