01 A group of aimless Caracas friends drift towards petty crime out of pure boredom.
Directed by Adrián Caetano & Bruno Stagnaro · 1h 32m
8 Best Venezuelan Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · December 22, 2025
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Venezuela’s best-known films confront Caracas’s violence and inequality head on, from kidnapping rings and gang life to a mother’s discomfort with her son’s hair. Pizza, Beer, Cigarettes has bored friends drifting into petty crime, El Chico que Miente follows a boy persuading his town that his long-dead mother is alive, Desde Alla sees a lonely older man’s transactional relationships turn tender, and Azul y no tan Rosa tests a father-son bond after a hate-crime attack. Pelo Malo, Secuestro Express, Hermano and La Familia round out the list.
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02 A boy convinces his rural town that his mother, long presumed dead, is actually still alive.
Directed by Marité Ugás · 1h 39m
03 A lonely older man's transactional relationships with young men take an unexpectedly tender turn.
Directed by Lorenzo Vigas · 1h 33m
Where to watch
Stream: Strand Releasing Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
04 A gay photographer's relationship with his son is tested after a violent hate-crime attack.
Directed by Miguel Ferrari · 1h 54m
Where to watch
Stream: IndieFlix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
05 A father and his estranged teenage son are forced to rely on each other after a violent incident.
Directed by Gustavo Rondón Córdova · 1h 22m
Where to watch
Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
06 Two foster brothers' football ambitions are derailed by gang violence in their Caracas slum.
Directed by Marcel Rasquin · 1h 37m
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Brew, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, MovieMe · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
07 A mother's discomfort with her son's natural hair and effeminate mannerisms strains their entire relationship.
Directed by Mariana Rondón · 1h 33m
Where to watch
Stream: OVID · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Pijama Films · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent: Amazon Video, Pijama Films · Buy: Amazon Video
Stream: OVID · Rent: Pijama Films
Rent: Pijama Films
Rent: Pijama Films
08 A young couple is kidnapped by a gang running an efficient, terrifyingly routine ransom operation.
Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz · 1h 26m · Rated R
Where to watch
Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube
Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent: Amazon Video
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