Best Movies From Colombia
by ColombiaEnCine | created - 09 Nov 2017 | updated - 23 Apr 2018 | PublicThe following is a list of the most popular, highest ranked and most awarded movies from Colombia. Which one do you think is the best? Or, if you haven't seen many of them, which film would you pick to watch?
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1. Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis
Votes: 24,481 | Gross: $1.33M
2. The Rose Seller (1998)
116 min | Drama
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Víctor Gaviria | Stars: Leidy María 'Lady' Tabares, Marta Correa, Mileider Gil, Diana Murillo
Votes: 2,132
3. Confessing to Laura (1990)
90 min | Drama
The action is situated in Colombia on April 9, 1948, date in which took place the famous "Bogotazo". It is a story of love frustrated by political circumstances. Laura, a spinster ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Osorio Gómez | Stars: Vicky Hernández, Gustavo Londoño, María Cristina Gálvez, Walter Rojas
Votes: 266
4. The Towrope (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
A Colombian refugee tries to rebuild her life at a guest house located on the shores of a great lake in the Andes.
Director: William Vega | Stars: Joghis Seudin Arias, Julio César Roble, Floralba Achicanoy, David Fernando Guacas
Votes: 787
5. Gente de bien (2014)
86 min | Drama
Eric, 10, finds himself almost overnight living with Gabriel, his father, who he barely knows. The man has trouble keeping their heads above water and building a relationship with his son. ... See full summary »
Director: Franco Lolli | Stars: Brayan Santamarià, Carlos Fernando Pérez, Alejandra Borrero, Santiago Martínez
Votes: 494
6. Land and Shade (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
After having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.
Director: César Augusto Acevedo | Stars: Haimer Leal, Hilda Ruiz, Edison Raigosa, Marleyda Soto
Votes: 1,884
7. Los viajes del viento (2009)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Music
A musician travels a great distance to return an instrument to his elderly teacher.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez, Agustin Nieves, Jose Luis Torres
Votes: 2,511
8. A Man of Principle (1984)
90 min | Drama
In Colombia, from the second half of the nineteenth century, two political parties; The traditional liberal and conservative ¸ fought a series of civil wars for almost one hundred years of ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Norden | Stars: Frank Ramírez, Isabela Corona, Victor Hugo Morant, Santiago García
Votes: 557
9. María Cano (1990)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Colombia 1920's. The country receives compensation for the separation of Panama and is open to foreign credit to undertake major development works. Growing mass of workers but not improve ... See full summary »
Director: Camila Loboguerrero | Stars: María Eugenia Dávila, Frank Ramírez, Maguso, Diego Vélez
Votes: 55
10. Dirty Hands (2014)
TV-MA | 84 min | Drama, Thriller
A desperate fisherman and a naive young man embark on a dangerous journey trafficking drugs up the Pacific coast of Colombia. Hidden beneath the waves, they tow a narco-torpedo filled with ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka | Stars: Cristian James Abvincula, Jarlin Javier Martinez, Hadder Blandon, Andrés Reina Ruiz
Votes: 520
11. Tiempo de morir (1985)
98 min | Drama
A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his "pueblo" (village). But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Gustavo Angarita, Sebastián Ospina, Jorge Emilio Salazar, María Eugenia Dávila
Votes: 205
12. La Playa D.C. (2012)
90 min | Drama
Tomas, an Afro-Colombian teenager who fled the country's Pacific coast pushed out by the war, faces the difficulties of growing up in a city of exclusion and racism. When Jairo, his younger... See full summary »
Director: Juan Andrés Arango Garcia | Stars: Luis Carlos Guevara, Jamés Solís, Andrés Murillo, Einer Cotés
Votes: 388
13. Choco (2012)
80 min | Drama
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same.
Director: Jhonny Hendrix | Stars: Esteban Copete, Karent Hinestroza, Sebastián Mosqueira, Daniela Mosquera
Votes: 295
14. All Your Dead Ones (2011)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Salvador is a peasant who one day wakes up as usual to work on his land but instead finds a pile of corpses in the middle of his crops. He runs to notify the authorities but is Sunday and ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Moreno | Stars: Álvaro Rodríguez, Jorge Herrera, Martha Marquez, Harold Devasten
Votes: 298
15. Los niños invisibles (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy and his friends attempt to become invisible to get closer to the girls they desire. They must steal the magic recipe and its ingredients without getting caught to perform the ritual.
Director: Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Stars: Guillermo Castañeda, Ingrid Cielo Ospina, Gustavo Camacho, Juvenal Camacho
Votes: 284
16. Alias Maria (2015)
TV-MA | 91 min | Drama, War
A vision of Colombia's inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young - and pregnant - girl soldier.
Director: José Luis Rugeles | Stars: Carlos Clavijo, Anderson Gomez, Carmenza González, Lola Lagos
Votes: 401
17. The People at Universal (1991)
110 min | Drama
This is a dark comedy that takes place in an urban jungle, where everyone has to ensure their own survival. No one is evil, but everyone acts for their own benefit and without considering ... See full summary »
Director: Felipe Aljure | Stars: Álvaro Rodríguez, Jennifer Steffens, Robinson Díaz, Ani Aristizábal
Votes: 778
18. PVC-1 (2007)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
Director: Spiros Stathoulopoulos | Stars: Hugo Pereira, Daniel Páez, Gilberto Ramirez, Patricia Rueda
Votes: 1,154
19. El colombian dream (2005)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
A psychedelic multiple-storyline around a disco called "El Colombian Dream".
