List of Venezuelan films
This is a '''list of films produced in Venezuela.'''
1940s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1941 | - | - | - | - |
| Juan de la calle | Rafael Rivero | Social cinema | Production by Rómulo Gallegos | |
| 1945 | - | - | - | - |
| Alma llanera | Manuel Pelufo | |||
| Las Aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana | José María Galofré | |||
| Dos hombres en la tormenta | Rafael Rivero | |||
| 1949 | - | - | - | - |
| La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Juana Sujo, Tomás Henríquez | Drama | Cannes Film Festival winner: Best Cinematography |
1950s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1950 | - | - | - | - |
| La Escalinata | César Enríquez | Independent film | ||
| El demonio es un ángel | Carlos Hugo Christensen | |||
| 1952 | - | - | - | - |
| Reverón | Margot Benacerraf | Documentary | ||
| 1953 | - | - | - | - |
| Luz en el páramo | Víctor Urruchúa | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| 1957 | - | - | - | - |
| Caín Adolescente | Román Chalbaud | Carlota Ureta Zambrano, Milagros del Valle, Edgar Jimenez, Rafael Briceño | Drama | Román Chalbaud's first movie |
| 1959 | - | - | - | - |
| Araya | Margot Benacerraf | José Ignacio Cabrujas | Documentary | 1959 Cannes Film Festival nominee: Golden Palm |
1960s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1962 | - | - | - | - |
| Séptimo Paralelo | Elia Marcelli | |||
| 1963 | - | - | - | - |
| Cuentos para mayores | Román Chalbaud | Manuel Poblete, Carmen Mesutti, Héctor Cabrera | ||
| 1964 | - | - | - | - |
| Isla de sal | Clemente de la Cerda | Simón Díaz, Lila Morillo | Clemente de la Cerda's first movie | |
| 1965 | - | - | - | - |
| EFPEUM | Science fiction | |||
| La ciudad que nos ve | Jesús Enrique Guédez | Mockumentary | Social compromise film | |
| 1968 | - | - | - | - |
| La Universidad Vota en Contra | Jesús E. Guédez | Documentary |
1970s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1971 | - | - | - | - |
| Chévere o La victoria de Wellington | Román Chalbaud | Eva Moreno, José Royo, Alfredi Berry | ||
| 1973 | - | - | - | - |
| Cuando quiero llorar no lloro | Mauricio Walerstein | Valentín Trujillo, Orlando Urdaneta, Verónica Castro, Miguel Ángel Landa, Haydée Balza Fernando Arriaga, Rafael Briceño | Drama | Film based on the homonymous novel Cuando quiero llorar no lloro by Miguel Otero Silva; entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1975 | - | - | - | - |
| Crónica de un subversivo latinoamericano | Mauricio Walerstein | |||
| La Quema de Judas | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Hilda Vera, Rafael Briceño | Drama | 9th Moscow International Film Festival nominee: Grand Prize |
| 1976 | - | - | - | - |
| Compañero Augusto | Enver Cordido | Orlando Urdaneta, María Grazia Bianchi, Rafael Cabrera, Jesús Maella, Julio Mota, Chelo Rodríguez | Drama | |
| Soy un delincuente | Clemente de la Cerda | Haydée Balza | Special Jury Prize at 1977 Locarno International Film Festival | |
| 1977 | - | - | - | - |
| El Cine Soy Yo | Luis Armando Roche | Asdrúbal Meléndez, Juliet Berto, Alvaro Roche | Drama | Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival |
| El Pez que Fuma | Román Chalbaud | Hilda Vera, Orlando Urdaneta, Haydée Balza, Miguel Ángel Landa | Comedy / drama | |
| Los Tracaleros | Alfredo Lugo | Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Toco Gómez | Comedy / drama | |
| Panamá | Jesús Enríque Guédez | - | - | |
| Se llamaba SN | Luis Correa | Asdrúbal Meléndez, José Torres, María Gracia Bianchi, Pedro Marthan, Ricardo Blanco | Historical | - |
| Se solicita muchacha de buena presencia y motorizado con moto propia | Alfredo Anzola | - | ||
