Best Argentinian documentary movies

Seven Years in May (2019)

One night seven years ago, Rafael came home after work and discovered that people he did not know had come looking for him. He immediately fled, without looking back. From that moment on, his life changed, as if that night had never ended. One evening, around an improvised fire near a factory, he decides to confide his journey to a stranger. Rafael’s intimate account meets the collective testimony of an entire nation oppressed by poverty, police repression and institutional corruption.

Ni una Sola Palabra de Amor (2011)

The Other Magick (2018)

Documentary about a house of witchcraft in Buenos Aires

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)

The story of one of Latin America's most beloved singer-songwriters in a journey across his 50-year career. In an intimate way, the film gives us a chance to get to know the artist, his music, and the stories behind them.

Nasha Natasha (2020)

International pop star Natalia Oreiro returns to western Europe for a non-stop concert tour through seventeen cities around the former USSR, traveling in the Orient Express. In this first person journey, Natalia also explores her personal and intimate life that started in a blue-collar neighborhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, and went into becoming a world-wide star and a Russian icon.

Tsunami, un océano de gente (2016)

An inside look into the world's biggest moshpit, and Indio Solari, the artist that makes it happen.

Violetta: The Journey (2015)

Violetta is over and they look back to how their life has changed and how much fans they have. The film also includes songs and behind-the-scenes footage from the Violetta Live 2015 International Tour in Montpellier, France.

Ghostemane: Ímpio (2019)

We shot this during the Latin America tour in March 2019. This was also during one of my lowest points emotionally and spiritually, which allowed me to immerse myself in each performance as a form of escapism. The opportunity to travel and play shows in these countries has given me a new appreciation for the fans and people there.

TeenAngels: El Adios 3D (2013)

El tour de despedida de la banda argentina TeenAngels.

Violetta: Live in Concert (2014)

"Violetta Live in Concert" is a high-quality show with a great 'mise-en-scène', choreography, costume design, light effects and incredible multimedia work.

Just Love and a Thousand Songs (2022)

On the 10th anniversary of Violetta’s release, Tini gets together with her former castmates to celebrate, giving her fans an intimate, unique, and unforgettable show. Tini, Jorge Blanco, Candelaria Molfese, and Mercedes Lambre gave the audience a night to remember with their new versions of five of the show’s songs.

La música está servida: Sofía Carson (2023)

Bios: Luis Alberto Spinetta (2018)

The two-hour episode proposes a revealing journey into intimacy and the rediscovery of this figure who marked the music scene with his art. The production has the collaboration of his family, in front of and behind the camera, more than one hundred hours of unpublished material, testimonies and exclusive access to recordings rarely seen.

POST MORTEM: THE DOCUMENTARY (2023)

In this medium-length documentary, which goes through emotional and funny moments, we discover how Post Mortem transcended its condition of being a debut album to become an authentic artistic movement.

Soy Luna: The Last Concert (2021)

The "Soy Luna" cast bid farewell, live at the legendary Luna Park arena in Buenos Aires. All the intimacy backstage and a look back over the history of the series, from the first rehearsals, the shooting sessions and the tours, down to the final farewell of a series that has left its mark on millions of fans.

Argentina (2015)

Argentina continues Saura’s lyrical exploration of the essence, talent and patrimony of popular dance and song in both fiction and documentary

Pichuco (2014)

A musical tour through the work of Aníbal "Pichuco" Troilo, one of the defining figures of tango and Argentinian music.

Ratones Paranoicos: The Band That Rocked Argentina (2019)

The irrepressible Ratones Paranoicos, Argentina's most enduring rock band, are featured in vintage concert and backstage footage as their story's told.

Bios: Charly Garcia (2018)

Julieta Venegas enters the universe of Charly García and together they go through the first stage of his career as a musician, from Sui Generis to his solo career. Through unpublished material, the chronicler reconstructs unknown aspects of the artist and reviews his most turbulent years, where music and friendship merge to save him.

Reas (2024)

Gentle or rough, blonde or shaved, cis or trans, long term inmates or those newly admitted: women re-enact their lives in a Buenos Aires prison, in trance and balance, voguing and singing. A hybrid musical and charming piece of collective empowerment.

Spinetta y Las Bandas Eternas (2010)

Concert recorded on december 4th, 2009 at the José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires

65/75 Comarca Beat (2017)

Film that rescues the history of the origin of rock in the city of Santa Fe (Argentina) as part of the cultural movement that broke out and promoted the decade between 1965 and 1975 artistically and socially.

Relámpago en la oscuridad (2014)

El Apocalipsis de san Juan (2024)

Embark on an epic journey through time and faith with 'The Apocalypse of Saint John.' Join the Apostle John in a stunning visual narrative that unravels the visions of the End Times. Experience each vision like never before, with striking visual effects and epic scenes that immerse you in the apocalyptic narrative.

The Trial (2023)

Chronicle of the historic trial held between April and December 1985 against the leaders of the last Argentine dictatorship (1976-83), responsible for the disappearance of thousands of people and other State crimes.

Pancho Villa: Here and There (2008)

El Che (2017)

Ernesto "Che" Guevara's controversial story told by the Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He revisits places where the guerrilla and revolutionary leader has passed and interviews people who knew Che, making revelations about this important figure in Cuba's political history.

Buenos Aires al Pacífico (2019)

There was once, in 1910, a train able to cross the wild territories between Argentina and Chile, making possible a mythical journey, joining two oceans with a single ticket, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso. The last trip of the BAP was in 1979; in the nineties, its various branches were permanently abandoned. Since then, travelers have been inhabiting the railway landscape as they dream, desire, remember or yearn: as part of their own being and national history.

The Pope from the End of the World (2013)

Lejano Interior (2020)

A "cinematic object" by Mariano Llinás, divided into 9 chapters, based on the poetry of Henri Michaux.