The Best Latin American Dramas Movies to Watch

Through its main couple, Private Desert depicts two sides dealing with masculine repression. The first side shown is Daniel’s, who was born and raised in a military family, but who doesn’t meet the same standards his father met because of this dishonorable dismissal. But what’s interesting about Private Desert is its second side, that of […]

At times of political strife, how can one seek justice? Song Without a Name could have presented its case in a straightforward biopic. Inspired by her journalist father’s story, writer-director Melina León  could have presented a hard-hitting docudrama that celebrated the smart journalists who brought the traffickers to justice. However, León doesn’t do that. She […]

A foreign film on par with City of God, and carrying its heritage of naturalistic performances and raw stories. Sin Nombre will take you into a world filled with gut wrenching violence, heart-breaking loss, and non-stop suspense. And while definitely a tough watch, it reports the horrors of immigration with humane and sometimes hopeful outlook. The profound and epic redemption in this movie will leave you […]

This movie will punch, kick and slap the crap out of you. Something that will be hard to believe after you watch it – it is based on a true story. Filmed and set in the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro, it follows two young men who choose two opposite paths; one an aspiring […]

It’s terrifying to imagine how someone innocent can unknowingly get linked to a crime. It’s a fear that drives many crime films including Paraguayan thriller 7 Boxes. While the basic idea is familiar, the film takes this trip to an unfamiliar location and executes it in a slick, stylish way, with respect to the hustle […]

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s cleverly layered directorial feature film debut follows three persons whose lives are connected by a car crash in Mexico City. It directly involves two of them: a young man who enters the world of dogfighting to earn enough to elope with his sister-in-law, and a supermodel whose life is changed for the […]

When a playboy is handed a child from a past fling he moves from Mexico to America to try and find the mother. Once in America he finds himself deep into the role of a father with his transition being one of those sweet moments you never see coming. The whole movie has that tone, of […]