Che: Part One (2008)

Based On the Life of: Che Guevara

Starring: Benicio Del Toro

Movie Budget: $58 million

Star Salary: $2.8 million

Che: Part One is the first of two part, epic biopic on Che Guevara, a doctor from Argentina who became a revolutionary. The first part starts in 1955, in Mexico, with Guevara agreeing to take part in Fidel Castro’s rebel campaign to overthrow the US-backed Batista regime in Cuba.

Benicio del Toro stars as Guevara, and Che: Part One documents Castro and Guevara installing an independent socialist state in Cuba after violently ousting Batista in 1959. The movie won a Cannes Best Actor Award and two Goya Awards—one for Best Actor and won for Best Art Direction.