Latinx Heritage Month, a list by Kometa

8.6

/861535/

85

/13747/

84

/7929/

4.6

/998306/

91

/162/

97

/15604/

79

/33/

4.0

age 18+

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

88

8.2

/741026/

80

/18180/

77

/11186/

4.2

/916678/

95

/239/

91

/62195/

98

/37/

4.0

age 15+

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

87

8.4

/690544/

83

/38017/

81

/20550/

4.1

/2651218/

97

/358/

94

/3825/

81

/48/

4.0

age 7+

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

85

8.2

/26170/

79

/1956/

76

/350/

4.2

/17610/

97

/81/

91

86

/23/

age 14+

After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.

85

8.2

/239294/

80

/4204/

79

/2753/

4.2

/172741/

89

/137/

93

/2238/

80

/36/

4.0

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

85

8.1

/235402/

79

/6050/

79

/3621/

4.1

/239103/

94

/156/

92

/616/

77

/33/

4.0

age 15+

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

84

8.0

/271175/

78

/3714/

76

/2812/

4.2

/249226/

93

/122/

94

/5208/

83

/31/

3.5

age 17+

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

84

7.7

/139242/

75

/2961/

74

/1672/

4.2

/390854/

90

/195/

88

/4337/

89

/36/

4.0

age 18+

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

84

7.6

/177189/

75

/5481/

76

/4046/

4.1

/451881/

96

/408/

72

/1120/

96

/50/

4.0

age 16+

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

84

7.7

/10628/

78

/376/

78

/334/

4.1

/35531/

94

/84/

89

/21/

81

/18/

4.0

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older sister the encouragement she needs to pursue her dream of becoming a professional pianist.

83

8.3

/1000148/

82

/20252/

82

/12650/

4.1

/1387619/

78

/82/

93

/30667/

65

/9/

4.0

age 18+

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

82

7.4

/21813/

78

/734/

75

/490/

4.0

/56937/

97

/114/

79

/69/

88

/22/

3.5

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.

82

7.2

/55388/

73

/2640/

71

/767/

3.5

/246843/

94

/372/

94

/1444/

84

/55/

4.0

age 11+

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

82

7.6

/126762/

73

/3080/

72

/1989/

3.9

/245950/

92

/115/

84

/5796/

86

/17/

4.0

age 11+

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.

82

7.8

/8952/

73

/224/

73

/137/

3.9

/10969/

96

/78/

90

/341/

83

/27/

3.5

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

82

7.5

/34908/

75

/833/

76

/734/

3.8

/19294/

88

/119/

89

/1262/

77

/22/

4.0

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

82

7.9

/61869/

80

/1303/

77

/781/

4.1

/92948/

92

/97/

94

/739/

80

/30/

3.0

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".

81

7.4

/37353/

73

/484/

72

/412/

3.6

/17625/

97

/142/

87

/1568/

87

/39/

3.5

age 17+

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.

81

7.4

/27016/

73

/565/

72

/457/

3.8

/36921/

93

/132/

80

/421/

81

/36/

4.0

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

80

7.3

/10253/

75

/398/

78

/513/

4.0

/66325/

98

/45/

90

/34/

72

/6/

3.0

age 16+

In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.

80

7.3

/4808/

72

/97/

74

/81/

3.7

/4108/

79

/58/

88

/176/

4.0

age 17+

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.

80

7.1

/20285/

71

/529/

73

/541/

3.4

/31120/

88

/48/

84

/1302/

86

/18/

4.0

age 16+

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

80

7.9

/245368/

78

/4389/

78

/3361/

4.1

/179136/

84

/51/

91

/4454/

66

/25/

3.5

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld. Reconnecting with his dancer girlfriend, Carlito gets entangled in the shady dealings of his friend Dave Kleinfeld, who also serves as his lawyer. An encounter with shifty gangster Benny Blanco sets the duo on a dangerous path.

