Cinema of Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
begins with the US invasion of the island in 1898
Puerto Rican Campaign
The Puerto Rican Campaign was an American military sea and land operation on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War. The offensive began on May 12, 1898, when the United States Navy attacked the archipelago’s capital, San Juan. Though the damage inflicted on the city was minimal,...
. At that time, the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soldiers brought cameras to record what they saw. It was not until the 1912 that Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
would begin to produce their own films.
After this, Puerto Rican cinema has developed at a slow pace. Despite this, the industry has produced several renowned actors and actresses, and so far one Academy Award nominated film (see List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees).
In the late 90s and during the new millennium, the Puerto Rican film industry has seen a significant growth with the amount of local productions increasing each year.
Early years: 1912-1950
After the early images recorded by the American soldiers in 1898, most of the films produced in the island were documentaries. It wasn't until 1912 that Rafael Colorado D'Assoy recorded the first non-documentary filmDocumentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
titled Un drama en Puerto Rico. After that, Colorado and Antonio Capella Martínez created the Film Industrial Society of Puerto Rico in 1916, producing their first film titled Por la hembra y el gallo. Other film companies formed during the time were the Tropical Film Company (1917) and the Porto Rico Photoplays (1919).
In 1934, Juan Viguié Cajas produced and directed the first Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
film with sound titled, Romance Tropical. There is little known of the whereabouts of this film or the ones mentioned above.
The 1950s to 1970s
The first truly Puerto Rican film, 1953's Los Peloteros, featured a Puerto Rican cast and was based on a real story. Ramón RiveroRamón Rivero (Diplo)
Ramón Rivero — known as Diplo — was a comedian, actor, composer and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television and cinema industries...
(Diplo) starred as the inspirational coach of a children's baseball team. His impoverished team played with old, broken equipment and longed for uniforms. Known as a comedian, the role enabled Rivero to demonstrate his dramatic abilities. The children in the movie were not professional actors; they actually were poor children cast at the shooting locale. Photographer Jack Delano
Jack Delano
Jack Delano was an American photographer for the Farm Security Administration and a composer noted for his use of Puerto Rican folk material.- Biography :...
directed the film for the Puerto Rican government's Division of Community Education. Some consider Los Peloteros to be the best Puerto Rican film ever made.
Several films were shot in Puerto Rico in the 1950s. Two were Puerto Rican, the musical drama El Otro Camino (1955), and the drama/romance Maruja (1958). Axel Anderson
Axel Anderson
Axel Anderson is a German-born Puerto Rican actor.-Early life:Anderson was born Axel Levy to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. In 1936 Anderson's family escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Paraguay. Due to political instability in Paraguay, Anderson's family soon moved to Argentina...
, a German ex-patriate who became a star in both Puerto Rican television and film. In Maruja, Anderson played opposite leading lady, Marta Romero
Marta Romero
Marta Romero is an actress and singer, who was one of the pioneers in Puerto Rican television.-Early years:Romero was born in barrio Machuelo Abajo of the city of Ponce, on the south coast of Puerto Rico. She is considered by many as a "natural performer" because she never took singing or acting...
, and in El Otro Camino he played opposite Rosaura Andreu
Rosaura Andreu
Rosaura Andreu was an Cuban-born actress who found wide fame in Puerto Rico as a children's television show host....
, future children's television host. A third movie was the American film noir Man With My Face (1951), a thriller centering on Americans living in Puerto Rico. Producer J. Harold Odell shot three films on the island, Machete, Counterplot and Fiend of Dope Island
Fiend of Dope Island
Fiend of Dope Island, also released as Whiplash, was a lurid men's adventure type motion picture filmed in 1959 and released in 1961. It starred and was co-written by Bruce Bennett and was the final film directed by Nate Watt. It was filmed in Puerto Rico where producer J. Harold Odell had...
.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Mexico also shot a few stand-alone productions, plus a few co-productions with Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. Puerto Rico hosted a sizable number of U.S. movies throughout the decade, plus one from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and one from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Although none of the movies from this period received wide critical acclaim, director Leopoldo Torre Nilsson was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
for his work on La Chica del Lunes in 1967. Also notable are the Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...
comedy The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell is a 1968 film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller. It was filmed in Puerto Rico in 1967...
in 1968 when Hawaii was unavailable for Department of Defense cooperation and a film adaptation of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...
