Movies and TV shows set in south america
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in south america ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, interesting, suspense and political films and TV shows about / with murder, violence, storytelling, jungle, danger, brutality, betrayal, culture clash, vengeance and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as south america: Machuca (2004), Maria Full of Grace (2004), Where the River Runs Black (1986), Green Frontier (2019), City of God (2002), The Lost City of Z (2016), Proof of Life (2000), Romancing the Stone (1984), The Summit (2017), The River (2012).
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 121 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, boy, communism, trauma, demonstration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, spain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Colombia, Ecuador
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, independent film, depressing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
drug dealing, immigrant, human trafficking, friendship, coming of age, depression, drug, illegal immigration, women, drug abuse, addiction, character study ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, south america, new jersey, latin america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Style:
controversial, brutal, disturbing, bloody, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cannibalism, jungle, gory, torture, cannibal, rape, found footage, amazon rainforest, revenge, animal cruelty, violence, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
south america, latin america, north america, new york state, venezuela ...
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
jungle, coming of age, river, jungle adventure, feral child, priest, youth, murder of mother, child protagonist, loss of mother, revenge, escape ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south america, brazil, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
Deep in the Amazon, on the border of Brazil and Colombia, a series of bizarre deaths are investigated by a young female detective, Helena, and her partner, an indigenous policeman named Reynaldo. It becomes clear that the murders are not the biggest ...
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
native, jungle, rain forest, missionary, police detective, female detective, medieval, murder, indigenous people, arson, supernatural power, escapades ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america
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864K
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: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Style:
inspirational, meditative, period piece, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
explorer, jungle, survival, expedition, travel, archaeology, journey, tribe, amazon jungle, conquistador, world war one, destiny ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, future, 1900s, year 2017 ...
Place:
south america, ireland, england, bolivia, america ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, intense, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, terrorism, hostage, mercenary, terrorist, ransom, rescue, survival, prisoner, runaway, insurance, unrequited love ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
south america, latin america, colombia, chechnya, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, exciting, light, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, unlikely couple, opposites attract, chase, adventurer, escapades, jungle adventure, treasure map, travel, map, stranded ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
south america, colombia, new york, latin america, central america
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
At a Latin American Presidents’ Summit in Chile where the region’s alliances and geopolitical strategies are shaped, Hernán Blanco, the president of Argentina, lives a political and family drama. Through his son in law, he’s implicated in a ...
Style:
suspense, political, art house
Plot:
snow, political election, lawyer, politics, male protagonist, female nudity, mountain, airplane, bare breasts, sex scene, horse, singing ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
south america, chile, argentina, latin america
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17K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The River follows the story of wildlife expert and TV personality Emmet Cole. Emmet set course around the world with his wife, Tess, and son, Lincoln, while filming what would become one of the most popular shows in television. After he goes missing ...
Style:
mockumentary, horrifying, cliffhanger, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
missing person, amazon river, research, twists and turns, jungle, supernatural, adventurer, disappearance, found footage, expedition, mysterious place, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, brazil, latin america
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1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives ...
Style:
touching, feel good, inspirational, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, loneliness, unlikely friendships, friendship, follow your dream, friends, journey, obsessive quest, hopes, giant bird, wilderness, imagination ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, iran, venezuela, latin america, mount everest ...
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95K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous ...
Style:
suspense, factual, homoerotic, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison escape, prison, island prison, friendship, wrongful conviction, life sentence, escape, jail, escape plan, male friendship, solitary, survival ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1931, 1930s, year 1969, 20th century ...
Place:
south america, colombia, france, former yugoslavia, venezuela ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous Wayuu family get involved in a booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion ...
Style:
thought provoking, political, captivating, factual, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, marijuana, murder, drug trade, wealth, marriage, corruption, money, baby, humiliation, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
60s, year 1979, 80s, 70s, 2010s ...
Place:
south america, colombia
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, tense, inspirational ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, politics, prison, released from prison, dictatorship, dictator, political prisoner, violence, biopic, society, rivalry, based on real people ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1983, year 1972, 20th century ...
Place:
south america, uruguay, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Pipe is invited to join his mysterious father on a quest for the lost Inca gold. But as they journey deeper into the jungle, he understands that they cannot escape the family demons that are traveling with them.
Style:
emotional, independent film, tense, art house, dark ...
Plot:
quest, survival, treasure hunter, mountain, nature, treasure, magic, family values, legend, father son relationship, family secret, family drama ...
Place:
south america, peru
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
Style:
brutal, bloody, slasher, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, brutality, eating human flesh, torture, rape, tribe, violent, native, gory, jungle adventure ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
south america, colombia, new york, usa, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, costume drama ...
Plot:
conquistador, colonial america, spanish conquest, explorer, jungle, pyramid, colonization, civilization, colonialism, myth, ancient, tomb raider ...
Time:
16th century, year 1969
Place:
peru, andes mountains, spain, europe, latin america ...
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521K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, drug lord, rise to the top, master criminal, sex, cia agent, illegal drugs, dea, drug ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america, mexico, panama ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and ...
Style:
erotic, political, eros, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, female nudity, escape, lust, photographer, military, hospital, rebellion, investigation, justice ...
Time:
70s, year 1994, year 1973, 1920s
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, europe, spain ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, christian film, thought provoking, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
jungle, slavery, clergy, redemption, colonialism, missionary, massacre, river, native american, jesuit, genocide, religion ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
south america, portugal, argentina, brazil, latin america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Style:
bloody, scary, disturbing, brutal, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, torture, gory, eating human flesh, sadistic horror, survival, ant, decapitation, sadistic violence, amazon ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
south america, peru, america, chile, latin america ...
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25K
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, emotional, political thriller, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, missing person, coup d'etat, political conspiracy, political intrigue, corruption, conspiracy, journalist, violence, military ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills ...
Style:
political, clever, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, farce, revolution, fictitious country, dictator, carnival, deception, faked death, singer, cia agent, american abroad, actor ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
south america, latin america, caribbean, paraguay, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, dark, serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, couples, family in danger, parents and children, family problems, family relations, danger, summer, meme, scared ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, colombia
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Genre: 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, cerebral, stylized, intense, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
favela, organized crime, politics, corruption, police corruption, gangster, political corruption, gunfight, poverty, police investigation, justice, corrupt politician ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america, south america, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally ...
Style:
homoerotic, epic, period piece, freeze frame, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
buddy, friendship, shootout, old west, bank robbery, cowboy, friendship between men, last stand, gunfight, fugitive, heist, robbery ...
Time:
1900s, 1890s, 20th century, ancient times, year 1969 ...
Place:
bolivia, south america, wyoming, new york, latin america ...
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496K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, survival, jungle, creature, military, chase, deadly creature, alien invasion, hunting, gory, special forces ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Plot:
jungle, treasure hunt, adventurer, amazon tribe, mad scientist, nazi hunter, amazon river, betrayal, investigation, chase, heroic mission, daring rescue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, 20th century, 60s, year 1965 ...
Place:
south america, usa, brazil
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