Best Dominican movies

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a güiro, a tambor and an accordion. During their journey, they meet with a bunch of interesting characters and are forced to use their musical skills to help them get home.

Aura and Gael's passionate new love is quickly overshadowed by horrible news: Aura is diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Gael decides to stay in the relationship and support her, but don Julio, her father, deeply concerned about his daughter's health and blinded by the possibility of losing her, opposes the relationship. Aura now faces her biggest challenge yet: to live her life with death and love knocking on her door.

Three couples from Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic join their destinies in search of a better future, but a shark will change the course of their journey.

Chanel, who has led her entire family to believe she lives in New York, faces a threat when a voicemail message threatens to expose her double life.

Interview about the life of Horacio Vásquez.

A couple's life in NYC becomes a whirlwind when Nicole suspects José is cheating on her while receiving the surprise that her father is getting married to a woman half his age.

The womanizer Alejandro is forced to rethink his life when his longtime girlfriend becomes pregnant.

Marlon, an insecure and not-so-attractive photographer, is hit with a spell that every night transforms him into Brando, a handsome womanizer. Things will get harder when the spell becomes his biggest obstacle to obtain true love.

Genaro is a peculiar employee of the hotel and employee of Giuseppe, who in his spare time plays a foreign conqueror who is organizing the title of Sanky Panky. His girlfriend La Morena strives to formalize their relationship and move Genaro away from that world. Everything was lost of head when arriving at the hotel a strange and powerful Italian family. The chain of entanglements will be further complicated by the return of Martha, the gringa in love with Genaro who returns to the country with a surprise.

Toribio's wife has been diagnosed with postpartum leukemia. Cornered between the lack of reliable health plans and his low income as a police officer, Toribio takes his gun and goes out to do everything he can to save his wife.

The renowned Dominican composer, musician, producer, and singer Juan Luis Guerra offers a historic concert from the beautiful and lush beaches of Miches, located in the eastern region of the Dominican Republic.

Years after his final job as a highly sought-after hitman, Luisito has settled down with his girlfriend Lia in a quiet seaside town. Unfortunately, they do not enjoy peace for long as Lia is kidnapped by someone who wants Luisito to use his skills one last time. With Lia's life hanging in the balance, Luisito takes on a crew of dangerous killers, including a particularly mysterious assassin who has long awaited the chance to even the score with her rival, La Soga.

A French woman of African descent manages to escape after being arrested in the Dominican Republic. She finds shelter in the most dangerous district of Santo Domingo, where she is taken in by a group of children. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she will see her destiny change inexorably.

Twins separated at birth have taken very different paths: one is an exemplary Christian family man, the other is a delinquent. When they reunite by chance, a sudden circumstance will make the evil twin disguise himself as the good one.

Highlights the most important political and social events in the Dominican Republic during the period from the first of July 1966, the date of the inauguration of Dr. Balaguer as Constitutional President of the Republic, up to August 16, 1974, the day he was sworn in for a third term. Using narrative images and sounds of the era, the documentary highlights the climate of disrespect for the most basic human rights that prevailed during the administrations of Dr. Balaguer, and the violent repression that this President used to unleash against their opponents.

Angel Maceta searches for the father he never knew, who fought in the 1965 Dominican civil war.

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.

Searching for his lost father, a boy will have to be strong to survive.

A lonely man who operates a film projector finds his only solace in a woman he sees on a film reel. After the reel is lost in an accident, he sets out to find the woman through the remotest, poorest places of the Dominican Republic.

A young priest is sent to a desolate town near the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. There he meets a young prostitute, thus unleashing a series of events and conflicts after discovering a network of human trafficking.

Juan is a urban music dancer from the slums. Due to his extraordinary talent, he is allowed to study in the most prestiogious dance studio in the city of Santo Domingo, but to become a star he'll have to go through many obstacles.

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

In a near future where climate change and artificial intelligence affect the way humans live, Alba bonds with the android Nina, her nurse in a modern nursing home. But one day technology malfunctions, and dark secrets are revealed.

Bionico is a hopeless romantic, and also addicted to crack, who must take control of his life before his fiancée leaves a rehabilitation center. It's a raw vision of love in a hostile Caribbean city.

Big eater Tubérculo and his neighbor Tirson broke their friendship because of a misunderstanding, but 20 years later, an unexpected event brings them together again.

Nicolás and Carlitos live in the neighborhood near the old town of Santo Domingo. Nicolás is dedicated to the sale of cannabis, with what has survived since he and his brother were orphaned 15 years ago. Nicolás knows that it is time to take his brother out of the neighborhood if he wants him to progress in a society that is increasingly hostile to people like them.

