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Stories Set in Bolivia — top stories

Bolivia is a high, landlocked country of Indigenous majorities, mining towns and dizzying geography. Centuries of silver extraction followed by coups and upheaval made it a natural stage for stories about fortune-seekers and survivors. That is the Bolivia of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Jungle. Open Bolivia on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Bolivia

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 18 books, 35 movies and 8 games set in Bolivia.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

20th Century Fox-Campanile Productions-Newman-Foreman Company-George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production
movie

In late 1890s Wyoming Butch Cassidy is the affable clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized the…

Setting: Wyoming, USA; BoliviaTime Period: Late 19th Century
The Losers

The Losers

Dark Castle Entertainment-Weed Road Pictures-Warner Bros. Pictures-DC Vertigo
movie

On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down their…

Setting: Bolivian Jungle, BoliviaTime Period: 2010
Jungle

Jungle

Screen Queensland-Screen Australia-Babber Films-Cutting Edge Group-MIFF Premiere Fund
movie

In 1981 an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest…

Setting: Bolivian Amazon, BoliviaTime Period: 1981
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

Viacom Media Networks-Nickelodeon Animation Studio-Snee-Oosh Productions
movie

When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.

Setting: Fantasy: San LorenzoTime Period: 2017
My Partner

My Partner

Ukamau Group
movie

The story of an improbable friendship and a social comment on life in Bolivia in the eighties.

Setting: BoliviaTime Period: 1980s
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

game

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence continues the Metal Gear Solid series tradition of follow-up enhanced, international version releases. Subsistence's online multiplayer component, titled Metal Gear Online, consists of…

Setting: Bolivia;RussiaTime Period: 1964
Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

movie

After the Cuban Revolution Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears re-emerging incognito in Bolivia where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great…

Setting: Cuba; BoliviaTime Period: 1960s
Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
book

Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding…

Setting: ['San Lorenzo', 'Ilium (United States)']Time Period: 1963
Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

by Graham Hancock, Santha Faiia (Photographer)
book

Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest…

Setting: Egypt; Bolivia; MexicoTime Period: Not known
The Weight of Chains 3

The Weight of Chains 3

Malagurski Cinema
movie

Boris Malagurski explains how the military-industrial complex big business and political interest groups endanger peoples' health and existence focusing on the examples of Serbia Cuba Chile Italy and Bolivia.

Setting: Serbia; Cuba; Chile; Italy; BoliviaTime Period: 2019

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