Discover the best of Chilean cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Chile. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Chile
Chilean cinema is a cinema of profound memory and defiant beauty, forged in its dramatic history and filmed against some of the world's most staggering landscapes. Its modern identity was shaped in the crucible of its 20th-century history. During the Pinochet dictatorship, filmmaking became a powerful act of resistance. The legendary documentarian Patricio Guzmán, often working in exile, became the nation’s cinematic conscience, creating masterpieces that chronicled the soul of his country. This legacy of truth-telling has powered a modern golden age of filmmaking. The crowning achievement came when Sebastián Lelio’s magnificent A Fantastic Woman won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, a moment of global recognition for the nation's immense talent. Alongside him, the visionary director Pablo Larraín has become a global force, praised for his stylish and psychologically intense films. The creative energy is now also driving a new wave of compelling television series, reaching audiences far beyond its borders. What makes Chilean cinema so unique is its poetic connection to its stunning geography, from the vast Atacama Desert to the icy peaks of Patagonia. It uses these landscapes not just as a backdrop, but as a way to explore history, trauma, and resilience. It is a cinema as vast and profound as the land it calls home.
Best Chilean series
42 Days of Darkness 2022
In a town in Chile, a woman leads a frantic search to find her missing sister amid a media storm and the police investigation. Inspired by a true case.
62El Presidente 2020
Sergio Jadue, a lowly director of a small-town soccer club in Chile, unexpectedly finds himself at the head of the Chilean soccer association. Drunk with power, he becomes the protégé of soccer godfather Julio Grondona, as well as the FBI’s key to undoing the largest corruption scheme in the world of soccer.
6731 Minutos 2003
Chilean television show which takes the form of a mock news broadcast, and is fronted by puppets who present various items.
88Profugos 2011
Four men become fugitives after a failed drug deal, running from north to south of Chile.
78Baby Bandito 2024
After skater Kevin and his crew pull off Chile's biggest heist, reckless love –and social media– threatens everyone's fortunes.
65La Jauría 2020
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.
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Best Chilean movies
A Fantastic Woman 2017
Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.
72El Conde 2023
After living for over two centuries, Augusto Pinochet is a vampire ready to die… but the vultures around him won't let him go without one last bite.
62No 2012
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 leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
73Gloria Bell 2019
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
60The Mole Agent 2020
When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new resident—and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
76Ema 2019
Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.
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