List of Dominican Republic films
# List of Dominican Republic films

This is a list of films produced in, set in, or related to the Dominican Republic, in chronological order.

## 1920s

| Title | Director | Genre |
| - | - | - |
| 1923 |||||
| La Leyenda de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia | Francisco Arturo Palau | |
| 1924 |||||
| La Emboscadas de Cupido | Francisco Arturo Palau | Documentary |
| La República Dominicana | Francisco Arturo Palau | Documentary |

## 1930s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 |||||

## 1940s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1940 |||||

## 1950s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1951 |||||
| Excursión de José de Diego en Santo Domingo | Rafael Colorado | | | |

## 1960s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1961 |||||
| La Gesta Libertadora del 30 de Mayo | Hugo Mateo | | Documentary |
| 1963 |||||
| La Silla | Franklin Domínguez | Camilo Carrau | Documentary |

## 1970s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1973 |||||
| La Serpiente de la luna de los piratas | Jean-Louis Jorge | Sylvia Morales, Sahdji and Jean-Phillippe Carso ewn | Drama | Jean-Louis Jorge film won an award at a film festival in Toulon, France. |
| 1974 |||||
| The Godfather Part II | Francis Ford Coppola | Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Robert Duvall | Crime drama | Scenes set in Cuba were filmed in the Dominican Republic. |
| 1975 |||||
| El Clan de los Inmorales | José Gutiérrez Maesso | Helmut Berger, Sydne Rome, and Kevin McCarthy | Drama | |
| Pantaleón y las visitadoras | José María Gutiérrez Santos and Mario Vargas Llosa | José Sacristán, Rafaela Aparicio, and Rosa Carmina | | |
| 1977 |||||
| Sorcerer | William Friedkin | Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal | Thriller | The movie was filmed in the Dominican Republic at the request of Charles Bluhdorn, whose Gulf+Western conglomerate owned Paramount. |
| 1979 |||||
| Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, and Robert Duvall | War drama | Several scenes from the movie were filmed in the Dominican Republic. |

## 1980s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 |||||
| Guaguasi | Jorge Ulla | Orestes Matacena, Marilyn Pupo, and Raimundo Hidalgo-Gato | War drama | About a love story during the Cuban revolution. |
| 1985 |||||
| Tras las huellas de Palau | René Fortunato | Francisco Arturo Palau | Documentary/Short | The history of the first Dominican filmmaker Francisco Palau, (1879–1937). |
| 1988 |||||
| Abril: La trinchera del honor | René Fortunato | | Documentary | Historical documentary of the Dominican revolt in Santo Domingo against occupying North American forces. Winner of the best Caribbean documentary in the 1990 San Juan Film Festival. |
| Un Pasaje de Ida | Agliberto Meléndez | Carlos Alfredo, Ángel Muñiz and Ángel Haché | Drama | The film was submitted to the 61st Academy Awards. |
| Tráfico de niños | Alfonso Rodriquez | Juan Maria Almonte, Jackson Delgado, and Reynaldo Disla | Drama | TV movie |
| 1989 |||||
| Cat Chaser | Abel Ferrara | Peter Weller and Kelly McGillis | Drama | A former American paratrooper and veteran of the Dominican Republic intervention, searches for a Dominican woman named Luci Palma who saved his life in 1965 (and gave him the nickname "Cat Chaser"). He begins a relationship with Mary DeBoya, the wealthy, unhappy wife of a former Dominican general who continues to use sadistic methods to get what he wants. The film was also shot in the Dominican Republic. |

