Jorge Arriagada

Composer · Born August 20, 1943 (83) · Santiago, Chile

Jorge Arriagada (born 1943) is a Chilean film composer. He is perhaps best known for his long-term collaboration with director Raúl Ruiz. He has also worked with directors Patricio Guzman, Barbet Schroeder and Olivier Assayas.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: August 20, 1943 (83)
From: Santiago, Chile
Works as: Composer
Titles: 24 on Motif · 120 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 25% in 30 days

What are Jorge Arriagada's films like?

Across their 23 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.

Genres

Comedy6 titles62^nd

Drama6 titles56^th

Documentary4 titles82^nd

Crime3 titles64^th

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

21%

Ideas

18%

Society

15%

Bonds

13%

Survival

13%

Morality

12%

Power

Truth5 Community5 Memory4 Art5 Identity4 Deception6 Romantic love3 Oppression3

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 4 · Wry 1 · Earnest 17

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 8 · Dark 9

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 9

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 9 · Intense 5

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 10

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 7 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 5

Ambiguous

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 12

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

Tense

Melancholic

Dread

Warm

Other

How their films linger

Thought-provoking15 Bittersweet8 Unsettling8 Haunting5 Feel-good2 Devastating2

How their films end · 3 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet7
Tragic3
Ambiguous12

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jorge Arriagada's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 24 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Magnolia Selects2 titles, show their 2 titles on Magnolia Selects
Warriors & Gangsters2 titles, show their 2 titles on Warriors & Gangsters
Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Dox1 title, show their title on Dox
Strand Releasing1 title, show their title on Strand Releasing

Subscription and free streaming for Jorge Arriagada's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

120 credits, 24 with a Motif page.

Behind the Rain (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)
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Alicia bajo la higuera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
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Los Herederos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
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Traces (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
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Socialist Realism (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
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L'Heure du départ (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
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Ensayo para Güemes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
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The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
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Entierro (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Composer · as Himself
Casa de Angelis (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
Show 10 episodes · Composer
The Black Book(2018)
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Motif score: 21st percentile of all films
The Wandering Soap Opera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
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Secos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
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Exote: Filming Of The Wandering Soap Opera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
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Sélection officielle(2017)
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Motif score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
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The Venerable W.(2017)
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Motif score: 79th percentile of all films
Tierra Yerma(2016)
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Motif score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Florida(2015)
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Motif score: 67th percentile of all films
Maria Graham: Diary of a Residence in Chile (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)
Show 2 episodes · Composer
Bicycling with Molière(2013)
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Motif score: 66th percentile of all films
Lines of Wellington(2012)
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Motif score: 44th percentile of all films
Night Across the Street(2012)
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Motif score: 56th percentile of all films
Have You Seen Lupita? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
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Cornelia frente al espejo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
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Ballet aquatique (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
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Mysteries of Lisbon(2011)
Show 6 episodes · Composer
Motif score: 55th percentile of all shows
The Women on the 6th Floor(2010)
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Motif score: 79th percentile of all films
Mysteries of Lisbon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
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Pour tout l'or des Andes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
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The Night Visitor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)
Thanks
Nucingen House (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)
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Secrets (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
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The Suitcase (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
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Litoral (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
Show 4 episodes · Composer
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow(2008)
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Motif score: 28th percentile of all films
Mansacue (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)
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La Recta Provincia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
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La Recta Provincia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
Show 4 episodes · Composer
Terror's Advocate(2007)
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Motif score: 82nd percentile of all films
Mirageman(2006)
Thanks
Motif score: 67th percentile of all films
Opus Dei - Una cruzada silenciosa (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
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Melvil (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
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Klimt(2006)
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Motif score: 19th percentile of all films
The Lost Domain (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)
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The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)
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Operation Hollywood (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
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Salvador Allende(2004)
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Motif score: 93rd percentile of all films
Days in the Country (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
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El duelo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
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A Place Among the Living (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
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That Day (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
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Pronobis (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
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Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
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El astrónomo y el indio (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
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Madrid (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
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Savage Souls (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)
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Love Torn in a Dream (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)
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Our Lady of the Assassins(2000)
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Motif score: 73rd percentile of all films
Comedy of Innocence (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)
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Marcel Proust's Time Regained(1999)
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Motif score: 69th percentile of all films
Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
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Robinson Crusoe Island (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
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Enthusiasm (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)
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Shattered Image(1998)
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Motif score: 18th percentile of all films
The Film to Come (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)
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Transatlantique (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)
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Genealogies of a Crime(1997)
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Motif score: 64th percentile of all films
The Eyes of Asia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)
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Elle (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)
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Three Lives and Only One Death (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)
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Mi último hombre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)
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Wind Water (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)
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Los náufragos (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)
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It's All True(1993)
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Motif score: 82nd percentile of all films
The End of the World (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)
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Urgence d'aimer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)
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Exterior Night (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)
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Dark at Noon(1992)
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Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
The Solitudes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)
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Cold Land (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)
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Amelia Lópes O'Neill (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)
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The Sky Above Paris (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)
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Three Crowns of the Sailor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)
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The Disenchanted (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)
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Brise-glace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)
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Un jeu d'enfant (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)
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The King's Trial (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)
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Winter's Child (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)
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Terre sacrée (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)
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The Blind Owl (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Brise-Glace: Histoires de glace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Dog's Dialogue (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Life Is a Dream (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Burning Bush (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Miracle Healing (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Professor Taranne (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)
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Children of the Cold War (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)
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August 15th (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)
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Dans un miroir (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)
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Richard III (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)
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Treasure Island(1986)
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Motif score: 55th percentile of all films
The Insomniac on the Bridge (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)
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Notre mariage (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)
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The Terrible Lovers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)
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Ave Maria(1984)
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Motif score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Manoel’s Destinies (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
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Vanishing Point (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
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Paris Seen By... 20 Years After (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
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City of Pirates (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
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Manuel on the Island of Wonders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
Show 3 episodes · Composer
Bérénice (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)
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Le péril rampant (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)
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Oral Taboo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)
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The Conversation Is Over (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)
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On Top of the Whale (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)
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The Territory (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)
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Snakes and Ladders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)
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The Suspended Vocation (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)
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L'hypothèse du tableau volé(1978)
Composer · Music Editor
Motif score: 89th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 119 titles from 1978 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

Salvador Allende (2004)

Motif 93^rd

By role

only this rolewith another role

Music114 of 119 · 61^stOther crew6 of 119

By decade

1970s2 · crew1980s30 · crew1990s28 · crew2000s30 · crew2010s20 · crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jorge Arriagada's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 66^th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

57^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

48^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 22

Motif score across 24 titles, by percentile

75^th and up6
50^th to 74^th11
25^th to 49^th2
Below 25^th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved1
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser11
Mixed11

Most divisive · composer

Dark at Noon (1992)

72^nd percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Salvador Allende (2004)

Motif 93^rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 57/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.