| 1978 | - | - | - | - |
| Carmen, la que contaba 16 años | Román Chalbaud | Mayra Alejandra, Miguel Ángel Landa, Carlos Márquez | Drama | |
| El cabito | Daniel Oropeza | Carlos Carrera, Chony Fuentes, Gabriel Martínez, Hermelinda Alvarado, María Grazia Bianchi, Oscar Ibarra | - | |
| La empresa perdona un momento de locura | Mauricio Walerstein | Simón Díaz, Eva Mondolfi, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Iván Feo | Comedy | Screened at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. |
| Yo hablo a Caracas | Carloz Azpurúa | Documentary | ||
| 1979 | - | - | - | - |
| Bodas de papel | Román Chalbaud | |||
| Bolívar, sinfonía tropikal | Diego Rísquez | |||
| El rebaño de los ángeles | Román Chalbaud | Mary Soliani, Pilar Romero, Alicia Plaza | Fiction | |
| Manuel | Alfredo Anzola | Víctor Cuica, Alejo Felipe, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Julio Mota, Virginia Urdaneta | ||
| País Portátil | Iván Feo | Alejandra Pinedo, Héctor Duvauchelle, Iván Feo | Fiction | Film based on the novel of the same name by Adriano González León |
| Simplicio | Franco Rubartelli | Guillermo Montesinos, David Lares, Luis Salazar, Antonio Rodríguez | ||
| Trampa inocente | Oziel Rodríguez | Bienvenido Roca, José Torres, Hilda Vera, María Fernanda di Giacobbe, Arturo Calderón | ||
| Travelling Companion | Clemente de la Cerda | Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival |
1980s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1980 | - | - | - | - |
| Historias de amor y brujería | Carlo Cosmi | - | - | |
| 1981 | - | - | - | - |
| La Propia Gente | Carlos Azpúrua, Carlos Oteyza, Jacobo Penzo | Documentary | ||
| 1982 | - | - | - | - |
| Cangrejo | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, América Alonso, Carlos Márquez | Drama | Based on the book Cuatro Crímenes: Cuatro Poderes, by Fermín Mármol León |
| Domingo de resurrección | César Bolívar | |||
| Los Criminales | Clemente de la Cerda | |||
| The Wedding | Thaelman Urguelles | |||
| 1983 | - | - | - | - |
| La Gata Borracha | Román Chalbaud | |||
| The House of Water | Jacobo Penzo | |||
| 1984 | - | - | - | - |
| Adiós Miami | Antonio Llerandi | |||
| Cangrejo II | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Jean Carlo Simancas, Toco Gómez | ||
| Cóctel de camarones | Alfredo Anzola | Adriana Villalba, Alba Roversi, Alejandro Corona | Comedy | |
| Homicidio culposo | César Bolívar | Elba Escobar, Javier Vidal, Jean Carlos Simancas | Drama | |
| La hora del tigre | Alfredo Lugo | |||
| La muerte insiste | Javier Blanco | Based in the novel L'Assassin maladroit by René Reouven | ||
| Macho y hembra | Mauricio Walerstein | |||
| Morituri | Philippe Toledano | |||
| 1985 | - | - | - | - |
| Oriana | Fina Torres | Doris Wells, Maya Oloe | Drama | Won the Golden Camera Award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
| Ratón de ferretería | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Jenny Noguera, Rafael Briceño | ||
| Más allá del silencio | César Bolívar | Maria Isabel Calderón, Julie Restifo, Ileanna Simancas | ||
| Agonia | Joseph Novoa | Maria Eugenia Carrasco, Aminta de Lara Aminta de Lara. Jorge Díaz, Juan Manuel Montesinos | Drama | |
| 1986 | - | - | - | - |
| Ifigenia | Iván Feo | Marialejandra Martín, Adriano González León, Vilma Ramia | Drama | |
| Pequeña revancha | Olegario Barrera Monteverde | Nominated for the 1st Goya Awards as Best Iberoamerican Film. | ||
| 1987 | - | - | - | - |
| Macu, The Policeman's Woman | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Daniel Alvarado, María Luisa Mosquera, Ana Castell | Drama | |
| La oveja negra | Román Chalbaud | Eva Blanco, Arturo Calderón, Javier Zapata | Drama |
