History Movies about El Savador
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1. Llegaron de noche (2022)
107 min | Drama
Follows the story and real testimony of Lucía, the only witness in the crime of the Jesuits in El Salvador.
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Juana Acosta, Karra Elejalde, Carmelo Gómez, Ben Temple
Votes: 117
2. Wasp Network (2019)
TV-MA | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez, Gael García Bernal, Ana de Armas
Votes: 11,931
3. Innocent Voices (2004)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Muñoz
Votes: 8,195 | Gross: $0.84M
4. Diplomatic Immunity (1992)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A female Canadian diplomat goes on a mission to El Salvador to try smooth relations between their government and the people of a small town who risk the loss of their home.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Wendel Meldrum, Ofelia Medina, Michael Riley, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 49
5. El Salvador: Another Vietnam (1981)
53 min | Documentary
Examines the origins of the civil war in El Salvador and the US involvement in it, echoing memories of the prior Eastern Asia wars and America involved conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.
Directors: Glenn Silber, Teté Vasconcellos | Stars: Enrique Alvarez, John A. Bushnell, Terence Cooke, Archbishop Rivera y Damas
Votes: 48
6. Choices of the Heart (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The film tells the story of a young missionary girl from the United States who was killed in 1980 in El Salvador together with two other missionaries.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Peter Horton, Helen Hunt, Mary McCusker
Votes: 250
7. Salvador (1986)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage
Votes: 23,152
8. Lucha (2009)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
While President Reagan sends funds and arms to the Salvadorian military to kidnap, torture, and kill the people of El Salvador, Lucha and Isabella decide their fate. Does love of country trump romantic love?
Director: Maria Breaux | Stars: Eloisa Ramos, Maria Carolina Morales A., Samuel González
Votes: 22
9. The Front Line (1984)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary about the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980, told from the points of view of the rebels, the soldiers fighting them, and civilians who just want all the fighting and killing to end.
Directors: Jeff B. Harmon, Max Stahl | Stars: Alberto, Eduardo D'Aubuisson, Roberto D'Aubuisson, Jaime Ernesto Flores
Votes: 9
10. High Crimes (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Adam Scott
Votes: 48,240 | Gross: $41.54M
11. American Made (2017)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 208,225 | Gross: $51.34M
12. The Houses Are Full of Smoke (1987)
183 min | Documentary, History, War
A powerful three-part documentary studying the US involvement in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The differing factions - Sandinista leaders, Guatemalan campesinos, CIA operatives, ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Francovich
Votes: 16
13. Sueños Ilegales (2022)
150 min | Biography, Drama
Dreaming of a better life, two brothers from El Salvador cross the border. But their paths diverge with one headed for success, the other for tragedy.
Directors: Fernando Lemus, Angel Camilo | Stars: Edwin Bernal, Reina Fuentes, Rafael Guerra, María Hernández
Votes: 33
14. Salvador Soy Yo (2014)
133 min | Drama, Fantasy
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 »
Director: Douglas Zamora | Stars: Darrell Contreras, Diego Contreras, Rubidia Contreras, Mercedes Flores
15. Surviving Guazapa (2008)
TV-14 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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 »
Director: Roberto d'Avila Alegria | Stars: Roberto Josue Alegria, Geovanny Alvarado, Salvador Bermudez, Carlos Cruz
Votes: 38
16. One, the Story of a Goal (2010)
102 min | Documentary
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 »
Directors: Carlos Moreno, Gerardo Muyshondt
Votes: 38
17. La batalla del volcán (2018)
93 min | Documentary
A group of veterans "guerrilla and soldiers" faces hatred from the past and a prevailing grief when they return, 25 years later, to the neighborhoods of San Salvador where they fought the final battle of the Salvadoran Civil War.
Director: Julio López Fernández
Votes: 13
18. 1932: Scars of Memory (2002)
88 min | Documentary
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.
Directors: Jeffrey Gould, Carlos Henriquez
19. Fly So Far (2021)
88 min | Documentary
After serving ten years behind bars for her miscarriage, considered by her government to be an act of aggravated murder, Teodora Vásquez becomes a spokesperson for the other 16 Salvadoran ... See full summary »
Director: Celina Escher | Stars: Las 17, Teodora Vásquez
Votes: 59
20. Hoy (2020)
68 min | Drama
In the capital of El Salvador, the drivers of a bus, a taxi, a minibus and a private car confront the ravages of 12 years of civil war that continue to torment the country.
Director: Ricardo Batz | Stars: Ariana Chong, Rodrigo Marroquin, Norman Miranda, Jose Carlos Ramos
Votes: 5
21. Port Triumph (2017)
62 min | Documentary, History | Completed
In the 1970s, the 1500 organized workers of Puerto el Triunfo - mostly women - thanks to their struggles were amongst the more privileged laborers in the country. Then, state repression ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Gould
22. La Palabra en el Bosque (2011)
56 min | Documentary, History
During the early 1970s, hundreds of peasants in a remote region of El Salvador began to emulate the early Christians, working the land together and building communities based on solidarity.... See full summary »
Directors: Jeffrey Gould, Carlos Henriquez
23. El cuarto de los huesos (2015)
52 min | Documentary
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 »
Director: Marcela Zamora
Votes: 25
24. Connected by Coffee (2014)
70 min | Documentary, Adventure
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 »
Director: Aaron Dennis | Stars: Matt Earley, Chris Treter
Votes: 18
25. Lienzo en blanco (2022)
71 min | Drama
Alicia is a painter who gives art therapy workshops to women who have suffered different types of violence. Luz is a young plant lover who was sexually assaulted on her way home from the ... See full summary »
Directors: Gabriela Cruz, Leslie Ortiz | Stars: Ana Ruth Aragón, Alicia Chong, Lilibeth Rivas
26. The Black Pirates (1954)
74 min | Adventure
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 »
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Clarke
Votes: 77
27. Decision to Win: The First Fruits (1981)
73 min | Documentary
Everyday life among the members of the free community in Morazán, El Salvador, led by leaders of the Front for National Liberation Farabundo Martí (FMNL).
Directors: Guillermo Escalon, Manuel Sorto
28. The Beast (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Drama
A journey of hope and dead.
Director: Pedro Ultreras
Votes: 59
29. El Salvador: El pueblo vencerà (1981)
80 min | Documentary, War
Dramatic composition depicting a host of F.M.L.N. guerrillas marching forth from Monte Alzaco, the spiritual home of Salvadoran resistance.
Director: Diego de la Texera | Stars: Chema, Haroldo, Valentín Hernández, Álvaro Nieto
Votes: 15
30. 15/03/09 La última ofensiva (2009)
80 min | Documentary, History, News
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 »
Directors: Juan Carrascal-Ynigo, José Luis Sanz Rodriguez
31. La Palabra de Pablo (2018)
TV-MA | 84 min | Drama
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.
Director: Arturo Menendez | Stars: Paola Baldion, Carlos Aylagas, Fernando Rodriguez, Patricia Rodriguez
Votes: 73
32. The Engineer (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Israel is El Salvador's only criminologist. In one of the world's most dangerous countries, his job is to unearth the hundreds murdered and buried by the rival gangs MS-13 and 18 Street.
Directors: Mathew Charles, Juan Luis Passarelli
Votes: 60
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