.
Filmmaking in the 1970s, slowed down substantially. Among the handful of Puerto Rican pictures (mostly co-productions), only the Jacobo Morales
Jacobo Morales
Jacobo Morales is an auteur, whom many consider to be the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history.-Life and career:...
film Dios los Cría
...And God Created Them
...And God Created Them is a 1979 Puerto Rican comedy film directed by Jacobo Morales. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.- Synopsis :The film actually consists of five vignettes:...
(1979) stands out. Morales had a solid background as an actor and writer, going back to the inception of Puerto Rican television in the 1950s. Dios los Cria marked the beginning of his work writing and directing for the big screen. The collection of five comedic tales earned him acclaim.
The U.S. produced more films in Puerto Rico in the 1970s than any other country did. Most of them were schlock movies typical of the time, such as producer Sydney W. Pink's last movie The Man From O.R.G.Y. in 1970. The Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
film Bananas, of 1971, is the only classic American film of the time. Jacobo Morales played a supporting role on the film.
The 1980s to present
Following up on his previous success, Morales has continued to write and direct his own films. Nicolas y los Demas (1986) and Lo que le Pasó a SantiagoLo que le Pasó a Santiago
Lo que le pasó a Santiago is a 1989 Puerto Rican film written and directed by Jacobo Morales.The movie tells the story of a recently retired widower who meets a mysterious young lady in his life, disrupting his daily routines.Lo que le pasó a Santiago was the first Puerto Rican production in...
(1989) both won audience appreciation. In addition, the latter received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. In 1994, he directed Linda Sara
Linda Sara
Linda Sara is a Puerto Rican film directed by Jacobo Morales and starring singer Chayanne and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. The film was released in 1994.-Cast:* Dayanara Torres - Young Sara* Chayanne - Young Alejandro* Daniel Lugo - Gustavo...
which didn't earn as much respect as his earlier works, although it's generally considered enjoyable. In 2004 he released a sequel to his 1979 hit, Dios los Cria 2.
During the 80s, Puerto Rican began submitting films for consideration to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Some of the films submitted were La Gran Fiesta
La Gran Fiesta
La Gran Fiesta is a 1985 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Marcos Zurinaga, based on a story by Ana Lydia Vega....
and the above-mentioned Lo que le Pasó a Santiago. Despite these efforts, the industry wasn't booming like before.
The early-to-mid 1990s had Paramount Pictures' A Show of Force
A Show of Force
A Show of Force is a 1990 thriller, directed by Bruno Barreto. The film is based on events and theories surrounding the Maravilla Hill case in Puerto Rico adapted from Anne Nelson's book, "Murder Under Two Flags."-Plot:...
, whose cast included Amy Irving
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving is an American actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and has won an Obie award...
, Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, Andy García
Andy García
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...
, and Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey, CBE is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television...
; La Guagua Aérea, the aforementioned Linda Sara
Linda Sara
Linda Sara is a Puerto Rican film directed by Jacobo Morales and starring singer Chayanne and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. The film was released in 1994.-Cast:* Dayanara Torres - Young Sara* Chayanne - Young Alejandro* Daniel Lugo - Gustavo...
, and El Poder del Shakti as theatrical releases on the island. 1997 brought Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit ,...
and his team to the island to shoot sequences for Contact
Contact (film)
Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel of the same name and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact....
and Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
for a 2-day shoot for Amistad. 1998 had theatrical releases for the well-received Héroes de Otra Patria
Héroes de Otra Patria
Héroes de Otra Patria is a 1998 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Iván Dariel Ortíz....
and for the not-as-well-received Mi Día de Suerte, as well as a limited release for The Face at the Window. 1999 had the theatrical premiere, but not a general theatrical release, for the English-language Paging Emma
Paging Emma
Paging Emma is a 1999 Puerto Rican film. The film was written and directed by Roberto Busó-García.-Plot summary:The film follows Emma Donne, who is left with nothing after witnessing the shooting and abduction of her husband. Lacking family and friends, she immerses herself in the only thing she...
.
