Best latinoamerican movies
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1. Nine Queens (2000)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
Director: Fabián Bielinsky | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Graciela Tenenbaum, María Mercedes Villagra
Votes: 57,105 | Gross: $1.22M
2. San Martín: El cruce de Los Andes (2010)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The story follows a 15-year-old Manuel Corvalán, who decides to leave his upper-class family and be disinherited by his father to join the newly formed Army of the Andes, commanded by the General José de San Martín.
Director: Leandro Ipiña | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Alireza Abbas Beygi, Víctor Hugo Carrizo, Alfredo Castellani
Votes: 591
3. No (I) (2012)
R | 118 min | Drama, History
An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco
Votes: 26,216 | Gross: $2.34M
4. Choco (2012)
80 min | Drama
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same.
Director: Jhonny Hendrix | Stars: Esteban Copete, Karent Hinestroza, Sebastián Mosqueira, Daniela Mosquera
Votes: 295
5. Instructions Not Included (2013)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter left on his doorstep 6 years ago finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.
Director: Eugenio Derbez | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Karla Souza, Jessica Lindsey, Loreto Peralta
Votes: 32,671 | Gross: $44.47M
6. The Liberator (2013)
R | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
Director: Alberto Arvelo | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Erich Wildpret, María Valverde, Juana Acosta
Votes: 5,567 | Gross: $0.11M
7. Cantinflas (2014)
PG | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time, from his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood.
Director: Sebastian del Amo | Stars: Óscar Jaenada, Michael Imperioli, Ilse Salas, Bárbara Mori
Votes: 4,186 | Gross: $6.37M
8. The 33 (2015)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin
Votes: 39,747 | Gross: $12.19M
9. Los viajes del viento (2009)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Music
A musician travels a great distance to return an instrument to his elderly teacher.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez, Agustin Nieves, Jose Luis Torres
Votes: 2,511
10. The People at Universal (1991)
110 min | Drama
This is a dark comedy that takes place in an urban jungle, where everyone has to ensure their own survival. No one is evil, but everyone acts for their own benefit and without considering ... See full summary »
Director: Felipe Aljure | Stars: Álvaro Rodríguez, Jennifer Steffens, Robinson Díaz, Ani Aristizábal
Votes: 777
11. Trauma (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Four friends, partying in a house in the middle of nowhere are brutally attacked by a man and his son, forcing the remaining women to take vengeance upon them.
Director: Lucio A. Rojas | Stars: Catalina Martin, Macarena Carrere, Dominga Bofill, Ximena del Solar
Votes: 2,482
12. Roma (2018)
R | 135 min | Drama
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Votes: 169,775
13. We Are the Heat (2018)
TV-MA | 104 min | Drama
In Buenaventura-Colombia, Harvey and his three friends are doomed to a life of poverty and uncertainty. While attempting to escape their reality, they use music and urban dance to overcome and defy their violent destiny.
Director: Jorge Navas | Stars: Rosa Esther Mosquera Aramburo, Duván Arizala, Miguel Ángel Banguela, Yeison Chaverra
Votes: 187
14. Al final del espectro (2006)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a traumatic situation that makes Vega become an agoraphobic person, she decides to live like a hermit in an apartment because of her father's recommendation. But some strange things ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Felipe Orozco | Stars: Noëlle Schönwald, Julieth Restrepo, Silvia De Dios, Manuel José Chaves
Votes: 560
15. Saluda al diablo de mi parte (2011)
90 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
Director: Juan Felipe Orozco | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Ricardo Vélez, Carolina Gómez, Salvador del Solar
Votes: 768
16. The Hidden Face (2011)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance. But can he look beyond the facts?
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Martina García, María Soledad Rodríguez, Jose Luis Garcia
Votes: 46,284
17. Satanás (2007)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the Mario Mendoza's book and inspired by true events, tells three interconnected stories happening in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre.
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Marcela Valencia, Blas Jaramillo, Lucia Rengifo, Isabel Gaona
Votes: 1,827
18. Roa (2013)
R | 91 min | Drama
Year 1948, Bogota Colombia. Liberal presidential candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan is assasinated. Chaos seizes the city.
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: César Bordón, Nicolás Cancino, Andrés Castañeda, Jose Luis Garcia Campos
Votes: 372
19. La estrategia del caracol (1993)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken, but decide to unite and come up with a strategy.
