Chilean
This Chilean movie won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year in 2018.
Una mujer fantástica
This Argentinian movie won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year in 2010. The main character is a retired legal counselor who writes a novel. He hopes to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
El secreto de sus ojos
Total box office: $871.5 million
This movie is a trilogy directed by Peter Jackson and based on a famous book. The title of the movie and the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created a specific piece of jewelery as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth.
The Lord of the Rings
In this 1972 Hollywood classic directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando plays the aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty who transfers control of his empire to his son.
The Godfather
Every episode of this animated movie features a little squirrel desperately looking for a nut.
Ice Age
In this 2004 movie directed by Andrés Wood, two boys, Gonzalo and Pedro, observed a political coup in Chile.
Machuca
This Brazilian drama was an Oscar nominee in 2004 in 4 categories. In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin (the most important person in an organization).
Ciudad de Dios
Total box office: $1 billion
This blockbuster was directed by Christopher Nolan and it was based on a story of a famous superhero played by Christian Bale. One of the characters was played by Heath Ledger.
The Dark Knight
In this movie by Stanley Kubrick, a family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter. An evil spiritual presence influences the father, who is a writer, and drives him crazy.
The Shining
The main character is big and green, but tender.
Shrek
In this 1993 movie, a young low-class student gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a non-successful video rental robbery.
Johnny 100 Pesos
This Argentinian comedy/drama/thriller was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year in 2015. Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress. Ricardo Darín plays the character called "Bombita".
Relatos salvajes
Total box office: $457.6 million
In this 2000 blockbuster directed by Ridley Scott, the main character named Maximus intends to get revenge for the murders of his wife and child at the hand of the evil Roman Emperor Commodus.
Gladiator
The two main characters are played by Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The movie tells the story of a selfish young man, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and left all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond, an autistic savant.
Rain Man
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Finding Nemo
In this 2015 movie, a crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where priests and nuns suspected of crimes live secluded.
El Club
In this 2010 Colombian movie, a boy named Manuel dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when his father gives him a new ball. But an unexpected accident sends the ball flying into a minefield. Despite the danger, Manuel convinces his two friends to rescue the ball with him.
Los colores de la montaña
Total box office: $2.78 billion
Director James Cameron set this movie in an alien world called Pandora. Cameron hired a linguist to create the Na’vi language used in the film.
Avatar
In this 1961 Hollywood classic, Audrey Hepburn plays a young New York socialite who becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A young girl answers the ocean's call to seek out a demigod and save her island from an ancient curse.
Moana
In this 2009 drama, an employee tries to hold on to her position after having worked for a family for 23 years. The main characters are played by Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón and Mariana Loyola.
La Nana
In this Peruvian comedy drama, the main character is an army captain, a very serious and efficient officer, who is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service for soldiers in remote jungle outposts.
Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Total box office: $960.3 million
This blockbuster movie is based on a book by a female British author, popular among teenagers fascinated with magic.
Harry Potter (and the Deathly Hallows)
In this movie from 1955, Marilyn Monroe is shown in a famous scene wearing a white dress, standing over the subway vent.
The Seven Year Itch
This animated movie won 2 Oscars in 2018: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures and Best Animated Feature Film. The film follows a story of a young musician confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music.
Coco