Director: Felipe Aljure | Stars: Alfredo Aguilar, Eva Ahen, Juan Miguel Anzola, Enrique Arango
Votes: 376
20. Satanás (2007)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the Mario Mendoza's book and inspired by true events, tells three interconnected stories happening in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre.
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Marcela Valencia, Blas Jaramillo, Lucia Rengifo, Isabel Gaona
Votes: 1,828
21. The Hidden Face (2011)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance. But can he look beyond the facts?
Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Martina García, María Soledad Rodríguez, Jose Luis Garcia
Votes: 46,319
22. La estrategia del caracol (1993)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken, but decide to unite and come up with a strategy.
Director: Sergio Cabrera | Stars: Fausto Cabrera, Frank Ramírez, Delfina Guido, Vicky Hernández
Votes: 2,813
23. Mateo (II) (2014)
R | 86 min | Drama
At the impressionable age of 16, young Mateo faces a dilemma about the direction his life will take when his corrupt uncle asks him to infiltrate a local Barrancabermeja theatre group to uncover its members' political activities.
Director: Maria Gamboa | Stars: Carlos Hernández, Felipe Botero, Samuel Lazcano, Miriam Gutiérrez
Votes: 178
24. Anna (I) (2015)
96 min | Drama
Anna is a young Colombian woman living in Paris, daily struggling with her emotional frailty. She tries to spend more time with her ten-year-old son, Nathan, but Philippe, her former ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Toulemonde Vidal | Stars: Juana Acosta, Kolia Abiteboul, Bruno Clairefond, Augustin Legrand
Votes: 152
25. Siempreviva (2015)
R | 111 min | Drama
The economy is not doing well and in a few months Lucia will lose the mortgaged house where she lives with her two children, Mr. Carlos the owner of the Second-hand store, Sergio, Clown by ... See full summary »
Director: Klych López | Stars: Alejandro Aguilar, Fernando Arévalo, Enrique Carriazo, Laura Garcia
Votes: 255
26. Violencia (2015)
74 min | Drama, History, War
One day, three men, three different settings, the all-pervading violence that envelopes Colombia their inexorable connective tissue.
Director: Jorge Forero | Stars: Rodrigo Vélez, David Aldana, Lorena Macías, Cristian Rubiano
Votes: 223
27. Pink Noise (2014)
110 min | Drama
The rainy seasons starts in Barranquilla. Once more the city is flooded by the pouring rain. In the intimacy of a small workshop, hidden in a desolate street downtown, Luis, a lonely man, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Flores Prieto | Stars: Roosevel Gonzalez, Mabel Pizarro
Votes: 49
28. Wandering Shadows (2004)
90 min | Drama
Two men meet in downtown Bogotá; one is missing a leg, the other is a "silletero," a man who carries people around for money. Each character bears the burden of a bitter past life.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Lowin Allende, César Badillo, Julián Díaz, Andrés Gaitán
Votes: 513
29. Field of Amapolas (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Family, War
A Colombian farmer and his son are exiled from their village on the high plains. They boy befriends a girl and borrows a little dog to play with, while the father is forced to work in the ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Melo Guevara | Stars: Luis Burbano Burgos, Paula Paez, Carlos Alberto Hualpa, Juan Carlos Rosero
Votes: 121
30. The Colors of the Mountain (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos César Arbeláez | Stars: Hernán Mauricio Ocampo, Nolberto Sánchez, Genaro Aristizábal, Hernán Méndez
Votes: 1,756
31. Técnicas de duelo: Una cuestión de honor (1988)
97 min | Comedy
The teacher and the butcher of a small town in the tropical Andes, are both in love with the same woman (Miriam). They decide to duel for her. Everyone in town catch the notice, except of ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Cabrera | Stars: Frank Ramírez, Humberto Dorado, Florina Lemaitre, Vicky Hernández
Votes: 98
32. La deuda (1997)
90 min | Drama
A usurer nicknamed The Turk is killed. Mysteriously, everyone in the village had problems with him and anyone could have been his killer.
Directors: Nicolás Buenaventura, Manuel José Álvarez | Stars: Nicolás Buenaventura, Manuel José Álvarez, Vicky Hernández, Jairo Camargo
Votes: 76
33. Guilty Men (2016)
115 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
Willington's only love, Mariana, is about to get married to his cousin. While Willington tries to get her back, the rumor of a thief in town and a series of violent murders remind them of a fearful past, that will endanger Mariana.
Director: Iván Gaona | Stars: René Diaz Calderón, Willington Gordillo, Cristian Hernández, Suetonio Hernández
Votes: 258
34. Ciro y yo (2018)
110 min | Documentary
Ciro Galindo was born on August 29th, 1952 in Colombia. Wherever he's gone, war has found him. After twenty years of friendship, I understood Ciro 's life sums up Colombia's history. As so ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Salazar | Stars: Ciro Galindo, Esneider Galindo
Votes: 313
35. Un asunto de tierras (2015)
78 min | Documentary, Drama
A Matter of Land recounts the first year of application of Colombian's Land Restitution Act from the perspective of a community who decide to engage with the process. The film explores the ... See full summary »
Director: Patricia Ayala Ruiz
Votes: 16
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