10 Best Argentine Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · September 8, 2025

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Argentina has won more Best International Feature Oscars than any other Latin American country, and its strongest films tend to share a specific tone: dry, dark comedy sitting right next to real menace.

El Camino (2016) 01

El Camino (2016)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A cash-strapped family risks everything smuggling exotic parrots across the border.

Argentina, 1985 (2022) 02

Argentina, 1985 (2022)

IMDb ★ 7.8

The real prosecution of the military junta, tense even though the outcome is history.

A Fantastic Woman (2017) 03

A Fantastic Woman (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A transgender woman fights to grieve her partner while his family tries to erase her.

The Aura (2005) 04

The Aura (2005)

IMDb ★ 7.2

An epileptic taxidermist gets pulled into a heist he's completely unsuited for.

Zama (2017) 05

Zama (2017)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A colonial officer waits years for a transfer that never comes, slowly losing his grip.

Rojo (2018) 06

Rojo (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A small-town lawyer's minor moral compromise curdles into complicity with the dictatorship.

The Official Story (1985) 07

The Official Story (1985)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A mother slowly realizes her adopted daughter may be a child of the disappeared.

Nine Queens (2000) 08

Nine Queens (2000)

IMDb ★ 7.7

Two con artists team up for one elaborate scam, then start conning each other.

Wild Tales (2014) 09

Wild Tales (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.1

Six standalone stories of ordinary people pushed past their breaking point, each sharper than the last.

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 10

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A retired investigator reopens a decades-old murder case that never let him go.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.