El Salvador (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
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Relentless (I) (2018)
An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.
La vida loca (2008)
"La Vida Loca" reflects a depressing and hopeless reality. The documentary, by photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, follows some of the members of "la dieciocho", the so-called ... See full summary »
The Engineer (2013)
Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America's most dangerous countries. In El Salvador, one child goes missing every three minutes*. Many children are killed by ... See full summary »
La Palabra de Pablo (2018)
Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Othello, La Palabra de Pablo (Pablo's Word) tells the story of a broken contemporary Salvadorian upper middle class family - struggling with jealousy and revenge.
Morazan. A revolution as told by its people (2015)
Follow Chiyo, the man who participated in the revolution of El Salvador during the 1980s when he was just 13 years old. The places, the guerrilla methods and the psychology behind the ... See full summary »
Cachada: The Opportunity (2019)
Five Salvadoran women take to the stage to tell their stories about being poor, single moms and working as street vendors.
The Empty Classroom (2015)
Under the creative direction of Gael Garcia Bernal, ten award-winning directors tell the story of the high school dropout crisis in Latin America in an anthology of narrative and ... See full summary »
Museum of Infinite (2020)
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The Black Pirates (1954)
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the ... See full summary »
Matlatl (2017)
After a tragic death, a family of three is forced to move to a desolated part of the country only to be haunted by mythical creatures.
Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero (2011)
In the 1970s, as El Salvador moved irrevocably closer to civil war, one man was known as the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, the disappeared. Appointed Archbishop in 1977, Monsenor ... See full summary »
A Bridge Apart (2014)
A Bridge Apart looks at the epic migration of immigrants from Central America and Mexico to the United States from the point of view of the migrants themselves. Haunting photography, ... See full summary »
Gauchos del mar: Surfeando el pacífico Americano (2012)
One Dream Two Brothers One continent Two brothers follow their dream of surfing the American Pacific showing the Continent as a whole, through its different cultures, villages, food, people... See full summary »
Children of a Rape (2008)
The infamous 18 are El Salvador's biggest gang. They battle with the rival MS13 for control of the drugs market. They charge 'renta' to local businesses and kill those who don't pay. They ... See full summary »
Beyond the Walls (2014)
All over the world, people from different cultures instinctively go to the walls, painting their stories as a way to give voice to their life experiences. In Beyond The Walls, we enter the ... See full summary »
Saltwater Buddha (2015)
After leaving a note for his family, a lost teenager runs away to Hawaii with just enough cash for a surfboard. Through surfing misadventures, zen monasteries, and travels, he finds his way home.
My Treasure (2018)
A cleaning woman steals a Salvadoran Civil War map and hunts for a treasure in the hopes of reuniting with her son.
Duro de Amar (2019)
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Blood of the Martyrs (2017)
On November 16, 1989, six Jesuits and two women were brutally murdered in El Salvador by US trained and funded commandos of the Salvadoran army. The executions, carried out in the middle of... See full summary »
The Offended (2016)
"In the Salvadoran civil war, my father and thousands more were captured and tortured by the State. These are some of their stories. When I turned 33, my mother told me that my father, ... See full summary »
The Voice at the Edge of the Void: The Void
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The Tale of What I Want and Don't Want (2005)
Two little farmer girls talk about the many things they wish could own, and those they could do without. Based on the short story by Salvadorian writer Salarrué.
Malacrianza (2014)
Don Cleo, a humble seller of Piñatas, who lives in a little town in El Salvador; arrives at home after a long day of work to find an extortion letter at his door steps. That letter tells ... See full summary »
María en tierra de nadie (2011)
It narrates the journey immigrants make to reach the american dream through the female face of this phenomenon. It gives heart wrenching stories of the women who made it to USA and those ... See full summary »
Salvador (I) (2018)
In a desperate act to save a young boys life, a Doctor helps facilitate an ilegal organ donation from a third world country and is then haunted by its implications.
The Beast (2010)
A journey of hope and dead.
Cafe Salvador (2017 Video)
Eugenia is a brazilian girl who lives in El Salvador trying to complete her activities in a crazy day.
El cuarto de los huesos (2015)
A poorly equipped and underpaid team of forensic anthropologists is sent to study the countless mass graves in El Salvador, trying to identify the victims using fragments of bodies. ... See full summary »
Singers in the Band (2014)
David Goodman has worked for nearly 30 years to document the very challenging subject of prostitution and global sex trafficking in and around U.S. Military bases abroad.
Amor prohibido (2000 Video)
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Surviving Guazapa (2008)
Opposing forces, a government soldier and a guerrilla are trapped together in the heavily-bombed area around the Guazapa volcano. After a hostile meeting, an unlikely friendship develops ... See full summary »
One, the Story of a Goal (2010)
In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution upon which both the left and the right ... See full summary »
Entre Angeles y Demonios (2012)
Carmen is a girl who lives in a poor neighborhood in El Salvador, her mom and her brother have to work several jobs in order to enroll her into an expensive university, where Carmen ... See full summary »
Jalón
The movie follows a day in the life of a Salvadoran taxi driver, Gabriela Rodriguez. Surviving in El Salvador is Gaby's priority, but protecting her family can come at a great cost as she gets pulled through many directions.
The Infinite Memory: Death Chapter
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Earthbound (II)
An exploratory space vessel crash lands onto Earth carrying a deadly virus. Two friends have no choice but to make it across the border into a restricted safe zone.
Trapos sucios
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Ausencias (I) (2015)
Lulú wakes up to an empty house. After 5 years, absence has turned her life into a limbo, but she still has hopes of finding her son and husband alive after they were kidnapped on their way to Monterrey Airport, México.
Cinco vidas y un destino (1957)
Five fellons are running from justice in search of freedom. During their escape, they run into María Flores who joins them on their journey. They will do what it takes to cross the border ... See full synopsis »
Muerte de un Hombre Viejo (2021)
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The Bell (II) (2019 Video)
A young woman in El Salvador wishes to hear the village bell before she joins a caravan to the US, but the antique bell hasn't rung in 25 years and there is only one man left that can repair it: a drunkard that lives in the cemetery.
Connected by Coffee (2014)
Connected By Coffee tells the story of Latin American coffee farmers and how our daily brew is deeply connected to a troubled past and hopeful future. Following a 1000-mile journey from ... See full summary »
Los Comandos (2017)
In El Salvador, gang violence has overrun the country, disproportionately targeting children and teenagers, and turning it into 'The Murder Capital of the World'. The emergency medical unit... See full summary »
La ReBusqueda (2014)
La ReBusqueda is the first romantic comedy ever made in Central America.
El Salvador: El pueblo vencerá (1982)
Dramatic composition depicting a host of F.M.L.N. guerrillas marching forth from Monte Alzaco, the spiritual home of Salvadoran resistance.
El puma de Quelepa (2017)
Filmed in stunning black and white, this immersive dive into the lives of the people of Quelepa, El Salvador, is a tour de force of experimentation along the lines of the work of Mexican ... See full summary »
El cadáver exquisito (2011)
"Exquisite Corpse" combines documentary, fiction and experimental film-making as it traverses the social and oniric landscape of a region struggling between modernity and tradition. A ... See full summary »
Children of the Diaspora: For Peace and Democracy (2013)
Children of the Diaspora is a documentary about the historical and ideological origins of USEU, the Union of Salvadoran University Students, in the United States. Set in 2009, this film ... See full summary »
The Highway (2015)
Two siblings on a trip to the country side find an unexpected challenge, for survival. What seemed like a fun trip for these siblings will turn into a nightmare that will change their lives.
Elba
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