## 1990s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 |||||
| Caribe | René Fortunato | | | |
| 1991 |||||
| Trujillo: El Poder del Jefe | René Fortunato | René Alfonso | Documentary | |
| 1993 |||||
| Fuga o Muerte | José (Pinky) Pintor | | | |
| 1994 |||||
| Trujillo: El Poder del Jefe II | René Fortunato | René Alfonso | Documentary | |
| 1995 |||||
| Nueba Yol: ¡Por Fin Llegó Balbuena! | Ángel Muñiz | Luisito Marti, Caridad Ravelo and Raúl Carbonell | Comedy | |
| Victor | Freddy Vargas | | Short – mockumentary | Student Short made while the director studied Communication Arts at St. John's University. Winner of the 1995 St. John's University Film and Video Student Competition: Best Film, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. It went on to win the Gold Plaque award for Student Film at the 1995 Chicago International Film Festival and was invited to the 1995 Telluride Film Festival section titled "Filmmakers of Tomorrow", sponsored by Steven Spielberg. |
| 1996 |||||
| Azúcar amarga | Leon Ichaso | | | |
| Cuatro Hombres y Un Ataúd | Pericles Mejía | Cuquín Victoria, Géraldine Danon and Rafael Villalona | Comedy | |
| Para Vivir o Morir | Pepe Romay and Radel Villalona | Miguel Bucarelly, María Castillo and Giovanny Cruz | Drama | |
| Trujillo: El Poder del Jefe III | René Fortunato | René Alfonso | Documentary | |
| 1997 |||||
| Buscando Un Sueño | Joseph Medina | Victor Checo, Rafael Decen, Lauren Vélez, and Kamar De Los Reyes | Drama | Screenplay by Freddy Vargas and Joseph Medina |
| Nueba Yol 3: Bajo la Nueva Ley | Ángel Muñiz | Luisito Marti, Raúl Carbonell, Graciela Mas, Jorge Pupo | Comedy | |
| Una Reina en Las Américas | Alfonso Rodriquez | Josefina Almonte, Orlando Alonzo, and Héctor Aníbal | Drama | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| El Hombre del Sombrero | Alfonso Rodriquez | Orlando Alonzo, Vicky Apolinario, and Angelly Aquino | Drama/Thriller | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| La Ciguapa | Alfonso Rodriquez | Rafael Arias, Leonardo J. Blanco, and Linette Caba | Drama/Romance | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| Mambé | Alfonso Rodriquez | Josefina Almonte, Orlando Alonzo, and Héctor Aníbal | Drama | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| 1998 |||||
| Balaguer: La Herencia del Tirano | René Fortunato | | Documentary | |
| La Mujer del Venao | Alfonso Rodriquez | Georgina Duluc, Humberto Espinal, and Bernardita García Smester | Drama | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| 1999 |||||
| Un Asalto en la Lincoln | Alfonso Rodriquez | Irvin Alberti, Federico Almeyda, and Vladimir Báez | Action | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| El Viejevo | Alfonso Rodriquez | Jeel Castillo, Carlos Alfredo Fatule, Bernardita García Smester | Drama | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |
| Trío en Alta Mar | Alfonso Rodriquez | Vladimir Báez, Carolina Feliz, Bernardita García Smester | Drama | TV movie, part of the Grandes Series Dominicanas |

