Highest-Rated Movies about 'Puerto Rican'

Carlito's Way (1993), Do the Right Thing (1989), Dawn of the Dead (1978), American Gangster (2007), Sleepers (1996), West Side Story (1961), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Gloria (1980) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Puerto Rican movies.

#17. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

Storyline: The movie is based on the young adult book, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Anne Brashares. As four best friends spend their first summer apart from one another, they share a magical pair of jeans. Despite being of various shapes and sizes, each one of them fits perfectly into the pants. To keep in touch they pass these pants to each other as well as the adventures they are going through while apart.

Plot Keywords: friendship, female friendship, chick flick, friendship between girls, blue hair, singing in a car, soccer match ...

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#19. Shaft (2019)

Storyline: JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ's youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem's heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ's own FBI analyst's badge may clash with his dad's trademark leather coat, there's no denying family. Besides, Shaft's got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that's professional and personal.

Plot Keywords: masculinity, strong man, hijab, sequel, fifth part, character name as title, shootout ...

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#20. The Princess Diaries (2001)

Storyline: Mia Thermopolis is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly and Lilly's older brother Michael. Making it through high school without throwing up is a challenge in itself for Mia, so it doesn't come as welcome news when her estranged grandmother shows up out of the blue and calmly informs her that she is in fact the heir to the throne of a European country called Genovia. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. She's being taught about scarves, waves and pears in order to become a perfect princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking yet sweet bodyguard/limo driver called Joe. Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in both the newspapers and in school. On top of all that Mia has a choice to make. She must decide by Genovia's Independence Day Ball whether she longs to relinquish her claim on the throne or to...

Plot Keywords: princess, makeover, cinderella story, paparazzi, police car, press, principal ...

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#21. Broken City (2013)

Storyline: In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven years later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to ...

Plot Keywords: father son relationship, fellatio, title spoken by character, gay slur, contract, kicked in the face, shot in the leg ...

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#22. Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Storyline: Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a valuable Italian marble head, missing since the war. Flashbacks tell the story of four Black soldiers who cross Tuscany's Serchio River, dodging German and friendly fire. With a shell-shocked boy in tow, they reach the village of Colognora. Orders via radio tell them to capture a German soldier for questioning about a counteroffensive. In the village, a beautiful woman, partisans that include a traitor and a local legend, the boy, and the story of a recent massacre connect to the postal worker's anguish forty years later. And the miracle?

Plot Keywords: year 1984, 1980s, 1940s, spirituality, investigation, female nudity, family relationships ...

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#23. The Comedian (2016)

Storyline: Jackie (Robert DeNiro) is a comic icon, attempting to reinvent himself despite his audience only wanting to know him as a television character he played earlier in his career. After accosting an audience member, Jackie is sentenced to community service where he meets Harmony Schiltz (Leslie Mann).—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)

Plot Keywords: stand up comedy, bee, brain, canary, carnival, cat, chicken ...

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#24. Double Whammy (2001)

Storyline: Ray Pluto is a detective with a problem due to the loss of his wife and daughter. One day, he is in a fast food place, and due to a pain in his back, he is not able to avoid a mass murderer of six people. A young boy uses his gun and kills the killer. He becomes a loser in the eyes of the police force and public opinion, and his partner convinces him to have a session with the chiropractor Dr. Ann Beamer. A complicated romance between them grows. Meanwhile, at least two other plots happen in the movie involving detective Pluto and other odd characters.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: drug dealer, cigarette smoking, black comedy, arcade game, aerobics, stabbed in the back, police station ...

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#25. Boricua (2004)

Storyline: Slice of life in a Chicago neighborhood of Puerto Ricans, or boricuas. Tata wants to win a beauty pageant, Germán wants to succeed in real estate: both have few scruples. Lola is a college student who may get involved with Willy, a macho drug dealer. Violence simmers close to the surface. Family honor, saving face, unscrupulous choices, the longing for love, and a baseball autographed by Roberto Clemente figure in how events play out.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: sex toy, sister sister relationship, vibrator, arrest, assault, autograph, blood ...

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#27. Against the Ropes (2004)

Storyline: A Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several including Toney, McKart and Hearns. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association...—austin4577@aol.com

Plot Keywords: caught in a lie, puerto rican, boxing match, police arrest, honda, punching bag, fried chicken ...

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