Here we've displayed a list of the best South America films : Iron Maiden: Flight 666(2009), The Motorcycle Diaries(2004), State of Siege(1972), Sorcerer(1977), Crude(2009), The Mission(1986), Up(2009), Death and the Maiden(1994), The In-Laws(1979), Down to the Sea in Ships(1949), Kon-Tiki(2012), Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet(2002) ... ...
Documentary
UK|Canada
2009
112 Minutes
Sam Dunn
musician band frontman band member band manager interviewee interviewer fan crew member roadie amusing engaging fascinating gutsy passionate uplifting wild stage plane india australia
A chronological account of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 world tour through India, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, Mexico and South America in a jet piloted by the band's front man, Bruce Dickinson. Features interviews with the musicians, their road crew and fans.
Biography, Drama
Argentina|USA|Chile|Peru|Brazil|UK|Germany|France
2004
126 Minutes
Gael García Bernal Rodrigo de la Serna Mercedes Morán Mia Maestro Jorge Chiarella Jean Pierre Noher Facundo Espinosa Lucas Oro
che guevara friend homeless person worker engaging incredible fascinating fiery buenos aires, argentina peru south america village road trip male bonding coming of age exploitation class distinctions growing up discovery adventure
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1972
120 Minutes
Yves Montand Renato Salvatori O.E. Hasse Jacques Weber Jean-Luc Bideau Evangeline Peterson Maurice Teynac Yvette Étiévant
government official guerrilla captive captor tense uneasy south america uruguay insurgency government repression captivity kidnapping interrogation underdog fall 1970s
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1977
121 Minutes
Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal Amidou Ramon Bieri Peter Capell Karl John Friedrich Ledebur Chico Martinez Joe Spinell Rosario Almontes
assassin terrorist bank robber banker guerrilla fighter truck driver bleak suspenseful intense dark south america forest bridge oil field new york city jerusalem big business oil dangerous assignment explosion
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Documentary
USA
2009
104 Minutes
Pablo Fajardo Kent Robertson Amy Goodman Rafael Correa Hugo Chavez Trudie Styler
native activist executive environmentalist filmmaker bleak emotional ecuador jungle oil refinery south america oil business environmental disaster legal battle activism native people corporate greed wretched excess underdog discovery
The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
Drama, History
UK|France
1986
128 Minutes
Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons Ray McAnally Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Ronald Pickup Chuck Low Cherie Lunghi Bercelio Moya
priest native criminal cardinal moving passionate spirited inspiring south america jungle portugal religion redemption exploitation slavery battle sacrifice rescue transformation 1750s
Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
India
2009
89 Minutes
Bob Peterson
elderly person child explorer dog bird charming emotional thrilling household south america wilderness airplane love death aging expedition friendship adventure love quest
A smuggler rises to power in in 1970s Mumbai, a younger gangster seeks to overthrow him and a police officer is caught in the middle.
Drama
UK|France
1994
103 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Ben Kingsley Stuart Wilson Karen Strassman Carlos Moreno Krystia Mova
husband doctor wife lawyer brutal intense south america paranoia fascism rape hostages trial mystery revenge 1990s
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Comedy
USA
1979
103 Minutes
Peter Falk Alan Arkin Richard Libertini Nancy Dussault Penny Peyser Arlene Golonka Michael Lembeck Ed Begley Jr. Rosanna DeSoto Art Evans David Paymer
dentist father-in-law son daughter wife hit man madcap cool thrilling new jersey restaurant office airplane south america island family dysfunction marriage fatherhood counterfeit money espionage
On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
Adventure
USA
1949
120 Minutes
captain grandchild first mate ship owner sailor gripping rousing massachusetts port ship south america atlantic ocean grandparent/child relationship sailors feud disaster respect old age rivalry growing up
Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed.
Adventure, Drama
UK|Norway|Denmark|Germany|Sweden
2012
118 Minutes
Espen Sandberg Pål Sverre Hagen Anders Baasmo Christiansen Gustaf Skarsgård Odd-Magnus Williamson Tobias Santelmann Jakob Oftebro Agnes Kittelsen Peter Wight
adventurer navigator crew member companion incredible uplifting norway south america pacific ocean island expedition historical events scientific experiments sailing thor heyerdahl pursuit adventure 1940s
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Drama
Spain|UK|Germany|Finland|China|USA|Japan|Canada
2002
91 Minutes
Aki Kaurismäki Werner Herzog Spike Lee Markku Peltola Kati Outinen Marko Haavisto Frédérique Tirmont Ana Sofia Liaño
actress farmer husband elderly person sick person tribesman dense fascinating profound south america florida new york city rural community desert time fate illness scandal delusions humanity
This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries, Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.
Documentary, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2003
70 Minutes
narrator gay/lesbian disturbing inspiring intense jamaica malaysia disco africa south america homosexuality bigotry culture clash protest forbidden love sacrifice 2000s
Documentary presenting the realities of coming out in lesser developed countries.
