Cast: Rubén Blades
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Rubén Blades. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 43
Direction Abner Benaim
Cast Rosa Isabel Lorenzo · Rubén Blades · Abner Benaim · Roberto Durán
Synopsis INVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order re-define their...
6.9
31 votes
6.9
31 votes
One Man's War (TV)
1991 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sergio Toledo
Cast Anthony Hopkins · Norma Aleandro · Leonardo García · Mia Michelle
Synopsis This movie shows how a Man can fight for the truth, and how was Paraguay during this dictatorship of almost 40 years. Here U will see the corruption of this small country in South America, and the tirany that this...
6.9
107 votes
6.9
107 votes
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction Tim Robbins
Cast Hank Azaria · Rubén Blades · Joan Cusack · John Cusack
Synopsis "Based on a (mostly) true story," according to the opening titles, Tim Robbins's dazzling dramatization of one of the great stories in American theater indeed takes a few liberties with history. Ostensibly the story of the mayhem surrounding Marc Blitzstein's...
6.8
3K votes
6.8
3K votes
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Spike Lee
Cast Denzel Washington · Spike Lee · Wesley Snipes · Samuel L. Jackson
Synopsis Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
2018 · Documentary · 85 min. · Panama
Direction Abner Benaim
Cast Rubén Blades · Sting · Paul Simon
Synopsis Latin American icon Ruben Blades was at the center of the New York Salsa revolution in the 1970's. His socially charged lyrics and explosive rhythms brought Salsa music to an international audience. Blades has won 17 Grammys, acted in Hollywood,...
6.4
100 votes
6.4
100 votes
Secuestro Express
2005 · Movie · 86 min. · Venezuela
Direction Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast Mía Maestro · Rubén Blades · Carlos Julio Molina · Pedro Pérez
Synopsis Every sixty minutes a person is abducted in Latin America. 70% of the victims do not survive. "Secuestro Express" is the frightening story of one young couple's ordeal as they careen through the underbelly of Caracas, Venezuela in the hands...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
Chinese Box
1997 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Wayne Wang
Cast Jeremy Irons · Gong Li · Maggie Cheung · Ricky Hui
Synopsis New Year's Eve 1996. John (Jeremy Iron) is an English journalist moving among the Chinese business elite and British officials at expensive nightclubs. However, the politics of transition are seen through the prism of his personal relationships. He is in...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Redford
Cast Sônia Braga · Rubén Blades · Chick Vennera · John Heard
Synopsis In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Safe House
2012 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Daniel Espinosa
Cast Ryan Reynolds · Denzel Washington · Brendan Gleeson · Vera Farmiga
Synopsis Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), one of the CIA’s most dangerous traitors, resurfaces in South Africa after eluding capture for almost a decade. During his interrogation, the safe house he’s being held in is attacked by brutal mercenaries forcing rookie agent,...
6.1
23K votes
6.1
23K votes
Hands of Stone
2016 · Movie · 105 min. · Panama
Direction Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast Edgar Ramirez · Robert De Niro · Usher · Ana de Armas
Synopsis Follows the life of Roberto Duran, who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16-year-old and retired in 2002 at age 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title but shocked the...
6.0
2K votes
6.0
2K votes
The Devil's Own
1997 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Harrison Ford · Brad Pitt · Margaret Colin · Rubén Blades
Synopsis Alan J. Pakula's last film, is a character-driven thriller that confronts suspense and gritty realism head-on. Harrison Ford plays Tom O'Meara, an Irish-American cop in New York who opens his home and family to Francis "Frankie" McGuire (Brad Pitt), whom...
5.9
17K votes
5.9
17K votes
Empire
2002 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Franc Reyes
Cast John Leguizamo · Denise Richards · Peter Sarsgaard · Rubén Blades
5.7
1K votes
5.7
1K votes
Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Robert Kirkman · Adam Davidson · Kari Skogland · Stefan Schwartz
Cast Kim Dickens · Cliff Curtis · Frank Dillane · Alycia Debnam-Carey
Synopsis TV Series (2015-Present Day). 6 Seasons. A family struggle for survival during a zombie apocalypse in this AMC's spinoff that depicts the early days of the outbreak that eventually leads to 'The Walking Dead.' December 2020: a 7th Season was...
5.7
10K votes
5.7
10K votes
For Greater Glory
2012 · Movie · 142 min. · Mexico
Direction Dean Wright
Cast Andy García · Oscar Isaac · Mauricio Kuri · Eva Longoria
Synopsis A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
5.5
693 votes
5.5
693 votes
The Two Jakes
1990 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction Jack Nicholson
Cast Jack Nicholson · Harvey Keitel · Meg Tilly · Eli Wallach
Synopsis The sequel to Chinatown finds Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.
5.4
999 votes
5.4
999 votes
Disorganized Crime
1989 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Jim Kouf
Cast Fred Gwynne · Lou Diamond Phillips · Rubén Blades · William Russ
Synopsis This movie places some top thiefs, looking to steal money from a bank. The All-Star cast has many blunders on the way. Meanwhile a member of their group is missing and two cops chase after him.
5.2
26 votes
5.2
26 votes
Assassination Tango
2002 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Robert Duvall
Cast Robert Duvall · Rubén Blades · Kathy Baker · Luciana Pedraza
Synopsis John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and...
5.1
198 votes
5.1
198 votes
Homeboy
1988 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Michael Seresin
Cast Mickey Rourke · Christopher Walken · Debra Feuer · Thomas Quinn
Synopsis Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby (Debra Feuer), but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to...
5.1
330 votes
5.1
330 votes
Imagining Argentina
2003 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Christopher Hampton
Cast Antonio Banderas · Emma Thompson · Rubén Blades · Maria Canals-Barrera
Synopsis Carlos Rueda is the director of a children's theatre in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the ongoing disappearance of individuals who dare to take a stand against the dictatorship government. He returns one day to find his home empty;...
5.0
1K votes
5.0
1K votes
Predator 2
1990 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Stephen Hopkins
Cast Danny Glover · Gary Busey · Rubén Blades · Maria Conchita Alonso
Synopsis This special effects-heavy science fiction sequel moves the action from the first film's Amazon forest to the urban jungle of L.A. Danny Glover stars as Lt. Mike Harrigan, an LAPD detective baffled by his latest case, the ritualistic slaughter of...
5.0
15K votes
5.0
15K votes