Three teen ballet students — Raymundo, Angel and Victor — are the only boys in a class of twenty. In a country where dance is mostly considered an activity for women, they are determined to follow their dreams and challenge traditional gender roles. Like a waltz, music played in triple time, the three boys move through Santo Domingo while confronting, yet sometimes abiding by, the Dominican machismo culture.

A delivery boy from a grocery store gets the dream opportunity of participating in his favorite reality show.

Preparing for a role, an actress holds conversations with pregnant young girls. Throughout the process, the girls lay out the stories of their own lives on camera, changing the course of the production of the film.

A young artist who never signs her paintings (because she doesn't feel that they are really finished) pursues her art career despite poverty and the opposition of her father.

Macario believes that his daughter is the witch responsible for the deaths of several children in the village; tormented, he takes refuge in the mountains to sacrifice her.

In Avispatropolis, the fearless Captain Avispa emerges as an exemplary protector of the city, whose courage and convictions always prevail over the forces of evil. His unbreakable power is nourished by absolute sincerity, as he would lose his strength if he dared to weave deceit. Only in pursuit of noble causes does he allow himself to deviate from the truth. As is common in stories of this kind, Captain Wasp is surrounded by a constellation of close friends and arch-enemies, whose stories have their origins in the artist's songs.

Moises goes to the forest in search of a fruit that will heal his sick mother. During his search he encounters a strange girl who promises to help in exchange of protection from an evil monster haunting her.

The career of Dominican Merengue Típico singer Fefita La Grande.

Pedro Ruiz is a Dominican real estate broker by day and a savvy but out-of-luck thief by night. Desperate to look for respect climbing the money ladder the easy way, he gets in the wrong mansion at the wrong time.

A group of insurance employees go to a sales convention at a beach resort in Punta Cana, where they get involved in various situations.

A famous game show host is forced to reveal all his secrets on live TV, with his wife and children held hostage.

Modesto and Manuel are brothers whose lives change by wining the lottery.

Five women trapped in an elevator confess their bitter life experiences caused by evil men and society.

In 1937, near the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a young Haitian woman named Marie is expecting her first child with Frank, her doting Dominican husband. After her mother's burial, she is awakened in the middle of the night by distant screams. The immediate execution of all Haitians on Dominican soil has been ordered — the so-called “Cut” — and what seals a victim’s fate is whether or not they can pronounce "perejil" (parsley). Marie takes off to find Frank in the next town over, with nothing but the clothes on her back.

After getting dumped by his girlfriend for his laziness, Felipe answers a phone call and gets an opportunity of changing his life in 15 minutes.

A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ COCOTE follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father’s funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father’s death, Alberto realizes that he’s been summoned by his family to avenge the murder. It’s an unthinkable act — especially for him, an Evangelical Christian. But as pressure mounts, he sees few ways out. Questions of faith, tradition and honor course through this electrifying film, which, seemingly at the speed of thought itself, jumps between film formats, colors, and aspect ratios, radically envisioning a community torn asunder by senseless violence.

After the accidental death of his opponent in a clandestine motorcycle race, Jimmy is left indebted and threatened by Milito, his town's gang leader. With an ultimatum over the fate of his daughter, Jimmy will do whatever it takes to solve this problem.

Nicholas, a young man with limited resources, decides to dress up as Santa Claus to make money during the Christmas holiday.

KING OF BACHATA, directed by Charles Todd and Devin Amar, and produced by Sony Music Latin, Chimby Productions and Scheme Engine, combines the making of and best moments of this ambitious concert with the travels of Dominican late-night host, writer and comedian, Joel “The Kid Mero" Martinez as he journeys to the Caribbean nation to find the soul of bachata. Mero’s journey takes us to the restaurants and bars of the countryside of the Dominican Republic, where the sound originated and retraces its rise to international recognition. We also get a behind-the-scenes look at Santos’ creative process, his inspirations, and his tireless work in the studio. This documentary film and concert is a love letter to the genre, inspired by Romeo’s Utopia album. Featuring surprise performances from Cardi B and Aventura, the concert is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Latin culture and a defining moment in the history of Latin music.

Set in the Dominican Republic, Leticia Tonos Paniagua’s uniquely Caribbean retelling of Romeo and Juliet chronicles the love between a kind-hearted teenager, ostracized for his mixed Haitian-Dominican descent, and the beautiful sister of a local drug kingpin he’s hired to protect.

After a disastrous attempt of marriage proposal, Juan Manuel's life has collapsed. But his friends try to help him with the aid of an unconventional therapist.

After fifteen years in an American jail, a man returns to the Dominican Republic. As he faces family problems, he turns to illegal street fighting and is discovered by an Italian ex-boxer.

Juan Carlos returns to the Dominican Republic to reunite with his longtime fiancee, only to find her already married and pregnant. Sunk into despair and with nothing to do, he meets Patricia, who will change his life.