80

8.0

/91359/

81

/3167/

78

/1975/

4.0

/87486/

91

/46/

91

/608/

71

/18/

3.0

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

79

65

7.7

/3066/

75

/73/

74

/85/

3.9

/5857/

94

/82/

A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.

79

7.1

/121197/

69

/3663/

70

/1712/

3.6

/447088/

91

/392/

93

/2274/

85

/62/

3.5

age 13+

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

78

7.2

/292135/

74

/17867/

75

/9990/

3.5

/1420866/

92

/210/

93

/1671/

75

/41/

3.0

age 6+

The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.

78

67

7.1

/3272/

74

/90/

67

/83/

3.6

/6562/

100

/6/

84

/93/

Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.

78

65

7.4

/4526/

79

/170/

78

/140/

4.1

/32085/

80

/15/

90

/15/

64

/6/

An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.

77

7.8

/8568/

76

/132/

82

/508/

3.9

/9452/

74

/50/

93

/444/

66

/24/

3.0

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.

77

18

7.9

/424/

73

/27/

68

/16/

3.6

/636/

93

/5/

After taking a DNA test, Latin America's most decorated artist – René Pérez (AKA Residente) – embarks on a global adventure to trace the footsteps of his ancestors and record his latest album.

77

7.1

/6622/

72

/224/

66

/129/

3.7

/7187/

97

/31/

82

/39/

72

/10/

3.5

It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.

76

7.6

/178460/

75

/5030/

74

/4502/

3.8

/333947/

81

/177/

84

/2021/

70

/37/

3.0

age 18+

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

76

70

7.5

/11699/

73

/389/

73

/296/

3.8

/10603/

76

/17/

87

/22/

Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.

76

7.2

/38446/

73

/1654/

70

/1007/

3.7

/27528/

91

/34/

78

/77/

The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases.

76

7.4

/45902/

75

/2072/

74

/909/

3.6

/50336/

80

/130/

88

/1016/

60

/32/

3.5

age 10+

A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

76

7.2

/83466/

75

/6111/

75

/2860/

3.7

/266420/

82

/125/

77

/1417/

67

/27/

3.5

age 7+

The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

75

7.3

/100914/

73

/2234/

74

/2125/

3.6

/121297/

77

/159/

85

/2516/

61

/38/

3.5

age 16+

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

75

32

7.2

/1006/

70

/17/

65

/34/

3.8

/1730/

93

/5/

The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in Angel's twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his suffocating family, dragging along his family and friends, in his criminal path. Where will this all lead?

75

7.7

/1251/

76

/66/

68

/26/

3.9

/3910/

95

/40/

80

/8/

68

/9/

2.5

Inspired by an exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided by her unique voice, the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.

75

70

7.1

/5415/

67

/133/

66

/70/

3.6

/3597/

93

/137/

79

/469/

82

/26/

Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.

75

7.1

/27115/

69

/342/

66

/292/

3.6

/12083/

74

/100/

83

/800/

85

/26/

3.5

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

75

7.3

/23617/

75

/698/

76

/422/

3.5

/28036/

89

/63/

79

/720/

77

/11/

2.5

age 13+

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.

75

7.6

/252347/

73

/4591/

73

/3295/

3.7

/101606/

80

/177/

86

/6177/

70

/41/

3.0

age 16+

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

75

7.5

/327297/

72

/5621/

71

/3965/

3.7

/198356/

68

/203/

77

/19781/

69

/38/

4.0

age 16+

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

74

6.9

/8764/

70

/172/

60

/95/

4.0

/38357/

85

/119/

75

/540/

71

/28/

3.5

age 14+

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

74

71

7.1

/4798/

73

/230/

67

/75/

3.2

/3013/

95

/20/

83

/115/

70

/6/

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.

74

7.2

/17023/

69

/397/

71

/263/

3.5

/7486/

86

/104/

79

/596/

64

/30/