W12 Hours is a 2001 Puerto Rican movie. It was written and directed by Raúl Marchand Sánchez, and marked both his screenwriting and directorial debut.
WAbout Us is a 2016 Costa Rican romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Hernán Jiménez, who also stars with Noelia Castaño and Marina Glezer. It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
WAmerica is a 2011 Puerto Rican drama film directed by Sonia Fritz based on a published fiction novel El Sueño de America (1996) by Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because of a rule change.
WThe Awakening of the Ants is a 2019 Costa Rican drama film directed by Antonella Sudasassi. It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WAyiti Mon Amour is a 2016 Haitian drama film directed by Guetty Felin. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Haitian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time Haiti had sent a film for consideration for the Best Foreign Language film.
WBeyond Brotherhood is a 2017 Panamanian drama film directed by Arianne Benedetti. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WBlood, Passion and Coffee is a 2019 Honduran drama film directed by Carlos Membreño. It was selected as the Honduran entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WBox 25 is a 2015 Panamanian documentary film directed by Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal. The film is about letters that were written by the men who built the Panama Canal.
WThe film El Cimarrón follows the lives of two African slaves brought to Puerto Rico during the era of slavery in the 19th Century. It is based on the life of Marcos Xiorro who conspired and planned a slave revolt in 1821.
WCocote is a 2017 Dominican Republic drama film directed by Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WCristo Rey is a 2013 Dominican Republic drama film written and directed by Leticia Tonos. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
WDancehall Queen is a 1997 indie Jamaican film written by Suzanne Fenn, Ed Wallace and Don Letts, starring Audrey Reid, who plays Marcia, a street vendor struggling to raise a bad-tempered daughter, Tanya. Directed by Don Letts and Rick Elgood.
WDays of Light is a 2019 Honduran drama suspense film directed by six directors: Gloria Carrión Fonseca, Julio López Fernández, Enrique Medrano, Mauro Borges Mora, Enrique Pérez Him and Sergio Ramírez. It was selected as the Honduran entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WDust is a 2012 Guatemalan drama film directed by Julio Hernández Cordón.
WEl Espíritu de mi Mamá is a Spanish language feature film by Ali Allie about Garifuna woman's journey home to Honduras to embrace her cultural roots. It premiered at SXSW in 1999 and later at Dawn Breakers International Film Festival. It was released on DVD in 2002 by Vanguard Cinema and was the first fictional movie featuring Garifuna actors in leading roles. It features an extended religious ritual segment with traditional Garifuna songs and traditional punta dance.
WEverybody Changes is a 2019 Panamanian drama film directed by Arturo Montenegro. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WEl fantasma de mi novia is a 2018 Dominican drama comedy film directed by Francis Disla, and stars Carmen Villalobos, and William Levy. The film premiered on May 3, 2018.
WFlight of Fancy is a 2000 Puerto Rican film directed and co-written by Noel Quiñones.
WGasolina (Gasoline) is a 2008 Guatemalan independent comedy film written and directed by Julio Hernández Cordón. The film deals with dehumanization, lack of purpose and recklessness in Guatemalan youthfulness by following the exploits of three teenage boys who go out on a midnight joyride outside their housing project, stealing gasoline from other vehicles along the way. It stars José Andrés Chamier, Carlos Dardón and Francisco Jacome.
WLa Gran Fiesta is a 1985 Puerto Rican drama film, written and directed by Marcos Zurinaga, based on a story by Ana Lydia Vega. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
WGuaguasi is a 1983 Dominican comedy film directed by Jorge Ulla. The film was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
WHéroes de Otra Patria is a 1998 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Iván Dariel Ortíz. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
WJosé is a Guatemalan feature-film social-drama by Li Cheng. It was first shown at the 75th Venice Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section on 6 September 2018. It is the first Guatemala and Central America film ever presented in Venice Film Festival.
WLand of Ashes is a 2019 Costa Rican drama film directed by Sofía Quirós Ubeda. It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WLove Child is a 2011 Dominican Republic drama film written and directed by Leticia Tonos. The film was selected as the Dominican Republic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
WMedea is a 2017 Costa Rican drama film directed by Alexandra Latishev Salazar. It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WMiente is a 2009 Puerto Rican drama film directed by Rafi Mercado, and based on the novel "Different", written by Javier Ávila. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. The film won the inaugural Havana Star Prize for Best Director in 2010 at the 11th Havana Film Festival New York.
WMorazán is a 2017 Honduran drama film directed by Hispano Durón. It was selected as the Honduran entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time Honduras had sent a film for consideration for the Best Foreign Language film.
WNueba Yol is a 1995 Dominican comedy film directed by Ángel Muñiz. The film was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
WOf Love and Other Demons is a 2009 Costa Rican-Colombian drama film directed by Hilda Hidalgo. The film was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez.
WOne Love is a 2003 Jamaican film starring Ky-Mani Marley and Cherine Anderson. It was written by Trevor D. Rhone and directed by Rick Elgood and Don Letts.