## 2000s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 |||||
| El Círculo Vicioso | Nelson Peña | Rafael Decena, Felix Solis and Mickey Albuquerque | Action | |
| 2001 |||||
| In the Time of the Butterflies | Mariano Barroso | Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Marc Anthony, and Edward James Olmos | Drama | Inspired by a true story, In Time of the Butterflies, tells the struggle of the Mirabal sisters, who were a part of an underground plot to overthrow Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. |
| Piñero | Leon Ichaso | Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito and Talisa Soto | Drama | |
| 2002 |||||
| Washington Heights | Alfredo De Villa | Tomas Milian, Manny Pérez, and Danny Hoch | Drama | Winner of several awards including the Feature Film Award at the Austin Film Festival. |
| 2003 |||||
| Dreaming of Julia | Juan Gerard | Harvey Keitel, Gael García Bernal, Iben Hjejle and Diana Bracho | Drama | A film about the Cuban Revolution centered on Che Guevara. The movie is filmed in the Dominican Republic. |
| Éxito Por Intercambio | Miguel Vásquez | Rafael Alduey, Anthony Alvarez and Georgina Duluc | Drama | |
| The Galindez File | Gerardo Herrero | Saffron Burrows, Harvey Keitel, Eduard Fernández, Reynaldo Miravalles, Guillermo Toledo, Robert Tinkler, Chete Lera, Gerard Barray, Ben Temple and Txema Blasco | Political drama | This film portrays the story of Jesús de Galíndez, a known critic of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, who mysteriously disappeared in 1956. |
| Luis Vargas: Santo Domingo Blues | Alex Wolfe | Luis Vargas | Documentary | This documentary traces the roots of bachata, and the trajectory of both bachata's and Luis Vargas's rise to fame. |
| Pasaporte Rojo | Albert Xavier | José Alvarez, Sharon Angela, and Leila Arias | Drama | Based on an original story by Freddy Vargas |
| Perico Ripiao | Ángel Muñiz | Raymond Pozo, Manolo Ozuna and Phillip Rodríguez | Comedy | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom | Action/adventure | |
| 2004 |||||
| La Cárcel de La Victoria: El Cuarto Hombre | José Enrique Pintor | Miguel Bucarelly, Ramsés Cairo and Fausto Cepeda | Drama | |
| A Different Man | Albert Xavier | Amarfis, Michelle Méndez and Kelvin Vargas | Comedy | |
| Negocios Son Negocios | Jorge De Bernardi | Irving Alberti, Nuryn Sanlley and Karina Larrauri | Comedy | |
| Quarter to Ten | Albert Xavier | Mariluz Acosta, David Matos and Frank Perozo | Drama | |
| La Ruta | David Cavada Oruña | Pablo Ferrer, Henry Mercedes and Johnie Mercedes | Short | |
| Soy: Johnny Ventura | Guillermo Cordero | Johnny Ventura | Music | |
| 2005 |||||
| Andrea: The Revenge of the Spirit | Rogert Bencosme | Frankeli Bencosme, Priamo A. Bencosmo and Anny Ferreiras | Horror | |
| El Delivery | Juan Castillo | Chayanne Rodriguez, Marilyn Beck and Francesca Alvarez | Drama/Short | HBO aired this short 134 times. |
| The Feast of the Goat | Luis Llosa | Tomas Milian, Isabella Rossellini and Paul Freeman | Drama | |
| Los Locos También Piensan | Humberto Castellanos | Luisito Marti, Celines Toribio, and Felipe Polanco | Action | |
| La Maldición del Padre Cardona | Félix Germán | Anthony Alvarez, Pedro Abreu and Lidia Ariza | Romance | |
| Princesas | Fernando Leon de Aranoa | Candela Peña, Mariana Cordero, Micaela Nevárez, Llum Barrera, Violeta Pérez, Mònica Van Campen, Flora Álvarez, María Ballesteros, Alejandra Llorente, Luis Callejo | Drama | A drama about the sex trade in Spain involving a Dominican prostitute. |
| El Secreto de Neguri | Luis Arambilet, Pedro Guzman and Esteban Martin | Luis Arambilet, Patricia Ascuasiati and Esperanza De Alvarez | Drama | |
| Secuestro | Juan Castillo | Orestes Amador, Leidi Luna and Elvis Nolasco | Short | New York University graduate film program awards: writing, producing, editing, acting and directing. |
| Universidad de Santo Domingo, Primada de América | Angel Ruiz Bazan | | Documentary | |
| Where There Is No Water | Jonathan Muller | | Documentary | |
| 2006 |||||
| The Good Shepherd | Robert De Niro | Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, Timothy Hutton, and Joe Pesci | Drama/thriller | A spy film about the United States and Cuba, several scenes were shot in the Dominican Republic. |
| Las Luciérnagas | Gabriel Stagnaro | | | |
| Un Macho de Mujer | Alfonso Rodríguez | Roberto Angel Salcedo, Anabell Alberto and Tania Báez | Comedy | |
| Miami Vice | Michael Mann | Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx and Gong Li | Drama | Miami Vice is a 2006 American crime drama film about two Miami police detectives, Crockett and Tubbs, who go undercover to fight drug trafficking operations. The film is an adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann. The film was shot on location in the Dominican Republic. |
| Patricia y El Regreso del Sueño | René Fortunato | Juan Maria Almonte, Augusto Feria and Miguel Pérez Santana | Drama | |
