Best Paraguayan movies

7 Boxes (2012)

It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.

Do Not Enter (2024)

Two working class youtubers ‘in the making’ enter an abandoned mansion to get their basketball back, and get lost inside while pranking each other. They record their ‘quick adventure’ with their phones for their audience, and tweak it with a fake phantom appearance to attract more followers to their YouTube channel. When uploaded the video goes viral, so they start a challenge: if the video reaches a certain number of views, they will enter the house again, at night, alone, totally unprotected. As fans react positively, they will do as promised, not only to discover and unveil the true nature of the place and their inhabitants, but to realize they might not be among the living anymore. Which opens a question - how far would you go to be famous?

The Heiresses (2018)

After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.

Morgue (2019)

On his first day as a security guard, Diego Martinez is assigned to the night shift at the Hospital Regional. On his rounds, he notices the hallways can be unsettling at night until he accidentally notices he’s trapped inside the morgue.

The Gold Seekers (2017)

Los Buscadores tells the story of Manu, a young paperboy who lives in the Chacarita neighborhood. He receives an old map, a gift from his grandfather, and embarks on the adventure of finding a treasure called "Plata Yvyguy", gold and jewels buried by families in Paraguay's 1864-70 War of the Triple Alianza.

Braian Magdaleno - La Película (2013)

The Eternal Glory: Good things come to those who wait (0)

The supernatural story of Fluminense's unprecedented CONMEBOL Libertadores title. An emotional account in special interviews with top scorer Germán Cano, star Marcelo, hero John Kennedy, key players Nino, Felipe Melo, André, John Arias, and coach Fernando Diniz. Watch exclusive footage and experience all the emotions of the fans who lost in 2008 and reached the skies against Boca Juniors at Maracanã on November 4, 2023. A record for eternity in the heart of the Tricolor fan!

Paraguay, Droga y Banana (2016)

Documentary that explores the relationship between politics and drug trafficking in Paraguay

Orsai (2019)

Rafael is the oldest brother of a close family belonging to generation of Olimpia Soccer club fans, he is in charge of managing the family's mini market. Due to his brothers mistake, he receives an eviction notice from the bank, and decides to pose as a lawyer to solve the case.

Filthy Luck (2014)

J.D. Flitner arrives in Asuncion to strike a deal with crime lord Brasiguayo to grow marijuana on land he owns. Things take a dark turn for J.D. when Brasiguayo's lieutenant plans a coup during a trip through the streets.

The Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguareté (2023)

Betty Jara reassembles the Yaguareté Commandos to exchange an imprisoned criminal for one of her own agents. A risky operation becomes even more so when she realizes they are not just fighting a drug ring but the highest spheres of power.

Tren Paraguay (2011)

The Paraguayan railroad, created in 1861, fell in the late twentieth century in decline. Operated for decades by foreign companies and later by the Paraguayan State has been in a growing abandonment since the late 90s. Since then there have been projects of recovery, but the stations are empty and the main terminal was demolished late last year.

Revolución de 1922 (1922)

A 1922 documentary.

La Chiperita (2015)

Screams of Monday (2016)

A group of students of the environmental engineering career go to the neighborhood of the Monday River to do a job, during the night they hear a scream, Viviana (the protagonist) witnesses a moment that will unleash an overwhelming situation in her life that will guide her At the origin of that cry, Barbara and Jose will encounter an abnormal situation that will lead them to seek help in pseudo-science, Viviana's parents will seek explanations for the strange events that circulate Viviana's life.

The Napkin Universe (2010)

"The Napkin Universe" tells the story of Felix and his friends, youths in search of answers to life's great mysteries, transcendence and love all the while facing the routine conflicts of existence in that stage of life where we go from adolescence to adulthood. The city of Asuncion becomes the urban backdrop onto which this story is scribbled.

Póra: La maldición (2022)

Five vloggers get into the woods in the city of Piribebuy trying to find a treasure, but they dont know something is after them.

The List (2023)

A family is forced into a dangerous citywide manhunt when the father is chosen in a list of the most vicious criminals and politicians.

Mamá michĩ (2023)

When Armelio finds himself in the "mercado 4" with the mission of buying chicken and rushed by his mom, he stumbles upon a setback that will delay the errand. He'll have to make way across the chaotic and overwhelming paraguayan market chasing his slippery thief. Could Armelio reclaim the chicken and avoid getting in trouble?

The Apartment (2023)

A man wakes up disoriented in his own apartment, and soon realizes that he is locked up and has no way out.

Truenos (2017)

El portón de los sueños (1998)

The film mixes fiction and documentary in an unconventional cinematographic style, to narrate a poetic adventure that encounters the mythical universe of the writer and the Paraguay of yesterday and today. Augusto Roa Bastos, the greatest Paraguayan writer and 1989 Cervantes Prize winner, author of "The Thunder Between the Leaves", "Son of Man", "Yo el Supremo" and "El Fiscal" among others, returns from exile and undertakes a geographical journey and at the same time dreamlike to Iturbe, his childhood town, searching for the land and the characters of his literary fictions to write his novel titled "Contravida." The writer thus participates in a dual condition: as an interpreter of Paraguayan reality and as a protagonist of his own imaginary universe.

One and a half (2001)

A typical weekend out of "the dogs." The protagonists are a trio of teenagers who do what all 17 or 18 year old boys do: they ask dad for the car and go to some burger shop. In the middle, the film paints the environment: family relationships, love relationships, friendships. Until a surprising ending that changes the realistic code for the fantastic code.

Paraguayan Hammock (2000)

A father and a mother await the arrival of a son on a rainy day.

Felices los que lloran (2015)

I Knew You Were Sad (2000)

A family photo, the sound of the oncoming storm, the cat wandering the kitchen, a man alone in this space. Paz Encina’s early melancholic short is a conversation not shown on screen. Has it already occured or does it take place after this brief moment in time? Using only subtitles and visual language, SUPE QUE ESTABAS TRISTE creates an array if emotions without ever having to “show” anything.

Darkness (2019)

An anthology of nine short horror stories set in Paraguay.

The Village (1969)

An experimental film, a register of the peculiarities of life in rural Paraguay.

1959 (2021)

After the murder of Bernardo Aranda, which happened on September 1, 1959 in Asunción, Paraguay, two lovers are involved in an incessant persecution in which 108 men are captured and tortured, under the pretext of linking them to the crime. 61 years later, the memory always returns to the heart that never forgets.

Artefacto de primera necesidad (1994)