El Salvador Movies

For Lourdes, a writer of the Salvadoran diaspora, returning to her native country means having to face complex emotions around a misogynistic...

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

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

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.

A young woman struggles with getting a good night sleep after being haunted by a ghost of her past.

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...

Torn between love and faith, a monk goes on a pilgrimage looking for a sign.

A monologue about the meaning of being art, delivered by the last character you’d expect: a pair of pants. A short film by Ponchi Simán.

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

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

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

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

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...

It documents the civil war in El Salvador, in its first 8 years, as well as the political movements, and the human rights violations that occurred.

A castaway and an eccentric sailor hunt down an ancient creature that may or may not be real.

El Salvador's most dramatic landscapes unfold all around you in this sensory-driven flight experience that captures the nation's soul from above....

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...

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.

Diana develops a deep interest in the sound of the sirens that roam her city every night, until she starts to talk to them in her dreams.