2000s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ||||||
| In the Time of the Butterflies | Mariano Barroso | Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Marc Anthony, and Edward James Olmos | Drama | Inspired by a true story, In Time of the Butterflies, tells the struggle of the Mirabal sisters, who were a part of an underground plot to overthrow Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. | ||
| Piñero | Leon Ichaso | Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito and Talisa Soto | Drama | |||
| 2002 | ||||||
| Washington Heights | Alfredo De Villa | Tomas Milian, Manny Pérez, and Danny Hoch | Drama | Winner of several awards including the Feature Film Award at the Austin Film Festival. | ||
| 2003 | ||||||
| Círculo Vicioso, El | Nelson Peña | Rafael Decena, Felix Solis and Mickey Albuquerque | ||||
| Dreaming of Julia | Juan Gerard | Harvey Keitel, Gael García Bernal, Iben Hjejle and Diana Bracho | Drama | A film about the Cuban Revolution centered around Che Guevara. The movie is filmed in the Dominican Republic. | ||
| Éxito Por Intercambio | Miguel Vásquez | Rafael Alduey, Anthony Alvarez and Georgina Duluc | Drama | |||
| Galindez File, The | Gerardo Herrero | Saffron Burrows, Harvey Keitel, Eduard Fernández, Reynaldo Miravalles, Guillermo Toledo, Robert Tinkler, Chete Lera, Gerard Barray, Ben Temple and Txema Blasco | Political Drama | This film portrays the story of Jesús de Galíndez a known critic of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, that mysteriously disappeared in 1956. | ||
| Luis Vargas: Santo Domingo Blues | Alex Wolfe | Luis Vargas | Documentary | This documentary traces the roots of Bachata, and the trajectory of both bachata's and Luis Vargas's rise to fame. | ||
| Pasaporte Rojo | Albert Xavier | José Alvarez, Sharon Angela, and Leila Arias | Drama | |||
| Perico Ripiao | Ángel Muñiz | Raymond Pozo, Manolo Ozuna and Phillip Rodríguez | Comedy | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom | Action/Adventure | |||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Cristiano de la Secreta | Archie Lopez | Nashla Bogaert, Rene Castillo and Luis José Germán | Comedy | |||
| Cárcel de La Victoria: El Cuarto Hombre, La | José Enrique Pintor | Miguel Bucarelly, Ramses Cairo and Fausto Cepeda | Drama | |||
| Different Man, A | Albert Xavier | Amarfis, Michelle Mendez and Kelvin Vargas | Comedy | |||
| Negocios Son Negocios | Jorge De Bernardi | Irvin Alberti, Nurin Sanlley and Karina Larrauri | Comedy | |||
| Quarter to Ten | Albert Xavier | Mariluz Acosta, David Matos and Frank Perozo | Drama | |||
| Ruta, La | David Cavada Oruña | Pablo Ferrer, Henry Mercedes and Johnie Mercedes | Short | |||
| Soy: Johnny Ventura | Guillermo Cordero | Johnny Ventura | Music | |||
| 2005 | ||||||
| Andrea: The Revenge of the Spirit | Rogert Bencosme | Frankeli Bencosme, Priamo A. Bencosmo and Anny Ferreiras | Horror | |||
| Delivery, El | Juan Castillo | Chayanne Rodriguez, Marilyn Beck and Francesca Alvarez | Drama/Short | HBO aired this short 134 times. | ||
| Feast of the Goat, The | Luis Llosa | Tomas Milian, Isabella Rossellini and Paul Freeman | Drama | |||
| Locos también piensan, Los | Humberto Castellanos | Luisito Marti, Celines Toribio, and Felipe Polanco | Action | |||
| Maldición del Padre Cardona, La | Félix Germán | Anthony Alvarez, Pedro Abreu and Lidia Ariza | Romance | |||
| Princesas | Fernando Leon de Aranoa | Candela Peña, Mariana Cordero, Micaela Nevárez, Llum Barrera, Violeta Pérez, Mònica Van Campen, Flora Álvarez, María Ballesteros, Alejandra Llorente, Luis Callejo | Drama | A drama about the sex trade in Spain involving a Dominican prostitute. | ||
| Secreto de Neguri, El | Luis Arambilet, Pedro Guzman and Esteban Martin | Luis Arambilet, Patricia Ascuasiati and Esperanza De Alvarez | Drama | |||
| Secuestro | Juan Castillo | Orestes Amador, Leidi Luna and Elvis Nolasco | Short | New York University graduate film program awards: writing, producing, editing, acting and directing. | ||
| Universidad de Santo Domingo, Primada de América | Angel Ruiz Bazan | Documentary | ||||
| Where There Is No Water | Jonathan Muller | Documentary | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Good Shepherd, The | Robert De Niro | Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, Timothy Hutton, and Joe Pesci | Drama/Thriller | A spy film about the United States and Cuba, several scenes were shot in the Dominican Republic. | ||
| Luciérnagas, Las | Gabriel Stagnaro | |||||
| Macho de Mujer, Un | Alfonso Rodríguez | Roberto Angel Salcedo, Anabell Alberto and Tania Báez | Comedy | |||
