Ecuadorian movies
by rafael-super-tramp | created - 22 Oct 2011 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicThese are the most important films from Ecuador, they are not very famous outside. Try to get them and wacth them.
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1. Impulse (2009)
84 min | Drama, Horror
Jessica is a rebellious 17-year-old living with her aunt and grandmother in Quito. Her absent mother has stopped sending money, causing rifts within the family. When she decides to search ... See full summary »
Director: Mateo Herrera | Stars: Cecilia Vallejo, Enrique Acosta, Lady Estrella, Erika Granda
Votes: 36
2. Jaque (2005)
62 min
Although their ideological, social and economic differences, Christian and Juan Fernando have been able to maintain a strong friendship since childhood.
Director: Mateo Herrera | Stars: Cristian Patricio Arroyo, Natalia Mendoza, Juan Francisco Racines
Votes: 10
3. Alegría de una vez (2002)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of the relationship between two upper-class, wild, Ecuadorian teenagers.
Director: Mateo Herrera | Stars: Juan Francisco Racines, Julia Silva, Konrad Hellwig
Votes: 9
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: 3,561 | Gross: $0.30M
5. Ratas, ratones, rateros (1999)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Carlos Valencia, Marco Bustos, Cristina Dávila, Fabricio Lalama
Votes: 914
6. Pescador (2011)
100 min | Drama
Blaquito is thirty years old and lives with his mother in El Matal, a small fishing village on the coast of Ecuador. One day, the beach turns up filled with cocaine packets. Blanquito, ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Marieta Castillo, Andrés Crespo, Alejandro Fajardo, Antonio Santos
Votes: 377
7. Qué tan lejos (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands,... See full summary »
Director: Tania Hermida | Stars: Tania Martinez, Cecilia Vallejo, Pancho Aguirre, Fausto Miño
Votes: 820
8. Prometeo Deportado (2011)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
In an unknown first world airport the arrival of an ecuadorian flight is heard. The 'members of the European Union' passby migration, while the 'others', in the other line, wait. In the ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Mieles | Stars: Peki Andino, Andrés Crespo, Alejandro Fajardo, Carlos Gallegos
Votes: 150
9. Esas no son penas (2005)
90 min | Drama
One day five women from Quito, friends in their teens, decide to get back together after fourteen years. Helena is waiting for her second child, Marina lives the ups and downs of infidelity... See full synopsis »
Directors: Daniel Andrade, Anahí Hoeneisen | Stars: Nicolás Andrade, Anahí Hoeneisen, Amaia Merino, Francisca Romeo
Votes: 36
10. On the Line (2013)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Aurora, a divorced woman, receives a call from her 14 year old son's principal to let her know that he is being expelled on the last day of class. In an attempt to reach her son, she fights... See full summary »
Director: David Nieto Wenzell | Stars: Nicolás Andrade, Anahí Hoeneisen, Noelia Noto
Votes: 43
11. La tigra (1990)
80 min | Drama
The wild and wanton Francisca, known as the "The Tigress," is the eldest of three sisters, who are bosses of a farm in Ecuador. A medicine man tells Francisca and Juliana that their ... See full summary »
Director: Camilo Luzuriaga | Stars: Lissette Cabrera, Rossana Iturralde, Verónica García, Aristides Vargas
Votes: 74
12. Between Marx and a Naked Woman (1996)
92 min | Biography, Drama
An author gets lost between the book he is writing and the reality and a love that does not exist and the ideals of revolution.
Director: Camilo Luzuriaga | Stars: Felipe Teran, Aristides Vargas, Lissette Cabrera, Maia Koulieva
Votes: 106
13. 1809-1810 mientras llega el día (2004)
100 min | Drama
The plot is based on the book by Juan Valdano, and revolves around the events that took place in the city of Quito between August 10, 1809, when the First Cry of Independence took place in ... See full summary »
Director: Camilo Luzuriaga | Stars: José Alvear, José Arlear, Giselle Calderón, Alfredo Espinosa
Votes: 31
14. Los canallas (2009)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Ana Cristina Franco | Stars: Alegría Albán, Andrea Arízaga, Ruth Basante, Javier Cevallos
Votes: 42
15. Sensaciones (1991)
80 min | Drama, Music
A group of musicians move to a ranch in order to capture the sound of the Andes in their first disc.
Directors: Juan Esteban Cordero, Viviana Cordero | Stars: Juan Esteban Cordero, Viviana Cordero
Votes: 27
16. Un titán en el ring (2002)
Unrated | 111 min | Drama
When a new priest arrives in a small Andean village, the lives of its inhabitants begin to change.
