This is a list of fictional films in which tango is a major theme or persistent presence. I am aware that it is incomplete: viewing and adding titles is an ongoing project. It goes from the ones I saw earliest (as best as I can recall) to the most recently. In "detail view," you can read my comments. Some I haven't watched yet are at the bottom. See also my lists of Tango Documentaries (e.g., "Our Last Tango) and Hera and There (non-tango films with a tango scene or element, e.g., "Scent of a Woman"). What film goes on what list is, needless to say, debatable.

Proyectos cinematográficos de Puerto Rico

Alba Nydia Díaz, Ilsa Vega, Gladys Rodriguez, Benjamin Morales, Juan Luis Acevedo, Joseph Lando, and Efrain Rosa in The Power of Shakti (1996)

Homero Manzi, un poeta en la tormenta (2009)

Lista personal en actualización constante

Movies that capture the beauty of dancing tango, in one way or another 

ICM Forum's Favourite Latin American & Caribbean Films 2023 - All Votes

In 1995, to celebrate the centenary of cinema, UNESCO worked together with film archives from 49 countries to "compile and publish a list of approximately 15 films each country considers to be representative of its most significant national cinematic heritage." UNESCO suggested that they consider historical importance and cultural/artistic value, but each film archive was allowed to define its own criteria to determine which films were important.

The films of each country are listed in the order of the source-pdf. These countries are included. Angola, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, The Holy See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Macedonia, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela, Yugoslavia

These films or collections on the source-pdf are not included in this list, because they are not on IMDb: Canada: 
* A Selection of OMPB Films Produced between the two World Wars
* A Selection of Film Produced by the Government of Canada before the Creation of the National Film Board
* Royal Welcome, 8 unknown titles from the Canadian Cameo Series
* 4 unknown reels from "Shorts Produced at the London Headquarters of the Canadian Army during the last War"
* Animated Films of the National Film Board
Ecuador: 
* part of Obra Filmica Documental Miguel A. Alvarez (35 shorts are included so far)
* Obra Filmica Documental Karl Gartelman
Kazakhstan: 
* Two Days in Spring
* Baiterek


Afonso Malheiro in Quem Faz Correr Quim (1991)

Chayanne and Dayanara Torres in Linda Sara (1994)

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