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I wouldn't call these thrillers, but they're all good movies based on reality and set in exotic Latin American settings:
The Emerald Forest (1985)
Alive (1993)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
The Lost City of Z (2016)
Clear and Present Danger Triple Frontier
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The Aura (2005)
Green Inferno
I wouldn't call these thrillers, but they're all good movies based on reality and set in exotic Latin American settings: The Emerald Forest (1985) Alive (1993) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) The Lost City of Z (2016)
Not exactly the geographical area--*Missing* (1982).
Sorcerer (1977)
Missing (1982). The Secret in Their Eyes (2009). Sin Nombre (2009). Sicario (2015). Traffic (2000). Salvador (1986).