Best Contemporary Chilean Films
Some of the best films released since 1990 in Chile, when democracy was back.
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- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsMatías QuerAriel MatelunaManuela MartelliTwo 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAdan JodorowskyBrontis JodorowskyLeandro TaubSurrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsFrancisco AcuñaJuan AlfaroOrlando AlfaroA portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves, and her hopes.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsBrontis JodorowskyPamela FloresJeremias HerskovitsIn a little Chilean town, the son of an uprooted couple formed by a rigorous communist father and a loving but weak mother tries to pave his own path in a society that does not understand their Jewish-Ukrainian origins.
- DirectorMatías BizeStarsSantiago CabreraBlanca LewinVíctor MonteroAndrés returns to Santiago after several years to face a tragic event.
- DirectorMatías BizeStarsBlanca LewinGonzalo ValenzuelaA young man and woman have a sensual, one-night stand in a motel room where they confide in each other about their troubled lives.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsPaulina GarcíaSergio HernándezDiego FontecillaA story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsMichael CeraGaby HoffmannJuan Andrés SilvaAs Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsCatalina SaavedraClaudia CeledónMariana LoyolaA drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroRoberto FaríasAntonia ZegersA crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsGael García BernalAlfredo CastroAntonia ZegersAn advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAmparo NogueraHéctor MoralesA man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from Saturday Night Fever (1977).
- DirectorMatias LiraStarsLuis GneccoBenjamín VicuñaIngrid IsenseeReal-life powerful Catholic priest Fernando Karadima committed crimes of child abuse and pedophilia between the 1980s and 2000s. The film follows the struggle of his victims, to be able to reveal the truth and look for justice.
- DirectorMarialy RivasStarsAlicia RodríguezAline KüppenheimMaría Gracia OmegnaDaniela, raised in the bosom of a strict Evangelical family and recently unmasked as a fornicator by her shocked parents, struggles to find her own path to spiritual harmony.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsDaniela VegaFrancisco ReyesLuis GneccoMarina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
- DirectorOrlando LübbertStarsAlejandro TrejoFernando Gómez RoviraDaniel MuñozA taxi driver is given a difficult choice from 2 small time crooks: drive them around while they rob, or get locked up in the trunk.
- DirectorCristián GalazStarsRoberto ArtiagoitíaDaniel MuñozLorene PrietoA young and excentric radio DJ airs a successful program in which diverse calls come in from anonymous listeners, who reveal their love stories, all charged with mix-ups, disputes and passion.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsGael García BernalLuis GneccoMercedes MoránAn inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.
- DirectorRicardo LarraínStarsPatricio ContrerasGloria LasoAlonso VenegasA high school teacher runs afoul of the government and is sentenced to internal exile.
- DirectorGustavo Graef MarinoStarsArmando AraizaPatricia RiveraWilly SemlerA young low-class student gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a non successful video rental robbery.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsArmando CavieresNora EscobarFernando GallardoThree vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals.
- DirectorAlicia SchersonStarsViviana HerreraAndres UlloaAline KüppenheimA couple search for love but never quite seem to meet.
- DirectorAlejandro Fernández AlmendrasStarsDaniel CandiaAlejandra YañezDaniel AntiviloA working class man who, tired of being the victim of criminals, decides to take justice in his own hands.
- DirectorJosé Luis SepúlvedaStarsHéctor SilvaJessica CalderónYani EscobarDaniel is a maladjusted man, who after a failed suicide attempt, returns to restart his life from the poor periphery of Santiago, to downtown. In this journey he does not discover any emotion that restricts the decision to end his existence.
- DirectorClaudia HuaiquimillaStarsAndrew BargstedEliseo FernándezFrancisco Pérez-BannenAgainst the backdrop of an impending environmental crisis, two troubled adolescents strive to find their place in the world in this stirring debut film from Chile, which weaves together political themes both social and personal.
- DirectorSergio M. CastillaStarsSebastián PérezMateo IribarrenCatalina GuerraA chilean 9-year-old kid arrives in Chile after living most of his life in New York, much to the indifference of his parents.
