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, touching, captivating, sincere and stylized films and TV shows about / with cuban revolution, revolution, politics, society, rebellion, state affairs, political unrest, fidel castro, rebelliousness and bare chested male 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), The Survivors (1979), The Lost City (2005), Cuba (1979), Fidel & Che (2002), I Am Cuba (1964), Havana (1990), Before Night Falls (2000), The American Trap (2008), Che! (1969).

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 7.1
 48K
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, intense, talky, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: revolution, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, violence, military, biopic, freedom, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, caribbean, mexico city, new york
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 7.4
 136
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: slapstick comedy, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: cuban revolution, cannon, shootout, family relations, hunting, basement, party, jealousy, truck, birthday, funeral, murder ...
Time: 1950s, 60s
Place: cuba
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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: captivating, touching, stylized, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: politics, revolution, nightclub, idealism, cuban revolution, fidel castro, immigrant, love and romance, dictatorship, family problems, chaos, political unrest ...
Time: year 2005, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
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: political, black comedy, serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot: mercenary, cuban revolution, revolutionary, revolution, husband wife relationship, englishman abroad, satire, politics, infidelity, economist, 007, military ...
Time: 1950s, year 1959, year 1979, 20th century, 50s
Place: cuba, caribbean, havana cuba, latin america
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 6.6
 1K
Fidel & Che (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 206 min.
Story: Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, sincere, edutainment
Plot: fidel castro, politics, biopic, rebellion, rise and fall, rebelliousness, fighting the system, idealism, ambition, political corruption, hopes, rise to the top ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s
Place: cuba, bolivia, caribbean, latin america
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 8.2
 11K
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, surreal, captivating, experimental, visual ...
Plot: rebellion, dictatorship, propaganda, dictator, politics, cuban revolution, revolution, political unrest, prostitution, state affairs, society, poetry ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: cuba, soviet union, ussr, latin america, havana cuba
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 6.1
 8K
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, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: gambling, cuban revolution, politics, gambler, political unrest, cons and scams, society, rebelliousness, revolution, casino, diamond, spy ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1958, 50s, year 1963 ...
Place: cuba, caribbean, latin america, australia, key west florida ...
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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: gay, aids, homosexual, writers, poet, childhood, artist, gays and lesbians, gay latino, idealism, writer's life, freedom ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 60s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba, caribbean, new york ...
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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: assassination, dishonesty, trap, dictator, mafia, cia, cuban revolution, law enforcement, conspiracy, female nudity, president, john f. kennedy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, russia, france
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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: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot: revolution, folk hero, political unrest, injustice, society, rebelliousness, idealism, rebellion, military, biopic, cuban revolution, intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969
Place: cuba, bolivia, latin america, havana cuba
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 7.0
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Bitter Sugar (1996)
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: black and white, realistic, serious, tense, crying
Plot: revolution, hotel, politics, drinking, cuban revolution, communist, assassin, death, prostitute, kids in trouble, political unrest, love affair ...
Place: cuba, latin america, miami, florida, usa ...
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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, art house, inspirational, social, thought provoking ...
Plot: revolution, politics, missile, cuban missile crisis, latinos, crisis, dictator, swing, dictatorship, loneliness, society, existentialism ...
Time: year 1968, 60s
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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 5.2
 2K
Company Man (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 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: secrets, farce, politics, hidden identity, political unrest, government agency, amateur detective, satire, espionage, spy, cuban revolution, secret agent ...
Time: 60s
Place: cuba, usa, new york, latin america
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 5.5
 727
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, fighting the system, folk hero, escapades, state affairs, hopes, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1956, year 1960 ...
Place: bolivia, havana cuba, latin america, cuba, guatemala ...
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 6.6
 221
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, boy, family relations, teenager, coming of age, lifestyle, family problems, grandparent and grandchild, grandmother, family life, revolution, youth ...
Time: 1950s
Place: cuba
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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, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, hopes, journalism, state affairs, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
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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, touching, realistic, serious, independent film ...
Plot: hollywood, movie star, sexual abuse, womanizer, actor's life, forbidden love, love affair, love and romance, youth, life is a bitch, teenage life, showbiz ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1957, year 2010 ...
Place: cuba, los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.2
 10K
Chico & Rita (2010)
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, stylized, sexual, anime ...
Audience: adult
Plot: jazz, pianist, love affair, lovers apart, music, musician's life, ambition, lifestyle, young lovers, follow your dream, deportation, youth ...
Time: 2010s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1958 ...
Place: cuba, paris france, usa, las vegas, 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 ...
Plot: cultural revolution, socialism, lion tamer, cuban revolution, jewelry, clown, circus, auction, fortune teller, priest, narration, chair ...
Place: cuba, havana cuba
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Vampires in Havana (1985)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: Cuba, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 69 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 cartoon, adult animation, black comedy, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot: vampire, female nudity, vampire human love, mature, international relations, woman with a gun, sexual promiscuity, sexual joke, sexual tension, seduction, sex, sexuality ...
Time: 1930s
Place: cuba, europe, chicago, usa, latin america ...
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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, talky ...
Plot: revolution, politics, hipster, repression, black panthers, theory, television studio, education, man in underwear, marxism, philosophy, capitalism ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france, america, vietnam, cuba ...
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 6.9
 344
Wake Up Love (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ernesto is a journalist in his 40's who comes from a generation which encountered much political persecution and exile; between the memories and unhealed wounds of his past, stands Ernesto. When his good friend Ricardo calls him one day and ...
Style: manga, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: bittersweet, lifestyle, love and romance, buddies, unfulfillment, youth, human nature, journalism, couples, friends, love affair, high school ...
Time: 60s
Place: latin america, argentina, buenos aires 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, suspense, spoof, tech noir, classic horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, secret agent, underwater, creature feature, deadly creature, murder, chess, spy spoof, boat, water monster, 666, killer animal ...
Time: year 1961
Place: cuba, caribbean, latin america, west indies
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
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, inspirational, political, breathtaking ...
Plot: self discovery, motorcycle, travel, freedom, on the road, revolutionary, poverty, revolution, road trip, journey, traveler, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 50s, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, chile, cuba, south america, argentina ...
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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. ...
Plot: radio station, satire, cuban revolution, media manipulation, capitalist society, theater, rehearsal, advertising, skull, publicity, media, media hype ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, paris france
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 6.2
 19K
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, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, betrayal, cuban missile crisis, surveillance, undercover, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, year 1962
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
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Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)
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, independent film, homoerotic, social ...
Plot: gay, communism, love, lgbtq, glbt, redemption, politics, friendship, social commentary, artist, gender, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 70s, year 1993, 90s, year 1979
Place: cuba, latin america, caribbean, havana cuba
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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, light, period piece, touching, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: dancing, dancer's life, young lovers, love story, revolution, love and romance, couples, dance, music, mentor, salsa, hopes ...
Time: 1950s, year 2004, 50s, 20th century
Place: cuba, havana cuba, caribbean, latin america
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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, captivating, disturbing
Plot: writers, cuban revolution, revolution, journalist, cultural icon, historical figure, lifestyle, social problems, meeting, journalism, world war one, art ...
Place: cuba
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 6.9
 1K
Viva Cuba (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, road movie
Plot: friendship, youth, coming of age, children, social differences, longing, against the odds, young heroes, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america
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