Best Argentinian mystery movies

PRESENCE (2024)

Bruno dreams of reuniting with Alma, or with what’s left of her.

Lamb of God (2020)

North Argentina, 1961. Only a few priests and interns remain in a secluded run-down boys' religious boarding school. Suddenly and unannounced, Father Martin arrives, whose intentions are not as clear as he claims.

Camping (2017)

In New Years Eve, Sofía goes back to the countryside where she spent her childhood. At first idyllic, the place and its people will soon reveal their sadness and resentments.

Pleiades (or Going Home) (2023)

From the music of Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla, Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou crafts a story inspired by the Pleiades, seven sisters who are nymphs who were turned into stars. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

Ostende (2011)

Waiting alone for her boyfriend at a hotel, a woman starts paying attention to the mysterious behavior of some guests.

Trenque Lauquen parte II (2023)

El desvío (1998)

La trampa (1949)

A lonely woman marries a man without getting to know him.

The Santiso Report (2015)

The Miu Miu Affaire (2024)

Nothing went as planned: what seemed to be an original idea (taking an international fashion event to a small town in the Argentine Pampas) ended up as a mysterious affair, with a mannequin who seems to have vanished, and who insists on leaving small clues scattered across the immense plains. But nothing seems to be too strange for Commissioner Sirota and her particular method which, this time, includes a clairvoyant, a legendary detective arriving from Santa Rosa and some picturesque “peritas” who choose to work at night, swinging to the rhythm of Ska. In the middle, a disturbing question: Is it a police case they are dealing with, or is someone taking them (the police, the whole town, the Italians – all of us, perhaps) for a fool?

How to Win Enemies (2015)

Lucas, a young lawyer obsessed with crime novels, turns a chance encounter with a beautiful woman into a date ending in his bed. But when he wakes up alone, missing a secret stash of cash, the game’s afoot. Inspired by his favorite gumshoes, Lucas looks for clues. What was once a love story becomes the caper to end all capers.

Vanishing landscapes (2013)

A mockumentary about three young student filmmakers as they make a movie about an alleged film director living obscurely in a Buenos Aires mental hospital. In their visits to the mental hospital, the three students will forge a very special relationship with the self-styled former film director as they follow different clues and strategies to discover his 'true' identity.

Odd Number (1962)

Two brothers quarrel for the love of a woman. One of them falls ill and dies; the other one marries her. The couple’s relationship falters in Paris due to the involvement of a reproaching mother, who still acts as if the dead brother were alive and living with her.

History of Fear (2014)

Buenos Aires, during the summer heart, in gated communities surrounded by wastelands covered with trash. The barking of stray dogs, repeated power outages, and uncontrollable clouds of smoke drive the inhabitants to confront their most primitive instincts.

The Red Star (2021)

The investigation about an alleged international spy after the Nazi refugees in Argentina gives way to a plot that expands, becomes delirious and branches off. A mockumentary that has, at its center, an elusive woman whose trail can be traced in the most emphatic convulsions of the 20th century.

Human (2014)

A young man travels to the Andean mountains to understand the origin of man and the reason of his existence.

Los suicidas (2006)

Daniel is a journalist who is commissioned to write an article based on a photograph of a presumed suicide. As he begins his investigation, he meets Marcela, the enigmatic photographer assigned to him as a colleague, with whom he has never had a relationship before, and with whom he slowly begins to fall in love.

The Suffering (2017)

Pablo Rouviot is a renowned psychoanalyst. His life changes completely when Paula arrives to his office and asks him to prove that his brother, a man with serious psychological problems and accused for the murder of his father, is in no able condition to be judged.

Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall) (2018)

When the beautiful Leonor arrives at the architecture studio Borla y Asociados looking for Nelson Jara, both Mario Borla and his partner Marta Hovart and Pablo Simó, the building's oldest architect, claim to ignore that name completely. But they all lie. The truth begins to unravel through the memories of Pablo Simó. Pablo should carry out the unpleasant job of dealing with Nelson Jara, an indignant owner of the building adjoining a work of the studio, damaged by a crack in the wall of his living room caused by an error in the construction. But the fear and nervousness that provokes in the three involved the arrival of Leonor and her question "what happened to Nelson Jara?" Show something much darker and more suspicious. (FILMAFFINITY)

Los enemigos (1983)

No Escape (2003)

The spiritual journey of a man with a debt that cannot be paid. In a Korean supermarket not too important, a small embezzlement is discovered. Luciano, a young man who works there, is pressured by the Koreans to return the money he stole in less than twenty-four hours.

Mi novia es un fantasma (1944)

A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.

Vestigios, el Misterio del Dique la Ciénaga (2020)

A father takes his son fishing at La ciénaga dam in northern Argentina. When a mysterious creature emerges from the depths, their lives will be in danger.

El diablo (1963)

Two friends find a mysterious black-cloaked figure on the beach

Night Watch (2017)

Fernando, a lonely and tormented man, gets a job as a night watchman in a warehouse close to being demolished. The building is huge, with several floors and wings interconnected by a confusing network of corridors and stairs. One night, Fernando hears strange noises and finds a gate open that should be closed. From that moment on, nothing will be the same.

The House of the Seven Tombs (1982)

Clara and Cecilia are two friends who have evolved very differently, regarding the scary stories that were so important during their childhood.

The Stranger (1997)

A businessman from the big city, while staying at a remote town dreams that he is being chased by people who believe him to be a vampire.

¿Quién Mató al Detective? (2025)

La casa en la playa (2019)

Abel arrives at a village by the sea and meets a fisherman who offers him a job in an old house where three women live. First he seduces Leticia, Pia's mother, and then Pia, while the grandmother observes everything.

And what do you think doc? (2023)

A recurring dream disturbs Juan. Together with his psychologist, he will try to understand what is happening, while the line between dream and reality blurs.