12 Best Chilean Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · September 5, 2026

Chilean cinema keeps returning to the long shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship, directly in No or obliquely through class stories set afterwards. Post Mortem has a morgue clerk’s routine upended the night of the coup, Johnny One Hundred Pesos has a botched robbery becoming a hostage standoff on live TV, and Gloria has a divorced woman refusing to quiet her search for connection. Ema, The Club, Tony Manero, Machuca, The Maid, No, A Fantastic Woman and The Mole Agent round out the list.

Ema (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A dancer and her choreographer husband come apart after giving back the son they adopted.

Directed by Pablo Larraín · 1h 47m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Brew, OVID, MUBI Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A botched robbery turns into a live hostage standoff broadcast on national television.

Directed by Gustavo Graef-Marino · 1h 30m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Fandango At Home

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Post Mortem (2010)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A morgue clerk's quiet routine is upended the night Pinochet's coup fills the building with bodies.

Directed by Pablo Larraín · 1h 38m

Where to watch

Stream: OVID · Rent: Pijama Films

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Gloria (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A divorced woman in her fifties refuses to let age quieten her search for connection.

Directed by Sebastián Lelio · 1h 45m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Pijama Films · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Club (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Disgraced priests living in a quiet seaside house are confronted by a victim who has tracked one of them down.

Directed by Lone Scherfig · 1h 47m

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now · Rent: Apple TV Store · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Tony Manero (2008)

TMDB ★ 6.5

A delusional, disturbed man's obsession with Saturday Night Fever spirals into violence under the Chilean dictatorship.

Directed by Pablo Larraín · 1h 37m

Where to watch

Stream: OVID

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Machuca (2004)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Two boys from opposite class backgrounds form a friendship right before Pinochet's coup destroys it.

Directed by Andrés Wood · 1h 56m

Where to watch

Stream: Kino Film Collection

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The Maid (2009)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A live-in housekeeper's decades of quiet resentment surface when the family hires her some help.

Directed by Sebastián Silva · 1h 36m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Philo, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store

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No (2012)

TMDB ★ 7.4

An ad executive runs the real 'No' campaign that ended Pinochet's rule through a democratic referendum.

Directed by Ivan Reitman · 1h 47m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Fantastic Woman (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.1 RT 94% Metacritic 81

A transgender woman fights to grieve her partner while his family tries to erase her.

Directed by Sebastián Lelio · 1h 44m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar38 wins & 46 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Mole Agent (2020)

TMDB ★ 7.5

An elderly widower goes undercover inside a nursing home to investigate suspected elder abuse for a private detective.

Directed by Maite Alberdi · 1h 30m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Mi mejor enemigo (2005)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Chilean and Argentine soldiers stranded near a disputed 19th-century border realise neither side wants a war.

Directed by Alex Bowen · 1h 40m

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

12 Best Chilean Movies to Watch

Ema (2019)

Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993)

Post Mortem (2010)

Gloria (2013)

The Club (2015)

Tony Manero (2008)

Machuca (2004)

The Maid (2009)

No (2012)

A Fantastic Woman (2017)

The Mole Agent (2020)

Mi mejor enemigo (2005)

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