Plot: The story, set in 1999, is told in flashback form: in June 1974 a federal justice agent, Benjamín Espósito, becomes spellbound by and subsequently entangled in the investigation of the crime of a young woman, brutally raped and murdered inside her house in a Buenos Aires neighbourhood. Her widowed husband, bank employee Ricardo Morales, is shocked by the news; Espósito vows to find the killer and bring him to justice.

Why See It: Winner of the 2009 Best Foreign Film at the 82nd Oscars.

Cast: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago

Plot: “The Motorcycle Diaries” is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s. Written by bdorfman

Why See It: An intruiging look into the life of a young Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The trip serves to expose a Latin American identity as well as explore the identity of one of its most memorable revolutionaries.

Cast: Gael García Bernal , Rodrigo De la Serna, Mercedes Morán

Plot: Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the “nine queens”).

Why See It: An exciting heist movie filled with twists and turns. Nothing is what it seems.

Cast: Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice