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Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

Werner Herzog 1982 2h 37m 8.8

The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

Werner Herzog 1972 1h 35m 8.0

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.

La teta asustada

La teta asustada

Claudia Llosa 2009 1h 34m 6.8

Fausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. While living in constant fear and confusion due to this disease, she must face the sudden death of her mother.

Anaconda

Anaconda

Luis Llosa 1997 1h 30m 4.2

A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadliest — snake.

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

John Sturges 1958 1h 26m 7.0

Based on one of Hemingway's most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging, down on his luck Cuban fisherman. After catching nothing for nearly 3 months, he hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.

Los ilusionautas

Los ilusionautas

Eduardo Schuldt 2012 1h 22m 3.0

There is a plot under way to change the course of history. Four kids are chosen to be the Freedom Force—a gang of unlikely heroes who travel through time to change the outcome of sacred stories.

Pelo malo

Pelo malo

Mariana Rondón 2013 1h 33m

A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.

Rodencia y el Diente de la Princesa

Rodencia y el Diente de la Princesa

David Bisbano 2012 1h 27m

A magical adventure begins Once upon a time, within a vast and wild forest there was a fantastic Kingdom called Rodencia, a place where wonderful creatures and powerful wizards lived.

Madeinusa

Madeinusa

Claudia Llosa 2006 1h 40m 8.0

Madeinusa is a girl who lives in an isolated village in the mountains of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor, and seemingly odd custom: from Good Friday at three o’clock in the afternoon to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like.

Contracorriente

Contracorriente

Javier Fuentes-León 2009 1h 40m

An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Francisco J. Lombardi 2000 2h 17m 6.0

Pantaleón Pantoja, un capitán del Ejército Peruano es elegido para realizar la misión secreta de organizar y administrar un servicio de prostitutas (visitadoras) que deben de visitar a las tropas peruanas apostadas en el río Amazonas.

Crime Zone

Crime Zone

Luis Llosa 1988 1h 36m

In a post-nuclear future, crime has been eliminated in the city of Soleil through a strict class structure imposed upon the population. Two illegal young lovers are enticed into becoming criminals by a shady guy who promises them a way out of the city so they can continue their lives in peace.

186 Dollars to Freedom

186 Dollars to Freedom

Camilo Vila 2012 1h 41m

A young California surfer has to grow up in a hurry when he is thrown into a Peruvian political prison in 1980.

Fire on the Amazon

Fire on the Amazon

Luis Llosa 1993 1h 18m 4.0

Deforestation of the Amazon is forcing indigenous Indians away, so few men can profit from cattle. Opposition gets killed. A US photojournalist tries to investigate. Activist Alyssa helps him.

AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon

AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon

Richard Claus, José Zelada 2021 1h 24m

An epic journey of a young hero and her Spirit Guides, 'Dillo' a cute and humorous armadillo and "Vaca" a goofy oversized tapir, who embark on a quest to save their home in the spectacular Amazon Rainforest.

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

Les Blank 1982 1h 37m 7.0

The Amazon rain forest, 1979.

Alias 'La Gringa'

Alias 'La Gringa'

Alberto Durant 1991 1h 32m

This powerful political drama follows the adventures and escapades of "La Gringa", a likeable criminal capable of escaping from any jail. When he escapes from one with the help of an imprisoned intellectual, "La Gringa", returns in disguise to help pay back the favor but finds himself caught in a prison riot.

Armiño negro

Armiño negro

Carlos Hugo Christensen 1953 1h 44m

A woman with a doubtful past tries to hide it from her teenage son and attempts to change, but she cannot.

Caídos del cielo

Caídos del cielo

Francisco J. Lombardi 1990 2h 7m

An ambitious black comedy that tells three loosely related stories: a couple of elderly landowners, laid low by economic conditions and reformist politics, are trying to gather enough money to build themselves a marble tomb that would keep their remains in the style to which they still aspire; they give their now blind former housekeeper a pig…

Días de Santiago

Días de Santiago

Josué Méndez 2004 1h 23m

Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.

El auge del humano 3

El auge del humano 3

Eduardo Williams 2024 2h 1m

Different groups of people wander in a rainy, windy, dark world. They are spending time together, trying to escape from their depressing jobs and to own the question of what to do with their time.

