Latin American Movies on Netflix
Last updated April 19, 2025
No
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn this engaging drama from Chile, Gael García Bernal portrays René Saavedra, a hot-shot ad executive who creates a controversial media campaign opposing military dictator Augusto Pinochet during the referendum on his presidency in 1988.
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The Middle of the World
2004 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIt's a known fact that desperate people will be driven to take desperate measures. And when we say &NFi;driven&NFi_;, we mean it -- literally. This movie is based on the incredible true story of a man who takes his wife and five children on a 2,000-mile bicycle trip across Brazil in search of a decent job. Stars Cláudia Abreu and Manoel Sebastião Alves Filho.
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Solo Con Tu Pareja
1991 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsYoung yuppie playboy Tomás (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) looks for a quick death after being falsely diagnosed with AIDS by Silvia (Dobrina Liubomirova), a nurse cheated by the young Casanova. While trying to end his life, Tomás falls in love with Clarisa (Claudia Ramirez), a beautiful stewardess who's also trying to kill herself. This is the first feature film for director Alfonso Cuaron, who co-wrote the script with his brother Carlos Cuaron.
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The Maid
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen Raquel's (Catalina Saavedra) place in the Valdes family -- for whom she's provided 23 years of maid service -- is threatened after they hire more help, she decides to do something about it in this Golden Globe-nominated comedic drama from director Sebastián Silva. Rolling out anything but the red carpet for the new employees, Raquel's juvenile tricks just might work in this examination of loyalty, family dynamics and duty. Claudia Celedón co-stars.
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Madeinusa
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAs her Peruvian village prepares to celebrate the Holy Day festival of Sin -- a raucous fiesta just days before Easter Sunday -- Madeinusa (Magaly Solier) finds an unlikely suitor in a traveling laborer (Carlos J. de la Torre) who's been arrested by her mayor father (Juan Ubaldo Huamàn). Meanwhile, amid the bubbling chaos, young Madeinusa struggles to find a sense of identity under a cloud of abuse in this Spanish-language drama.
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Antonia
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWide-eyed with the collective dream of turning their all-girl rap group into a viable enterprise, four Sao Paulo friends (Negra Li, Cindy Mendes, Leilah Moreno and Jacqueline Simão) embark on an all-or-nothing quest to succeed in a cutthroat industry.
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Miss Bala
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDetermined to escape the poverty of her hometown, Laura enters a beauty pageant. But after she inadvertently witnesses a gangland massacre, she becomes a pawn in a violent game between the gang's brutal leader, his rivals and American DEA agents.
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Everybody Has a Plan
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsViggo Mortensen stars in this thriller as twin brothers Agustín, a doctor living a comfortable but mundane life, and Pedro, who has a criminal past. When Pedro dies, Agustín adopts his identity and gets a taste of Argentina's underworld.
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Promedio Rojo
2004 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 Stars17-year old geeky Roberto Rodríguez lives only to read and draw. But his life is overturned when Cristina arrives from Spain and joins his school.
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El Crack
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsFreddy dreams of becoming a soccer star, but he doesn't have the age or the talent. But when the best player is hurt and has to sit out, Freddy gets a chance to prove himself. Can he rise to the occasion?
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Greetings to the Devil
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAngel (Edgar Ramirez - Carlos), a former guerrilla rebel, is seeking a fresh start after turning in his arms and giving up his violent ways. But after a victim from his former life kidnaps his daughter, Angel is given 72 hours to track down and murder the members of his former guerilla unit.
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Old Cats
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsNow in her 70s, Isadore (Bélgica Castro) begins to realize that her mental faculties are failing. However, she's determined to hide this fact from her domineering daughter Rosario (Claudia Celedón), whom she fears will take advantage of her. Indeed, both Rosario and her no-good druggie girlfriend (Catalina Saavedra) would like nothing more than to steal Isadore's flat. But Isadore also shows some cunning in this black-humored domestic farce.
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Rain
2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThree days of rain have left Buenos Aires shrouded in solitude, so when Alma (Valeria Bertuccelli), trapped in a traffic jam, sees her car door swing open and an utter stranger step in, nothing at the moment could be more natural. Bedraggled and bone tired, Roberto (Ernesto Alterio) says he'll go when the rain stops, but no such option awaits Alma, who calls her car home. Together the pair sit out the storm -- and share emotional cover besides.
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Puzzle
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis absorbing drama charts the growing independent streak of a meek Argentinian housewife with a knack for assembling jigsaw puzzles. As her hobby turns to obsession, she and a wealthy bachelor secretly train for a high-stakes puzzle competition.
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Penumbra
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter overcoming her initial hesitation and renting an apartment to an enigmatic man in Buenos Aires, hard-driving businesswoman Marga discovers her new tenant has bizarre links to the solar eclipse that is currently taking place.
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We Are What We Are
2010 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsWhen his father unexpectedly drops dead, teenage Alfredo (Francisco Barreiro) reluctantly steps up to provide for his mother and siblings in the way that Dad always did: by luring unsuspecting victims home to be ritually killed and eaten. But as a detective (Jorge Zárate) closes in on the cannibal clan, Alfredo finds that he may not have the stomach to fill his father's shoes in this genre-melding tale directed by Jorge Michel Grau.
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Vivan Las Antipodas
2011 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsVisit striking locations that are antipodes, located diametrically opposite each other on Earth's surface. A peaceful sunset is contrasted with bustling city streets; people who live in a wasteland are connected to people dwelling next to a volcano.
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Santos
2008 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsSalvador Santos seems like an unlikely hero, but when he discovers that his best friend Nova is actually a tyrant from another dimension who plans to destroy the world, Salvador must rise to the occasion and stop him.
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