History of Guatamala
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1. Nebaj (2019)
80 min | Drama
The story of an Mayan pastor who led his people out a holocaust during Guatemala's internal conflict. Based on the book: Escaping the Fire.
Director: Kenneth Muller | Stars: Diego Alfonso, Fernando Cuautle, Pedro Javier Silva Lira, Saúl Lisazo
Votes: 12
2. Las cruces poblado proximo (2006)
82 min | Drama
Set during the civil war in 1980s Guatemala. A group of six men and a woman must find a way to work together to protect the village of Las Cruces from an impending military attack. The ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Rosal | Stars: Giacomo Buonafina, Daneri Gudiel, Miriam Arenas, Raymund Coy
Votes: 45
3. September (2017)
70 min | Drama
The dying Guatemalan war veteran agrees to accompany a girl searching for information about her grand father, his comrade in arms. Flash backs show the campaign the men fought in when young.
Director: Kenneth Muller | Stars: Costanza Andrade, Juan Pablo Asturias, Tuti Furlan, Saúl Lisazo
Votes: 200
4. Roza (2022)
76 min | Drama
Hector returns to his village after a long and difficult migration. He comes home a family and a community that pushes him out. He takes back his life by way of force, driving the whole town into chaos.
Director: Andres Rodriguez | Stars: Clara Colop, Antonia Maldonado, Hector Ramos, Enrique Salanic
Votes: 30
5. Evolution of Violence (2011)
77 min | Documentary, Drama
Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though the people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer. Each day, journalists wait to report on... See full summary »
Director: Fritz Ofner
Votes: 5
6. El Codo del Diablo (2014)
78 min | Documentary
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, 1948. Four days before Christmas, Setico a 12-year-old boy must take a train in search of his father. A trip that will reveal the forgotten memories of this banana... See full summary »
Directors: Antonio Jara Vargas, Ernesto Jara Vargas | Stars: Federico Picado, Darío Salas, Gustavo Vargas
Votes: 14
7. Superzan El Invencible (1971)
TV-PG | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Tres extraterrestres aterrizan en la Tierra, y se hacen amigos de un niño pequeño pastor. pistolas de rayos de los alienígenas pueden "congelar" las personas, y que pueden desaparecer y reaparecer a voluntad.
Directors: Federico Curiel, Ángel Rodríguez | Stars: Raúl Martínez, Superzan, Federico Curiel, Johnny Laboriel
Votes: 34
8. Giants Don't Exist (2017)
82 min | Drama
Guatemala, in the 80s. The worst days of the Civil war. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González, one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés ... See full summary »
Director: Chema Rodríguez | Stars: Rafael Rojas, Jesús Tecú, Patricia Orantes, Marta Tuyuc
Votes: 66
9. When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with firsthand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu.
Directors: Newton Thomas Sigel, Pamela Yates | Stars: Rigoberta Menchú, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 179
10. The Last Out (2020)
84 min | Documentary, Sport
Three young Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the Major Leagues.
Directors: Michael Gassert, Sami Khan | Stars: Victor Baró, Carlos O. González, Happy Oliveros
Votes: 93
11. Paloma herida (1963)
85 min | Drama
Paloma is a young blonde indigenous woman who arrives in a coastal town and goes to the local cantina to murder Danilo Zeta in cold blood. But the young woman is captured and, upon being ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Patricia Conde, Emilio Fernández, Andrés Soler, Noé Murayama
Votes: 34
12. Political Asylum (1975)
PG | 89 min | Drama
Barreiro, the head of a revolutionary movement in a Latin American country, asks for asylum in a foreign embassy. The ambassador, Mr. Lara, though under pressure from the government, ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Zecena Diéguez | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Flor Procuna, Cameron Mitchell, Emilio Fernández
Votes: 7
13. La satánica (1973)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
A woman has got a sugar-daddy paying her bills, and while she's stringing him along, she meets somebody her own age that she truly falls in love. And it turns out he's the son of her rich dude.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Norma Lazareno, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Raúl Ramírez, Marcela Daviland
14. 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
15. Invisible Evidence (2003)
102 min | Drama
Visiting American journalist Johnson finds more in Guatemala than he's bargained for. His reporter contact is missing and nobody's looking for him; his first assignment is to meet with ... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Castillo Close | Stars: R. Brandon Johnson, Arloa Reston, Jorge Pupo, Giacomo Buonafina
Votes: 29
16. El silencio de Neto (1994)
106 min | Drama
A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.
Director: Luis Argueta | Stars: Oscar Almengor, Pablo Arenales, Hector Argueta, Cristina Arqueta
Votes: 167
17. Guatemala 1982 (2018)
115 min | Drama
Adrian Morales goes to the town of Jutiapa, after his father ordered him to do so. He had the task to pick up identification cards needed to carry arms. Colonel Fuentes, friend of his ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Stars: Alejandro Tommasi, Isela Vega, Adrian Morales, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Votes: 11
18. 10 KILOS
118 min | Drama | Post-production
Inspired by a best selling true story by Sharon Yitzhaki. Sharon went to Bolivia with a young guy she barely knew. She was framed and accused of smuggling 10 kilos of cocaine across the ... See full summary »
Director: Doron Eran | Stars: Daniella Kertesz, Maya Eshet, Luna Mansour, Juan Pablo Olyslager
19. The Real Thing (1985)
36 min | Documentary, Short
The workers in a Coca-Cola bottling subsidiary plant in Guatemala attempt to unionize.
Director: Peter Schnall | Star: Martin Sheen
20. Zona Intervenida (2014)
60 min | Documentary, War
The film follows young artists in Guatemala who use dance, performance, and poetry to intervene in a former train station, converted to a military base in 1945, where untold violence was ... See full summary »
Directors: Bonifaz Dias, Nitin Sawhney
21. Candelabros (2021– )
60 min | Drama
Candelabros is a story based on Narel Alrashidi, who becomes the first president of the country and the largest drug trafficker in the region.
