Cuban revolution movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant cuban revolution movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, political, captivating, talky and sexy films and TV shows about / with cuban revolution, revolution, politics, society, rebellion, death, state affairs, fidel castro, bare chested male and political unrest plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, Cuba, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cuban revolution: Che: Part One (2008), Fidel (2002), The Lost City (2005), Cuba (1979), The Survivors (1979), I Am Cuba (1964), The Silly Age (2006), Havana (1990), Che! (1969), Plantadas (2023).

List of cuban revolution movies

 7.1
 50K
Che: Part One (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Style: political, thought provoking, visually stunning, talky, intense ...
Plot: revolution, violence, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, military, biopic, politics, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place: cuba, caribbean, latin america, mexico city, new york
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 6.6
 1K
Fidel (2002)
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
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 6.5
 10K
The Lost City (2005)
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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 5.6
 3K
Cuba (1979)
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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 7.2
 154
The Survivors (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of policital order, from ...
Style: dark comedy, slapstick comedy, black comedy
Plot: cuban revolution, shootout, cannon, family relations, hunting, radio, murder, birthday, estate, party, priest, basement ...
Time: 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place: cuba
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 8.2
 12K
I Am Cuba (1964)
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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 6.6
 238
The Silly Age (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in ...
Style: psychological
Plot: peeping, young boy, boy, family relations, coming of age, teenager, family problems, grandparent and grandchild, lifestyle, family life, grandmother, revolution ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: cuba
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 6.1
 9K
Havana (1990)
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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 4.8
 1K
Che! (1969)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The ...
Style: political, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: revolution, folk hero, political unrest, injustice, idealism, military, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, biopic, cuban revolution, revolutionary war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969
Place: bolivia, cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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 8.5
 101
Plantadas (2023)
Genre: History
Country: USA
Story: Alina, Luisa and América are three women who after fighting to restore and stabilize democracy to their country realize they’ve been betrayed by the leader of the revolution. The three women begin to confront and challenge the new system in their ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot: revolution, imprisoned, cuban revolution, women, imprisonment, oppression, women's prison, female protagonist, social problems, life is a bitch, prison, social issues ...
Time: 60s
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Before Night Falls (2000)
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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The American Trap (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: One of the greatest conspiracies of all time, and one lone man is trying to uncover it.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: dishonesty, assassination, trap, dictator, mafia, cia, cuban revolution, law enforcement, conspiracy, female nudity, fidel castro, president ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, russia, france
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 7.1
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Bitter Sugar (1996)
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 ...
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 6.2
 21K
Topaz (1969)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, retro ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, spy, betrayal, secret agent, cuban missile crisis, undercover, surveillance, conspiracy, politics, kgb, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1962, year 1969
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
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Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
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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 5.2
 2K
Company Man (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.
Style: humorous, light, satirical, funny, dark comedy ...
Plot: amateur detective, farce, politics, hidden identity, political unrest, government agency, satire, spy, espionage, cuban revolution, secrets, special agent ...
Time: 60s
Place: cuba, usa, latin america, new york
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The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, touching, sexual ...
Plot: movie star, hollywood, forbidden love, sexual abuse, womanizer, actor's life, love affair, love and romance, youth, life is a bitch, showbiz, teenage life ...
Time: year 1960, 50s, 20th century, year 2010, year 1959 ...
Place: cuba, los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.2
 10K
Chico & Rita (2009)
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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The Twelve Chairs (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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 in the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death ...
Style: satirical, road movie, fast paced, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot: socialism, satire, treasure hunt, political satire, social commentary, irony, quest, greed, class conflict, farce, bureaucracy, inheritance ...
Place: cuba, havana cuba
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Vampires in Havana (1985)
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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Joy of Learning (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris's student revolt, the Vietnam War, and other events of the late ...
Style: eros, avant garde, contemplative, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot: revolution, politics, black panthers, capitalism, marxism, socialism, theory, television studio, swastika, vietnam war, imperialism, education ...
Time: 60s
Place: vietnam, cuba, america, paris france, france ...
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Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)
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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 5.4
 744
Che Guevara (2005)
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, captivating, realistic, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: revolution, leadership, rebellion, injustice, politics, righting the wronged, folk hero, fighting the system, hopes, escapades, state affairs, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1956, year 1959 ...
Place: bolivia, havana cuba, latin america, cuba, argentina ...
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Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot: politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, state affairs, journalism, hopes, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, UK, USA, 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, breathtaking, touching, political, cerebral ...
Plot: self discovery, motorcycle, revolutionary, poverty, on the road, road trip, journey, travel, politics, idealism, revolution, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 50s, 1950s, y2k ...
Place: latin america, south america, chile, bolivia, argentina ...
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Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
Style: horror comedy, classic horror, suspense, spoof, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, male male relationship, creature feature, underwater, deadly creature, murder, sea creature, chess, boat, giant octopus, martial arts, killer fish ...
Time: year 1961
Place: cuba, caribbean, latin america, west indies
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Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: writers, cuban revolution, revolution, cultural icon, historical figure, lifestyle, meeting, social problems, skinny dipping, world war one, journalism, art ...
Place: cuba
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Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. ...
Style: anti religion
Plot: media manipulation, radio station, cuban revolution, satire, capitalist society, food poisoning, sexual harassment, hoax, assassination attempt, che guevara, catholic priest, fake news report ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france, france
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
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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The Godfather Part II (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story: In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style: epic, captivating, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
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