Best Uruguayan drama movies

A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2016)

When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him.

Desconocido (2022)

Guillermo travels to the countryside to take care of Héctor, his sick father for three nights. Upon his arrival, Guillermo finds that Héctor's condition changes at night, in which, in turn, something coming from the sky seems to approach.

The Last Wife (2023)

In the midst of the Nguyễn Dynasty, a reluctant wife's life takes a dramatic turn when a chance encounter with her childhood lover sparks a series of unexpected events.

Small Country (2008)

Two young people learn about love as politics turn their world upside down in this drama from director Ana Diez. After a long and successful career as a soccer player, Xavi retires from the game and moves to Spain, where one day to his surprise he happens upon Rosana, a friend from his childhood in Uruguay. As Xavi and Rosana catch up on what has happened to them over the past thirty years, they flash back to 1973, when young Xavi and his father Manuel, a shoemaker, lived down the street from Rosana.

The Plague (2017)

Rosa's father escapes from a nursing home and comes back to his former house. He hides a secret, and he's not coming alone.

Mataron a Venancio Flores (1982)

El desembarco de los 33 orientales (1952)

Evocation of the historical feat of the same name, with scenes filmed in the natural settings of Playa de la Agraciada. Los Treinta y Tres Orientales is the name by which the men led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja are historically known. In 1825, they launched an insurrection to recover the independence of the Eastern Province.

Severina (2017)

A melancholic, aspiring writer and bookseller is shaken by the appearances and disappearances of his newfound muse who steals books from his bookstore. When he discovers that she also steals from other bookstores, he is consumed with jealousy and starts living in a kind of love delirium, on the border between fiction and reality. The closer he gets to her, the more indescribable she becomes and he begins to wonder why she steals, what are her values and who is the older man she lives with. In the end, what is real and what isn’t? And will he find a place in her life as he moves away from his own?

Life Beyond Me (2017)

It's been four years since Sylvie's son Felipe was abducted by his father Pablo after their divorce. Having been let down by the French officials who had succeeded in tracking both them down, only to let them escape again, Sylvie has now decided to take matters into her own hands.

23 seconds (2014)

He is a poor glass cleaner. She lives in Carrasco. One day at the crossroads something happens that can change their lives forever.

Tan frágil como un segundo (2014)

Julieta is 17 years old and lives with her mother and her siblings in a small town. Her boyfriend, Gabriel, gets her work with various clients, from truck drivers to government officials. Sofía is a 16-year-old student at a private high school in the capital city. With her best friend, they enter the advertising world and receive a tempting offer. Like threads in a web, Julieta and Sofía converge in a world where everything can be bought and everything can be sold, where certainty is as frail as a second.

Sea Sparkles (2022)

The night before he is set to leave Uruguay in search of a better future, Lucas, an ambitious yet doubtful young man meets Juan, a Venezuelan immigrant who challenges his views on life and pushes him to enjoy the present.

Breadcrumbs (2016)

When Liliana decides to return to Uruguay she will have to face up to a new dilemma, perhaps the last great dilemma of her life: To choose between supporting a collective case for female prisoners, raped during the time of the dictatorship, or to reconcile with her son and be able to live peacefully as a mother and a grandmother.

Devil's Point (2006)

A surgeon from Buenos Aires, wearied by personal problems and the endless cycle of work, leaves for a week's skiing vacation in the south. Instead, on impulse, he follows a young hitchhiker to a small fishing village, Devil's Point, in the north, on the coast of Uruguay. He makes fleeting acquaintance with some of the villagers, and learns that "the only thing to do in winter is to wait for summer".

Reus (2011)

A chronicle of two crime families' struggle to control the Reus neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Your World Isn't For My Eyes (2018)

A story about the need for tolerance through a metaphor of life - a blind man can finally see but refuses to see the world around him. A story involving a love that disappears because of the lack of understanding one another. A friendship that goes beyond all the difficulties that arise along the way. Emotion through simple situations, recognizable people, that we can find in any city in the world. A blind pizzaiolo, of Italian descent, an Argentine, from a wealthy Jewish family and a friend, the waiter, who becomes the 'eyes of the pizzaiolo.' Within this familiar environment, the story told is about the lack of understanding that exists in our world today. This is not a typical Brazilian story or from a specific place, it is a story of our time about individualism, about respect for what the other desires.

The Wait (2002)

In Montevideo, Sonja cares for her invalid mother, works in a garment factory, and has little going for her. Her neighbor Modesto, an older man who lives alone, types anonymous letters to her. Her mother is difficult -- demanding and miserable, afraid of death. Sonja meets Ernesto, a nurseryman, and finally there may be some possibilities in her life. Does freedom beckon?

Jewel (2008)

Overwhelmed by various problems in Montevideo, a couple in their thirties must move to a deserted beach resort on the Uruguayan coast. There they will not pay rent since an aunt lends them their magnificent house. What in principle seems like a true solution to your problems ends up not being so. Quite the contrary, this "idyllic" winter season on the beach, away from its natural environment, without much to do, will forever change the relationship between Claudia and Leandro.

From the White Houses (2013)

Summer is ending and the family hasn't been to the old summerhouse in years. A neighbor calls, warning about noises. Two cousins, Pablo and Nico, have to go and find out what happened, not knowing that they'll find something more than a burglary.

Los Modernos (2016)

In two parallel stories, two ladies Clara and Paula are working upon their relationships, parenthood and at the same time not sacrificing professionals and sexual freedom of the couple.

Un Vintén pa’l Judas (1959)

Christmas Eve. The children ask for money for the Judas (Un Vintén pa’l Judas), and the protagonist, a failed tango singer without means or will to live, meets a friend, a public employee, in search of some rummage. This one asks him to buy a lottery. The tango singer, in need of money to buy a guitar to use in a singing contest, collects the winnings for himself, betraying the trust of his friend, in the same way as the Judas that the children burn on the streets.

Don’t You Let Me Go (2024)

In the wake of her best friend’s death, Adela embarks on a journey through time to a distant autumn, where Elena eagerly awaits, armed with detective novels and the warmth of a crackling fire. A tale of timeless sisterhood and celebration of life, Adela must confront her grief and unravel the mysteries that bind them together.

A Bullet for Che (2012)

Ethel is a 60-year-old psychoanalyst who chose to access documents declassified by the Uruguayan goverment to know the identity of the perpetrators of the death of her husband. His death occured on August 17th 1961 at a University ceremony where Che Guevara delivered one of his first speeches after the revolutionary triumph of the Cuban revolution. The bullet that killed a history teacher was considered a failed attack against Che Guevara planned by the CIA.

21 Días (1963)

It tells the story of a girl who must take her beloved hen to the market.

Cuantas veces más (1992)

About abuse in marriage.

Reina de la noche (1995)

An orchestra conductor meets a paralyzed woman who has an extraordinary voice. They fall in love, but obstacles arise that hinder their relationship.

Fast Life (1992)

A tale based on a true story set in the old city of Montevideo. Marcelo is a young criminal turned taxi driver devoted to extorting money from rich homosexuals.

Topic of Illness and Death (1952)

A dying man recalls his lost youth.

Ra-Ta-Plan (1958)

Film by Boris Cristoff.

Tepara dos (1955)

Film by Boris Cristoff.