Best Puerto Rican comedy movies

Maldeamores (2007)

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle.

Casi casi (2006)

Emilio is a normal teenager who somehow finds himself being sent to the principal's office every other week. He has a crush on Jacklynne, the most popular girl in school, so he decides to run for Student Council President in order to impress her. To his horror, Emilio discovers after announcing his candidacy that Jacklynne will be running for office against him.

Lo que le pasó a Santiago (1989)

Santiago, a retired accountant, casually meets Angelina during one of his daily walks in Old San Juan. They soon become friends, even though she refuses to give out any personal information.

Linda Sara (1995)

Facing financial ruin, four siblings decide to sell the valuables within their mother's house, without telling her and by embellishing their history.

Puerto Rico en carnaval (1965)

Tin Tan sets off for adventure on the isle of Puerto Rico. This musical comedy takes place in the International Airport of Puerto Rico during a day of carnival. Knowing the problems that go hand-in-hand with the carnival, the airport director appoints a team to deal with a threat from an anonymous letter.

El curandero del pueblo (1968)

Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years. After an emergency in which a child almost dies, Machuchal is persuaded to attend nursing school.

Vírgenes de la nueva ola (1967)

12 horas (2001)

A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Atención Atención: En Vivo (2006)

Atencion Atencion; En Vivo

Prohibido amar en Nueva York (1984)

Janet is a young girl who arrives to New York attracted by the offers of a pseudo movie producer to make her a movie star. Soon enough, she finds out his true intentions.

Chona 2: La puerca asesina (2024)

At the end of the 80's, an experiment revolutionized Puerto Rican television with the creation of Chona, the killer pig. Doctor Hector Tura was the creator of a formula that made a pig grow, to start exporting sausages around the world. the experiment failed when they lost control, and it became a threat... killing everything that was confronting it. 20 years later, his son Facundo Tura, inherited the only thing his father left him; the experiment that made Chona become the terror of the caribbean. Chona II will be a movie for the whole family full of horror, comedy, and, many special performances, and of course... the Puerto Rican version of King Kong.

Ana (2020)

Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.

Another Kind of I Do (2019)

Eduardito, the son of Dr. Zalduondo and his partner Maurice, marries. If Mariana's wedding was memorable, Eduardito has proposed that hers be even more so. It will be the first gay wedding in the traditional town of Castañer in Lares, Puerto Rico. The greatest one ever held in family and in the countryside. And you are invited. Not to be missed.

A tu lado (2014)

Juan arrives at Gloria's house after being kicked out by his girlfriend. Gloria helps him find a new partner.

Picando alante (2022)

In hopes of solving a financial crisis at home, Marysol, youngest sibling and agronomy student, decides to dabble in the medical cannabis growing industry. When she faces its high costs and government regulations, she must convince her parents of starting a clandestine operation at home while they can meet the legal requirements. The dysfunctional family then embarks on an adventure that promises to bring them closer as a family. But things get complicated when, due to lack of experience, they end up in business with the wrong people. Under the eye of the authorities and without realizing, this family will face their worst enemy: themselves.

Broche de oro (2012)

Rafael, Elmo, and Pablo run away from the strict Catholic retirement home where they live with Carlos, Rafael's grandson, to embark on an adventure and prove life does not stop because of age.

Fray Dollar (1970)

The branch of a bank in a small town is in bankruptcy. To regain the trust of the people, they offer the town's priest the position of Bank Manager, who in turn, begins to carry out all kinds of loans and social aid to the people.

¡Qué Joyitas! II (2013)

Manolo and Kacho thought they had escaped all the dangers of doing illegal business, but they were wrong.

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.

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?

Mi verano con Amanda 2 (2011)

Summer is over and Chicho, Fabio, Gaby, and RS must return to their normal routine.

Mi verano con Amanda (2008)

Aspiring filmmaker Gaby falls desperately in love with supermodel Amanda. But he is too shy and innocent for his sassy, superficial crush — and she is also completely unaware of his feelings. Gaby and his friends decide to hit his uncle's summer house for the season, and everyone in Gaby's crew gives him the absolute worst romantic advice — but he asks for their help anyway. What could possibly go wrong?

La Cenicienta Boricua (2015)

The famous fairy tale of Cinderella is adapted to our times, considering as background the present situation of Puerto Rican coffee growers. The story is set in Lares, Puerto Rico, at a time close to Christmas. Miosotis’s father has died and Ava Rice, his widow, wants to sell his family coffee farm to a foreign company, whose monopoly on the island continues to displace the country's coffee growers.

Azul (2004)

On cultural adaptation.

El anillo (2004)

A diamond ring is lost during a high-society party, creating different situations as it passes from person to person.

El otro (2010)

Eddie encounters his ex, after she disappeared from his life for months without explanation.

Sacred Family (2018)

Two rival families, (one conservative, another liberal), meet in the office of a "new age" psychiatrist and his multiple personality assistant, in order to resolve a "little problem" with their children. They are missing. The only lead they have is a note which only the psychiatrist can decipher. The doctor, his assistant and both families embark in a search of adventure, that will not only discover the children's whereabouts, but also the prejudice, the fears and the hypocrisy with which we liv as adults.

Yerba Buena (2020)

In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane María, three unsuspecting best friends launch a business selling pot brownies.

El cuartito (2021)

The dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in 'El cuartito'.

El Hijo Perdido (2019)

A comedy of enredos