- DirectorEsteban LarraínStarsPatricio ContrerasSebastián AyalaRoberto FaríasThe real story of a young man who fooled a nation in the time of Pinochet.
- DirectorMiguel LittinStarsBenjamín VicuñaBertrand DuartePablo KröghThe ex-members of Chile's cabinet survive the prison on Dawson Island.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsAline KüppenheimRoberto FaríasEduardo PaxecoFour people intertwine their lives in a city and pursue their own dreams.
- DirectorGonzalo JustinianoStarsManuela MartelliEduardo BarrilLorene PrietoA determined teenager must rely on her own wits when her fractured family abandons her.
- DirectorAndrés WaissbluthStarsAntonella RíosNéstor CantillanaJuan Pablo MirandaThe story of two brothers who get involved with a sexy stripper and her boss, the nightclub king of Santiago, as told from three perspectives. Sexy, gritty, emotional.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsSergio HernándezCoca GuazziniNéstor CantillanaWhile vacationing with his family, a man develops some attraction for his son's girlfriend.
- DirectorMarcelo FerrariStarsFrancisco ReyesPaulina GálvezErnesto MalbranA teacher restarts her relationship with an ex-boyfriend, a coal man who risks his life because of the dangerous conditions.
- DirectorBoris QuerciaStarsSigrid AlegríaFrancisco Pérez-BannenPatricio ContrerasA group of parents who have gathered to debate the sexual education schooling of their fourth grade children are forced to re-examine their own views of sex.
- DirectorSergio M. CastillaStarsAdrian MoskowiczDaniela RopertJoshua WalkerSam returns to Chile from the USA after his parents divorce. Left with a sexually-abusive nanny, he makes friends with some other neglected kids: Isabel, whose mother suffers from depression after the disappearance of her father and brother, and Daniela whose mother is dead and whose father is an alcoholic. The teenagers get together to make a slasher film dealing with family issues, and finally confront their demons.
- DirectorRodrigo SepúlvedaStarsLuis GneccoFrancisco Pérez-BannenAmparo NogueraChildren come to a hospital to visit their dying father they haven't seen for 8 years. They try to recover their relationships before he dies.
- DirectorSilvio CaiozziStarsMaría CánepaJulio JungMyriam PalaciosA lonely man becomes increasingly obsessed with the beautiful teenager he used to help care for his grandmother.
- DirectorSilvio CaiozziStarsGloria MünchmeyerRafael BenaventeErnesto BeadleA sailor prostrate in his bed maintains control of his home and his son through mirrors hung around him.
- DirectorGonzalo JustinianoStarsHector Vega MauricioPatricia RivadeneiraAldo ParodiA penetrating look at Santiago, Chile, its sectors and multiple social differences experienced in three friends.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAntonia ZegersJaime VadellIn Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears.
- DirectorGonzalo JustinianoStarsNathalia AragoneseDaniel ContesseElías ColladoKnown as "La Francesita," a young and brave Chilean woman, lives every day in a marginal neighborhood of Santiago, in Pinochet's Chile.
- DirectorChristopher MurrayStarsBastián InsotrozaAna María HenríquezMauricio PintoMichael is an inhabitant of a remote village in the Chilean desert. But not any inhabitant. He is Christ.
- DirectorAlicia SchersonStarsManuela MartelliLuigi CiardoRutger HauerWhen their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.
- DirectorMarcela SaidStarsAntonia ZegersAlfredo CastroRafael SpregelburdFollows the story of a woman in her forties who becomes friend with an ex colonel and riding instructor with a shady past.
- DirectorAlejandro Fernández AlmendrasStarsLuciano GonzálezAlexis SánchezDaniel MuñozTito is a 12 year old boy with talent for soccer and, by accident, he meets his idol Alexis Sánchez. The unexpected friendship between both leads Tito to discover his true path in life and Alexis remembers the reason why he loves soccer.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsMercedes MoránMaría ValverdeMarcelo AlonsoThree friends are part of an opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsMariana Di GirólamoGael García BernalSantiago CabreraA couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
- DirectorSilvio CaiozziStarsJulio JungÁngel ToledoGabino CarihuentroAn author comes back to his hometown in Patagonia, four decades after fleeing it during the repressive Pinochet regime.
