10 Best Movies from Paraguay to Watch First

10 Essential Films from Paraguay

Ranked native cinema in Paraguay’s own creative voice.

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   1. La Redención

   2018

   A dying veteran of the Chaco War travels with the granddaughter of a fallen comrade to piece together what really happened during and after the brutal 1930s conflict. A Paraguayan drama of memory and reckoning.

   Why & details

   Curator’s note: A Paraguayan historical road drama rooted in the Chaco War, local memory, and Paraguayan production.

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   2. Narciso

   2026

   In 1958, a charismatic young man returns to Paraguay from Buenos Aires with rock and roll in his blood, and under a suffocating military regime his radio show becomes a sensation and a fragile symbol of freedom. A period drama.

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   3. 7 Boxes

   7 cajas · 2012

   On a sweltering Friday night in a chaotic Asunción market, a teenage wheelbarrow porter dreaming of a phone is hired to deliver seven mysterious boxes — and finds himself hunted through the stalls by people who want their contents. A breathless, kinetic thriller.

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   4. The Heiresses

   Las herederas · 2018

   When her longtime partner is jailed for fraud, a sheltered woman from Paraguay's genteel upper class is forced out of her comfort zone, taking up informal work as a driver for wealthy old ladies and quietly awakening to new possibilities. A subtle, acclaimed drama.

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   5. Los Buscadores

   2017

   A young Asunción paperboy given a mysterious old map by his grandfather sets off on a treasure hunt for gold said to be buried during a 19th-century war, a caper full of danger and comedy. A crowd-pleasing adventure.

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   6. Empty cans

   Latas vacías · 2014

   A man obsessively hunts for the gold buried across Paraguay during the devastating 19th-century war, and when he finally strikes treasure, misfortune comes with it. A Paraguayan drama.

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   7. The Last Runway

   Leal · 2018

   A hardened former colonel appointed to head Paraguay's anti-drug agency purges his special forces and wages the first battles of a war against traffickers along the Argentine border. A gritty action drama.

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   8. Morgue

   2019

   On his first night shift as a hospital security guard, a young man finds himself locked inside the building — and haunted by unsettling presences lurking in its dark corridors. A Paraguayan supernatural horror.

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   9. Killing the Dead

   Matar a un muerto · 2019

   In 1978 Paraguay, under Stroessner's dictatorship, two men who secretly bury the regime's victims discover that one of the bodies is still alive, forcing an agonizing moral choice. A tense, dread-soaked drama.

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    10. Do Not Enter

    No entres · 2024

    Two aspiring young YouTubers sneak into an abandoned mansion to retrieve a lost ball and get lost inside, filming everything for their audience as the house turns menacing. A found-footage horror.