| Miami Vice | Michael Mann | Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx and Gong Li | Drama | Miami Vice is a 2006 American crime drama film about two Miami police detectives, Crockett and Tubbs, who go undercover to fight drug trafficking operations. The film is an adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann. The film was shot on location in the Dominican Republic. | ||
| Patricia y El Regreso del Sueño | René Fortunato | Juan Maria Almonte, Augusto Feria and Miguel Pérez Santana | Drama | |||
| Sofa, El | Nathalie Pérez | Amauta Di Marco, Lorraine Ferrand and Esar Simo | Short | |||
| Tragedia llenas: Un código 666, La | Elias Acosta | Orestes Amador, Yorlla Lina Castillo and Josue Guerrero | Drama | |||
| Vals | Luis Arambilet | Musical | ||||
| Viajeros | Carlos Bidó | Sonia Alfonso, Carlos Alfredo and Fifi Almonte | Drama | |||
| 2007 | ||||||
| Angel of Death 2 | Andreas Bethmann | Erich Amerkamp, Christian Bau and Heiko Bender | Horror | |||
| Chocolate Country | Robin Blotnick | Documentary | Poor cacao farmers seek organic certification so they can more profitably market their product directly to the United States and in so doing improve their standard of living. Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival. | |||
| Love Wrecked | Randal Kleiser | Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett and Jamie-Lynn Sigler | Romantic Comedy | It is a romantic comedy about a girl getting stranded with a rock idol on a beach in the Dominican Republic. | ||
| Mi Novia Está De Madre | Archie Lopez | Roberto Angel Salcedo, Patricia Manterola and Cuquín Victoria | Comedy | |||
| Sanky Panky | José Enrique Pintor | Fausto Mata, Zdenka Kalina and Tony Pascual | Comedy | The film was shown at the 24th Chicago Latino Film Festival in 2008. | ||
| Yuniol | Alfonso Rodríguez | Shalim Ortiz, Frank Perozo and Hemky Madera | Drama | |||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Al Fin y Al Cabo | Alfonso Rodríguez | Marcos Bonetti, Miguel Céspedes and Francisco Cruz | ||||
| Brigada Explosiva: Misión Pirata | Rodolfo Ledo | Mystery | ||||
| Caballero de la Media Noche, El | Jimmy Sierra | Georges Frederick Ambroise, Odalis Bergés and Luís De Los Santos | Mystery | |||
| Enigma | Robert Cornelio | Fifi Almonte, Iliá Aponte and Nashla Bogaert | Horror | |||
| Excexos | José María Cabral | César León López, Laura García and Henry Hidalgo | Drama | |||
| Ladrones a Domicilio | Ángel Muñiz | Rafael Alduey, Juan Maria Almonte and Miguel Bucarelly | Adventure | |||
| Playball | Alfonso Rodríguez | Luis Jose Lopez, Marlene Favela and Hemky Madera | Sports Drama | A story of Dominican baseball players trying to make it to the Major Leagues. | ||
| Road to the Big Leagues | Jared Goodman | David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero, and Jesús Alou | Documentary | This film follows children from the Dominican Republic who rely on baseball as a way out of poverty. The film has been recognized at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and the New York Latino International Film Festival. | ||
| Santi Clo | José Enrique Pintor | Aquiles Correa, Manolo Ozuna and Elisa Abreu | Comedy | |||
| Sugar | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Algenis Pérez Soto, Rayniel Rufino and Andre Holland | Sports Drama | The story of a young pitcher from the Dominican Republic and his journey through the farm system before making it to the Major Leagues. | ||
| 2009 | ||||||
| Bandoleros, Los | Vin Diesel | Vin Diesel, Sung Kang, Michelle Rodriguez, F. Valentino Morales, and Celines Toribio | Action/Short | This 20 minute film, directed by Vin Diesel, was filmed entirely in the Dominican Republic and served as a prequel to Fast & Furious. | ||
| Extraordinary Women | Yildalina Tatem Brache | Gladys Gutiérrez, Josefina Padilla, Sina Cabral, Dedé Mirabal, Mary Marranzini, Ivelisse Prats and Rosaflor Tatem | Documentary | A historical documentary of several key Women figures from the Dominican Republic. | ||
| Fast & Furious | Justin Lin | Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, and Laz Alonso | Action | The film is set in the Dominican Republic and the two protagonists, played by Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, are living in the Dominican Republic. The film is the fourth installment in The Fast and Furious film series. Its plot involves hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. | ||
| Soga, La | Josh Crook | Manny Pérez, Denise Quiñones and Juan Fernández | Crime | About a cop who works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case. | ||
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