2000s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 2000 | - | - | - | - |
| Caracas Amor a Muerte | Gustavo Balza | Luis Fernández, Iván Tamayo | Drama | Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival winner: Best Film |
| Cédula Ciudadano | Diego Velasco | Héctor Palma, Luis Colmenares, Dimas González, Rolando Padilla, Benjamin Rausseo, Orlando Urdaneta | Comedy | |
| Manuela Sáenz | Diego Rísquez | Beatriz Valdés, Mariano Álvarez | Drama | |
| Borrón y Cuenta Nueva | Henrique Lazo | Mimí Lazo, Luis Fernández, Elba Escobar | Comedy | Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film |
| Oro Diablo | Joseph Novoa | Drama | ||
| 2002 | - | - | - | - |
| The Archangel's Feather | ||||
| 2003 | - | - | - | - |
| B-Happy | Gonzalo Justiniano | Manuela Martelli, Eduardo Barril, Lorene Prieto, Felipe Ríos, Ricardo Fernández | Drama | Winner: CICAE Award - Best Film |
| Una casa con vista al mar | Alberto Arvelo | Imanol Arias, Leandro Arvelo | Drama | Miami Film Festival winner: Best Director |
| Yotama se va volando | Luis Armando Roche | Edgar Ramírez, Beatriz Vásquez | Drama | Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film |
| 2004 | - | - | - | - |
| Punto y Raya | Elias Schneider | Roque Valero, Edgar Ramírez | Action / drama / comedy | Bogotá Film Festival winner: Best Director |
| X-Ray of a Lie | Wolfgang Schalk | Documentary | ||
| Habana, Havana | Alberto Arvelo | Raúl Eguren, Israel Guerra | Drama | Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film |
| 2005 | - | - | - | - |
| Secuestro Express | Jonathan Jakubowicz | Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux, Carlos Julio Molina, Ruben Blades, Niga Sibilino & Budu | Drama | British Independent Film Award nominee: Best Foreign Film |
| 1888, El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel | Alfredo Anzola | Marco Villarubia, Elba Escobar | Drama | ANAC Awards: Best Art Direction & Best Cinematography |
| El Caracazo | Román Chalbaud | Fernando Carrillo, Yanis Chimaras, Mimí Lazo, Francis Rueda | Drama | ANAC Awards: Best Supporting Actress |
| Maroa | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Tristán Ulloa, Yorlis Domínguez, Elba Escobar | Drama | Venezuela's Official Selection for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| Francisco de Miranda | Diego Rísquez | Luis Fernández | History / drama | |
| Tocar y Luchar | Alberto Arvelo | José Antonio Abreu, Gustavo Dudamel | Documentary | Miami Film Festival: Best Documentary |
| El Don | Joseph Novoa | Laureno Olivares | Drama, Accion | |
| Elipsis | Eduardo Arias-Nath | Édgar Ramírez, Seu Jorge, Jean Paul Leroux | Drama / crime | |
| Mi Vida por Sharon, ¿o qué te pasa a ti? | Carlos Azpúrua | Mimi Lazo, Carlos Mata, Vicente Tepedino | Comedy | |
| 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| 13 Segundos | Freddy Fadel | Daniela Alvarado, Carmen Julia Álvarez, Nohely Arteaga | Drama | |
| El Señor Presidente | Rómulo Guardia | Drama | Adaptation of the 1946 homonymous novel by Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias | |
| Puras Joyitas | César Oropeza | Mario Cimarro, Miguel Ferrari, Erich Wildpret | Action / comedy | |
| Una abuela virgen | Olegario Barrera | Daniela Alvarado, Antonio Delli, Marlene De Andrade, Iván Tamayo | Comedy | |
| Cyrano Fernandez | Alberto Arvelo | Edgar Ramirez, Pastor Oviedo, Jessika Grau | Action / romance | Malaga Film Festival Best Latin American Film |
| Postcards from Leningrad | Mariana Rondon | Laureano Olivares, Greisy Mena | Drama / tragicomedy | Biarritz Film Festival winner; Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film nominee |
