Ecuador History
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1. Oil & Water (I) (2014)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, News
'Oil & Water' is the story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world's worst toxic disasters: the contamination of Ecuador's Amazon region by reckless oil drilling. Hugo ... See full summary »
Directors: Laurel Spellman Smith, Laurel Spellman Smith, Francine Strickwerda
Votes: 42
2. Holiday (2014)
TV-G | 82 min | Drama
A drama set in turbulent, turn-of-the-millennium Ecuador and centered on a young man who begins to develop complicated feelings for Juano after he saves him from a beating.
Director: Diego Araujo | Stars: Juan Arregui, Elena Vargas, Cristina Morrison, Peki Andino
Votes: 436
3. Estación Polar (2019)
95 min | Documentary
A portrait of one of the most emblematic bands of Ecuador, Mamá Vudú.
Director: David Holguín Wagner | Stars: Sofía Abedrabbo, Mayra Benalcázar, Edgar Castellanos, Pipo Castellanos
Votes: 16
4. Cronicas (2004)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: John Leguizamo, Alfred Molina, Leonor Watling, Damián Alcázar
Votes: 3,560 | Gross: $0.30M
5. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,460 | Gross: $1.34M
6. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 148,763 | Gross: $25.02M
7. El nombre de las plantas
150 min | Documentary | Post-production
A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Manolo Sarmiento
8. Bound by Honor (1993)
R | 180 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo
Votes: 34,027 | Gross: $4.50M
9. With My Heart in Yambo (2011)
Unrated | 139 min | Documentary
The history about the family of Restrepo brothers and what they're doing until nowadays for solve the mystery of the dissapearence of the Restrepo brothers made by the "Ecuador's National Police"
Director: María Fernanda Restrepo
Votes: 127
10. The Death of Jaime Roldos (2013)
R | 125 min | Documentary
The yet unexplained death of Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós in 1981 leads to a reflection on how official truth determines our present.
Directors: Lisandra Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento
Votes: 58
12. The Ascent of Chimborazo (1989)
110 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1802, Alexandre De Humbolt and Aimé Bonpland stayed in Ecuador to study the topography of the country. Their goal is to climb the Chimborazo volcano, reaching 6,267 meters and considered at the time as the highest peak in the world.
Director: Rainer Simon | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Monika Lennartz, Götz Schubert, Katrin Martin
Votes: 41
13. Atahualpa (2014)
105 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Roger Asto Leon | Stars: Carlos Cubas, Jorge Cárdenas, Silverio Gil, Juliana Herrera
14. In the Name of the Girl (2011)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
It's the summer of 1976. Manuela is a nine year old girl who's caught in between her communist and atheist father and her grandmother, a catholic and conservative woman. They both dispute ... See full summary »
Director: Tania Hermida | Stars: Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides, Markus Mecham Benavides, Martina León, Sebastián Hormachea
Votes: 142
15. An Unknown Country: The Jewish Exiles of Ecuador (2015)
94 min | Documentary, History, War
Story of European Jews who fled Europe escaping the Nazi terror to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador -- barely known at the time.
Director: Eva Zelig | Stars: Anne Anker, Kurt Freund, Pablo Freund, Alberto Enriquez Gallo
Votes: 13
16. Open Wound (2013)
85 min | Drama
Believing that military experience will make him a strong and respected man, Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, joins the armed forces in the midst of his country's 1941 border war with Peru. ... See full summary »
Director: Alfredo León León | Stars: Pamela Cortes, Alfredo Espinosa, Paul Lalaleo, Lider Medranda
Votes: 79
17. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
About a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger
Votes: 1,496 | Gross: $0.25M
18. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza
Votes: 36,184 | Gross: $6.52M
19. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza
Votes: 36,184 | Gross: $6.52M
20. Allpamanda (2022)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the 42 years of struggle of Confeniae, the Amazonian regional of CONAIE. A story of unity, territory, justice and freedom.
Directors: Nixon Andy, Eriberto Gualinga, Tawna
21. Torero (2018)
80 min | Documentary, Drama
Mariano Cruz Ordoñez is a bullfighter who is living the middle of his life and the end of his artistic career. He was a figure of bullfighting in Ecuador and has performed in the most ... See full summary »
Director: Nora Salgado | Stars: Mariano Cruz Arellano, Alba Cruz, Cayetana Cruz, Imashuma Cruz
Votes: 5
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