Best South American mystery movies
A curated collection of popular mystery movies from South America.
Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Empty House (2021)
Empty House (2021)
Raúl is an unemployed cattleman that lives in an isolated house on the fields. The landscape of pastures is being superimposed by huge soy plantations. Devastated by poverty, he joins a gang of other peasants that steals cattle during the darkness of the nights on the pastures.
Rojo (2018)
Trenque Lauquen (2023)
Trenque Lauquen (2023)
With the strange disappearance of Laura, two colleagues, her older boyfriend, Rafael, and Ezequiel, learn of their recent discoveries, which may help them locate her. However, the story is bigger and stranger than they could imagine.
The Debt (2015)
The Debt (2015)
Set against the backdrop of an international finance deal in New York and Peru, Oliver's Deal is an intense political drama which explores how far people will go to get what they want.
La trampa (1949)
La trampa (1949)
A lonely woman marries a man without getting to know him.
The Suffering (2017)
The Suffering (2017)
Pablo Rouviot is a renowned psychoanalyst. His life changes completely when Paula arrives to his office and asks him to prove that his brother, a man with serious psychological problems and accused for the murder of his father, is in no able condition to be judged.
Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall) (2018)
Dark Buildings (A Crack in the Wall) (2018)
When the beautiful Leonor arrives at the architecture studio Borla y Asociados looking for Nelson Jara, both Mario Borla and his partner Marta Hovart and Pablo Simó, the building's oldest architect, claim to ignore that name completely. But they all lie. The truth begins to unravel through the memories of Pablo Simó. Pablo should carry out the unpleasant job of dealing with Nelson Jara, an indignant owner of the building adjoining a work of the studio, damaged by a crack in the wall of his living room caused by an error in the construction. But the fear and nervousness that provokes in the three involved the arrival of Leonor and her question "what happened to Nelson Jara?" Show something much darker and more suspicious. (FILMAFFINITY)
Lobos (2012)
Lobos (2012)
Man Facing Southeast (1987)
Man Facing Southeast (1987)
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.
Intrigas no Eduardoverso (2024)
Intrigas no Eduardoverso (2024)
Albatroz (2019)
Albatroz (2019)
Dreams and reality get mixed up in this sci-fi plot, focused on a photographer. When he photographs a terrorist attack during a trip to Jerusalem, his personal and professional lives plunge into turmoil.
Las hormigas asesinas (2005)
Las hormigas asesinas (2005)
Paul Kazan can't sleep. He wanders through empty streets. Why is the city of Santiago empty. At night, Kazan is a DJ at the 'Insomnia' disco, one of the few places where there are people. Something is happening. Something weird. There are rumors. Rumors of killer ants and epidemics ...
O Hóspede (2011)
O Hóspede (2011)
In a hostel in the interior of Brazil, a strange guest and a mysterious incident leave the landlord restless and obsessed with finding out who that man is and what he is doing there.
PRESENCE (2024)
PRESENCE (2024)
Bruno dreams of reuniting with Alma, or with what’s left of her.
The Xango from Baker Street (2001)
The Xango from Baker Street (2001)
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.
Lamb of God (2020)
Lamb of God (2020)
North Argentina, 1961. Only a few priests and interns remain in a secluded run-down boys' religious boarding school. Suddenly and unannounced, Father Martin arrives, whose intentions are not as clear as he claims.
Camping (2017)
Camping (2017)
In New Years Eve, Sofía goes back to the countryside where she spent her childhood. At first idyllic, the place and its people will soon reveal their sadness and resentments.
Lancinante (0)
Lancinante (0)
O Incrível Fim da Última Pessoa do Mundo (2023)
O Incrível Fim da Última Pessoa do Mundo (2023)
Blue Blood (2014)
Blue Blood (2014)
When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. When secrets surface, bizarre family reunions rival the circus performances.
Amateur (2016)
Amateur (2016)
Martin is a lonely television director who becomes obsessed with his neighbor Isabel when he finds an amateur porn video in which she participates. However Isabel turns out to be the wife of the owner of the TV network where he works.
Republic (2020)
Republic (2020)
One night, a Brazilian woman wakes up in a country exhausted from violent acts. Republic is a short film realized at home, in the beginning of 2020s quarantine, in the center of São Paulo, República neighborhood.
Diablo (2012)
Diablo (2012)
A depressed former boxing champion gets involved in a big problem with his cousin the same day that he was about to make up with his ex-girlfriend.
When You No Longer Love Me (2018)
When You No Longer Love Me (2018)
An Argentinian girl returns to her natal town on Basque Country to discover who killed her father.
WC Masculino (2017)
WC Masculino (2017)
Leo is the perfect husband. Successful and happily married, he is surprised by the visit of André, his wife's newest friend. At an informal dinner, he has to deal with the man's innuendo.
The Other Magick (2018)
The Other Magick (2018)
Documentary about a house of witchcraft in Buenos Aires
