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1. Missing (1982)
PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea
Votes: 23,363 | Gross: $14.00M
2. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Documentary, History, War
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
Votes: 918
3. The Official Story (1985)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Votes: 10,860 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner
Votes: 6,112
5. Imagining Argentina (2003)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rubén Blades, Irene Escolar
Votes: 3,547
6. Garage Olimpo (1999)
R | 98 min | Drama
In the 70's, eighteen year-old Maria Fabiani lives with her French mother Diane in an old house in Buenos Aires, subletting rooms and giving classes to illiterate adults in the slums. One ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bechis | Stars: Antonella Costa, Carlos Echevarría, Enrique Piñeyro, Pablo Razuk
Votes: 2,870
7. Chronicle of an Escape (2006)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado
Votes: 3,704 | Gross: $0.00M
8. Clandestine Childhood (2011)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamín Ávila | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Oreiro, César Troncoso, Teo Gutiérrez Moreno
Votes: 2,688 | Gross: $0.01M
9. I, Dolours (2018)
82 min | Documentary
Documentary about Dolours Price, one of very few women who rose to the top of the IRA and who was involved in bombings during the Troubles in the 1970s.
Director: Maurice Sweeney | Stars: Lorna Larkin, Lauren Beale, Gail Brady, Frank Cannon
Votes: 314
10. Verdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela (2011)
99 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1976, a coup d'etat by the Armed Forces replaced the argentine constitutional Government and policies of terror that trampled on human rights were implemented. In a few years, the hidden... See full summary »
Director: Nicolás Gil Lavedra | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Alejandro Awada, Inés Efron, Laura Novoa
Votes: 146
11. The Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo (1985)
64 min | Documentary, History
The movie follows the struggle of the Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo, a group of mothers who challenged authorities during the repressive regime in Argentina (1976-1983), trying to discover ... See full summary »
Directors: Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo | Star: Carmen Zapata
Votes: 95
12. Das Lied in mir (2010)
94 min | Drama
During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, ... See full summary »
Director: Florian Cossen | Stars: Jessica Schwarz, Michael Gwisdek, Rafael Ferro, Beatriz Spelzini
Votes: 842
13. Un muro de silencio (1993)
105 min | Drama
A film director decides to make a movie about Silvia, a woman who lost her husband during a particularly violent war. But will making a movie about it force Silvia to remember her traumatic past?
Director: Lita Stantic | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Ofelia Medina, Lautaro Murúa, Lorenzo Quinteros
Votes: 271
14. Imagen latente (1987)
92 min | Drama
In the late 1980s, a politically neutral photographer in Pinochet's Chile is still struggling to come to terms with the "disappearance" of his activist brother in the Villa Grimaldi torture centre back in 1975.
Director: Pablo Perelman | Stars: Bastián Bodenhöfer, María Izquierdo, Gonzalo Robles, Elena Muñoz
Votes: 64
15. De försvunna (1979)
87 min | Drama
Three days in one of Chilean military dictator Pinochet's torture centres.
Director: Sergio M. Castilla | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Leonardo Perucci, Ely Menz, Hugo Medina
Votes: 16
16. Sexto A 1965 (1985)
90 min | Drama
Director: Claudio Di Girolamo | Stars: Roberto Parada, Roberto Poblete, Eugenio Ahumada, Cristián Campos
Votes: 8
17. Recado de Chile (1979)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A clandestinely filmed record of the testimonies and activities of the families of the disappeared in Pinochet's Chile.
Directors: Carlos Flores del Pino, José Román | Stars: Fedora Robles, Nelson Villagra
18. HH (2019)
19 min | Documentary, Short
In 1977, the military government kidnapped Juan Herman in Bariloche. In 1985, Carlos Echeverría shot "Juan as if nothing had happened" a film that investigated the disappereance. Horacio -... See full summary »
Director: Julián Settón
19. Flores de septiembre (2004)
111 min | Documentary
Directors: Pablo Osores, Roberto Testa, Nicolás Wainzelbaum
Votes: 28
20. La cueca sola (2003)
52 min | Documentary
The stories of five Chilean women from three generations who suffered under Pinochet's military dictatorship and have emerged as heroes under democracy.
Director: Marilú Mallet | Stars: Isabel Allende Bussi, Monique Hermosilla, Rosa Jiménez, María Estela Ortiz Rojas
Votes: 20
21. Fuego eterno (2012)
27 min | Documentary, Short
'Eternal Fire' takes place during a round trip between Buenos Aires and New York, while the present memory of a man inspires his loved ones to honor life. Juana Sapire returns to the city ... See full summary »
Director: Cynthia Sabat | Stars: Raymundo Gleyzer, Juana Sapire
22. The Disappeared (2016)
8 min | Short, Drama
A young soldier is conflicted when he must choose between following orders and listening to his conscience.
Director: Evan Derrickson | Stars: Tasos Hernandez, Riley Anne Martin, Robert R. Ramos, Randall Ruiz
23.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Episode:
Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Neighborhoods and society in the cities have become very segregated. Both sides of the conflict are using paramilitary organizations. Botha sides are using hatred and fear to attempt to ... See full summary »
Director: James Bluemel
Votes: 53
24.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
War, Propaganda and the Enemy Within
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Abby Martin
Votes: 11
25.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The U.S. School That Trains Dictators and Death Squads
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Roy Bourgeois, Maria Luisa, Abby Martin, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 12
26.
Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
Episode:
Dios y Federación
(2019)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The election in Venezuela is moved up. Stranded in a hostile country, Jack and Mike fight for their lives, while Greer is interrogated. The Ubarri family must decide to flee or face Reyes.
Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Noomi Rapace, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 3,004