| El Sofa | Nathalie Pérez | Amauta Di Marco, Lorraine Ferrand and Esar Simo | Short | |
| La Tragedia llenas: Un código 666 | Elias Acosta | Orestes Amador, Yorlla Lina Castillo and Josue Guerrero | Drama | |
| Vals | Luis Arambilet | | Musical | Official Selection, Rainier International Film Festival (RIFF) 2007 |
| La Suerte | Luis Arambilet | | Drama | Official Selection and Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the San Fernando Valley International Film Festival (VIFFI) 2007 |
| Viajeros | Carlos Bidó | Sonia Alfonso, Carlos Alfredo and Fifi Almonte | Drama | |
| 2007 |||||
| Angel of Death 2 | Andreas Bethmann | Erich Amerkamp, Christian Bau and Heiko Bender | Horror | |
| Chocolate Country | Robin Blotnick | | Documentary | Poor cacao farmers seek organic certification so they can more profitably market their product directly to the United States and in so doing improve their standard of living. Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival. |
| Love Wrecked | Randal Kleiser | Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett and Jamie-Lynn Sigler | Romantic Comedy | Romantic comedy about a girl getting stranded with a rock idol on a beach in the Dominican Republic. |
| Mi Novia Está De Madre | Archie Lopez | Roberto Angel Salcedo, Patricia Manterola and Cuquín Victoria | Comedy | |
| Sanky Panky | José Enrique Pintor | Fausto Mata, Zdenka Kalina and Tony Pascual | Comedy | The film was shown at the 24th Chicago Latino Film Festival in 2008. |
| Yuniol | Alfonso Rodríguez | Shalim Ortiz, Frank Perozo and Hemky Madera | Drama | |
| Hispaniola | Freddy Vargas | Sharlene Taule, Sergio Bosi, Jhonmerie Marion, Henssy Pichardo | Drama – short | Winner of the 2007 HBO/New York International Latino Film Festival Short Film Competition. Showed on HBO Latino for one year after its original run on HBO on Demand. |
| La Mujer de Columbus Circle | Freddy Vargas | Romi Dias, Fidel Vicioso, Mateo Gomez | Supernatural thriller – featurette | Based on Dominican writer Franklin Gutierrez's gothic short story. |
| 2008 |||||
| Al Fin y Al Cabo | Alfonso Rodríguez | Marcos Bonetti, Miguel Céspedes and Francisco Cruz | | |
| Brigada Explosiva: Misión Pirata | Rodolfo Ledo | | Mystery | |
| El Caballero de la Media Noche | Jimmy Sierra | Georges Frederick Ambroise, Odalis Bergés and Luís De Los Santos | Mystery | |
| Enigma | Robert Cornelio | Fifi Almonte, Iliá Aponte and Nashla Bogaert | Horror | |
| Excexos | José María Cabral | César León López, Laura García and Henry Hidalgo | Drama | |
| Ladrones a Domicilio | Ángel Muñiz | Rafael Alduey, Juan Maria Almonte and Miguel Bucarelly | Adventure | |
| Pinchos y Rolos | Freddy Vargas | Laura Gomez, Fidel Vicioso, Mateo Gomez, Anthony Alvarez, Sandie Luna | Comedy-Musical | Short film version of the feature film the director is working on as his debut. |
| Playball | Alfonso Rodríguez | Luis Jose Lopez, Marlene Favela and Hemky Madera | Sports Drama | A story of Dominican baseball players trying to make it to the Major Leagues. |
| Road to the Big Leagues | Jared Goodman | David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero, and Jesús Alou | Documentary | This film follows children from the Dominican Republic who rely on baseball as a way out of poverty. The film has been recognized at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and the New York Latino International Film Festival. |
| Santi Clo | José Enrique Pintor | Aquiles Correa, Manolo Ozuna and Elisa Abreu | Comedy | |
| Sugar | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Algenis Pérez Soto, Rayniel Rufino and Andre Holland | Sports Drama | The story of a young pitcher from the Dominican Republic and his journey through the farm system before making it to the Major Leagues. |
| 2009 |||||
| Cristiano de la Secreta | Archie López | Raymond Pozo, Nashla Bogaert and Luis José Germán | Comedy | |
| Los Bandoleros | Vin Diesel | Vin Diesel, Sung Kang, Michelle Rodriguez, F. Valentino Morales, and Celines Toribio | Action/short | This 20-minute film, directed by Vin Diesel, was filmed entirely in the Dominican Republic and served as a prequel to Fast & Furious. |
| Extraordinary Women | Yildalina Tatem Brache | Gladys Gutiérrez, Josefina Padilla, Sina Cabral, Dedé Mirabal, Mary Marranzini, Ivelisse Prats and Rosaflor Tatem | Documentary | A historical documentary of several key women from the Dominican Republic. |
| Fast & Furious | Justin Lin | Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, and Laz Alonso | Action | The film is set in the Dominican Republic and the two protagonists, played by Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, are living in the Dominican Republic. The film is the fourth installment in The Fast and Furious film series. Its plot involves hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. |
| La Soga | Josh Crook | Manny Pérez, Denise Quiñones and Juan Fernández | Crime | About a cop who works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case. |