| 2008 | - | - | - | - |
| Bloques | Carlos Caridad, Alfredo Hueck | Dimas González, Lourdes Valera, Nohely Arteaga | Drama | |
| The Color of Fame | Alejandro Ballame | Elaiza Gil, Alberto Alifa, Miguel Ferrari | Drama | |
| La Virgen Negra | Ignacio Castillo Cotin | Carmen Maura, Matheus Nachtergaele, Carolina Torres | Comedy | |
| A mi me gusta | Ralph Kinnard | Mónica Pasqualotto, Jonathan Ashford | Romance / comedy | |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - |
| Día naranja | Alejandra Szeplaki | Carolina Riveros, Bernarda Pagés, Martina García | Comedy | Venezuelan, Colombian and Argentinean co-production |
| Libertador Morales, el Justiciero | Efterpi Charalambidis | Rafael Gil, Alba Vallvé | Comedy | |
| Swing con son | Rafael Marziano Tinoco | Caridad Canelón, Billo Frómeta, Rafa Galindo, Alberto Naranjo, María Rivas | Documentary / history / musical | |
| Venezzia | Haik Gazarian | Alfonso Herrera, Ruddy Rodríguez | Drama | |
| Zamora: Tierra y hombres libres | Román Chalbaud | Alexander Solórzano, Eric Ekvall, Antonio Machuca | Historical |
2010s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 2010 | - | - | - | - |
| Cheila: Una Casa Pa' Maita | Eduardo Barberena | Endry Cardeño, Violeta Alemán, José Manuel Suárez | Drama | Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival |
| Habana Eva | Fina Torres | Prakriti Maduro, Juan Carlos García | Comedy | Best Movie at the New York Latino Film Festival |
| Hermano | Marcel Rasquin | Eliú Armas, Fernando Moreno | Drama | Best Movie at the Moscow Film Festival; Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film |
| Taita Boves | Luis Alberto Lamata | Juvel Vielma, Daniela Alvarado, Gledys Ibarra | Historical | |
| La Hora Cero | Diego Velasco | Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Erich Wildpret, Nana Ponceleon, Albi de Abreu, Antonio Cuevas, Marisa Roman | Action | |
| El Chico que Miente | Marite Ugas | Iker Fernandez, Francisco Denis, Beatriz Vazquez, Gladys Prince, Aldrin Sterling | Drama | |
| Yours | Ivan Mazza | Albi De AbreuArmando CabreraPrakriti Maduro | Short | |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| No Stingray Pie for Dinner Tonight | Braulio Rodríguez | Luis Carreño | Comedy short | |
| Reverón | Diego Rísquez | Luigi Sciamanna, Sheila Monterola, Luis Fernández, Prakriti Maduro | Drama | Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival |
| Yo, indocumentada | Andrea Baranenko | Tamara Adrián | Documentary | Represented Venezuela and was part of the 2013 official selection of the United Nations Association Film Festival. |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| Breach in the Silence | Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez | |||
| Caracas, las dos caras de la vida | Jackson Gutiérrez | |||
| Pipí Mil Pupú 2 Lucas | Enrique R. Bencomo Fernando R. Bencomo | Action Comedy | ||
| Rock, Paper, Scissors | Hernán Jabes | Drama | ||
| Tiempos de dictadura | Documentary | Film about the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez | ||
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| Alt | Alejandro Hernández | Edmary Fuentes Gustavo Finol | Short | |
| Bad Hair | Mariana Rondón | Beto Benites | ||
| Bolívar, Man of Difficulties | Luis Alberto Lamata | Roque Valero | Historical | |
| Galus Galus | Clarissa Duque | Short | ||
| High Noon | Ivan Mazza | Gabriel Rojas, Pedro Gómez, Prakriti Maduro, Edgar Noria, Efraín Romero, Gustavo Santana | Short | |
| The Liberator | Alberto Arvelo | Historical | Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, making the January Shortlist. | |
| Jacinto Convit | Sergio Monsalve | Documentary | ||
