Discover the best of Dominican cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Dominican Republic. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Dominican Republic
Dominican cinema is a story of incredible, sun-soaked energy, a film culture that has experienced one of the most exciting booms in Latin America. For decades, the nation had a small but passionate film scene. But the real game-changer arrived in the 2010s with a new national film law that ignited the industry. The result has been an explosion of local productions, with Dominican filmmakers proving to be masters of comedy, producing massive homegrown blockbusters like the beloved classic Sanky Panky that capture the nation's unique wit and charm. But this boom isn't just about laughs. A new generation of directors is crafting powerful, internationally recognised dramas and thrillers, telling stories that are uniquely Dominican. This creative energy now fuels a thriving local television market, building on a deep love for the telenovela format. What makes its film culture so distinct is its deep connection to the national character. The country's stunning tropical beauty makes it a star in its own right, while the national passion for baseball often weaves its way into its stories. It is a cinema bursting with confidence, telling its own tales for a growing audience at home and around the world.
Best Dominican series
Awake In The World 2024
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Ruby pink 2018
The life of the great Latin American seducer, Porfirio Rubirosa, will be full of women, entanglements, betrayals and heartbreaks that will put him all the time on the edge of death when he infiltrates the ranks of a dictator to help the opposition.
55Trópico 2007
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Ciudad Nueva 2000
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Best Dominican movies
Aire: Just Breathe 2024
It’s year 2147, men are sterile due to a virus leaving humankind almost extinct and Tania, a biologist, is trying to inseminate herself to prevent this with the help of an AI system called VIDA. Things take a turn when Azarias, one of the last men and a traveller with a dark past, suddenly appears.
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Las Pequeñas Cosas 2024
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Colao 2017
A coffee grower, still single at 40, decides to finally start his search for love by going to the capital city on the Dominican Republic.
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The Tenderness 2023
Queen Esmeralda hates men because they have always limited her freedom, so she does not want her two daughters to suffer the same fate. Therefore, when the ship in which they are traveling passes near an apparently deserted island, she invokes a portentous storm.
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Sanky Panky 2007
In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. She is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to move to the USA with a VISA and have a better life. He calls his friend Giuseppe, who is a hotel manager in Bávaro, and applies for a job entertaining children but hoping to find a wealthy tourist. Genaro meets the beautiful Martha, who has come with her aunts Dorothy and Helen, to forget her fiancée after calling off her wedding. Genaro calls his best friends, Chelo and Carlitos, to go out with the aunts and experience it alone with Martha. Martha only speaks English and Genaro only knows a few words of English, but everything goes as planned until Martha's boyfriend arrives at the resort and complicates everything.
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Woodpeckers 2017
Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
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