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1. Susan Slade (1961)

Not Rated | 116 min | Drama

Premarital sex, secrets, and society. At 17, shy Susan Slade is on her way to California after a 10-year stay at a remote Chilean mine where her father was chief engineer. Onboard ship, ... See full summary »

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Troy Donahue, Dorothy McGuire, Connie Stevens, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 949

2. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.

Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner

Votes: 6,139

3. Wild Peru: Andes Battleground (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary

The biodiversity of Peru is explored. From giant otters, sloths and birds in the rainforest, or guanacos and bears in the hills, to penguins, sea lions and vultures on the beach, everyone must protect their young and fight for survival.

Star: Christian Lanz

Votes: 10

4. Seeing the Beginning of Time (2017)

47 min | Documentary

Astronomers have begun one of the most far-reaching efforts to study the cosmos. They are forging giant new telescopes, while marshaling vast computational power. These technologies are ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Lucas

Votes: 76

5. Ivan and the Dogs (2017)

92 min | Drama

Award winning artist and filmmaker Andrew Kotting adapts Hattie Naylor's curriculum, award-winning play, Ivan and the Dogs, for cinema. Based on the extraordinary true story of Ivan ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Kotting | Star: Xavier Tchili

Votes: 266

6. Atacama: The Flowering Desert (1999)

Documentary

Sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific coast in Northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth. The award winning documentary, "Atacama: The Flowering ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Munoz-Donoso | Stars: Barry Paine, Pedro Sanchez

7. Desert Train (1996)

27 min | Documentary, Short

A TV crew is sent to the desert North of Chile, on assignment to cover an old train which was supposed to have been dismantled decades before. When the young journalist and his cameraman ... See full summary »

Director: Cristián Leighton | Star: Francisco Reyes

Votes: 23

8. Skeleton, Dust, Soil (2022)

25 min | Documentary, Short

The Atacama desert is the driest place on the planet, and out there the artist Pierre Huyghe has found a skeleton that might create life in a place where nothing else can live. The Atacama ... See full summary »

Director: Sebastian Schiørring

9. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Alien Planets Revealed (2014)

TV-G | 54 min | Documentary

A look at new worlds uncovered by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Telescope, including whether any are like Earth and the type of life they might support.

Directors: Nathan Williams, Ben Bowie | Stars: Natalie Batalha, David Charbonneau, Lewis Dartnell, Kevin Heng

Votes: 75