# The best Uruguayan films, according to the critics

From Whisky and 25 Watts to Bad Day to Go Fishing, The Pope's Toilet and Anina: the all-time top 10 voted by the Uruguayan Film Critics Association in 2015.

- 87 votes · 10 items
- Apr 25, 2018 · Ana Á.
- https://even.best/en/l/4549/the-best-uruguayan-films-according-to-the-critics

## Top 10

1. **Whisky (2004)** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella. A sock factory owner asks his employee to pose as his wife. Award at Cannes (Un Certain Regard).
2. **Anina (2013)** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Alfredo Soderguit. Animation: a girl with a palindrome name and a mysterious punishment.
3. **25 Watts (2001)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella. A day in the life of three friends in Montevideo. Best film at Rotterdam.
4. **The Pope's Toilet (2007)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — César Charlone and Enrique Fernández. The town of Melo prepares for John Paul II's visit.
5. **El círculo (2008)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — José Pedro Charlo and Aldo Garay. Documentary about a political prisoner of the dictatorship.
6. **The Delay (2012)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Rodrigo Plá. An exhausted mother leaves her father with dementia on a street bench.
7. **Mr. Kaplan (2014)** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Álvaro Brechner. An elderly Jewish man believes he has found a Nazi hiding on the beach.
8. **A Useful Life (2010)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Federico Veiroj. The employee of a closing cinematheque has to face the world.
9. **Bad Day to Go Fishing (2009)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Álvaro Brechner. A former wrestler and his manager tour small towns taking on all comers.
10. **The Dirigible (1994)** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Pablo Dotta. A French journalist searches Montevideo for a lost interview with Onetti.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.