## 2010s

| Title | English title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 ||||||
| La hija natural | Love Child | Leticia Tonos | Frank Perozo, Kalent Zaiz and Héctor Sierra | Drama | |
| Trópico de sangre | Tropic of Blood | Juan Delancer | Michelle Rodriguez, Juan Fernández and Sergio Carlo | Historical drama | |
| Cristo Rey | Cristo Rey | Leticia Tonos | | Drama | |
| 2014 ||||||
| Sand Dollars | | Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas | Geraldine Chaplin | Drama – fiction | Directed by Dominican and Mexican filmmakers. Set in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic. |
| El Seno de la Esperanza | | Freddy Vargas | Cheddy Garcia | Drama – short | Cheddy Garcia plays Sonia Marmolejos, a young Dominican mother of five, who helped several orphan Haitian babies after Haiti's 2010 earthquake in such a tender and unselfish way that it touched the hearts of everyone in the Dominican Republic and the world. Based on a true story. |
| 2015 ||||||
| El rey de La Habana | The King of Havana | Agustí Villaronga | Maykol David Tortolo, Yordanka Ariosa, Héctor Medina, Chanel Terrero, Jonathan Maravilla, Ileana Wilson, José María Sánchez, Jean Luis Burgos, Lia Chapman, Celines Toribio, Jazz Vilá | Drama | |
| Los Paracaidistas | Los Paracaidistas | Archie López | Fausto Mata, Irving Alberti, Cheddy Garcia and Daniel Sarcos | Comedy | |
| 2016 ||||||
| Todos los hombres son iguales | All Men Are the Same | Manuel Gómez Pereira | Frank Perozo, Christian Meier, Mike Amigorena, Nashla Bogaert, Lumi Lizardo, Cynthia Guzmán, Cecile van Welie, Hony Estrella, Josue Guerrero, Miguel Alcantara, Geisha Montes De Oca, Emil Ceballos, Georgina Duluc, Ricardo De Marchena, Raeldo López, Ariel De Marchena, Josefina Rodríguez, Augustin Rousseau, Reyna Ávalo, Amaury Sanchez, Hensy Pichardo | Comedy | |
| Ovni | Ovni | Raúl Marchand Sánchez | Tony Pascual, Christian Álvarez, Fausto Rojas, Luis del Valle, Pericles Mejía, Brian Payano Parra, Irina Pérez Herrera, Yaritza Reyes, Cecile van Welie, Carasaf Sánchez | Science fiction, Comedy | |
| 2017 ||||||
| Carpinteros | Woodpeckers | José María Cabral | Jean Jean, Judith Rodriguez Perez, Ramón Emilio Candelario | Drama | |
| Colao | Colao | Frank Perozo | Raymond Pozo, Miguel Céspedes, Manny Pérez, Nashla Bogaert, Anthony Alvarez, Evelyna Rodríguez, Celines Toribio, El Nene La Amenazzy, Austin Santos | Romantic comedy | |
| Cocote | Cocote | Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias | Vicente Santos, Judith Rodíguez, Pepe Sierra, Yuberbi Rosa, Isabel Spencer | Drama | |
| El peor comediante del mundo | El peor comediante del mundo | Luis Corporán | Phillip Rodríguez, Miguel Alcántara, Alina Vargas, Ovandy Camilo, Oscar Carrasquillo, Richard Douglas, Fausto Mata, Tony Pascual, Rafael Alduey, Ana María Arias | Comedy-drama | |
| 2018 ||||||
| Trabajo sucio | Trabajo sucio | David Pagan Mariñez | Cheddy García, Nashla Bogaert, Frank Perozo, Kenny Grullón, Jonathan Abreu, Carol Acosta, El Mayor Clásico, Yasser Michelén, Ovandy Camilo, Ana María Arias, Vicente Santos | Comedy | |
| Veneno: Primera caída – El relámpago de Jack | Veneno | Tabaré Blanchard | Manny Pérez, Pepe Sierra, Richard Douglas, Yamile Scheker, Xiomara Rodríguez | Drama, Sports, Biopic | |
| 2019 ||||||
| La Fiera y la Fiesta | Holy Beasts | Laura Amelia Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas | Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier | Drama | |

## 2020s

| Title | English title | Director | Cast | Genre |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 ||||||
| Mis 500 Locos | A State of Madness | Leticia Tonos | Luis José Germán, Jane Santos, Pavel Marcano, Ico Abreu, Rick Montero, Lia Chapman | Drama |
| 2021 ||||||
| Bantú Mama | Bantú Mama | Ivan Herrera | Clarisse Albrecht, Scarlet Reyes, Euris Javiel, Arturo Perez, Donis Taveras | Drama |
| 2022 ||||||
| Jupía | Jupia | José Gómez de Vargas & Julietta Rodríguez | David Maler, Julietta Rodríguez, Karina Noble, Luis José Germán, Elizabeth Chahin, Andy Frestner | Dark fantasy, Horror |
| El App | The Pink Unicorn | Taba Blanchard | Issac Saviñón, José Guillermo Cortines, Lydia Li, Alina Rancier, Kristen Hung, William Beckwith, Raymond Jáquez, Víctor Ramírez, Juan María Almonte, Ralph Joseph, Arturo Báez, Sebastian Kahuna, Ruairi Rhodes | Action, Thriller |
| 2023 ||||||
| Colao 2 | Colao 2 | | | |
