The best Cuban films of all time
The top 3 according to 19 votes from people: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) · Guantanamera (1995) · Lucía (1968). (Updated Jun 20, 2025.)
From 1960s ICAIC cinema to Juan of the Dead: the best of Cuban film according to Panamerican World, Todo Cuba and Hypermedia Magazine.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 10
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1
Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
A bourgeois man who stays in Havana after the revolution, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
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2
Guantanamera (1995)
Transporting a body from one end of the island to the other.
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3
Lucía (1968)
Three women named Lucía in three eras of Cuba, by Humberto Solás.
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4
Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)
A friendship between a young communist and a gay artist; Oscar-nominated.
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5
I Am Cuba (1964)
Mikhail Kalatozov's Cuban-Soviet co-production.
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6
La bella del Alhambra (1989)
A cabaret singer in 1920s Havana.
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7
Suite Habana (2003)
A day in the life of ten Havana residents, without dialogue.
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8
Vampires in Havana (1985)
Juan Padrón's animation: vampires and gangsters in the 1930s.
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9
Papeles secundarios (1989)
An actress in crisis at a Havana theatre.
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10
Behavior (2014)
A troubled boy and his teacher in Havana.
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11
Juan of the Dead (2011)
A zombie invasion of Havana, played for laughs.
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12
Habanastation (2011)
Two boys from different backgrounds on a May Day.
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13
Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
A satire of bureaucracy, by Titón.
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