# The best Peruvian films of all time

From Kukuli to Retablo: the classics and most-awarded films of Peruvian cinema, according to La Cartelera, Peru.info, El Comercio and Ventana Indiscreta.

- 14 votes · 14 items
- Mar 21, 2023 · íñigo martínez
- https://even.best/en/l/4137/the-best-peruvian-films-of-all-time

## Top 10

1. **The City and the Dogs (1985)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Vargas Llosa's military academy, by Francisco Lombardi.
2. **Madeinusa (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A girl from an Andean village during Holy Time, by Claudia Llosa.
3. **Undertow (2009)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A married fisherman and the ghost of his lover.
4. **The Milk of Sorrow (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A young woman who inherits her mother's fear; Golden Bear and Oscar-nominated.
5. **The Lion's Den (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soldiers in an Andean village during the Shining Path years, by Lombardi.
6. **Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A captain put in charge of a 'visitor service' in the jungle.
7. **The Green Wall (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A settler family in the jungle, by Armando Robles Godoy.
8. **Wiñaypacha (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An elderly couple in the Andes, spoken in Aymara.
9. **Paper Dove (2003)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A boy recruited by the Shining Path.
10. **Song Without a Name (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A mother whose baby is stolen in 1988.
11. **Retablo (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young apprentice altarpiece maker in Ayacucho.
12. **Days of Santiago (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A former soldier who doesn't fit into post-war Lima.
13. **Kukuli (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first film spoken in Quechua.
14. **Gregorio (1984)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A migrant boy on the streets of Lima, by Grupo Chaski.

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