Adventure
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Chill Wills Marion Martin Minna Gombell Joe Yule Horace Murphy
partner sheriff oil baron love interest engaging emotional texas south america revolution oil business law romance wealth rivalry rise transformation love 1930s
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Mexico
1994
141 Minutes
Harrison Ford Willem Dafoe Anne Archer Joaquim de Almeida Henry Czerny Harris Yulin Donald Moffat Miguel Sandoval Benjamin Bratt Raymond Cruz Dean Jones
cia agent secret agent drug lord president admiral daughter intense patriotic thrilling suspenseful washington, d.c. south america colombia government offices jungle boat drug cartel assassination conspiracy cia
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Drama, Biography, History
Venezuela|Spain
2013
119 Minutes
Edgar Ramírez María Valverde Erich Wildpret Iwan Rheon Juana Acosta Leandro Arvelo Alejandro Furth Carlos Julio Molina
aristocrat wife suspenseful emotional south america spain fighting independence power rise french revolution
Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
Adventure
USA
1954
95 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Charlton Heston Abraham Sofaer William Conrad Romo Vincent Douglas Fowley John Dierkes Leonard Strong Norma Calderon John Mansfield
plantation owner wife brother servant commissioner medicine man intense melodramatic boat river plantation jungle south america marriage pride vanity drinking insects lifestyle changes adventure
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
102 Minutes
Dick Powell Walter Slezak Micheline Cheirel Nina Vale Morris Carnovsky Edgar Barrier Steven Geray Jack LaRue Luther Adler Gregory Gaye Jean Del Val
pilot wife nazi murderer widow dark tense gritty intricate argentina south america europe buenos aires, argentina revenge world war ii death sacrifice revenge pursuit adventure
Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard finds that his wife has been murdered by a French collaborator. His quest for justice leads him to Switzerland and Argentina.
Drama
UK
1988
118 Minutes
James Wilby Kristin Scott Thomas Rupert Graves Judi Dench Anjelica Huston Alec Guinness Pip Torrens Cathryn Harrison
aristocrat englishman wife son friend socialite engaging dark emotional south america england london estate english countryside bedroom infidelity greed class distinctions divorce travel
The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
Drama
USA
1956
97 Minutes
Robert Ryan Anita Ekberg Rod Steiger Phyllis Kirk Keith Andes Gene Barry Fred Clark Beulah Bondi Cameron Prud'Homme Jesse White Adele Mara
veteran pilot son prostitute stewardess murderer dense moving las vegas airport airplane south america jungle airplane crash cowardice alcoholism gangsters self-sacrifice survival sacrifice
When a commercial plane force-lands in a South-American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch-up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Anthony Quinn Ruth Roman Ward Bond Ian MacDonald Richard Karlan Juan Garcia
oil driller bandit couple former lover partner bleak brash melodramatic gritty south america oil field love triangle oil bandits extortion adventure forbidden love temptation underdog 20th century
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
1993
79 Minutes
Alex Winter Megan Ward Michael Stoyanov Randy Quaid Mr. T Brooke Shields William Sadler Brian Brophy
celebrity comedian environmentalist spokesman scientist mutant amusing creative offbeat frightening outlandish gritty south america jungle carnival factory backwoods forest toxic waste freak shows
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Louis Hayward Kay Sutton Sig Ruman Jonathan Hale Jack Carson Paul Guilfoyle Frederick Burton Ben Welden
vigilante moll inspector crime boss criminal cool melodramatic gritty new york city south america office house car law enforcement deception impersonation theft murder quest pursuit
Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1969
118 Minutes
Robert Shaw Christopher Plummer Nigel Davenport Michael Craig Leonard Whiting James Donald
conquistador emperor incan leader priest warrior soldier thrilling melodramatic powerful spain ship peru palace south america francisco pizarro conquest incan empire ransom unlikely friendship religious conversion
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
Adventure, Drama
Canada|USA|UK
2004
96 Minutes
William Hurt Pascale Bussières Marc Donato Steve Adams Raoul Trujillo
young boy sick child mother explorer butterfly scientist amusing lighthearted heartwarming emotional inspiring engaging hospital rainforest south america terminal illness childhood expedition dying wish wish fulfillment
A dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love being filmed in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and in Montreal.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2003
95 Minutes
Maggie Gyllenhaal Marcia Gay Harden Daryl Hannah Susan Lynch Mary Steenburgen Lili Taylor Rita Moreno Vanessa Martinez
wealthy woman masseuse new yorker american woman touching calm south america hotel adoption female bonding friendship culture clash motherhood quest adventure discovery 2000s
A brief look into the South American family life, while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America; as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Otto Kruger Stuart Erwin Una O'Connor Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson
wealthy man secretary rancher wife friend melodramatic charming new york city south america argentina boat apartment country house marrying for money divorce wealth love triangle travel commitment love
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
Romance, Drama
USA|Australia
2008
96 Minutes
Richard Gere Diane Lane Christopher Meloni Viola Davis Scott Glenn James Franco Mae Whitman Becky Ann Baker Linda Molloy Pablo Schreiber Charlie Tahan
wife husband doctor son daughter guest engaging sad passionate melodramatic heartwarming beach inn rodanthe, n.c. south america small town wilderness marriage estrangement family
A doctor, who is travelling to see his estranged son, sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1968
104 Minutes
photographer model adventurer australian captain police officer lighthearted rousing south america jungle village mine desert diamonds chase betrayal stranded murder revolution pursuit
A South American fashion photo shoot turns into a diamond mine seeking adventure for an American photographer and his model.
Comedy
USA|Germany|Canada
2003
98 Minutes
Michael Douglas Albert Brooks Robin Tunney Ryan Reynolds Candice Bergen David Suchet Lindsay Sloane Maria Ricossa
cia agent father daughter son villain wife hilarious madcap engaging amusing family home party wedding restaurant south america suburb secret identity family unlikely allies engagement
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his future son-in-law's father is a free-wheeling international spy.