Ernesto Rafael "Che" Guevara de la Serna (14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger and disease he witnessed. His burgeoning desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Árbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology. Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second in command and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime. Guevara remains both a revered and reviled historical figure, polarized in the collective imagination in a multitude of biographies, memoirs, essays, documentaries, songs and films. As a result of his perceived martyrdom, poetic invocations for class struggle and desire to create the consciousness of a "new man" driven by moral rather than material incentives, Guevara has evolved into a quintessential icon of various leftist movements. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, while an Alberto Korda photograph of him, titled Guerrillero Heroico, was cited by the Maryland Institute College of Art as "the most famous photograph in the world". Description above from the Wikipedia article Che Guevara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 14, 1928
- October 9, 1967 (aged 39)
- Rosario, Argentina
- Actor and writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 36 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Cuba, l'histoire secrète (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Cuba, Batista et la mafia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Ernesto Guevara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Che: Part Two(2008)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Che: Part One(2008)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Chevolution(2008)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Kordavision: The man who shot Che Guevara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsChe Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Kubánske otázniky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Nunca asistas a este tipo de fiestas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Che, Today and Always (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
ORG (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Che (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
World in Action: End of a Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
World in Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Che Guevara, les visages du Che (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Fidel Castro: We Shall Overcome! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Un italiano per Fidel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 17 of them dated from 1963 to 2017.
How do Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Reviewers score the acting 83/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 88, detractors 57. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ernesto 'Che' Guevara work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steven Soderbergh shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Steven SoderberghShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Soderbergh
Writers
- Peter BuchmanShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Buchman
Actors
- Benicio Del ToroShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Benicio Del Toro
- Demián BichirShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Demián Bichir
- Gael García BernalShared titles: Chevolution (2008), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Gael García Bernal
- Kahlil MendezShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Kahlil Mendez
Composers and editors
- Alberto IglesiasShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Alberto Iglesias
- Pablo ZumárragaShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Pablo Zumárraga
Producers
- Álvaro AugustinShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Álvaro Augustin
- Álvaro LongoriaShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Álvaro Longoria
- Belén AtienzaShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Belén Atienza
- Brahim ChiouaShared titles: Che: Part One (2008), Che: Part Two (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Brahim Chioua