- DirectorAlejandro Fernández AlmendrasStarsAgustín SilvaPaulina GarcíaDaniel AlcaínoCarefree college student Vicente ends up in a desperate fight for freedom when a well-connected friend falsely accuses him of a hit-and-run accident.
- DirectorDominga SotomayorStarsDemian HernándezAntar MachadoMagdalena TótoroDuring the summer of 1990 in Chile, people begin to feel a growing sense of freedom and three teenagers face their first loves and fears.
- DirectorJuan CáceresStarsSteevens BenjaminAlfredo CastroBlanca LewinAfter a fight with his boss, Steevens, a young Haitian immigrant in Santiago, Chile, loses his job and is repudiated by the entire community.
- DirectorDavid AlbalaStarsAlberto EllenaAmparo NogueraBenjamín VicuñaThis drama is inspired on a real event in 1990 when 49 political prisoners escaped from a tunnel that took 18 months to dig.
- DirectorRodrigo SepúlvedaStarsAlfredo CastroLeonardo OrtizgrisJulieta ZylberbergAmong gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
- DirectorPepa San MartínStarsJulia LübbertEmilia OssandonMariana LoyolaSince their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister live with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is very similar to that of other families. But not everyone sees it that way.
- DirectorGaspar AntilloStarsJorge GarciaLukas VergaraMillaray LobosMemo lives on a remote Chilean sheep farm, hiding a beautiful singing voice from the outside world. A recluse with a glittery flair, he can't stop dwelling on the past, but what will happen once someone finally listens?
- DirectorLuis Pérez GarcíaStarsPascal BalartSteevens BenjaminMatías BurgosTwo friends spend their time making rap music. One night they find a weapon, while a girl loses her dog. Although seemingly unrelated, these stories are intimately linked, telling the difficult passage from adolescence to adulthood.
- DirectorJuan Pablo TernicierStarsMarcelo AlonsoAndrea FreundFernando Gómez RoviraThis moving film portrays three different but interconnected stories that take place in the wake of the devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile in February 2010.
- DirectorSilvio CaiozziStarsPablo SchwarzMariana LoyolaJulio JungThe story of a bank employee whose only hobby is his participation in a decadent society of friends.
- DirectorSebastián SepúlvedaStarsAlfredo CastroDigna QuispeCatalina SaavedraThe story of the sisters: Justa, Lucía and Luciana Quispe, shepherds in the Chilean highlands who lead a solitary life.
- DirectorJorge Riquelme SerranoStarsPaulina GarcíaAlfredo CastroGastón SalgadoAlejandro and Ana take their family on vacation to a remote island in southern Chile. The tranquility of the trip is disturbed when Nicolás, the local that ferried them across the water, disappears leaving the family trapped.
- DirectorManuela MartelliStarsAline KüppenheimNicolás SepúlvedaHugo MedinaChile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
- DirectorNico PostiglioneStarsConsuelo CarreñoAlfredo CastroMariela MignotRicardo has taken his daughters to their home by a lake in southern Chile. While out sailing, they spot a sinking boat but he refuses to help the people because they look suspicious.
- DirectorFernando GuzzoniStarsLaura LópezAlejandro GoicAriel GrandónBlanca lives in a foster home for minors run by father Manuel. A sexual scandal involving businessmen and politicians puts Blanca and Manuel in the eye of the press, turning Blanca into a feminist martyr and key witness of the case.
- DirectorFelipe CarmonaStarsAndrew BargstedHugo MedinaBastián BodenhöferBrutal torturers of Pinochet's dictatorship are serving sentence in a luxury prison at the foot of the Andes. Fearing of transferring to a regular jail, the officers will go to great lengths to stay fury and violence in the mountains.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsJaime VadellGloria MünchmeyerAlfredo CastroAfter living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
- DirectorFelipe Gálvez HaberleStarsSam SpruellMark StanleyAlfredo CastroIn Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.