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The Argentine films that defined the 1990s

The top 3 according to 36 votes from people: Tango Feroz (1993) · Historias breves (1995) · Rapado (1992). (Updated Mar 12, 2022.)

From Rapado and Tango feroz to Pizza, Beer and Cigarettes, Crane World, Silvia Prieto and Same Love, Same Rain: the hits and the New Argentine Cinema of the 1990s, according to La Nación's decade-by-decade review.

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Top 14

  1. 1

    Tango Feroz (1993)

    Marcelo Piñeyro. The life of an Argentine rock pioneer.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  2. 2

    Historias breves (1995)

    Shorts by Lucrecia Martel, Adrián Caetano, Daniel Burman and others: the start of New Argentine Cinema.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Rapado (1992)

    Martín Rejtman. A teenager whose motorbike is stolen shaves his head.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    Comodines (1997)

    Jorge Nisco. Two American-style action cops; one of the big box-office hits.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Pizza, Beer and Cigarettes (1998)

    Bruno Stagnaro and Adrián Caetano. Marginalised teenagers in Buenos Aires.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  6. 6

    Manuelita (1999)

    Manuel García Ferré. María Elena Walsh's tortoise goes to Paris. Over two million tickets.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  7. 7

    The Act in Question (1993)

    Alejandro Agresti. A thief discovers a magic trick that makes things vanish.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Wild Horses (1995)

    Marcelo Piñeyro. Héctor Alterio and Leonardo Sbaraglia on the run with money taken from a finance firm.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    Wind with the Gone (1998)

    Alejandro Agresti. A Patagonian town that receives films with scenes missing.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    An Argentinian in New York (1998)

    Juan José Jusid. Guillermo Francella goes to fetch his daughter, Natalia Oreiro.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Silvia Prieto (1999)

    Martín Rejtman. A woman finds out there is another woman with her name.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Same Love, Same Rain (1999)

    Juan José Campanella. Ricardo Darín and Soledad Villamil over twenty years.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Buenos Aires Vice Versa (1996)

    Alejandro Agresti. A young woman films the city for an elderly couple who never go out.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  14. 14

    Crane World (1999)

    Pablo Trapero. Rulo Margani as a crane operator, in black and white.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 2

    -1

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