Director: Sergio Cabrera | Stars: Fausto Cabrera, Frank Ramírez, Delfina Guido, Vicky Hernández
Votes: 2,812
20. The Colors of the Mountain (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos César Arbeláez | Stars: Hernán Mauricio Ocampo, Nolberto Sánchez, Genaro Aristizábal, Hernán Méndez
Votes: 1,756
21. The Rose Seller (1998)
116 min | Drama
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Víctor Gaviria | Stars: Leidy María 'Lady' Tabares, Marta Correa, Mileider Gil, Diana Murillo
Votes: 2,130
22. Rodrigo D: No futuro (1990)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Rodrigo and his friends are bored teenagers living in Medellin. Rodrigo wants to start a punk band. The youths mainly loaf around the hillside shanty towns and, for kicks, steal a bike or car, or shoot someone.
Director: Víctor Gaviria | Stars: Ramiro Meneses, Carlos Mario Restrepo, Jackson Idrian Gallego, Vilma Díaz
Votes: 1,062
23. A Man of Principle (1984)
90 min | Drama
In Colombia, from the second half of the nineteenth century, two political parties; The traditional liberal and conservative ¸ fought a series of civil wars for almost one hundred years of ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Norden | Stars: Frank Ramírez, Isabela Corona, Victor Hugo Morant, Santiago García
Votes: 556
24. Paraiso Travel (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
Love drives two young lovers from Medellin, Colombia to seek fortune in New York City, only to find a harsh reality that will put to test their true love for one another.
Director: Simon Brand | Stars: Michelle O'Quinn, Louis Arcella, Angelica Blandon, Pedro Capó
Votes: 2,264
25. Porfirio (2011)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Living between his bed and his wheelchair, Porfirio - a man who lives in a town on the edge of the Amazon - dreams of being able to fly.
Director: Alejandro Landes | Stars: Porfirio Ramirez Aldana, Jarlinsson Ramirez Reinoso, Yor Jasbleidy Santos Torres
Votes: 312
26. Amores Perros (2000)
R | 154 min | Drama, Thriller
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Votes: 252,859 | Gross: $5.38M
27. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo
Votes: 222,340 | Gross: $6.39M
28. El carro (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Be careful what you wish for! The Velez family is crazy about its newest member... a bright red car! This lower middle class family says good-bye to public transportation and says hello to ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Orjuela | Stars: Monica Lopera, Andrea Gomez Gonzalez, Hansel Camacho, Bernardo García
Votes: 246
29. Alma de Héroe (2019)
120 min | Action
A soldier will have a mission of rescuing his partner kidnapped in the Colombian jungle although he will miss a dating with a beautiful girl that is his partner's sister.
Director: Orlando Pardo | Stars: Jorge Armando Soto, Stephanie Abello, Tuto Patiño, Lincoln Palomeque
Votes: 139
30. Birds of Passage (2018)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra | Stars: Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez
Votes: 13,130 | Gross: $0.51M
31. Monos (2019)
R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
On a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
Director: Alejandro Landes | Stars: Sofia Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón
Votes: 18,917
32. Memories of My Father (2020)
136 min | Drama, History
An author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano, Juan Pablo Urrego, Patricia Tamayo
Votes: 2,619
33. Apocalipsur (2005)
101 min | Drama
Five friends in their 20's struggle to live without hopes and dreams in the harsh times of Colombian drug trafficking reality, trying to keep the only thing they can save from this, their friendship.
Director: Javier Mejía | Stars: Felipe Andrés Echavarría, Pedro Pablo Ochoa, Ramón Marulanda, Marisela Gómez
Votes: 178
34. I'm No Longer Here (2019)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Director: Fernando Frias | Stars: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Emily May Jampel, Xueming Angelina Chen, Leonardo Ávila
Votes: 9,409
35. The Kings of the World (2022)
TV-MA | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
Follows five young men and about the marginalized, excluded humanity who seeks a place in the world.
Director: Laura Mora Ortega | Stars: Carlos Andrés Castañeda, Davison Florez, Brahian Acevedo, Cristian Campaña
Votes: 2,181
36. Argentina, 1985 (2022)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Director: Santiago Mitre | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín, Santiago Armas Estevarena
Votes: 31,146
37. El Conde (2023)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, History
After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger
Votes: 13,283
38. Society of the Snow (2023)
R | 144 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi
Votes: 131,053
39. The Initiated (2023)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Inspired by acclaimed Colombian author Mario Mendoza's literary universe comes this edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller. In a near future plagued by water shortages Frank Molina a gruff journalist must face his demons to get to the murder.
Director: Juan Felipe Orozco | Stars: Andrés Parra, Aria Jara, Juan Pablo Urrego, Jorge Cao
Votes: 799
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