Screenplay: Juan Carlos Tabío

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Juan Carlos Tabío. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Waiting List

2000 · Movie · 102 min. · Cuba

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Too Afraid of Life, or Splat!

1988 · Movie · 90 min. · Cuba

Direction Juan Carlos Tabío

Cast Daisy Granados · Thais Valdés · Raúl Pomares · Jorge Cao

Plot This comedic film gives a nonconformist view about everything. The heroine is constantly attacked by a mysterious hand that throws eggs at her house. Limited by her prejudices and fears...

6.5

135 votes

6.5

135 votes

Guantanamera

1995 · Movie · 96 min. · Cuba

Direction Tomás Gutiérrez Alea · Juan Carlos Tabío

Cast Jorge Perugorría · Carlos Cruz · Mirta Ibarra · Raúl Eguren

Plot When Aunt Yoyita dies during a visit to Gina in Guantánamo, Gina, along with Yoyita's childhood sweetheart, the aging Cándido, must take the body to Havana. To their annoyance, Gina's...

6.4

6K votes

6.4

6K votes

House of Swap

1984 · Movie · 103 min. · Cuba

Direction Juan Carlos Tabío

Cast Mario Balmaseda · Rine Cruz · Rosita Fornés · Mirta Ibarra

Plot Gloria, Yolanda's mother, exchanges their old house in Guanabacoa for a modern apartment in Vedado to keep Yolanda away from her boyfriend, but her plans soon backfire.

6.1

112 votes

6.1

112 votes

Horn of Plenty

2008 · Movie · 107 min. · Cuba

Direction Juan Carlos Tabío

Cast Jorge Perugorría · Enrique Molina · Paula Ali · Yoima Valdés

Plot It tells the story of the Castiñeiras, a poor family which receives the news of a millionaire inheritance payable to all family members. Such unsettling event upsets the peaceful way...

5.9

807 votes

5.9

807 votes

Hasta cierto punto

1983 · Movie · 88 min. · Cuba

5.8

86 votes

5.8

86 votes

The Elephant and the Bicycle

1994 · Movie · 81 min. · Cuba

Direction Juan Carlos Tabío

Cast Luis Alberto García · Lillian Vega · Raúl Pomares · Martha Farré

Plot After two years in jail, El Isleño returns to the island of La Fe, ruled by the dictator Francisco Gavilán. He arrives with a cinematograph and exhibits "Robin Hood" to...

5.8

57 votes

5.8

57 votes

So Far Away

2003 · Movie · 98 min. · Cuba

5.2

191 votes

5.2

191 votes

Not rated

Dolly Back (S)

1986 · Movie · 11 min. · Cuba

Not rated

Not rated