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 »
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.
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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Days of Light (2019)
A solar storm hits Central America. Its inhabitants must face life disconnected from technology. Fear, friendship and love emerge as they come together with others, while the skies are lit by lights never seen before.
Jalón
A day in the life of a Salvadoran taxi driver. Attempting to survive the grim realities in San Salvador, Gabriela Rodriguez prioritizes her family as she is pulled in many directions.
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 »
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.
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 »
Roque Dalton, fusilemos la noche! (2013)
Roque Dalton was the Bertolt Brecht of Central America. His live was an adventure story, his political struggle against the Salvadorian dictatorships brought him into jail various times. ... 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 Beast (2010)
A journey of hope and dead.
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 »
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 »
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 »
Ride Report (2014)
RIDE REPORT is a feature length documentary that follows two young men on a motorcycle journey spanning 10000 miles through Central and South America. It explores how the modern day ... See full summary »
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 »
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.
Melaktik
A seemingly ordinary Salvadoran woman discovers she is far from being ordinary. Based in El Salvador, Melaktik showcases the different forms of gender violence present in this Central ... See full summary »
Delivered (III)
A college student must deliver a couple of pizzas to an empty, automated house.
La ReBusqueda (2014)
La ReBusqueda is the first romantic comedy ever made in Central America.
El Silencio de la Tierra (2019)
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Homeland (1999)
This is the story of Adrian, a young gang member who is deported to his native El Salvador after taking part in a shooting on the streets of New York City. He has not been home since he was... See full summary »
Sistiaga, une histoire basque (2018)
José Antonio Sistiaga is one of the greats in Basque contemporary art. Through lively exchanges begun in 1993 with his Salvadorean friend Manuel Sorto, we plunge into Sistiaga's ... See full summary »
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 peces fuera del agua (1969)
Olivia is a disturbed woman who shows some signs of amnesia and madness. Accompanied only by Esther, she fantasizes that some day her beloved Julio will return, but he only writes her ... 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 »
1932: Scars of Memory (2002)
In 1932 the army and "citizen militias" in El Salvador brutally crushed an uprising of peasants in western El Salvador, killing 10,000 people. Survivors share their harrowing memories, many for the first time.
Dioses de lo inhóspito
A humanoid that wanders on a deserted land remembers its interactions with the last man on earth.
Lunch Box (2017)
A teacher begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a red lunch box.
15/03/09 La última ofensiva (2009)
During twelve years, between 1980 and 1992, El Salvador suffered a fratricide war. In 1989, the biggest offensive against the Salvadorean military forces was undertook by the Guerrilla ... See full summary »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Searching for Dragons (2016)
A large stone dragon inspires a filmmaker to quit his job and journey from the Arctic to Panama to renew his purpose and question the mythology of the North American dream.
Museum of Infinite (2020)
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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.
Capitán Centroamérica (2013)
To stop the uprising violence in Central America a group of politicians, scientists and military leaders invest in creating a super soldier; one who could stop crime and help to unite ... See full summary »
Duro de Amar (2019)
A lonely woman recreates, as in a ritual, the last days of a relationship.
Salvador Soy Yo (2014)
Salvador I Am, is a fantasy drama, about a 12 year old boy, Salvador, who wants, more than anything, to reunite with his mother and father, despite their being killed by unknown assassins. ... 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 »
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.
Bailando por un sueño: El Salvador (2005– )
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