Despite shrinking funding and growing uncertainty, Argentine filmmakers continued to release bold, vital work. These 40 titles capture a cinema navigating crisis without surrendering its creative force.
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Best Argentine Movies of 2025: A Top 40 in a Time of Crisis
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‘The Prince of Nanawa’ Review: A Remarkable Documentary of Growing Up
This three-and-a-half-hour documentary follows the life of a boy born on the border between Argentina and Paraguay across a decade of profound change and growth.
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‘The Mastermind’ Review: Kelly Reichardt Channels the Spirit of New Hollywood
A mild-mannered family man and amateur thief sets out to steal paintings from a museum in this offbeat suspense comedy from *Old Joy* director Kelly Reichardt, starring Josh O’Connor and Alana Haim.
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Best Movies of 2025: A Top 30 and Sixty More to Discover
As theatrical and at-home viewing continue to blur, this year’s Top 30 offers a snapshot of contemporary cinema—messy, diverse, and still full of discoveries.
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‘Cover-Up’ Review: Seymour Hersh and the Secrets of American Power (Netflix)
A revealing portrait of legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, this documentary traces six decades of explosive reporting that exposed war crimes, covert operations, and abuses of power. Streaming on Netflix starting December 26.
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‘Goodbye June’ Review: Kate Winslet Makes Her Directing Debut with a Star-Driven Family Drama (Netflix)
The film takes place just before Christmas, when an unexpected turn in their mother’s health thrusts four adult siblings and their exasperating father into chaos as they navigate messy family dynamics in the face of potential loss. Available on Netflix starting December 24.
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‘A Time for Bravery’ Review: An Argentine Classic Gets a Mexican Second Life (Netflix)
What began as a fresh Argentine action comedy now returns as a polished Netflix-era Mexican remake, hinting at the birth of a franchise.
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‘Breakdown: 1975’ Review: Revisiting the Last Wild Moment of American Cinema
Through films, politics, and pop culture, this documentary revisits a turbulent moment when Hollywood briefly belonged to risk-takers. Streaming on Netflix.
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‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Review: War as a First-Person Experience
A Ukrainian journalist embeds with a platoon advancing toward a strategic town, capturing a harrowing, first-person account of modern warfare where immersion blurs the line between action and consequence.
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‘Rental Family’ Review: A Soft-Edged Cross-Cultural Tale of Reinvention
An American actor adrift in Tokyo finds unexpected purpose working for a company that rents out family members, forcing him to navigate fabricated relationships, cultural misunderstandings, and his own emotional void.


