01 Two friends plan a risky raft escape to Miami just as one's sister falls for the other.
13 Best Cuban Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
Cuban cinema built its international reputation largely through ICAIC, the state film institute, whose best work managed real formal daring and social critique even under strict political limits.
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02 Two Havana musicians face the same choice between emigrating for success or staying loyal to home.
03 Two young friends run away together after their feuding families try to keep them apart.
04 A wordless documentary follows a dozen ordinary Havana residents through one full day.
05 A woman's body must be transported across Cuba, and the bureaucratic trip becomes a satire of the whole system.
06 A plantation owner's Easter charity toward his slaves reveals the era's brutal hypocrisy.
07 Three women named Lucía, in three different eras, each navigate love against Cuba's revolutionary backdrop.
08 A widower's attempt to bury his uncle's union card with him triggers an absurd bureaucratic nightmare.
09 A wealthy intellectual who stayed behind after the revolution drifts through a Havana he no longer recognizes.
10 A committed young communist's friendship with a gay intellectual challenges everything he's been taught.
11 A lifelong slacker starts a zombie-extermination business as Havana descends into a full undead outbreak.
12 A troubled eleven-year-old in Havana forms a life-changing bond with a devoted, unconventional teacher.
13 A single wedding dress circulates through a Havana neighborhood, changing the lives of everyone who borrows it.
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