The best Chilean films of all time
The top 3 according to 26 votes from people: The Club (2015) · The Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969) · Three Sad Tigers (1968). (Updated Jul 8, 2025.)
From 1960s New Chilean Cinema to Pablo Larraín and Sebastián Lelio: the CineChile experts' ranking reported by BioBioChile, rounded out with Rock&Pop and Diario El Día.
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Top 10
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1
The Club (2015)
Disgraced priests in a coastal house, by Pablo Larraín.
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2
The Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969)
A peasant killer, his trial and execution, by Miguel Littin.
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3
Three Sad Tigers (1968)
Three drifting characters in Santiago, by Raúl Ruiz.
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4
Valparaíso mi amor (1969)
Children surviving on the hills of Valparaíso, by Aldo Francia.
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5
Machuca (2004)
Two boys from different classes in 1973, by Andrés Wood.
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6
La frontera (1991)
A teacher sent into internal exile in the south, by Ricardo Larraín.
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7
Largo viaje (1967)
A boy crosses Santiago with his newborn brother's body.
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8
No (2012)
The ad campaign for the 1988 referendum, with Gael García Bernal.
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9
Caliche sangriento (1969)
Soldiers lost in the desert in the War of the Pacific, by Helvio Soto.
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10
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Marina after her partner's death; foreign-language Oscar.
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11
El zapato chino (1979)
A taxi driver and a young woman in Santiago under the dictatorship.
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12
Julio comienza en julio (1979)
A landowner and his son in the early 20th century, by Silvio Caiozzi.
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13
The Maid (2009)
A live-in maid who has been with the same family for 23 years.
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