Movies and TV shows set in latin america
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in latin america ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, captivating, sincere and political films and TV shows about / with love and romance, society, female nudity, politics, male nudity, murder, father son relationship, state affairs, political intrigue and dishonesty plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in Mexico, USA, France and other countries.
latin america
TOP 10 movies tagged as latin america: Máncora (2008), Emmanuelle IV (1984), Gabriela (1983), City of God (2002), Machuca (2004), Sin Nombre (2009), Midaq Alley (1995), Yankee (2019), No (2012), Under Fire (1983).
Best films
New films
Narcos (2015) | 8.8 | |
The Lost City of Z (2016) | 6.6 | |
Neruda (2016) | 6.8 | |
Chupa (2023) | 5.5 | |
A Fantastic Woman (2017) | 7.2 |
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Peru, Mexico, Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Following the suicide of his father, haunted by inner demons and his hatred for the world, Santiago decides to escape from Lima and take refuge in Máncora, a beach to the north of Peru where it is always summer.
Style:
sexual, sentimental, contemplative, sexy, road movie ...
Plot:
adultery, swinger couple, cheating wife, infidelity, cuckold, stepbrother stepsister relationship, female nudity, threesome, coping, extramarital affair, vacation, incest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits ...
Style:
captivating, tense, touching, psychological, romantic ...
Plot:
teenage prostitute, forced prostitution, sex scene, prostitute, illegal immigrant, love affair, poverty, deportation, prostitution, gang, young lovers, nubile girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle...
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
emmanuelle, sex, fondling, erotica, lust, desire, female nudity, female protagonist, sex scene, lesbian sex, sensuality, sexuality ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
latin america, brazil, france, los angeles, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1925, Gabriela becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. Nacib becomes tired of Gabriela's uneducated ways, and annuls the marriage when he finds her in bed with ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sexy, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
nudity, female nudity, bare butt, female pubic hair, bare breasts, sex scene, strong sexual content, couples, village life, love triangle, social differences, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1983, 1920s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, brazil
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796K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, hood, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, coming of age, storytelling, organized crime, society, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, journalism, favela, police corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 70s, year 2002, 20th century, year 2003 ...
Place:
latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil, south america
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) ...
Style:
political, touching, sincere, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, sexual initiation, politics, friendship, poverty, youth, dictatorship, communism, demonstration, boy, children ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style:
road movie, serious, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, immigrant, juvenile delinquency, rape, street gang, social problems, family reunited, train, gang member, u.s. mexico border, hopes, illegal immigrant ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, central america, guatemala
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with ...
Style:
intense, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, infidelity, greed, friendship, dream, drug abuse, sexuality, couples, couple relations, gender, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
latin america, mexico, egypt, africa, mexico city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
On the run from the police, an Arizona man crosses into Mexico and gets deeply involved in drug trafficking, with the help of modern technology.
Style:
stylized, serious, realistic, rough, dramatic
Plot:
drug lord, ambition, gangster, drug dealing, criminal heroes, master criminal, notoriety, organized crime, drug traffic, smuggling, rise to the top, dea ...
Place:
latin america, arizona, sonora
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26K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, advertising, protest, oppression, fighting the system, underdog, politics, political conspiracy, rebellion, against the odds ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 2010s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Style:
realistic, political, atmospheric, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
journalism, photojournalist, politics, photographer, idealism, reporter, revolution, journalist, photograph, photography, media, military ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1979
Place:
nicaragua, latin america, central america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, depressing, emotional, tense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
latin america, mexico, mexico city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 378 min.
TV show
Story:
After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, novela, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, rise to the top, power struggle, mafia, drug dealing, cocaine, mob boss, rivalry, vengeance, drug traffic, organized crime, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, europe, spain, morocco
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human ...
Style:
political, realistic, unusual plot structure, stylized, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corruption, politics, gangster, police corruption, favela, political corruption, gunfight, poverty, swat team, police investigation, justice, criminal ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, south america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Mexico, USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him
Style:
sincere, emotional, political, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, civil war, freedom, politics, children, child soldier, human spirit, life is a bitch, against the odds, wartime life, political unrest ...
