The best films about the Pinochet dictatorship
The top 3 according to 525 votes from people: No (2012) · Missing (1982) · Machuca (2004). (Updated Nov 1, 2023.)
From It's Raining on Santiago and Missing to Imagen latente, Machuca, No and The Battle of Chile: the films about Chile's coup and dictatorship recommended by BioBioChile and La Izquierda Diario.
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Top 13
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1
No (2012)
Pablo Larraín. Gael García Bernal and the 'No' campaign in the 1988 referendum.
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Missing (1982)
Costa-Gavras. An American father searches for his son, missing after the coup. Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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Machuca (2004)
Andrés Wood. Two boys from opposite classes in 1973 Santiago.
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The Battle of Chile (1975)
Patricio Guzmán. Three-part documentary on the Allende government and the coup.
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5
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Roman Polanski. A woman believes she recognises her torturer, from Ariel Dorfman's play.
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It's Raining on Santiago (1976)
Helvio Soto. The 1973 coup, shot in exile.
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Imagen latente (1988)
Pablo Perelman. A photographer searches for his disappeared brother in 1983 Chile. Banned by the regime.
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8
Dialogue of Exiles (1975)
Raúl Ruiz. Chilean exiles in Paris.
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9
Cicatriz (1996)
Sebastián Alarcón. The Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front's attempt on Pinochet's life.
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10
Los hijos de la Guerra Fría (1986)
Gonzalo Justiniano. The generation that grew up under the dictatorship.
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11
Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Patricio Guzmán. Astronomers and mothers searching for their disappeared in the Atacama Desert.
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12
Spider (2019)
Andrés Wood. Three members of Patria y Libertad, between 1973 and the present.
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Sexto A 1965 (1985)
A retired music teacher, played by Roberto Parada, witnesses the arrest of a former pupil.
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Comments (2)
Machuca debería estar más arriba, es la que mejor explica el golpe desde los ojos de un niño.
No me parece la mejor, pero el final con la campaña del arcoíris es muy grande. Y Nostalgia de la luz es otra cosa, una maravilla.