In the 2000s, another filmmaking boom began. 12 Horas
12 Horas
12 Horas is a 2001 Puerto Rican movie. It was written and directed by Raúl Marchand Sánchez, and marked his both his screenwriting and directorial debut....
enjoyed a decent, six-week theatrical run in 2001, and ever since then, the number of films made by Puerto Ricans has increased dramatically. So has the variety, including documentaries, short films, and animation. 2004's Voces inocentes
Voces inocentes
Voces inocentes is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children. The movie also shows injustice against innocent...
co-produced by Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States, won several international awards. Both the Puerto Rico Film Commission and the Corporation for the Development of Arts, Science and Film Industry in Puerto Rico promote local and international film making, including loans and financial incentives.
Other recent films that have garnered praise are Celestino y el Vampiro, Ladrones y Mentirosos, Cayo
Cayo (film)
Cayo is a Puerto Rican film released in 2005. It was directed by Vicente Juarbe and written by Ineabelle Sánchez and Pedro Muñiz. The film also stars Roselyn Sanchez.-Plot synopsis:...
, and Jacobo Morales' Angel
Angel (2007 Puerto Rican film)
Ángel is a 2007 Puerto Rican film written and directed by Jacobo Morales. Morales also performs one of the lead roles in the film. The film was released on August 16, 2007 in Puerto Rico. It was produced by Cinesí Productions.-Plot:...
. Unfortunately, people in Puerto Rico see most of these films as art house
Art film
An art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...
material and they don't get the box office reception as many American mainstream films.
One notable exception to this trend of lukewarm reception at the box office occurred with the film Maldeamores
Maldeamores
Maldeamores is a 2007 Puerto Rican film starring Luis Guzmán, written by Carlos Ruíz Ruíz and Jorge Gonzales, and directed by Ruíz and his wife Mariem Pérez Riera.The film consists of three separate stories dealing with the ironies of love...
. Starting with its sold-out, one-week Oscar-qualifying run in late 2007, this film became a benchmark in Puerto Rican cinema for its combination of excellent critical reception, decent box office reception, and actual theatrical exhibition in the U.S. Nevertheless, in July 2009 the Puerto Rico Film Commission reported that Maldeamores had only recovered about 50% of its costs.
In 2008, director Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
and actor – producer Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican and Spanish actor and film producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award for his role as Javier Rodríguez in Traffic . He is also known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual...
filmed most of the first part of Che
Che (film)
Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline...
on the island; and George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
, Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....
, and Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey, CBE is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television...
(working in the island once more) shot The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 comedy war film directed by Grant Heslov and written by Peter Straughan and released in theaters on November 6, 2009...
. Also in 2008, the film Talento de Barrio
Talento de Barrio
Talento de barrio is a film released on October 10, 2008 by Maya Entertainment, starring Daddy Yankee. The film was directed by José Iván Santiago, and written by George Rivera and Ángel M. Sanjurjo, with additional material by Edgar Soberón Torchia. It was rated R by the MPAA, for violence,...
became the first Puerto Rican film to sell more than 300,000 tickets during its theatrical run, even though its critical reception was decidedly on the "rotten" side of the spectrum.
In 2009, Party Time: The Movie, directed by Juan Fernandez-Paris, Miente (Lie), directed and production-designed by Rafi Mercado, and Kabo y Platon directed by Edmundo H. Rodríguez, received theatrical releases. Also, Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
visited the island to work in The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary (film)
The Rum Diary is a 2011 film based on the novel of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson. The film is directed by Bruce Robinson and stars Johnny Depp. Filming began in Puerto Rico in March 2009...
and Joel Silver
Joel Silver
Joel Silver is an American Hollywood film producer, co-creator of the sport of Ultimate, co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment and owner of Silver Pictures.-Life and career:...
took advantage of available incentives to shoot most of The Losers
The Losers (film)
The Losers is a 2010 American action based on the adaptation of the Vertigo comic book series of the same name by Andy Diggle. Directed by Sylvain White, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans....
.
The year 2010 saw theatrical releases for Que Despelote, directed by Eduardo 'Transfor' Ortiz; Elite, directed by Andres Ramirez, and Caos, directed by Raul García, and also saw the island serve as a production hub for a significant portion of Fast Five
Fast Five (film)
Fast Five is a 2011 action film written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin. It is the fifth installment in the Fast and the Furious film series. It was released first in Australia on April 20, 2011, and then in the United States on April 29, 2011...
