68 Films & TV Shows Set In South America During The 1990s
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Blow
New York Massachusetts California ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 1950sBased on a True Story. โ A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
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Orozco the Embalmer
๐จ๐ด Colombia The 1990sIn 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japanโs most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself- the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.
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Angel Negro
๐จ๐ฑ Chile The 1990s The 2000sSome angels have no wings โ In 1990, a teenager called Angel Cruz disappears tragically. Ten years later, her classmates that were involved with this accident start to investigate the mysterious causes of the vanishing.
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Stigmata
Pennsylvania ๐ง๐ท Brazil The 1990sThe messenger must be silenced. โ A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.
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What Dreams May Come
California Heaven Hell ๐ป๐ช Venezuela The 1990sAfter life there is more. The end is just the beginning. โ Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
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Batman & Robin
๐ง๐ท Brazil New Jersey The 1990sStrength. Courage. Honor. And loyalty. โ Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
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Con Air
California Nevada Utah ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 1990sThey were deadly on the ground; Now they have wings โ When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.
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Anaconda
๐ง๐ท Brazil The 1990sWhen You Can't Breathe You Can't Scream. โ A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
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Jungle 2 Jungle
New York ๐ป๐ช Venezuela The 1990sThe big city is about to get a little savage. โ Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had -- a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.
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Mars Attacks!
Kansas Kentucky Nevada New York District of Columbia Mars ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina The 1990sNice planet. We'll take it! โ 'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alienโs fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.
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Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus
๐ง๐ท Brazil The 1990sA simple diamond heist leads Lupin into the machinations of a bizarre cult based around the prophecies of Nostradamus. They kidnap Julia, the daughter of Douglas, a wealthy American who is seeking the presidency, along with Lupin's diamond. At stake is the lost book of prophecy Douglas holds in the vault at the top of his skyscraper.
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Freaked
South America - General The 1990sA thinking man's stupid comedy. โ A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
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Medicine Man
๐ง๐ท Brazil The 1990sHe turned his back on civilization. Only to discover he had the power to save it. โ An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be a "mere woman," he rejects her help. Meanwhile the bulldozers get closer to the area in which they are conducting research, and they eventually learn to work together, and begin falling in love.
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The Journey
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina The 1990sA young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.
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Deep Cover
California ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 1970s The 1990sThere's a thin line between catching a criminal... and becoming one. โ Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LAโthe Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
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Predator 2
California ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 1990sSilent. Invisible. Invincible. Heโs in town with a few days to kill. โ A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
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Arachnophobia
California ๐ป๐ช Venezuela The 1990sEight legs, two fangs, and an attitude. โ A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
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Diary
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ง๐ท Brazil The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1950s The 2000sA film diary in which Perlov films the minutiae of his and his family's day-to-day life. From these small bits, he builds up a broad picture of life in Israel in the '70s and '80s.