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- A documentary about the incredible real-life story of Porfirio Rubirosa, the most notorious playboy who ever lived.
- DirectorFernando Baez MellaStarsHéctor AníbalJulietta RodriguezVladimir AcevedoA young peasant is forced to flee for killing involuntarily an abusive guard. After an entire year hiding in a remote fishing island, he decides to return to his countryside and reunite with his wife and daughters.
- DirectorLuis ArambiletStarsAlfredo LacalleÁngeles LacalleAlfredo Lacalle (Huesca, 1943), a funny and extroverted globetrotter, member of Barcelona's "gauche divine", gives a pungent overview of the XXth century through his adventures in four continents.
- DirectorLeon IchasoStarsRené LavanMayte VilánMiguel GutiérrezGustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his father, a psychiatrist, can make four times as much playing piano at a hotel for foreigners; his sweetheart, Yolanda, wants a career as a dancer and longs for the riches of Miami; his younger brother Bobby simply wants to play rock music, and as a result is in constant trouble with the authorities. When Bobby takes a shocking step of revolt and Gustavo is refused service at a foreigners-only bar, the contradictions in his resolve to become a "new man" push him to the breaking point.
- DirectorGiancarlo Beras-GoicoStarsHéctor AníbalJuan Luis GuerraRuairi RhodesThe life of Dominican comedian, writer, TV producer and philanthropist Freddy Beras-Goico.
- DirectorJosé María CabralStarsLumy LizardoNashla BogaertJazz ViláThe lives of prostitutes at a brothel in the Dominican Republic take a dramatic turn when the U.S troops invade during the 1965 war.
- DirectorJuan DelancerStarsMichelle RodriguezJuan FernándezSergio CarloA chronicle of the struggle of the Mirabal sisters against Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship and their death at the hands of the regime.
- DirectorFélix GermánStarsAlgenis Perez SotoDalisa AlegriaManny PerezGuy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, eyewitness the assassination of his parents while crossing the Dominican border. Years later, he confronts the murderers, entangled in a vortex of revenge, love, racial hate and an uncertain future.
- DirectorVicente PeñarrochaStarsCelines ToribioPaula FerryCuquín VictoriaThe story of Maria Montez, an exotic and glamorous Dominican actress who achieved fame and popularity in Hollywood and Europe until her untimely death in 1951.
- DirectorDilia Pacheco MéndezStarsLaureano OlivaresCarlos BáezPachy MéndezThe life of Dominican businessman Víctor Méndez Capellán, from his hardworking childhood to his financial success.
- DirectorAndrés CurbeloDavid MalerStarsNashla BogaertHéctor AníbalDavid MalerAngel Maceta searches for the father he never knew, who fought in the 1965 Dominican civil war.
- DirectorPavel LópezStarsTeo TerreroRamón Emilio CandelarioMoisés VincentThe life of Dominican patriot Gregorio Urbano Gilbert, who fought against the U. S. military invasions in his country and Nicaragua.
- DirectorCarlos MorenoHugo RodríguezStarsDamián AlcázarHéctor AníbalManolo CardonaSecond part of the trilogy about the life of Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa.
- DirectorGilbert de la RosaStarsRamón Emilio CandelarioJalsen SantanaAntonio MelencianoBased on the real-life story of an inmate who became the underground boss of the Dominican Republic's most dangerous prison.
- DirectorEtzel BáezStarsIco AbreuGuillermo LirianoJoaquín BalaguerThe story about a political crime that shook the Dominican Republic in 1970. The investigation through the files of the State Chief attorney.
- DirectorRoddy PérezStarsLiz TurraDanny Radhames Vasquez CastilloFausto RojasThe Dominican Republic burns in June 1959, due to the arrival of a group of combatants in search of freedom and democracy.
- DirectorYildalina Tatem BracheStarsTomasina CabralGladys GutiérrezDede MirabalTestimonials of six outstanding Dominican women.
- DirectorCarlos BidóStarsMarco AntonioKim SkattumPeter SpeachA young Mexican witnesses the murder of two fellow immigrants at the hands of a Border Patrol officer, who also charges him with the crime. But a young lawyer takes the case, determined to find the truth.
- DirectorRené FortunatoStarsJuan BoschLáutico GarcíaSalvador Pittaluga NivarAn account of events during Juan Bosch's seven-month government 1963 in the Dominican Republic, including the coup d'etat that overthrew him.
- DirectorJean-Louis JorgeStarsTeo TerreroAlexandra MalagonCarlota CarreteroBased on the real-life story of "Crucita Yin", a woman who was accused of infidelity and child abandonment through graffiti all over Santo Domingo.
- DirectorTabaré BlanchardStarsManny PerezPepe SierraRichard DouglasThe origin and rise of the most famous Dominican wrestler of all time, Rafael Sánchez aka Jack Veneno, and his arch-nemesis, José Manuel Guzmán aka Relámpago Hernández.
- DirectorGabriella A. MosesStarsScarlet CamiloLia ChapmanJean CruzDesi (12) spends her days dreaming on the beaches of her hometown of becoming a famous singer but her goal is threatened by lies, the ever-presence of child prostitution, and the looming sinister betrayal from those who should protect her most.
- DirectorAgliberto MeléndezStarsJosé Francisco GerardinoDany De La RosaLeury BrandAn account of key events in the life of the late Dominican political leader José Francisco Peña Gómez.
- DirectorElias AcostaStarsOrestes AmadorYorlla Lina CastilloFico CruzThe film tells the story of the gruesome death of 12-year old José Rafael Llenas Aybar, who was stabbed to death by his own cousin in May 1996.
- DirectorFelix LimardoStarsAmaury NolascoEfrain FigueroaMercedes López RenardThe chronicles of the end of the Trujillo era between 1959 and 1961.