.
Partial list of Puerto Rican films
| Film | Year | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Horas 12 Horas 12 Horas is a 2001 Puerto Rican movie. It was written and directed by Raúl Marchand Sánchez, and marked his both his screenwriting and directorial debut.... |
2001 | |
| 29 de mayo | Short Film | |
| ¿Y si Cristóbal despierta? | 2001 | TV |
| A life of sin | 1979 | |
| Actores trabajando | 2006 | |
| Adiós, New York, adiós | 1973 | |
| Agua con sal | 2005 | |
| Al compás de un sentimiento | 1996 | |
| Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba | 1979 | |
| Amnesia | 2006 | |
| Amor perdóname | 1967 | |
| Amores como todos los demás | 1999 | TV |
| Ángel Angel (2007 Puerto Rican film) Ángel is a 2007 Puerto Rican film written and directed by Jacobo Morales. Morales also performs one of the lead roles in the film. The film was released on August 16, 2007 in Puerto Rico. It was produced by Cinesí Productions.-Plot:... |
2007 | |
| Angelito mío | 1998 | |
| Angeles perdidos | 2005 | TV |
| Antes de las 11 | 2007 | |
| Antesala de la silla eléctrica | 1968 | |
| Archipiélago | 2003 | |
| Arocho y Clemente | 1970 | |
| Ayer amargo | 1959 | |
| Bala perdida | 2003 | TV |
| Barricada | 2008 | |
| Barrios: El bailao de Julia y Berto | 2004 | TV |
| Barrios: El rumbón de Fepe | 2004 | TV |
| Barrios: La familia del camello | 2004 | TV |
| Bello amanecer | 1968 | |
| Candido | 1975 | |
| Cannabis Cannibal II: Exodus | 2009 | |
| Caña brava | 1965 | |
| Casi Casi Casi Casi Casi, Casi is a 2006 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by brothers Jaime and Tony Vallés. It received a theatrical release in Puerto Rico in early 2007.... |
2006 | |
| Cayo Cayo (film) Cayo is a Puerto Rican film released in 2005. It was directed by Vicente Juarbe and written by Ineabelle Sánchez and Pedro Muñiz. The film also stars Roselyn Sanchez.-Plot synopsis:... |
2005 | |
| Celestino y el vampiro | 2003 | |
| Chiquito pero Juguetón: The Muvi | 2008 | |
| Christian y Cristal | 2009 | |
| Complot | 1999 | |
| Con los pies descalzos | 1961 | |
| Conciencia | 2008 | |
| Conexión Caribe | 1984 | |
| Contrabandistas del Caribe | 1966 | |
| Contraseña | 2008 | |
| Correa Cotto: ¡Así me llaman! | 1968 | |
| Cuando lo pequeño se hace grande | 2000 | Short film |
| Cuando quiere un borincano | 1967 | |
| Cuentos de Abelardo | 1991 | |
| Cuentos para despertar | 1998 | |
| De espaldas al sol | 1975 | |
| De la mano de un ángel | 2002 | TV |
| Desamores | 2004 | |
| Después de la muerte | 2006 | |
| Diario Vietnam | 2004 | |
| Dios los cría... | 1979 | |
| Dios los cría 2 | 2005 | |
| Doña Ana | 2003 | |
| Eco | 2008 | |
| Encuentros | 2003 | TV |
| El alcalde de Machuchal | 1964 | |
| El anillo | 2004 | Short film |
| El beso que me diste | 2000 | |
| El clown | 2007 | |
| El cimarrón El Cimarrón El Cimarron can be:*El Cimarrón , a 1970 musical composition by Hans Werner Henze*El Cimarrón , a 2007 film... |
2007 | |
| El cuerpo del delito | 2005 | TV |
| El curandero del pueblo | 1969 | |
| El derecho de comer | 1968 | |
| El fugitivo de Puerto Rico | 1975 | |
| El hijo de Ángela Maria | 1974 | |
| El jibarito Rafael | 1967 | |
| El jibaro millonario | 1966 | |
| El lenguaje de la guerra | 2009 | |
| El milagro de la virgen | 1917 | |
| El otro | 2010 | Short Film |
| El otro camino | 1955 | |
| El poder del Shakti | 1996 | |
| El ruiseñor y la rosa | 1997 | |
| El septimo ángel | 2000 | |