WOne Way Ticket is a 1988 Dominican drama film directed by Agliberto Meléndez. The film was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
WOperation Just Cause is a 2019 Panamanian drama film directed by Luis Franco Brantley and Luis Pacheco. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WPaging Emma is a 1999, English-language film written and directed by Roberto Busó-García. It is set in Puerto Rico.
WA Place in the Caribbean is a 2017 Honduran drama/romance film written and directed by Juan Carlos Fanconi.
WUnos Pocos con Valor is a Honduran film based on the book Los Pájaros de Belén by Mario Berrios, released in Honduras on August 20th 2010. Based on real life events, the story follows a group of special forces police officers who come up against the most dangerous gang in Honduras.
WPresos (Inmate) is a 2015 Costa Rican drama film directed by Esteban Ramirez. The film was selected as entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WThe Projectionist is a 2019 Dominican drama film directed by José María Cabral. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WRed Princesses is a 2013 Costa Rican drama film directed by Laura Astorga. It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
WRuben Blades Is Not My Name is a 2018 Panamanian documentary film directed by Abner Benaim. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WSe le movió el piso: A portrait of Managua is a documentary film by Anne Aghion about the many layers of destruction that the people in Managua, Nicaragua endured: the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, four decades of dictatorship and many years of war. Most of the film was centered on the Salazar theater and the many families that lived there. Sofía Montenegro, a journalist and a former Sandinista, was also interviewed as a person who lived and experienced the challenges of the Managuans.
WLa Soga is a 2009 action film directed by Josh Crook starring Manny Pérez and Denise Quiñones. It tells the story of Luisito, a brave man who risks everything to find justice. The film is a story of redemption set in the neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic and Washington Heights, New York.
WThe Sound of Things is a 2016 Costa Rican drama film directed by Ariel Escalante. It was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WA State of Madness is a 2020 Dominican drama film directed by Leticia Tonos. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
WStones in the Sun is a 2012 Haitian American film written and directed by Patricia Benoit and starring Edwidge Danticat, Michele Marcelin, Diana Masi, Thierry Saintine, Patricia Rhinvil, James Noel, and Carlo Mitton. It premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Director.
WSugar Fields is a 2016 Dominican Republic drama film directed by Fernando Baez Mella. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
WTaínos is a 2005 Puerto Rican film written and directed by Benjamín López. The film follows Sara Cordero (Miró), a young archaeology student, who organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave in the town of Comerío with three friends. A young and mysterious man called Yabey (Reyes) offers to guide her expedition. As they venture deeper into the forest, they discover a tribe of Taíno Indians living away from civilization. This event and other circumstances spark a series of conflicts that divide and endanger the whole group.
WThieves and Liars is a 2006 Puerto Rican film directed by Ricardo Méndez Matta. It was Puerto Rico's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
WTremors is a Guatemalan-French drama film, directed by Jayro Bustamante and released in 2019. The film stars Juan Pablo Olyslager as Pablo, a religious man who is coping with the aftermath of having come out as gay after having spent many years married to a woman and fathering children.
WUnder My Nails is a Puerto Rican erotic crime thriller film directed by Ari Maniel Cruz, and written, produced and starting Kisha Tikina Burgos. It also stars actor Antonio Pantojas. The film's title refers to its primary protagonist's occupation as a nail salon tech. It is set in New York City, New York, United States.
WVeneno: Primera caída – El relámpago de Jack is a 2018 sports biopic about the Dominican Republic wrestler Jack Veneno. Directed by Tabaré Blanchard and starring Manny Pérez, it is the first part of a planned trilogy.
WThe Vessel is a 2016 film starring Martin Sheen. Cuban American filmmaker Julio Quintana wrote and directed and his brother Lucas Quintana stars alongside Sheen. Terrence Malick was an executive producer on the film. The movie was filmed in English and Spanish, with each speaking scene shot in both languages, using a Puerto Rican bilingual cast. The film was shot primarily in La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
WViaje is a 2015 Costa Rican romance film directed and written by Paz Fábrega. It had its world premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, where it met with positive reviews. The film is shot in black-and-white.
WWho's the Boss? is an American sitcom television series created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984, to April 25, 1992. Produced by Hunter-Cohan Productions in association with Embassy Television and Columbia Pictures Television, the series starred Tony Danza as Tony Micelli, a former major league baseball player who relocates to Fairfield, Connecticut, to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, played by Judith Light. Also featured were Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond.
WWoodpeckers is a 2017 Dominican Republic drama film directed by José María Cabral. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. In 2017, Cabral won the Havana Star Prize for Best Director for the film at the 18th Havana Film Festival New York.
WYo soy Boricua, pa'que tú lo sepas! is a documentary film co-directed by Liz Garbus and Rosie Perez, in which Perez explores Puerto Rican culture and history, from New York City's Puerto Rican Day Parade to a broader examination of Puerto Rico's past.
WLa Yuma is a 2009 Nicaraguan drama film directed by Florence Jaugey. The film was selected as the Nicaraguan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist.