30 Best Chilean Movies
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1. Machuca (2004)
Not Rated | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
Director: Andrés Wood | Stars: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Aline Küppenheim
Votes: 12,657
2. Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969)
95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real story about an illiterate murderer, educated in prison, where he reflects on his actions days before he died.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román, Marcelo Romo, Héctor Noguera
Votes: 1,151
3. Julio comienza en julio (1979)
120 min | Drama
This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative higher classes of Chile and the initiation rites in his society.
Director: Silvio Caiozzi | Stars: Elsa Alarcón, Jorge Álvarez, Luis Alarcón, Magdalena Aguirre
Votes: 286
4. The Club (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso
Votes: 11,987 | Gross: $0.03M
5. 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: 26,218 | Gross: $2.34M
6. Valparaíso, mi amor (1969)
90 min | Drama
A poor Valparaiso family faces a tough life after the father is sent to prison.
Director: Aldo Francia | Stars: Hugo Cárcamo, Sara Astica, Rigoberto Rojo, Liliana Cabrera
Votes: 192
7. Largo viaje (1967)
83 min | Drama
A young boy, lost in the big city, tries to find his way home. Along the way, he encounters a cross-section of society that he has never known.
Director: Patricio Kaulen | Stars: Enrique Kaulen, Eliana Vidal, Fabio Zerpa, Rubén Ubeira
Votes: 252
8. Three Sad Tigers (1968)
100 min | Drama
The drunken nights of several listless chancers in Chile's capital city build inexorably to violence.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Shenda Román, Nelson Villagra, Luis Alarcón, Jaime Vadell
Votes: 385
9. Ya no basta con rezar (1972)
80 min | Drama
A priest is so concerned about the harsh conditions of living of Chilean lower classes that he gradually becomes a political activist and 'worker-priest'.
Director: Aldo Francia | Stars: Marcelo Romo, Tennyson Ferrada, Leonardo Perucci, Roberto Navarrete
Votes: 131
10. Violeta Went to Heaven (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves, and her hopes.
Director: Andrés Wood | Stars: Francisco Acuña, Juan Alfaro, Orlando Alfaro, Almendra Andrade
Votes: 2,412 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Gloria (II) (2013)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora
Votes: 9,368 | Gross: $2.11M
12. El gran circo Chamorro (1955)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A fair and hilarious story about faith, ambition, and love.
Director: José Bohr | Stars: Eugenio Retes, Pepe Guixé, Elsa Villa, Gerardo Grez
Votes: 64
13. A Fantastic Woman (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim
Votes: 27,273 | Gross: $2.02M
14. Coronación (2000)
140 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely man becomes increasingly obsessed with the beautiful teenager he used to help care for his grandmother.
Director: Silvio Caiozzi | Stars: María Cánepa, Julio Jung, Myriam Palacios, Gabriela Medina
Votes: 485
15. The Punishment (2022)
85 min | Drama
A seven-year-old child disappears from his parents' sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Director: Matías Bize | Stars: Antonia Zegers, Néstor Cantillana, Yair Juri, Catalina Saavedra
Votes: 435
16. Days in the Country (2004)
89 min | Drama
In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact, they talk of themselves as if they were dead. We don't know what is true or false, what is dream or reality.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Marcial Edwards, Mario Montilles, Bélgica Castro, Ignacio Agüero
Votes: 155
17. Endless Poetry (2016)
Unrated | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Adan Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Leandro Taub, Pamela Flores
Votes: 6,602 | Gross: $0.03M
18. The Maid (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.
Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola, Andrea García-Huidobro
Votes: 6,461 | Gross: $0.55M
19. Caliche Sangriento (1969)
128 min | Drama, History, War
The plot takes place in 1879 through 1880 during the War of the Pacific. The film decries the cruelty and absurdity of war and the disunity among the peoples of Latin America.
Director: Helvio Soto | Stars: Hector Duvauchelle, Patricia Guzmán, Jorge Guerra, Jaime Vadell
Votes: 108
20. Bad Influence (2016)
89 min | Drama
Against the backdrop of an impending environmental crisis, two troubled adolescents strive to find their place in the world in this stirring debut film from Chile, which weaves together political themes both social and personal.
Director: Claudia Huaiquimilla | Stars: Andrew Bargsted, Eliseo Fernández, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Francisca Gavilán
Votes: 410
21. My Brothers Dream Awake (2021)
85 min | Drama
Two brothers have been in a juvenile prison for a year, dreaming. The arrival of a rebellious young man offers a possible escape: the only door to make those dreams come true.
Director: Claudia Huaiquimilla | Stars: Iván Cáceres, César Herrera, Andrew Bargsted, Sebastián Ayala
Votes: 194
22. La Frontera (1991)
120 min | Drama
A high school teacher runs afoul of the government and is sentenced to internal exile.
Director: Ricardo Larraín | Stars: Patricio Contreras, Gloria Laso, Alonso Venegas, Sergio Schmied
Votes: 509
23. Jailbreak Pact (2020)
135 min | Drama, Thriller
This drama is inspired on a real event in 1990 when 49 political prisoners escaped from a tunnel that took 18 months to dig.
Director: David Albala | Stars: Alberto Ellena, Amparo Noguera, Benjamín Vicuña, Carolina Paulsen
Votes: 2,435
24. Mi mejor enemigo (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The days of tense guard of a Chilean military that in the middle of the solitude will interact and forming circles of friendship with their Argentine rivals.
Director: Alex Bowen | Stars: Nicolás Saavedra, Erto Pantoja, Miguel Dedovich, Jorge Román
Votes: 1,100
25. My Tender Matador (2020)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
Director: Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Leonardo Ortizgris, Julieta Zylberberg, Amparo Noguera
Votes: 1,487
26. The Dance of Reality (2013)
Unrated | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
In a little Chilean town, the son of an uprooted couple formed by a rigorous communist father and a loving but weak mother tries to pave his own path in a society that does not understand their Jewish-Ukrainian origins.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Votes: 9,522 | Gross: $0.19M
27. ...And Suddenly the Dawn (2017)
195 min | Drama
An author comes back to his hometown in Patagonia, four decades after fleeing it during the repressive Pinochet regime.
Director: Silvio Caiozzi | Stars: Julio Jung, Ángel Toledo, Gabino Carihuentro, Fernando Paredes
Votes: 106
28. Sin Norte (2015)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama
Esteban travels Chilean's North along the highway following in Isabel's footsteps. His route takes him through different towns across a desolate and unknown Chile, to the very same places ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernando Lavanderos Montero, Gonzalo Verdugo | Stars: Koke Santa Ana, Geraldine Neary, Juan Pablo Manríquez, Alfonso Sánchez
Votes: 60
29. The Settlers (2023)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, History
In Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.
Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Stars: Sam Spruell, Mark Stanley, Alfredo Castro, Benjamin Westfall
Votes: 2,903
30. Diálogos de exiliados (1975)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them in the early years of the Pinochet regime. They kidnap and attempt to reeducate a touring singer from their homeland.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Huguette Faget, Sergio Hernández
Votes: 177
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