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| Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | ||||||
| Amante para dos | Hugo Sofovich | Alberto Olmedo | ||||
| La Conquista del paraíso | ||||||
| Los Crápulas | ||||||
| Cosa de locos | Enrique Dawi | Palito Ortega, Carlos Balá, Enzo Bai | Musical comedy | |||
| De la misteriosa Buenos Aires | ||||||
| Gran valor en la facultad de medicina | Enrique Cahen Salaberry | Juan Carlos Calabró, Adriana Aguirre, Monica Gonzaga, José Cibrián | Comedy | Written by Abel Santacruz | ||
| El Hombre del subsuelo | ||||||
| Momentos | ||||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mire qué lindo es mi país | ||||
| Mientras me dure la vida | ||||
| Los Parchís contra el inventor invisible | Mario Sabato | Constantino Fernández, Óscar Cañada, David Muñoz, Yolanda Ventura | Comedy kids | |
| La Pulga en la oreja | ||||
| Las Vacaciones del amor | ||||
| Los Viernes de la eternidad | Héctor Olivera | Thelma Biral, Héctor Alterio, Nora Cullen, Guillermo Battaglia | Drama | Award-winning |
| Visión de un asesino | ||||
| El Violinista | ||||
| Ritmo, amor y primavera | ||||
| Sentimental | Sergio Renán | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
| Tiempo de revancha | Arturo Maly | |||
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