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1. In the Heights (2021)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 52,137
2. Gordita Chronicles (2022)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A Latina reporter looks back on her childhood as a chubby, willful, reluctant Dominican immigrant growing up with her eccentric family in 1980s Miami.
Stars: Diana Maria Riva, Juan Javier Cardenas, Olivia Goncalves, Savannah Nicole Ruiz
Votes: 884
3. La soga (2009)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
In the Dominican Republic, Luisito a.k.a. 'La Soga' is a brave cop who revolts against his country's unscrupulous government. He risks all for justice to avenge his father's death in the midst of inhuman brutality and political corruption.
Director: Josh Crook | Stars: Manny Perez, Denise Quiñones, Juan Fernández, Paul Calderon
Votes: 846 | Gross: $0.21M
4. La Soga: Salvation (2021)
92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
La Soga Salvation is a suspenseful thriller and love story, where a former hitman fights to rescue the love of his life, while confronting his inner demons and violent past.
Director: Manny Perez | Stars: Manny Perez, Sarah Jorge León, Hada Vanessa, Chris McGarry
Votes: 211
5. Veneno (I) (2018)
TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The origin and rise of the most famous Dominican wrestler of all time, Rafael Sánchez aka Jack Veneno, and his arch-nemesis, José Manuel Guzmán aka Relámpago Hernández.
Director: Tabaré Blanchard | Stars: Manny Perez, Pepe Sierra, Richard Douglas, Yamile Scheker
Votes: 506
6. María Montez: The Movie (2014)
98 min | Drama
The story of Maria Montez, an exotic and glamorous Dominican actress who achieved fame and popularity in Hollywood and Europe until her untimely death in 1951.
Director: Vicente Peñarrocha | Stars: Celines Toribio, Paula Ferry, Cuquín Victoria, Maridalia Hernández
Votes: 107
7. Nueba Yol (1995)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
The humble and hardworking Orodoto Balbuena finally gets an opportunity of realizing his lifelong dream of reaching New York and living the "American Dream", but soon finds out that things aren't as pretty as he thought.
Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Luisito Martí, Caridad Ravelo, Raúl Carbonell, Rafael Villalona
Votes: 506 | Gross: $0.98M
8. Pies en la arena (2023)
75 min | Drama
A Dominican woman and a Cuban man, both illegal immigrants, try to rebuild their lives in Puerto Rico.
Director: Gustavo Ramos Perales | Stars: Larissa Dones, Modesto Lacen, Eduardo Martinez, Nancy Millan
9. Teacher Mechy (2023)
97 min | Comedy
After years in New York, Mercedes, a hardworking teacher, returns to the Dominican Republic and lands a job to teach modern dance in a high-class school - knowing nothing about modern dance.
Director: Frank Perozo | Stars: Cheddy García, Irvin Alberti, Francisca Lachapel, Denise Quiñones
Votes: 16
10. Un pasaje de Ida (1988)
90 min | Drama
A fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.
Director: Agliberto Meléndez | Stars: Ángel Muñiz, Carlos Alfredo Fatule, Horacio Veloz, Miguel Bucarelly
Votes: 133
11. Diaspora (II) (2022)
75 min | Documentary
The movements, migration and liberation of peoples through art and culture, using the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean as starting point.
Director: Héctor Valdez | Stars: José Alcántara, Julia Alvarez, Carlos Andújar, Rey Andújar
Votes: 11
12. A Trouble in Dollars (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
Eulogio is tricked into smuggling diamonds from the Dominican Republic to New York inside a drum without him knowing. Once he arrives at the apartment, mobsters start chasing him.
Director: Francis "Indio" Disla Ferreira | Stars: Fausto Mata, Phillip Rodríguez, Manolo Ozuna, Ysmel Steven Abreu
Votes: 43
13. Juanita (2018)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
JUANITA, an illegal Dominican immigrant and MARIANO, a lonely Spanish farmer, start a relationship. On their first trip to Santo Domingo they will realize that love can be a tricky thing on the other side of the Atlantic.
Director: Leticia Tonos | Stars: Cheddy García, Tito Valverde, Milly Quezada, Carasaf Sanchez
Votes: 33
14. El App (2022)
92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The life of one of the world's most renowned hackers is in danger after he develops an app that can hack any social media account and get any information using just a phone number.
Director: Tabaré Blanchard | Stars: Isaac Saviñón, José Guillermo Cortines, Lydia Li, Kristen Hung
Votes: 17
15. Nueba Yol 3: Bajo la nueva ley (1997)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Balbuena finds himself forced to find an American wife in order to get legal residence before the new immigration laws take effect.
Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Luisito Martí, Adalgisa Pantaleon, Raúl Carbonell, Carlota Carretero
Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.72M
16. Orgullo de Quisqueya (2023)
Documentary
Stories of outstanding Dominican personalities in the USA, Canada, Spain, Colombia and Egypt.