Time:
year 2004, 80s
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, surprise ending, eighties ...
Plot:
mexican revolution, writers, politics, older woman younger man relationship, women, older woman younger man, political unrest, love triangle, showdown, spinster, aging, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1989, 1910s, 1900s
Place:
latin america, mexico, washington d.c., sonora, central america
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Cuba, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film festival.
Style:
anthology, contemplative, realistic, captivating, intellectual ...
Plot:
self discovery, city life, introspection, society, lifestyle, culture clash, tour guide, musician, actor, visceral, lgbt, latin dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, cuba, havana cuba
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot:
revolution, love affair, doctor, rebel, kidnapping, diplomat, politics, starting over, political unrest, alcoholic, adultery, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
latin america, paraguay, argentina, south america
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Denmark, Portugal
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, family saga, melancholic ...
Plot:
civil war, magic realism, farm, justice, dysfunctional family, politics, coup d'etat, rape, family relations, dictatorship, generation gap, parents and children ...
Time:
1940s, year 1993, 1930s, 1920s, 70s ...
Place:
latin america, chile
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Chile
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Like most of Costa-Gavras' political thrillers, the French State of Siege is based on a true story. The incident dramatized herein is the kidnapping of a U.S. official somewhere in Latin America. The director's sympathies clearly lie with ...
Style:
political, social, political thriller, captivating, talky ...
Plot:
politics, torture, dictatorship, coup d'etat, dictator, journalism, radical, martial law, kidnapping, international relations, spy, protest ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, france, chile, uruguay, santiago chile ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, touching, suspenseful, intense, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, twists and turns, rape, murder, lawyer, murder mystery, investigator, serial killer, revenge, homicide, vengeance, writers ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
argentina, latin america, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, slapstick comedy, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
good versus evil, transformation, emperor, talking animal, jungle, treason, llama, spoiled brat, breaking the fourth wall, friendship, change of heart, megalomaniac ...
Time:
year 2000, 15th century, y2k, 16th century
Place:
peru, latin america, south america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, clever, sincere ...
Plot:
security guard, janitor, supermarket, nightshift, video surveillance, stalking, obsession, dishonesty, suburbs, voyeurism, uncle nephew relationship, boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
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23K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he ...
Style:
political, political thriller, emotional, talky, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, political conspiracy, corruption, conspiracy, journalist, political intrigue, military, missing person, capitalism, coup d'etat ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, washington d.c., santiago chile
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Style:
sexy, road movie, erotic, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, sex, sexuality, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, on the road, coming of age, gay, sexual exploration, nudity, older woman younger man sex ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2002, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, acapulco mexico, french riviera, barcelona ...
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274K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug lord, drug abuse, drug dealing, friendship, drug, drug dealer, drug cartel, rise and fall, addiction, gangster, drug use ...
Time:
70s, year 2001, 20th century, 80s, near future ...
Place:
latin america, colombia, california, mexico, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ...
Style:
captivating, touching, stylized, sincere, period piece ...
Plot:
politics, revolution, nightclub, idealism, cuban revolution, fidel castro, immigrant, love and romance, dictatorship, family problems, chaos, political unrest ...
Time:
year 2005, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
Style:
realistic, political, dark comedy, biting, clever ...
Plot:
politics, corruption, social commentary, political corruption, small town, satire, mayor, dictatorship, greed, leader, protest, mafia ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
"The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style:
road movie, touching, inspirational, political, breathtaking ...
Plot:
self discovery, motorcycle, travel, freedom, on the road, revolutionary, poverty, revolution, road trip, journey, traveler, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 50s, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
latin america, chile, cuba, south america, argentina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Cuba, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Havana, Cuba, 1979. Flamboyantly gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David, an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to become friends with Diego so he can monitor the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, independent film, homoerotic, social ...
Plot:
gay, communism, love, lgbtq, glbt, redemption, politics, friendship, social commentary, artist, gender, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
70s, year 1993, 90s, year 1979
Place:
cuba, latin america, caribbean, havana cuba
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