| El sueño del regreso | 2006 | |
| El tesoro de Cofresí | 1919 | |
| En mi viejo San Juan | 1966 | |
| Elite | 2010 | |
| Entre Dios y el hombre | 1960 | |
| Entre el cielo y tú | 2007 | |
| Entremedio | 2006 | |
| Flight of Fancy | 2000 | |
| Fray dollar | 1970 | |
| Fuego en el alma | 2002 | TV |
| Fuera de tinieblas | 2009 | |
| Hay hombres para todas | 2008 | TV |
| Héroe de Guerra | 2007 | Short Film |
| Héroes de otra patria Héroes de Otra Patria Héroes de Otra Patria is a 1998 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Iván Dariel Ortíz.... |
1998 | |
| Heroína | 1967 | |
| Historia de un ganster | 1968 | |
| Huellas | 1961 | |
| Ilusión | 2001 | TV |
| Iraq en mí | 2008 | |
| Juventud sin frenos | 1965 | |
| Kabo y Platón | 2009 | |
| Kamaleon | 2003 | |
| La caja de problemas | 2004 | TV |
| La criada malcriada | 1969 | |
| La entrega | 2007 | Short Film |
| La fiebre del deseo | 1964 | |
| La fuga | 2010 | |
| La gran fiesta La Gran Fiesta La Gran Fiesta is a 1985 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Marcos Zurinaga, based on a story by Ana Lydia Vega.... |
1985 | |
| La guagua aérea | 1993 | |
| La jaula | 1999 | Short film |
| La leyenda de Toño bicicleta | 1975 | |
| La mala | 2008 | |
| La mujer del cura | 1967 | |
| La palomilla | 1971 | |
| La Pandilla en apuros | 1977 | |
| La piel desnuda | 1964 | |
| La venganza de Correa Cotto | 1969 | |
| La virgen de la calle | 1965 | |
| La viudita se quiere casar | 1917 | |
| Ladrones y mentirosos | 2006 | |
| Lamento borincano | 1963 | |
| Las combatientes | 2004 | TV |
| Las pecadoras | 1967 | |
| Libertad para la juventud | 1970 | |
| Linda Sara Linda Sara Linda Sara is a Puerto Rican film directed by Jacobo Morales and starring singer Chayanne and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. The film was released in 1994.-Cast:* Dayanara Torres - Young Sara* Chayanne - Young Alejandro* Daniel Lugo - Gustavo... |
1994 | |
| Lo que le pasó a Santiago Lo que le Pasó a Santiago Lo que le pasó a Santiago is a 1989 Puerto Rican film written and directed by Jacobo Morales.The movie tells the story of a recently retired widower who meets a mysterious young lady in his life, disrupting his daily routines.Lo que le pasó a Santiago was the first Puerto Rican production in... |
1989 | |
| Los cuentos de Abelardo | 1990 | |
| Los días de Doris | 1998 | |
| Los dos mundos de Angelita | 1982 | |
| Los expatriados | 1963 | |
| Los misterios de Cofresí | 1917 | |
| Los panas | 2005 | Short Film |
| Los peloteros | 1953 | |
| Los que nunca amaron | 1965 | |
| Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias | 2008 | |
| Luisa | 1970 | |
| Luna de miel en Puerto Rico | 1967 | |
| Machuchal agente 0 | 1966 | |
| Mafia en puerta de tierra | 1917 | |
| Maldeamores Maldeamores Maldeamores is a 2007 Puerto Rican film starring Luis Guzmán, written by Carlos Ruíz Ruíz and Jorge Gonzales, and directed by Ruíz and his wife Mariem Pérez Riera.The film consists of three separate stories dealing with the ironies of love... |
2007 | |
| Mami | 1967 | |
| Manuela y Manuel | 2008 | |
| Maruja | 1958 | |
| Mas allá del capitolio | 1963 | |
| Menudo en apuros | 1981 | |
| Meteoro | 2007 | |
| Mi Borinquen querída | 1965 | |
| Mi día de suerte | 1998 | |
| Mi verano con Amanda | 2008 | |
| Miente | 2009 | |
| Mientras Puerto Rico duerme | 1964 | |
| Misión: Incomprensible | 2004 | |
| Mónica | 1994 | Short Film |
| Mr. Dollar | 1964 | |
