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- DirectorGeorge StoneStarsPilar WayneLeonardo ArrietaJames FlynnA group of soldiers searches the Peruvian jungle for a downed airplane carrying sensitive government documents. Accompanying them is a young woman hoping to find her boyfriend, the only survivor of the crash. The expedition does not know, however, that another expedition is also searching for the plane. This group is a coalition of bandits and Soviet spies, intent on finding both the documents and a large gold shipment secretly carried aboard the aircraft.
- DirectorRocio LladoStarsWendy VasquezAna Maria EstradaGonzalo RevoredoIn 2012, while avoiding the demolition of a colonial Peruvian mansion; A Peruvian immigrant woman, returning briefly from Spain, discovers that she and others had inhabited the very same house two hundred years prior; before Peruvian independence from Spain in 1821.
- DirectorEduardo GuillotStarsMiguel IzaEduardo CaminoJavier ValdésBased on the memoir of prosecutor Jose Ugaz, this cat and mouse investigation centers on the illegal activities of Vladimiro Montesinos, the wily head of Peru's secret police and the closest advisor of President Alberto Fujimori.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsCharles BronsonJason RobardsDominique SandaIn 1948, an assortment of shady characters are searching for Nazi loot, sunken off the coast of Peru.
- DirectorEvelyne PegotStarsGiovanni CicciaJackelyne VásquezRossana Fernández MaldonadoAdrian, a successful lawyer, discovers dark secrets from his father's past that threaten his well-earned reputation.
- DirectorMary McGuckianStarsGabriel ByrneRobert De NiroHarvey KeitelIn 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
- DirectorJuan Carlos OganesStarsPaloma YeroviA bedridden war veteran relives his experiences endured in the battles of Tacna and Arica between Chile and Peru, revealing untold secrets and mysteries that history never told.
- DirectorFederico García HurtadoStarsReynaldo ArenasZully AzurinEnrique AlmiranteTupac Amaru is a 1984, Peruvian historical drama. The film depicts the life and struggle of legendary Andean warrior Tupac Amaru II, the native leader of a rebellion against the tyrannical spanish colonialism in Peru. The film also honors Tupac Amaru's Legacy as a symbol of resistance and empowerment for the indigenous people of the Americas.
- DirectorAugusto Tamayo San RománStarsDiego BertieVanessa SabaGonzalo MolinaThe story centers on Enrique Aet (Diego Bertie), the eldest child of well-to-do Lima family whose engineer father died in 1886 when Enrique was 10. 21 years later, he has followed his father's calling and heads a road project into the Amazonian jungle, the goal being nothing less than to unite the country.
- DirectorEduardo Mendoza de EchaveStarsPietro SibilleNidia BermejoFernando ColichónTwo Peruvian detectives must capture Abimael Guzman, the leader of terrorist organization Shining Path, but their intense and complex relationship will endanger their mission and their lives, in the midst of violent Lima of 1992.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiClaudia CardinaleJosé LewgoyThe story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Joan BennettJohn HowardIn the jungles of the Amazon, a group of Western adventurers and two local native guides try to locate a lost treasure buried beneath an ancient Incan city.
- DirectorJavier CorcueraStarsAriarca OteroThe life of the Peruvian poet Javier Heraud, who sadly passed at the young age of 21, told by his great-niece Tania through letters, poems and tales of shared times.
- DirectorJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsPål Sverre HagenAnders BaasmoGustaf SkarsgårdIn 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific.
- DirectorGeorg MarischkaStarsGuy MadisonRik BattagliaHeinz ErhardtDuring the 1800s, Peru's government sends 2 envoys to negotiate peace with the rebellious Incas but a treasure-hunter bandit shoots the Inca ruler and his son, leaving the 2 envoys to take the blame for it.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsJoe LaraBilly DragoChristopher AtkinsAn intense drama based on the true story of Peruvian rebels who in 1997 kidnapped several hundred high-ranking diplomats and government officials in an attempt to force the release of 400 political prisoners.
- DirectorFranco FinocchiaroStarsDenisse ArreguíValquiria HuertaMiguel IzaMiguel's life has stalled since his wife left him. On the other hand, Camila, her adolescent daughter and withdrawn, navigates aimlessly in a love triangle between her best friend and a singular skater.
- DirectorRomulo Sulca RicraWomen who followed their husbands into combat in the 19th century, forced to fight if their husbands weren't able to. But young shepherdess Margarita picks the opposing side when she saves an injured Chilean soldier
- DirectorMichel GomezStarsIsmael ContrerasAlfonso DibosDenisse DibósSet in Peru during the soccer World Cup in Argentina in 1978, Felix, a young rigorous bureaucrat working in an archive office gets involved in the investigation of his friend's death, after discovering compromising documents leading him to believe he was murdered. The truth will bring the end of innocence and his loss of trust and faith in the law and political system.
- DirectorPalito Ortega MatuteStarsJosé Luis AdrianzenRicardo Bromley LópezShantall Lozano Rodríguez¿Qué harías si desaparecieran a tu padre?
- DirectorJoel CaleroStarsJuana BurgaAmiel CayoLucho CáceresAlejandra returns to Peru. She discovers that her father is alive and in prison. Soon, her journey will become a voyage of inner discovery that will bring her closer to her father, her country, and her own identity.
- DirectorGonzalo BenaventeDocumental about 50 years of struggle of Peruvians from the rural world, fighting against their persistent discrimination and the lack of respect for their rights.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsRobert ShawChristopher PlummerNigel DavenportIn 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.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsCharlton HestonRobert YoungNicole MaureyAn adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsMaximilian SchellRosanna SchiaffinoFrancisco RabalHistorical drama about Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar who helped much of Latin America to achieve independence from Spain.