Best Uruguayan thriller movies

Jacob van Oppen, the former strongest man on earth, and his manager Orsini, who calls himself "the Prince", make a good living by traveling around small South American towns and organizing wrestling exhibitions. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm, the local newspaper wants to sponsor the fight, helping hands placard the town with posters, and an open call is made for a worthy adversary. Ever so resourceful, Orsini knows how to find the right combatant, but fishing in Santa Maria could lead to a bigger catch than he'd hoped for.

A young woman on the beach waits until she's alone to take a bath naked. Just her and the ocean. Except for the figure that is glancing her from some bushes.

Four youngsters meet on a bayou after years and sordid things start to emerge.

A small rural town is the center of multiple parallel stories that intertwine the fate of several different characters across a single night. Some of them are: Juan Manuel y Esteban, two bored teenagers competing for the love of a French exchange student who decide to play a prank to "Fat Pablo", a naive pizza delivery boy that is mistaken as a delinquent by Olveira y Sandro. These two arrive to town to assault a corrupt ranch owner, a coup planned by "El Tranquera", a small-time dealer. Either chance or destiny make of this fateful night a turning point in the lives of the characters.

A mother struggles to raise her daughter all by herself, and due to the economic difficulties decides to rob multiple finance houses, fooling her victims with the handle of her umbrella that she make them think is a real revolver.

Pilar and Martin are finishing a day on the shore of a lake. While Pilar is filiming the quite night on her phone, some strange noises coming from the water start haunting them and showing them that they may not be alone.

After getting fired, a man goes to the town of Castillos, Uruguay, in search of employment. There he meets a strange woman, and his life becomes a nightmare of horror and death.

Lonely Tony travels to the far south of the country for a funeral for an old friend. He ends up late and misses the ceremony, but meets Blanca, a mysterious girl who offers to guide him around town. They end up starting a romantic relationship while strange events become part of Tony's routine in the village.

In a small, coastal colonial town, a clawed vampire rises from the ground near an old cemetery. He immediately attack couple. The bodies are found and then taken to a coroner's office, where the doctor does a thorough examination, not only discovering the girl has been completely drained dry but also that there are puncture wounds and traces of human saliva on her neck. He takes his findings to his police inspector friend. After another girl is attacked and killed in the same manner, the two men ponder whether the killer is a psycho who only fancies himself a vampire. Even more bloodless corpses turning up all over town and a funeral home reporting a coffin being stolen fail to convince them one way or another.

When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him.