The best films about Argentina's last military dictatorship
The top 3 according to 54 votes from people: The Official Story (1985) · Argentina, 1985 (2022) · Olympic Garage (1999). (Updated Jun 2, 2024.)
From The Official Story, Latin America's first Oscar winner, to Night of the Pencils, Olympic Garage, Clandestine Childhood and Argentina, 1985: the films about the 1976-1983 dictatorship recommended by Latino Life.
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Top 14
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1
The Official Story (1985)
Luis Puenzo. A teacher discovers her adopted daughter may be the child of disappeared parents. Oscar for best foreign-language film.
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2
Argentina, 1985 (2022)
Santiago Mitre. Prosecutor Julio Strassera and the Trial of the Juntas, with Ricardo Darín.
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3
Olympic Garage (1999)
Marco Bechis. A young activist held in a clandestine detention centre.
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4
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Juan José Campanella. A murder case that runs through the dictatorship years. Oscar for best foreign-language film.
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5
Tangos: The Exile of Gardel (1985)
Fernando Solanas. Argentine exiles in Paris put on a tango show.
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6
Night of the Pencils (1986)
Héctor Olivera. The high school students abducted in La Plata in 1976.
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7
Captive (2005)
Gastón Biraben. A teenager discovers she is the daughter of disappeared parents.
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8
Clandestine Childhood (2012)
Benjamín Ávila. A boy living under a false identity with his Montonero parents.
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9
The Girlfriend (1988)
Jeannine Meerapfel. The friendship of two women, one of them a Mother of the Plaza de Mayo, with Liv Ullmann.
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10
Sisters (2005)
Julia Solomonoff. Two sisters separated by exile and a secret from the 1970s.
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11
Real Truths: The Life of Estela (2011)
Nicolás Gil Lavedra. Estela de Carlotto and the search for her grandson.
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12
The Two Popes (2019)
Fernando Meirelles. Benedict XVI and Bergoglio, with his past under the Argentine dictatorship.
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13
A Wall of Silence (1993)
Lita Stantic. A British director makes a film about a disappeared man.
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14
Eva y Lola (2010)
Sabrina Farji. Two young circus performers, one of them the child of disappeared parents.
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Comments (1)
Argentina, 1985 la vi en el cine y la sala terminó aplaudiendo el alegato de Strassera. Infancia clandestina también me pareció durísima.