Dominican Republic Movies

Tormented by violent events, a gavillero goes on the run in search of his freedom.

Remembers an artist in the form of a somnambulistic fantasy: A filmmaker faces increasing challenges as she tries, decades later, to complete Dominican filmmaker Jean-Louis Jorge’s unfinished work.

Through an interviewer played by actress Mariela Guerrero Monegro, 'Rebeca' documents the opinions of people who enjoy the licence to become characters on the occasion of the Dominican Carnival.

During an argument with her parents, Sara decides to show them a documentary about the only woman in a movie set in the country. What they don't realize is that this was done by Sara and her classmates, and the opportunities it will bring to her career as a fi...

Carlota, a fierce woman with a unibrow, a quick tongue and a fearless heart, leads her neighborhood in resisting a gang trying to take over with violence and fear.

In the middle of the national carnival parade, a devil walks along the Malecón of Santo Domingo, asking participants and spectators what they feel during the carnival. For what purpose?

Armando, an energetic teen and son of a well-respected Sargent, accidentally commits a serious crime while playing a wild and dangerous game with his friends outside of the school campus. Now Armando will have to deal with the weight of his actions (literally)...

In a small zoo, the arrival of the hippopotamus Zafari is celebrated by neighbours of opposing social classes. Ana, Edgar and their son Bruno watch all the action from the windows of their decadent high-class building. Amidst a chaos of food, water and electri...

After dying unexpectedly, Joel awakens in limbo, an intermediate space where he must choose whether to reincarnate as a human or as an animal.

Alejandro Alsina is a Dominican painter who, through his art and eccentricity, has earned a place among the most recognized street artists in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo. But behind his iconic smile and wild lifestyle lies a story that few could even be...

Five suspects holding a piece of the truth behind an unsolved crime.

The relationship between a single parent and his son starts to fall apart as they go on a journey far from home.

Emilio receives a call from his son, who suggests meeting up with some old friends to play dominoes. As the afternoon unfolds, it fills with secrets and confessions that force him to confront his greatest fear.

Leonel, a young boy from the Dominican Republic living in the countryside, receives a harsh punishment from his father after his best friend lies to save himself. The beating will forever break the friendship between Leonel and Carlos.

When Amalia breaks a friendship spell, her best friend Daniela disappears from her life and memories. Now, Amalia must redo it before it's too late.

A painter obsessed with preserving all her memories is confronted with the most painful one yet, and struggles between keeping it alive or learning to let it go.

Retracing the paths of popular faith, exploring its ancestors in the Antilles, Dominican filmmaker Juliano Kunert composes a work of ethnographic experimentation on a highly inspired promenade. Along the way, he sculpts images to represent the island’s cloudy...

Iván, a young newspaper delivery boy, discovers that Vera, a girl who receives his deliveries, puts them to an unexpected use. Intrigued by her, Iván decides to get to know her.

More of an urban sonata than an urban symphony, the interior of a bus bears witness to moments of contemplation among passengers during a working day.

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.