| Sin Nombre (2009) | 7.5 | |
| No (2012) | 7.4 | |
| Before Night Falls (2000) | 7.1 | |
| The Official Story (1985) | 7.7 | |
| Joint Venture (2019) | 7.9 |
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 gloomy films and TV shows about / with female nudity, love and romance, sex scene, nude, society, male nudity, female full frontal nudity, love, youth and couples plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres shot in Mexico, France, Brazil and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as latin america: Once Upon a Time Veronica (2012), Midaq Alley (1995), Leap Year (2010), The Swamp (2001), Love for Sale (2006), Gabriela (1983), Casa Grande (2014), Máncora (2008), And Your Mother Too! (2001), City of God (2002).
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New films
| Zorras (2023) | 5.6 | |
| Crazy Old Lady (2025) | 5.4 | |
| Society of the Snow (2023) | 7.8 | |
| Diablo (2025) | 5.7 | |
| Black Gold (2024) | 4.3 |
List of movies set in latin america
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A finely tuned, emotionally raw portrait of a woman’s conflicted entry into adulthood, Once Upon a Time Veronica is a thoroughly modern anti–fairy tale. Director Marcelo Gomes shows a rare ability to get under the skin — and cut close to the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
introspection, unfulfillment, cause and meaning, dull life, graphic violence, public nudity, male pubic hair, orgy, female nudity, male full rear nudity, sexual deviant, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil
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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, touching, sentimental, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
prostitute, husband wife sex, pimp, infidelity, sexuality, greed, friendship, drug abuse, couples, life is a bitch, gender, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
latin america, mexico, egypt, africa, mexico city ...
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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:
erotic, captivating, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
teenage prostitute, young lovers, sex scene, forced prostitution, longing, nubile girl, illegal immigrant, poverty, deportation, love affair, gang, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Journalist Laura (Monica del Carmen) works at home, isolating herself from others. While she lies to her mother and brother, Raul (Marco Zapata), on the phone about having an active social life, Laura's days consist of gazing at her neighbors, ...
Style:
sexy, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
bdsm, brutality, masturbation, sex, belt whipping, love affair, loneliness, destructive relationship, sadomasochism, danger, haunted by the past, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chekhov in contemporary Argentina. Mecha and Gregorio are at their rundown country place near La Ciénaga with their teen children. It's hot. The adults drink constantly; Mecha cuts herself, engendering a trip to the hospital and a visit from ...
Style:
neorealism, captivating, touching, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
heat wave, racism, dysfunctional family, children, summer, incest, maid, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, south america, los angeles, usa, argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany, Portugal, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
erotic scene, female nudity, sex, social relations, youth, village life, small town life, destiny, human nature, small town, hopes, single parent ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america, northeast brazil
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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:
sexy, realistic, touching, sex comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
female pubic hair, nudity, bare breasts, female nudity, couples, social differences, love triangle, village life, love and romance, couple relations, bare butt, sexy woman ...
Time:
year 1983, 1920s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, brazil
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the family into debt, Jean is forced into a change of lifestyle which opens ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
class differences, teenage life, under the surface, parents and children, family problems, social differences, power relations, social relations, society, unfulfillment, family life, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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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, sexy, sentimental, contemplative, road movie ...
Plot:
adultery, swinger couple, cheating wife, infidelity, female nudity, forbidden sex, cuckold, stepbrother stepsister relationship, coping, threesome, sexual relations, erotic scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, peru, madrid
Is relevant?
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, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, sexuality, sex, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, age difference, friendship between men, on the road, threesome, male friendship, gay ...
Time:
year 2001, near future, year 2002, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city, acapulco mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France
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:
rough, bleak, hood, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, violence, ghetto, favela, coming of age, storytelling, gang war, gangster, society, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, future ...
