El Salvador Movies

This documentary examines the formation of labor unions in El Salvador and the systematic violations of workers’ rights that characterized the...

Solentime (2020), directed by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi and Camilo Henríquez, revisits the memory of poet-priest Ernesto Cardenal and...

A free adaptation of the short story “Why Saint Anthony Lost His Virtue” by the Salvadoran writer Salvador Salazar Arrué...

The title refers to the legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero who was assassinated in his cathedral in March 1980.

Forbidden Stories of Pulgarcito is a film produced in 1980 by the FAPU, a mass organization of the National Resistance, one of the five organizations...

Cinematic documentary made in 1982, which reveals the life and organization of some camps in the eastern zone of El Salvador. It shows images of...

An insomniac man and his wife try to find the meaning of a strange nightmare that has interrupted the peace of their rest.

Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Othello, La Palabra de Pablo (Pablo's Word) tells the story of a broken contemporary Salvadorian upper middle class...

January 22, 1932. An unprecedented peasant uprising erupts in western El Salvador, as a group of Latino and indigenous peasants cut army supply...

In 2008, Teodora Vásquez was convicted of aggravated homicide and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having had a late-term miscarriage.

Join affable presenter Nigel Marven as he explores El Salvador, the volatile land of volcanoes with a colorful culture and natural history. Follow...

Huachindango is the small capital of a small Central American country. In this city, women must enter rooms managed by “The System” at...

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...

A narcissistic comedian wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident.

Eliseo Alberto (aka Lichi) was a scion of one of the most renowned families in Cuban arts and letters. He fled to Mexico City in 1990 where he lived...

A hangover is the least of Giovanni's problems when his wild bachelor party and a stripper give him the biggest headache of his life.

Roque Dalton was the Bertolt Brecht of Central America. His political struggle against the Salvadorian dictatorships brought him into jail various...

A portrayal of the harsh conditions faced by Salvadorans in the 1960s and 70s.

Documents the destruction caused by American bombings. Compares the cities of Torola and Morazán, and Berlín and Usulután.

The central objective of the documentary is to show the social situation of the peasant communities in the department of Morazán. The...