| La distancia más larga | Claudia Pinto | Carme Elias, Omar Moya, Ivan Tamayo | Drama | Nominated for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 29th Goya Awards. |
| La pura mentira | Carlos Malavé | Mariaca Semprún, Ernesto Calzadilla, Gigi Zanchetta, Jesús Cervo | Comedy | |
| Papita, maní, tostón | Luis Carlos Hueck | Comedy | Highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan cinema. | |
| The House at the End of Time | Alejandro Hidalgo | Ruddy Rodríguez | Horror | Highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan cinema and the most internationally distributed Venezuelan film. |
| The Return | Patricia Ortega | Daniela González, Sofía Espinoza, Laureano Olivares, Jessica González | Drama | |
| Valle Cocodrilo | Leticia Patrizi | Short | ||
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| Blue and Not So Pink | Miguel Ferrari | Guillermo García, Nacho Montes, Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres, Alexander Da Silva, Sócrates Serrano, Elba Escobar, Beatriz Valdés | Drama | Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language at the 28th Goya Awards in 2014 |
| Corpus Christi | César Bolívar | Carlos Cruz, Jariana Armas, Marcos Moreno | ||
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| El desertor | Raúl Chamorro | Magdiel González, Eliane Chipia, Leónidas Urbina, Glenda Mendoza, Mercedes López, Salvador Villegas | Drama | |
| El malquerido | Diego Rísquez | Chyno Miranda | Drama | |
| From Afar | Lorenzo Vigas | Drama | Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. | |
| Gone with the River | ||||
| Km 72 | Samuel Henríquez | Gustavo Rodríguez, Frank Spano, George Akram, Indra Santamaría, Jesús Nunes | Cine Negro | |
| Muerte Suspendida | Óscar Rivas Gamboa | Zapata 666 Mayra Africano Asdrúbal Blanco Óscar Pérez | Action | |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| CAP 2 Intentos | Documentary | Film about the two non-consecutive tenures of President Carlos Andrés Pérez. | ||
| El Amparo | Rober Calzadilla | Giovanny García Vicente Quintero Samantha Castillo Vicente Peña Rossana Hernández | Historical | |
| La Soledad | Jorge Thielen Armand | Jose Dolores López, Adrializ López, Jorge Roque Thielen | Drama | Premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival |
| Tamara | Elia Schneider | Luis Fernández, Prakriti Maduro, Mimí Lazo, Karina Velásquez, Carlota Sosa, Julie Restifo, Tamara Adrián | Drama Romance | |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| El Inca | Ignacio Castillo Cottin | Sports Drama | ||
| In the Shadow of the Revolution | J. Arturo Albarrá Clifton Ross | Documentary | ||
| The Family | Gustavo Rondón Córdova | Drama | ||
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| Being Impossible | Patricia Ortega | Drama | ||
| Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century | Documentary | Best documentary in the New York International Films Infest Festival. | ||
| El pueblo soy yo | Enrique Krauze, Fernando Mires, Loris Zanatta, Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Ana Rosa Torres | Documentary | Nominated in the 34th Guadalajara International Film Festival for the feature-length documentary category. | |
| They Call Us Warriors | Jennifer Socorro David Alonso Edwin Corona Ramos | Documentary | ||
| Simón | Diego Vicentini | Christian McGaffney, Kelley Mack, Steve Wilcox, Alexandra Hoover | Short | Feature film produced. |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| Colateral | Lucrecia Cisneros | Documentary | ||
| Infection | Flavio Pedota | Rubén Guevara, Leonidas Urbina, Magdiel González, Genna Chanelle Hayes | Horror | Best Ibero-American Film award at the 2019 Guadalajara International Film Festival. |