01 A middle-class builder's single bad decision pulls him into Medellin's cocaine trade.
Directed by Víctor Gaviria · 1h 48m
13 Best Colombian Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 5, 2026
Colombia Drama thought provokingintense
Colombian cinema’s international breakout came through Ciro Guerra’s mystical black-and-white Amazon epics, but the range spans drug-war sagas, child-soldier fables and street-level realism. Embrace of the Serpent is the Guerra landmark, Sumas y Restas has a builder’s bad decision pulling him into Medellin’s cocaine trade, and Dog Eat Dog has Cali hitmen turning on each other. The Wind Journeys, Choco, Monos, Birds of Passage, La Vendedora de Rosas, Rodrigo D: No Future, La Estrategia del Caracol and Dirty Hands round out the list.
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02 A crew of Cali hitmen turn on each other after a botched, cursed job.
Directed by Paul Wong · 0h 07m
03 An accordion player treks across Colombia to return his cursed instrument to its origin.
Directed by Ciro Guerra · 1h 57m
Where to watch
Stream: Film Movement Plus · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Stream: Film Movement Plus · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
04 A gold-panning mother in a poor Pacific-coast village goes to desperate lengths to buy her daughter a birthday cake.
Directed by Jhonny Hendrix · 1h 20m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
05 Tenants facing eviction devise an elaborate scheme to take their entire building with them.
Directed by Sergio Cabrera · 1h 56m
06 A young Medellin drummer drifts through poverty and violence in the years before the cartel wars.
Directed by Víctor Gaviria · 1h 32m
07 A homeless street girl selling roses on Christmas Eve navigates Medellin's brutal underworld.
Directed by Víctor Gaviria · 1h 55m
08 A teenage guerrilla unit guarding a hostage in the mountains slowly descends into chaos.
Directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarría · 1h 43m · Rated R
Where to watch
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, CosmoGo
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
09 An indigenous family's entry into the marijuana trade turns into a generational tragedy.
Directed by Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego · 2h 05m
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Curzon Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Curzon Home Cinema, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
10 An Amazonian shaman guides two explorers decades apart, each searching for the same sacred plant.
Directed by Ciro Guerra · 2h 05m
Where to watch
Stream: Philo, Night Flight Plus, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: CosmoGo
Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
11 A struggling father in Buenaventura is pulled into smuggling drugs beneath the waves as a human submarine pilot.
Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka · 1h 24m
Where to watch
Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
12 A displaced Afro-Colombian teenager tries to build a new life on the streets and beaches of Cartagena.
Directed by Juan Andrés Arango Garcia · 1h 30m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
13 A group of boys tries to retrieve a football from a landmine-strewn field near their village.
Directed by Carlos César Arbeláez · 1h 30m
Where to watch
Stream: Film Movement Plus, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Film Movement Plus · Rent: Apple TV Store, Plex · Buy: Apple TV Store
Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.
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