Best Argentinian war movies
A curated collection of popular war movies from Argentina.
Alias Maria (2015)
Alias Maria (2015)
A vision of Colombia's inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young - and pregnant - girl soldier.
The Debt (1988)
The Debt (1988)
The drama tells the story of an Argentine elementary-school teacher sent by the government to a rural hamlet located in the northwestern province of Jujuy. It shows how he touches the lives of the villagers, especially the young and impressionable boy Verónico, whose mother died and father left to seek work when he was an infant. The film is based on a non-fiction book written by Fortunato Ramos, a rural teacher in northwest Argentina, that discusses his teaching experiences.
Chaco (2020)
Chaco (2020)
In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they haven't seen for months, and that they will never find. They leave together in a search that will make them realize, progressively, the destiny they have been pushed into and the inevitable condition of a defeated troop. They're walking like shadows, wandering forever in the middle of dust and silence.
Open Wound (2013)
Open Wound (2013)
Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, is unexpectedly in the middle of the jungle as an inexperienced soldier. At first, Jorge is confident that military experience makes you a recognized and respected man. But he finds out that the reality is very different; as the private may face neglect, hunger, death and nature, especially human nature. Captive in an enemy camp, Jorge must discover who he has become as he recovers from his injuries and struggles to escape with his fellow prisoner Hugo or stay there under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores. Difficult decisions ... beyond the target and border that divides them are abound.
The Last Post (2001)
The Last Post (2001)
October 1982: War is waged between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. A British soldier stumbles upon an Argentinean soldier. They share a few minutes of uneasy respite before national hostilities re-emerge.
The Children of the War (1984)
The Children of the War (1984)
Based on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Malvinas War.
Historias Breves I: Guarisove, los olvidados (1995)
Historias Breves I: Guarisove, los olvidados (1995)
A group of soldiers who naively went to fight in the Falklands War remains forgotten in those desolate lands a month after the end of the conflict.
Poor Butterfly (1986)
Poor Butterfly (1986)
A turbulent era in Argentine politics is highlighted in this well-wrought drama, set in Buenos Aires at the end of 1945, about Clara (Graciela Borges), a young, half-Jewish woman awakening to the reasons behind the political conflicts of her time and place. Clara's father was a Communist who fought the Nazis in Argentina and possessed a list of the top Nazi exiles and their contacts. Through a former lover, Clara -- a successful broadcast journalist -- begins to see her Jewish roots (and the leftists) in a whole new light. Meanwhile, the political storms sweeping through Argentina are setting the stage for the Peronist government to come.
El último montonero (1963)
El último montonero (1963)
The last actions of the Riojan caudillo Chacho Peñaloza until his death and beheading.
Bajo el signo de la patria (1971)
Bajo el signo de la patria (1971)
Aspects of the life of General Manuel Belgrano since he took command of the Army of the North until, together with his men, he defeated the enemy in the battle of Salta in February 1813.
Malvinas: Stories of Betrayals (1984)
Malvinas: Stories of Betrayals (1984)
Malvinas, history of betrayals is an Argentine-Mexican co-production documentary film directed by Jorge Denti from a script by Irene Selzer and Alberto Adellach.
La muerte en las calles (1952)
La muerte en las calles (1952)
During the English invasions, a merchant forces his daughter to marry a soldier.