The 40 most-looked-up Argentine films and where they are set
Argentine productions in Spanish, ranked by Spanish Wikipedia pageviews from August 2021 to July 2026. Places are where the story is set, not where it was filmed.
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The films behind the map
39 of the 40 are set wholly or partly in Argentina. “Outside Argentina” marks a film set wholly abroad; “+ abroad”, one largely set elsewhere.
- El secreto de sus ojos 2009Buenos Aires; ChivilcoyIMDb
- Argentina, 1985 2022the Trial of the Juntas, Buenos AiresIMDb
- Relatos salvajes 2014six stories, no place namedIMDb
- Cuando acecha la maldad 2023a rural town, no town namedIMDb
- Esperando la carroza 1985Buenos AiresIMDb
- El robo del siglo 2020AcassusoIMDb
- Nueve reinas 2000Buenos AiresIMDb
- La historia oficial 1985Buenos AiresIMDb
- El Ángel 2018Buenos AiresIMDb
- La odisea de los giles 2019Villa AlsinaIMDb
- Diarios de motocicleta 2004a road trip from Buenos Aires + abroadIMDb
- La noche de los lápices 1986La Plata; BanfieldIMDb
- Aterrados 2018Buenos AiresIMDb
- Homo Argentum 2025Buenos AiresIMDb
- Granizo 2022Córdoba Province; + an unnamed cityIMDb
- El hijo de la novia 2001Buenos AiresIMDb
- Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito 1993Buenos AiresIMDb
- El Clan 2015San IsidroIMDb
- Inseparables 2016no place namedIMDb
- La Ciénaga 2001La Mandrágora estate, SaltaIMDb
- Camila 1984Buenos Aires; GoyaIMDb
- Las viudas de los jueves 2009fictional Altos de la Cascada, a gated communityIMDb
- El cuento de las comadrejas 2019a mansion, no place namedIMDb
- El lado oscuro del corazón 1992Buenos Aires + abroadIMDb
- El patrón: radiografía de un crimen 2015Buenos AiresIMDb
- Pipa 2022a village in La Quebrada, northern ArgentinaIMDb
- La ira de Dios 2022no place namedIMDb
- Martín (Hache) 1997Buenos Aires + abroadIMDb
- El ciudadano ilustre 2016fictional Salas, Buenos Aires ProvinceIMDb
- La extorsión 2023Ezeiza airport + abroadIMDb
- Re loca 2018Buenos AiresIMDb
- La Patagonia rebelde 1974Río Gallegos; Puerto Santa CruzIMDb
- Corazón de León 2013no place namedIMDb
- Mi obra maestra 2018Buenos AiresIMDb
- Wakolda 2013BarilocheIMDb
- Un cuento chino 2011Buenos AiresIMDb
- Hombre mirando al sudeste 1986Buenos AiresIMDb
- El Polaquito 2003ConstituciónIMDb
- La virgen de la tosquera 2025the outskirts of Buenos AiresIMDb
- XXY 2007UruguayIMDb
How we placed them
Sources: Spanish Wikipedia pageviews from August 2021 to July 2026; Wikidata and the films' Spanish and English Wikipedia articles for country, language and setting.
We kept Argentine productions in Spanish and left out animated films and documentaries. Each setting is read from the film's plot: a pin marks a named town, shading an area where no town is named.
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