30+ Good Latin Movies & Shows to Watch

Nosferatu

Dir. Robert Eggers

Nosferatu is impressive on all counts. On the acting front, you have Skarsgård performing a career-best—he’s been many monsters, but…

Conclave

Dir. Edward Berger

It’s always refreshing to see people in esteemed positions let their guard down, not to mention smoke a vape or…

The Banshees of Inisherin

Dir. Martin McDonagh

The Banshees of Inisherin is an Irish dark comedy film that begins with the breakup of longtime friends Pádraic (Colin…

The Two Popes

Dir. Fernando Meirelles

You wouldn’t expect two old men discussing God and politics to be deeply intriguing, but I suppose it’s different when…

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

This historical show with immaculate production value is about the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It’s fully in English, despite…

The Collini Case

Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner

A young lawyer has to defend a murderer after passing the bar only three months prior in this satisfying German…

Séraphine

Dir. Martin Provost

Séraphine is a biopic, but it’s not your ordinary rags-to-riches story where a cleaning lady’s paintings lead her to getting…

The Son’s Room

Dir. Nanni Moretti

The Son’s Room is about grief, but there’s something refreshing about the way it depicts how the family navigates it,…

Joyeux Noel

Dir. Christian Carion

Christmas isn’t usually the best time to watch a tense war drama, but there were some Christmases where war was…

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Dir. Ken Loach

You might expect a movie about the Irish struggle for independence from the British Empire during the 1920s to be…

Stations of the Cross

Dir. Dietrich Brüggemann

For viewers who aren’t familiar, the Stations of the Cross is a series of prayers that contemplates Jesus’ crucifixion. It’s…

The Kingdom

Dir. Lars von Trier & Morten Arnfred

While best known for his provocative, existential dramas, Lars von Trier also made a provocative mini-series with surprising supernatural horror.…

Bad Education

Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

There’s a cyclical tragedy at the heart of Bad Education, that starts with love, then continues in separation, and ends…

Europa

Dir. Lars von Trier

World War II changed the fate of many countries, but most prominently that of the European continent and the United…

The Kingdom: Exodus

Dir. Lars von Trier & Morten Arnfred

In 1994, Danish auteur Lars von Trier came up with a TV series called The Kingdom, an absurd supernatural comedy…

Withnail & I

Dir. Bruce Robinson

There are a few instances that prove the merit of one’s friendship, and one of those instances is a roadtrip.…

Faust

Dir. Jan Švankmajer

With many iterations of Faust, Jan Švankmajer’s own take on the deal with the devil isn’t absolutely terrifying, and can…

Rushmore

Dir. Wes Anderson

If it weren’t for his knack for writing, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) would never have gotten into a prep school…

Adaptation

Dir. Spike Jonze

A film written by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman as he struggles to adapt a book about poaching…

Maurice

Dir. James Ivory

In this romantic drama, James Ivory adapts E.M. Forster’s novel Maurice. Set in the early 20th century, Maurice Hall befriends…

The Magdalene Sisters

Dir. Peter Mullan

This is a touching saga based on the plight of the women labelled as “fallen” that the Magdalene Laundries housed…

The Reader

Dir. Stephen Daldry

The Reader is a German-American drama from 2008, based on the best-selling novel by author Bernhard Schlink. The storyline begins…

The White Ribbon

Dir. Michael Haneke

This 2009 Palme d’Or winner is filmed beautifully in black and white by Michael Haneke. In equal parts mysterious and…

The Fall

Dir. Tarsem Singh

Filmed in 28 countries over a period of four years, The Fall is a modern-day epic with haunting undertones. After…

Neds

Dir. Peter Mullan

This coming-of-age drama is about John McGill, a brilliant student with a promising future who becomes a thug. More specifically,…