Puerto Rico Movies

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today....

This film did not make it past the editing process in 1953. It was released four decades later in 1993. Although specialists do not agree on the...

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...

After years of growing as a team, this Puerto Rican group of circus performers, known as “La Comuna” (The Commune), have been forced to...

The riveting story of the unwilling migration by Puerto Rican families from the small Caribbean island of Vieques to the US Virgin Islands.

Aspiring filmmaker Gaby falls desperately in love with supermodel Amanda. But he is too shy and innocent for his sassy, superficial crush — and...

Lina and Mariana run from an orphanage in Porto towards the south, in search of Lina's father. It is in a difficult and chauvinistic world that they...

Manolo is a private detective who specializes in adultery cases. Commissioned by one of the victims, he takes photos and videos of adulterous couples...

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding...

In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a US military base....

Súperaquello is an alternative rock band that marked a milestone in the independent music scene in Puerto Rico. Its music peers augured its...

On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican...

What started as a bonding weekend for a father and his son, turns into the most dangerous days of their lives when they're stalked by a stranger.

A tribute to the iconic mega salsa band, Puerto Rico's own, El Gran Combo.

Kabo & Platón takes place in urban, present day Puerto Rico. It tells the story of two adolescent boys who want to have their first reggaeton...

A young boy becomes intrigued by one of the characters in his village's celebration of its patron saint.

El cimarrón is a love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place in the slavery era at the turn of the...

As international corporate policy seeks to eradicate cultural diversity, and thus cultural identity, in order to establish social uniformity and...

Towards the end of the 90's two singers, a dancer, and a novel music producer find themselves in a hard personal and professional battle where the...

It tells the story of a slave rebellion on a sugar plantation in the days leading up to the official abolition of slavery on the island on March 22,...