22. La verdad bajo la tierra: Guatemala, el genocidio silenciado (2014)
60 min | Documentary, History
In Guatemala, the systematic repression of indigenous people led to a bloody armed conflict from 1960 to 1996 that left behind more than 200,000 dead, the majority of whom were Mayas. In an... See full summary »
Director: Eva Vilamala
23. 1991 (2021)
70 min
1991: Guatemala is at war, but this is not an issue for Daniel and his friends. All they want to do is have fun. They travel around with baseball bats, but their goal is not to play a game, they are on the hunt.
Director: Sergio Ramírez | Stars: Eduardo Cabrera, Daniela Castillo, Alejandro Díaz, Brandon López
Votes: 16
24. La bodega (2010)
75 min | Drama
A young woman is brutally assaulted by gang members in the middle of Guatemala City. As usual, the authorities have no suspects or leads, leaving the girl to become one more victim in a ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Figueroa | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Luis Carlos Pineda, Fredy Turcios, Josue Sotomayor
Votes: 15
25. The Ghosts (2020)
76 min | Drama
Koki makes a living in Guatemala City by winning the trust of people while arranging the theft of their possessions. By day he is a guide to tourists who get mugged at gunpoint, by night he... See full summary »
Director: Sebastian Lojo | Stars: Marvin Navas, Carlos Morales El Punisher, Daniela Castillo
Votes: 40
26. Reparando (2010)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
After a long, devastating 36 year civil war in Guatemala, victims are being transformed into champions who willfully embrace their past to help repair the next generation. This is their story.
Director: Scott Owen Moore
Votes: 36
27. Dónde Nace El Sol (2013)
85 min | History
Where the Sun is Born tells the story of the Maya People through four stories which allude to important moments in the in its history over the course of the last half millenium. The central... See full summary »
Director: Elías Jiménez | Stars: Felipe Gómez, Candelaria Hernández, Walter Paz Joj, Ajpú Nicho
28. Toque de Queda (2011)
90 min | Thriller
In Guatemala, violence is contagious. The neighbors of Villas de La Esperanza, in fear of an eventual invasion of those infected by violence, arm themselves and patrol nights, risking their... See full summary »
Directors: Ray Figueroa, Elías Jiménez Trachtenberg | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Julio Serrano, Edgar Arreola, Jorge 'El Pumita' Asturias
Votes: 36
29. Puro Mula (2011)
90 min | Comedy
Joel Fonseca is a 28 year old slacker who gets up every morning to drink beer and play his guitar. One day his routine is interrupted by his older sister who asks him to take care of her 6 ... See full summary »
Director: Enrique Pérez Him | Stars: Domingo Lemus, Daneri Gudiel, Jairon Salguero, Roberto Díaz Gomar
Votes: 223
30. El Silencio del Topo (2021)
91 min | Documentary
In the 1970s, journalist Elías Barahona, also known as "The Mole", infiltrated the heart of one of the most repressive governments in Guatemalan history. The film captures the moments when ... See full summary »
Director: Anaïs Taracena
Votes: 56
31. Ixcanul (2015)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo
Votes: 3,264 | Gross: $0.29M
32. La Llorona (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic, Julio Diaz
Votes: 7,754
33. Tremors (2019)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama
The coming out of an evangelical father shatters his family, his community and uncovers a profoundly repressive society.
Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa, Rui Frati
Votes: 1,515
34. Terremoto en Guatemala (1978)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
Terremoto En Guatemala relata lo sucedido en el pas de Guatemala en el a±o de 1976 tras el terremoto de magnitud 7.6 en la escala de Richter. En torno a este suceso, nos muestra adem¡s la ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Lanuza | Stars: Norma Lazareno, Leonardo Moran, Guillermo Andreu, Carolina Lanuza
Votes: 11
35. V.I.P.: Very Important Prisoners (2007)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime
Shot inside of one of Guatemala's most dangerous prisons, with it's inmate population as actors in the film. VIP is the story of Juan Ramos, Guatemala's sub accountant is arrested and ... See full summary »
Director: Elías Jiménez Trachtenberg | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Monica Palmieri, Jorge 'El Pumita' Asturias, Roberto Díaz Gomar
Votes: 29
36. Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure
In the 18th century France, Jean-Paul, who was cheated out of his inheritance, land and titles by his uncle, decides to go to Guatemala in search of a famed Mayan treasure.
Directors: Delmer Daves, Otto Preminger | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Constance Smith, Finlay Currie, Walter Hampden
Votes: 544
37. Sin Nombre (2009)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Paulina Gaitan, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Leonardo Alonso, Karla Cecilia Alvarado
Votes: 34,059 | Gross: $2.53M
38. El Norte (1983)
R | 141 min | Adventure, Drama
After their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States.
Director: Gregory Nava | Stars: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago
Votes: 5,598
39. Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino (2002)
95 min | Drama
Aro Tolbukhin is a hungarian inmigrant that sets fire to seven people in an infirmary in a Mission in Guatemala, the movie traces back to see what made him do it, from his arrival in Guatemala to his childhood in Hungary.
Directors: Isaac-Pierre Racine, Agustí Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Carmen Beato, Zóltán Józan, Mariona Castillo
Votes: 491
40. The Juror (1996)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A juror in a Mafia trial is forced to convince the other jurors to vote not guilty by an obsessive mob enforcer.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini
Votes: 19,962 | Gross: $22.75M
41. Apocalypto (2006)
R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood
Votes: 331,492 | Gross: $50.87M
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