Place:
latin america, rio de janeiro, south america, brazil, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Spying on her students, a teacher finds an exciting hobby.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
rebellion, high school life, political unrest, youth, society, workplace, teachers and students, against the rules, social relations, workplace situations, responsibility, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas's sexually explicit drama centers on a man in turmoil over his past actions. Chauffer Marcos feels compelled to reveal a dark secret to his boss's daughter, Ana, a wealthy woman who works as a prostitute ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
extramarital affair, nudity, infidelity, husband wife relationship, kidnapped girl, redemption, erotica, teenage sex, attraction, desire, real sex, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, couples, family relations, life is a bitch, fall in love, slum, favela, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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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, clever, touching, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, rape, murder, murder mystery, murderer, lawyer, writers, justice, passion, investigator, homicide ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, argentina, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Venezuela, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young girl is sent to a South American hacienda, where she learns about the life of her reclusive aunt, Oriana.
Style:
slasher, contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, coming of age, brother sister relationship, girl, teenage girl, death of lover, swing, outdoor sex, doomed romance, beach, estate, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
venezuela, latin america, france, europe
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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, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, immigrant, u.s. mexico border, street gang, juvenile delinquency, gang member, social problems, family reunited, mexican drug cartel, illegal immigrant, rape, death ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, central america, mexico city ...
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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, sexual, grindhouse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
emmanuelle, sex, fondling, erotica, desire, female nudity, lesbian sex, lust, nude bathing, sex scene, female pubic hair, sensuality ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
latin america, brazil, rio de janeiro, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Spain, Denmark, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chronicles the romantic enchantment of a 90 year old reporter with a girl 70 years younger than himself.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, sensual, erotic ...
Plot:
female pubic hair, prostitute, couples, sex with prostitute, journalism, love and romance, media, memory, journalist, prostitution, forced sex, coming of age ...
Time:
1910s, 70s, 1890s, 21st century
Place:
latin america
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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:
rise to the top, mafia, cocaine, power struggle, drug dealing, vengeance, rivalry, organized crime, smuggling, mob boss, drug traffic, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, spain, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy ...
Style:
sexy, light, semi serious, humorous, stylized ...
Plot:
sex, love and romance, voyeurism, poverty, hot and sexy, stalking, neighbor, shyness, society, cons and scams, moral ambiguity, dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, south america, latin america, africa, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
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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, warning, video surveillance, supermarket, nightshift, stalking, obsession, dishonesty, suburbs, boss, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, danger, rivalry, forced into action, race against time, colombian drug cartel, murder, conflict, violent content, tough heroes, chases and races, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, colombia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, female mercenary, female killer, female assassin, chase, criminal's revenge, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, criminal heroes, lone wolves ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
latin america, usa, south america, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, clever, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
journalism, reporter, journalist, conspiracy, u.s. government, investigative journalism, politics, drug smuggling, investigative reporter, media manipulation, media, cia ...
Time:
80s, year 2014, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, california, los angeles, nicaragua, usa ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After 30 years in a cell for the mentally ill, Coffin Joe is finally freed. Back on the streets, the sadistic gravedigger is set on fulfilling that for which he was imprisoned: find the woman who can give him the perfect child. During his wanderings ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious ...
Plot:
violence against women, gory, curses spells and rituals, woman in danger, obsession, danger, supernatural, vengeance, kidnapping, disorder, ghost, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil, sao paulo brazil, sao paulo, brazil
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, UK, USA, 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, breathtaking, touching, political, cerebral ...
Plot:
self discovery, motorcycle, revolutionary, poverty, on the road, road trip, journey, travel, politics, idealism, revolution, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 50s, 1950s, y2k ...
Place:
latin america, south america, chile, bolivia, argentina ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ...
Style:
epic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, soldier, immigrant, army, heroes, foe turned friend, culture clash, society, tragic hero, propaganda, medieval, anger ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, year 1999
Place:
mexico, latin america, ireland
Is relevant?
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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:
touching, depressing, emotional, dramatic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug lord, drug dealing, drug abuse, drug, drug traffic, drug cartel, rise and fall, drug use, friendship, addiction, gangster ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 80s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
latin america, california, south america, usa, colombia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, couple relations, pregnant woman, addiction, supportive spouse, husband wife relationship, relationships, male female relationship, physician, relationship vs career, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, france, paris france
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