Director: Tito Rodríguez | Stars: Hillary Clinton, Juan Luis Guerra, Zahi Hawass, Francisca Lachapel
17. The Barbershop (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy
Benny, the best North Manhattan barber, inherits a building. He must choose either to sell it (thus ending the history and dreams of an immigrant neighborhood) or keep the Barbershop, center of the community where everything can happen.
Director: Waddys Jaquez | Stars: Rosmery 'Boquita' Almonte, Héctor Aníbal, Freddyn Beras Goico, Miguel Bucarelly
Votes: 18
18. Dos Compadres y una Yola (2017)
101 min | Comedy
Two Dominican taxi drivers plan to travel illegally to Puerto Rico in search of two high-class women they met and fell in love with.
Director: Félix Peña | Stars: Félix Peña, Tony Pascual, Rafael Alduey, Alfonso Alemán
Votes: 17
19. Kanibarú (2019)
TV-PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Lola and her friends enter a contest of carnival dance groups, driven by the dream of reaching New York and meeting her father.
Directors: Giancarlo Beras-Goico, Alfonso Rodríguez | Stars: Marcos Sánchez, Vladimir Acevedo, Ulises Rutinel Arzeno, Mark B.
Votes: 26
20. In Search of a Dream (1997)
Drama
Two friends in Washington Heights take different paths to earn a living: one working in a grocery store, the other as a drug dealer.
Director: Joseph Medina | Stars: Randolph Feliz, Victor Checo, Kamar de los Reyes, Rafael Decena
Votes: 20 | Gross: $0.46M
21. Guzbay New York (2019)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Dominican amateur comedian returns to his country after failing to achieve his dream in New York.
Director: Victor Reyes | Stars: Víctor Pinales, María Tavárez, Carasaf Sanchez, Héctor Sierra
Votes: 13
22. Red Passport (2003)
R | 89 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Reuniting with his daughter and living peacefully proves harder than expected for an ex-con still haunted by his past.
Director: Albert Xavier | Stars: Frank Molina, Maite Bonilla, Frank Medrano, Bobby DeJesus
Votes: 41
23. Viajeros (2006)
90 min | Action, Drama
Various stories and dreams intertwine in a group of Dominicans going in an illegal travel to Puerto Rico.
Director: Carlos Bidó | Stars: Miguel Alcantara, Sonia Alfonso, Fifi Almonte, Orestes Amador
Votes: 49
24. Morena(s) (2022)
70 min | Documentary, Drama
A Dominican immigrant in Buenos Aires struggles to maintain afloat her business and the dream of bringing her teenage son to Argentina.
Directors: Vicky Apolinario, Iván de Lara | Stars: Keilyn Fernández, Sabrina Fernández, Hugo Gabriel Francisco, Alberto Lezcano
25. El tercer mundo (2004 Video)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A Dominican man returns to his country after 30 years living in the USA, and finds out that the social injustices haven't changed.
Director: César Gautreaux | Stars: Shira Abreu, Manuel Agramonte, Miguel Alcantara, Liliana Díaz
26. El Círculo Vicioso (2003)
Mellizo is betrayed twice by Ingeniero, his former gang partner, who makes him land in jail. When Mellizo is released, he plans revenge against his ex-best friend.
Director: Nelson Pena | Stars: Rafael Decena, Felix Solis, Mickey Albuquerque, Frank Molina
Votes: 44
27. 60 Millas al Este (2008)
80 min | Drama
A realistic interpretation of a group of Dominican illegal travelers sailing to Puerto Rico.
Director: George Lendeborg Sr. | Stars: María Victoria Carpio, Santa Clara Familia, Ángel Familia, Ramón Fernández
28. Noelí en Los Países (2016)
55 min | Documentary, Drama
Noelí visits Europe for the first time as an actress hired to film in Venice. The opportunity of a re-encounter with her mother, a domestic worker in Spain, arises. Nostalgia ensues.
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Yanet Mojica, Fanny Sánchez
Votes: 41
29. Migración y Cine dominicano (2017)
Unrated | 11 min | Short
Dominican filmmakers explore the most important theme in dominican film history: Migration.
Director: Juan Jose Namnun
30. Mosquito (2010)
12 min | Short, Drama
A coming of age story about a 13-year old Dominican boy -- nicknamed Mosquito by his tormentors -- who fights to win their respect on a memorable Halloween night in 1974. MOSQUITO captures ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Engle | Stars: Vaughn Bowman, James Cartwright, John Diaz, Marion Matthias
Votes: 23
31. Victor (1995)
20 min | Short
A young man decides to make a documentary about his drug-dealing cousin Victor, who has a rather singular outlook on life. But first he has to find him.
Director: Freddy Vargas | Stars: Giovanny Espinal, Freddy Vargas, Francia Espinal, Willie Almonte