Best Puerto Rican movies
A curated collection of popular movies from Puerto Rico.
Long Gone Heroes (2024)
Long Gone Heroes (2024)
Gunner, a special forces soldier who has witnessed the darkest side of country and combat, is forced back into the field of battle to save his niece, who is being held in South America. As the fight intensifies, Gunner and his team discover that her disappearance is part of a corrupt private operation that hits way too close to home.
Straight from the Barrio (2008)
La promesa (2014)
La promesa (2014)
A journey through customs and traditions such as the promise of the Kings, Virgen del Carmen festival, the rosaries, Christmas' parrandas, and the voices of people retelling their memories of history.
Vico C: The Life of a Philosopher (2017)
Vico C: The Life of a Philosopher (2017)
A biographical film based on the story of the singer, songwriter and pioneer of urban music in Spanish. From his humble beginnings until his jump to international fame. The harsh experiences of a warrior of life that changed the perspective of music in the world.
Entre ciclos (2007)
Entre ciclos (2007)
Two men in an emergency room. One waits desperately for his first child to be born. The other for the surgeon's response about his son's condition after enduring a tragic accident.
Héctor el Father: Conocerás la verdad (2018)
Héctor el Father: Conocerás la verdad (2018)
This autobiography of Hector Delgado runs from his childhood to become one of the greatest exponents of the urban genre, but the results of that life did not please him and led him to try to take his life .After being victim of a firefight at a service station in Aguada, a city hall in Puerto Rico, he stopped earning at least two hundred American dollars for presentation and being "devout of Jesus"
Art of Love (2021)
Por amor en el caserío (2013)
Por amor en el caserío (2013)
A story inspired by the legacy of William Shakespare and the classic Romeo and Juliet. Cristal and Ángelo fall in love amid a life full of violence, drugs, and social deterioration. Their families lead opposing drug gangs within the community where they live. Can Cristal's and Ángelo's love overcome the negative environment around them?
Bala perdida (2003)
Bala perdida (2003)
A festive, tropical Christmas in Puerto Rico is what Jennifer and Papotico are most looking forward to. Both young people are filled with musical talent, with dreams and hopes for the future. But their innocence, zeal for life, and special friendship are overshadowed by the social and economic issues of Puerto Rico. Full of powerful performances and based on a true story, “Bala Perdida” will leave a chilling feeling in your bones.
Cuentos para despertar (1998)
Cuentos para despertar (1998)
Recreates aspects of the life of Abelardo Díaz Alfaro as a rural teacher in Puerto Rico during 1940's, integrating three of his stories "El josco", "Santa Cló va a la cuchilla", and "Don Fruto Torres".
143 (2011)
143 (2011)
A moving love story that takes place in the censored and persecuted graffiti art setting. Returning from his job as a tollgate employee, Mor, a young urban artist, is impressed by a graffiti depicting a beautiful woman. He alters the drawing. Thus begins a pictorial dialogue rich in flirting, tenderness, and anticipation.
La bravura del retorno a la tierra (2016)
La bravura del retorno a la tierra (2016)
The documentary features the diversity of backgrounds, philosophies, and motivations of a representative sample of the new strain of agroecological farmers in Puerto Rico.
Bienvenido Don Goyito (2017)
Bienvenido Don Goyito (2017)
Satirical comedy about a jíbaro that moves from the country to the city and resists to change his rural customs. The film depicts family and emotional conflicts that Puerto Rico suffered due to Americanization.
El buen vasallo (2016)
El buen vasallo (2016)
Takes place in a humble town located in Puerto Rico in the 1940’s. After a long day of work in the sugarcane fields, Benito and his coworkers find themselves in the town’s cantina. There, they’ll have a chance to act against the oppression from a greedy landowner or stay forever silent.
Maldeamores (2007)
Irresistible (2016)
Irresistible (2016)
A fairy gives a young man three wishes. He has already used two, but does not remember in what. Only one wish is left. What will he choose?
Sexo salvaje (2015)
Sexo salvaje (2015)
A young couple going through a matrimonial crisis decides to open their relationship to new sexual experiences and adopt the swinger lifestyle, discovering not only a world without sexual limits, but also challenging the frontiers of their confidence.
Yellow (2006)
Yellow (2006)
Amaryllis Campos is a young, classically trained Puerto Rican ballerina, who dreams of leaving her impoverished home in Puerto Rico to pursue fame and fortune as a dancer. Amaryllis heads for New York City, where she is forced to work in a seedy strip club to make ends meet. Setting audiences afire with her erotic moves, Amaryllis quickly becomes the strip club's hottest attraction, but must finally decide between true love and realizing her dream of becoming a star.
Los Reyes de la Salsa (2023)
Los Reyes de la Salsa (2023)
The story of salsa music partners Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz. Explores their battles on and off the stage, from their musical origins, family conflicts, and their struggle to rise to the top, as they transform Latin music forever.
Marcelo (2020)
Marcelo (2020)
PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial (2023)
PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial (2023)
PsiQuis: Un Giro Decolonial is a documentary that presents and discusses the psychological impact that colonialism has had on the Puerto Rican people. The director analyzes the traumas generated in Puerto Rican society by that colonial experience.
The Midnight Special (1992)
The Midnight Special (1992)
Didio Muñoz reflects on the night of the US invasion in Panamá on December 20, 1989, when he was working as houseboy for one of Manuel Antonio Noriega's lovers, and improvises an absurdist pantomime as the dictator, surrounded by his wife, Panamanian secular and religious authorities and a mafioso, while real images of the US Army and local militia receive an ironic musical treatment.
Subriel Matias vs. Liam Paro (2024)
Subriel Matias vs. Liam Paro (2024)
Subriel Matías makes a homecoming return to Puerto Rico when he defends his IBF world junior welterweight title against Liam Paro at the Coliseo Juan Aubín Cruz Abreu in Manatí
En mi país (2004)
En mi país (2004)
The illusion and joy of Christmas arrives from the four cardinal points of Latin America. The film recreates a typical Christmas party with Puerto Rican and Latin American artists, whom convey how Christmas is celebrated in their countries.