Películas latinoamericanas de obligado visionado
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1. 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: 2,133
2. Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1965)
79 min | Drama
CHRONICLE OF A BOY ALONE, is an indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens, its children. Focusing on the bleak life of eleven-year-old bad boy Polin... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Diego Puente, Tino Pascali, Cacho Espíndola, Victoriano Moreira
Votes: 814
3. Macario (1960)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Votes: 4,343
4. Pueblerina (1949)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel, Manuel Dondé
Votes: 282
5. The Adventuress (1950)
101 min | Drama, Musical
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Gout | Stars: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 640
6. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A Cuban man cycles through his opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family moves to Miami.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés
Votes: 4,777 | Gross: $0.03M
7. 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: 253,021 | Gross: $5.38M
8. Paraiso (I) (2009)
87 min | Drama
A group of friends in Peru walk across the sandy outskirts of Lima in order to pay their respects to a fallen gang member.
Director: Héctor Gálvez | Stars: Yiliana Chong, Jose Luís García, William Gómez, Antonieta Pari
Votes: 119
9. The Golden Dream (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
Director: Diego Quemada-Diez | Stars: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez, Carlos Chajon
Votes: 5,132
10. And Your Mother Too (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado
Votes: 128,918 | Gross: $13.62M
11. The Official Story (1985)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Votes: 10,871 | Gross: $0.03M
12. The Swamp (2001)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián, Leonora Balcarce
Votes: 7,874 | Gross: $0.10M
13. Eternity (2017)
86 min | Drama
A couple of elderlies try to survive in Los Andes of Peru while they wait for their son.
Director: Óscar Catacora | Stars: Vicente Catacora, Rosa Nina
Votes: 916
14. Found Memories (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a ... See full summary »
Director: Júlia Murat | Stars: Sonia Guedes, Lisa Fávero, Luis Serra, Ricardo Merkin
Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.01M
15. White Elephant (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aires shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Renier, Martina Gusmán, Federico Barga
Votes: 5,431 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Juliana (1989)
94 min | Family, Drama
Juliana tells the story of a little girl who dresses like a boy to join a gang that her brother is in. The story shows the reality of young kids that join gangs.
Directors: Fernando Espinoza, Alejandro Legaspi | Stars: Edwin Alarcón, José Ballumbrosio, Edward Centeno, Josué Cruz
Votes: 156
17. Kukuli (1961)
63 min | Drama
Kukuli, a young llama herder, leaves her grandparents in the countryside of Cusco to attend the Feast of Mamacha Carmen in the town of Paucartambo.
Directors: Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, César Villanueva | Stars: Judith Figueroa, Victor Chambi, Lizardo Pérez, Emilio Galli
Votes: 99
18. 7 Boxes (2012)
TV-14 | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
Directors: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori | Stars: Celso Franco, Víctor Sosa, Lali Gonzalez, Nico García Hume
Votes: 6,117
19. Ratas, ratones, rateros (1999)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Carlos Valencia, Marco Bustos, Cristina Dávila, Fabricio Lalama
Votes: 914
20. Alba (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Family
Alba, an 11 year old girl, has to move to her father's house due to her mother's illness. She barely knows him and sharing time with him at home feels weird. Both are shy, both feel lonely but they can't find a way to approach each other.
Director: Ana Cristina Barragán | Stars: Macarena Arias, Pablo Aguirre Andrade, Amaia Merino, Isabel Borja
Votes: 481
21. The Mole Agent (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta
Votes: 9,505
22. Alma Viva (2022)
85 min | Drama
Like every summer, little Salomé returns to a family village in the mountains. Suddenly her beloved grandmother dies. While the adults are fighting over the funeral, Salomé is haunted by the spirit of the one who was considered a witch.
Director: Cristèle Alves Meira | Stars: Lua Michel, Ana Padrão, Jacqueline Corado, Ester Catalão
Votes: 472
23. Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo (2022)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Sistu and his small community in the Andes discover the magic of cinema. This encounter causes a great stir that transforms Sistu and his entire community.
Director: César Galindo | Stars: Víctor Acurio, Hermelinda Luján, Melissa Álvarez
Votes: 142
24. Totem (2023)
95 min | Drama
Seven-year-old Sol is spending the day at her grandfather's home, for a surprise party for Sol's father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, Sol comes to understand that her world is about to change dramatically.
Director: Lila Avilés | Stars: Naíma Sentíes, Montserrat Marañon, Marisol Gasé, Saori Gurza
Votes: 2,463
25. The Eternal Memory (2023)
85 min | Documentary
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Augusto Góngora, Paulina Urrutia, Gustavo Cerati, Pedro Lemebel
Votes: 3,152
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