En la selva no hay estrellas

En la selva no hay estrellas

Armando Robles Godoy 1967 1h 30m

A white man searches for a legendary gold mine in the depths of the Peruvian jungle.

Espejismo

Espejismo

Armando Robles Godoy 1972 1h 22m

A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house.

Gregorio

Gregorio

Fernando Espinoza, Alejandro Legaspi 1985 1h 25m

Gregorio, a boy from the impoverished countryside of Peru emigrates to Lima, the capital city. Experiencing a cultural shock due to the chaotic nature of the city, he must challenge himself to learn Spanish, since his native tongue is Quechua, and survive in this whole prejudiced new world. A hostile world for poor immigrants.

Huesera

Huesera

Michelle Garza Cervera 2023 1h 37m

Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.

Juliana

Juliana

Fernando Espinoza, Alejandro Legaspi 1988 1h 34m

Juliana tells the story of a little girl who dresses like a boy to join a gang that her brother is in. The story shows the reality of young kids that join gangs.

Kukuli

Kukuli

Luis Figueroa Yábar, Eulogio Nishiyama 1961 1h 3m

Kukuli, a young llama herder, leaves her grandparents in the countryside of Cusco to attend the Feast of Mamacha Carmen in the town of Paucartambo.

Kuntur Wachana (Donde Nacen los Cóndores)

Kuntur Wachana (Donde Nacen los Cóndores)

Federico García Hurtado 1977 1h 30m

Kuntur Wachana is a docudrama in which Garcia re-created the 1950s uprising of the Huaran hacienda campesinos against the hacendados, which led to the assassination of two union organizers. The film then follows the travails of the peasants until 1969, when the Huaran Cooperative was formed.

La boca del lobo

La boca del lobo

Francisco J. Lombardi 1988 2h 3m

The military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force.

La Cara del Diablo

La Cara del Diablo

Frank Pérez-Garland 2014 1h 27m 5.0

Seven friends go on a remote jungle vacation where they are terrorized by a primeval spirit, but as they struggle to survive they come to realize that they brought the evil with them.

La ciudad y los perros

La ciudad y los perros

Francisco J. Lombardi 1985 2h 15m

Four angry cadets have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.

La Entidad

La Entidad

Eduardo Schuldt 2015 1h 20m 5.0

A group of media students decide to make a documentary on internet videos and look for suitable material online. However, they stumble upon a video tied to an ancient and deadly curse.

La lunareja

La lunareja

Bernardo Roca Rey 1946

Adapted from “Las Tradiciones Peruanas” by Ricardo Palma.

La mujer de mi hermano

La mujer de mi hermano

Ricardo de Montreuil 2005 1h 29m

After almost 10 years of marriage, attractive Zoe discovers that her marriage lacks passion and surprise, and is seduced by the possibility of finding those sensations already forgotten in her husband's brother. From this premise a series of events lead these three characters to a dangerous game of revenges, secrets and passions.

La muralla verde

La muralla verde

Armando Robles Godoy 1970 1h 50m

A young couple forsakes their urban existence for life in the exciting but dangerous Peruvian jungle.

La vida es una sola

La vida es una sola

Marianne Eyde 1993 1h 25m

Peru in the early 1980s… a time of difficulties.

Luis Pardo

Luis Pardo

Enrique Cornejo Villanueva 1927 48m

Luis Pardo, witness to the murder of his sister at the hands of the gamonal Cesar Pradera, seeks revenge and becomes a bandit, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

Palomillas del Rímac

Palomillas del Rímac

Sigifredo Salas 1938 1h 30m

After winning the lottery, a man from one of the poor districts moves to a rich area, but nostalgia and the problems he encounters make him return home.

Sniper

Sniper

Luis Llosa 1993 1h 38m 5.3

Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by crack marksman Richard Miller.

Tupac Amaru

Tupac Amaru

Federico García Hurtado 1984 1h 33m

A painful true story of a revolutionary Andian warrior whose strength and devotion to his people influenced many in Latin America, Africa and the West.

Watchers 3

Watchers 3

Jeremy Stanford 1994 1h 24m

A top-secret experiment spawns two highly intelligent life-forms: Einstein, a golden retriever with an IQ of 175; and The Outsider, a deformed monstrosity that exists to kill... and avenge its creators. When the Outsider escapes into the jungles of South America, the government sends in some ex-military convicts to catch the beast.