| Muerte en el paraíso | 2008 | |
| Mulato | 1967 | |
| Natas es Satán | 1971 | |
| Nicolás y los demás | 1986 | |
| Not Even The Devil | 2008 | |
| Nuestro regimiento | 1966 | |
| Nuestro regimiento | 1975 | |
| Obsesión | 1961 | |
| Ocho puertas | 2003 | |
| Operación alacrán | 1976 | |
| Operación tiburón | 1965 | |
| Organización criminal | 1968 | |
| Paging Emma Paging Emma Paging Emma is a 1999 Puerto Rican film. The film was written and directed by Roberto Busó-García.-Plot summary:The film follows Emma Donne, who is left with nothing after witnessing the shooting and abduction of her husband. Lacking family and friends, she immerses herself in the only thing she... |
1999 | |
| Palés y la rumba de esquina | 2009 | |
| Paloma del monte | 1917 | |
| Palmer a muerto | 1961 | |
| Party Time: The Movie | 2009 | |
| Pasaporte a la fama | 2006 | |
| Pasiones infernales | 1967 | |
| Plaza vacante | 2002 | |
| Por la hembra y el gallo | 1916 | |
| Prohibído amar en Nueva York | 1982 | |
| Punto 45 | 2006 | |
| Que bravas son las solteras | 1976 | |
| Que familia mas normal | 2004 | TV |
| Que familia mas normal 2 | 2004 | TV |
| Que familia mas normal 3 | 2004 | TV |
| Raíces | 2001 | |
| Revolución en el infierno | 2005 | |
| Romance en Puerto Rico | 1961 | |
| Romance tropical | 1934 | |
| Rosa la tequilera | 1968 | |
| Ruido | 2007 | |
| Ruptura | 1997 | Short film |
| Sabo | 2004 | |
| Santa Cristal | 2004 | |
| Seguros de vida | 2004 | Short film |
| Seva vive | 2008 | |
| Sudor amargo | 2002 | TV |
| Sueños a precios de descuento | 2006 | |
| Talento de barrio Talento de Barrio Talento de barrio is a film released on October 10, 2008 by Maya Entertainment, starring Daddy Yankee. The film was directed by José Iván Santiago, and written by George Rivera and Ángel M. Sanjurjo, with additional material by Edgar Soberón Torchia. It was rated R by the MPAA, for violence,... |
2008 | |
| Taínos: La última tríbu Taínos (film) Taínos is a 2005 Puerto Rican movie. The film was written and directed by Benjamín López.The film follows Sara Cordero , a young archaeology student, who organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave in the town of Comerío with three friends... |
2005 | |
| Tango Bar | 1988 | |
| Tesoros | 1987 | |
| The Absolution | 1998 | Short film |
| The disparance of García Lorca | 1997 | |
| The face at the window | 1997 | |
| The machos | 1975 | |
| The tents of Allah | 1922 | |
| The woman who fooled herself | 1922 | |
| Todos tenemos un ángel | 2005 | |
| Toño bicicleta | 1975 | |
| Traicioneros | 2007 | Short Film |
| Tres puertorriqueñas y un deseo | 1961 | |
| Tropical love | 1921 | |
| Tú mi amor | 1972 | |
| Un amanta anda suelto | 1970 | |
| Un drama en Puerto Rico | 1912 | |
| Una aventura llamada Menudo Una Aventura Llamada Menudo Una Aventura Llamada Menudo is a 1982 film featuring teen boy band Menudo and Puerto Rican actress Gladys Rodríguez. The film's soundtrack received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.-Synopsis:... |
1983 | |
| Una historia común | 2004 | |
| Una mujer sin precio | 1965 | |
| Una puertorriqueña en Acapulco | 1968 | |
| Vampiros | 2004 | |
| Vendedora de amor | 1964 | |
| Victoria | 2006 | |
| Virgenes a go-go | 1964 | |
| What I tell the wind | 2008 | |
| Yellow | 2007 |
See also
- Cinema of the world
- List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of Puerto Ricans
- List of films set in Puerto Rico
- List of Caribbean films