Director: Viviana Cordero | Stars: Segundo Benitz, Vela Juana Guardeneras, Pablo Hanibal, Telmo Herrera
Votes: 36
17. Cuando me toque a mi (2006)
90 min | Drama
A murder sets in motion a series of tragedies that find their way to the city morgue's Dr. Arturo Fernandez. Physically and emotionally isolated, Arturo develops an intimate relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Víctor Arregui | Stars: Luis Cañizares, Randi Krarup, David Nieto Wenzell
Votes: 111
18. Fuera de juego (2002)
122 min
Juan dreams to escape from his country and its problems.
Director: Víctor Arregui | Stars: Galo Betancourt, Daniel Bustamante, Alejandro Cruz, Ximena Ganchala
Votes: 39
19. The Porcelain Horse (2012)
100 min | Drama
Paco Chavez's life is careless and charming. It's a life of illicit drugs and a forbidden love affair he carries with Lucia, his former high school sweetheart, now married to another man. ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Andrade | Stars: Francisco Savinovich, Victor Arauz, Leovanna Orlandini, Andrés Crespo
Votes: 266
20. A tus espaldas (2011)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
The statue of the Virgin that crowns "The Panecillo" looks and smiles to the north of the city, home to wealthier people, in the south, where most of its inhabitants are the most poor, they... See full summary »
Director: Tito Jara | Stars: Jenny Nava, Gabino Torres, Lily Alejandra, Israel Montenegro
Votes: 154
21. No Autumn, No Spring (2012)
115 min | Drama
The portrait of an invisible generation. A punk ballad told from the point of view of 10 youngsters with stories that interconnect, not with their destinies but with their concepts: the ... See full summary »
Director: Iván Mora Manzano | Stars: Enzo Macchiavello, Andres Troya Holst, Paola Baldion, Alejandro Fajardo
Votes: 141
22. Sueños en la mitad del mundo (1999)
95 min | Drama
A bus called Sueños (Dreams) links three modern-day tales set in exotic Ecuador - the equator-straddling country that calls itself "The Middle of the World." Each of these stories carries a... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Naranjo Estrella | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Concha Cuetos, Óscar Ladoire, María Kosty
Votes: 19
23. Silence in Dreamland (2013)
94 min | Drama
After the death of her husband, silence and loneliness reign in this old lady's house. She made routine her best friend and faith her shelter. Only in her dreams she runs away from those ... See full summary »
Director: Tito Molina | Stars: Bertha Naranjo, Ney Moreira, Martín Rodríguez, Yeliber Mero
Votes: 47
24. The Decorruption (2015)
76 min | Drama, Thriller | Completed
A dark political thriller with satirical edges. In a fictional country plagued by bureaucratic corruption, a rebellious government employee, known as Citizen 31X, refuses to comply with the... See full summary »
Director: Maria Garcia
25. The Path of the Sun (2015)
R | Drama
Juan Aguirre and Ferney Daza, two sociopaths, embark on a journey from Florida to California in the United States with the intention to end their lives in a place called the end of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jhonny Obando | Stars: María Isabel Díaz Lago, Gledys Ibarra, Alexander Estrella, Jhonny Obando
26. Sexy Montañita (2014)
77 min | Comedy, Thriller
Two best friends take a trip to Montanita where they have an epic party. The events later that night will change them forever.
Director: Alberto Pablo Rivera | Stars: Axel Amador, Andres Garzon, Alberto Pablo Rivera, Laura Schinca
Votes: 28
27. Mas allá del Mall (2010 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Is there an audience for Latin American movies? These are some of the questions posed by an Ecuadorian filmmaker whose latest movie was a commercial flop. He embarks on a query to find ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Alvear | Star: Andrés Crespo
Votes: 38
29. 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
30. 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
31. Cesar's Grill (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
My father Cesar thought I was going to take over his grill restaurant in Ecuador, but I decided to pursue art instead and went to Germany. Ten years later he calls me to let me know that ... See full summary »
Director: Dario Aguirre
Votes: 57
32. 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: 59
33. No robarás... (a menos que sea necesario) (2013)
R | 95 min | Drama
In order to help her brothers and mother, Lucia is forced to thieve.
Director: Viviana Cordero | Stars: Vanessa Alvario, Ana María Balarezo, Nadia Acevedo Cordero, Erick Sheen
Votes: 41
34. Ochentaisiete (2015)
88 min | Drama
Pablo, Andres and Juan, get into their biggest teenager adventure, when Juan decides to run away from home. He is not willing to go back because his father, an old fashioned policeman, ... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel Andrade, Anahí Hoeneisen | Stars: Andres Alvares, Andres Alvarez, Nicolás Andrade, Estefano Bajak
Votes: 42
35. Blak Mama (2009)
95 min | Adventure
Directors: Miguel Alvear, Patricio Andrade | Stars: José Alvear, Patricio Andrade, Amaia Merino, Ana María Palys
Votes: 14
36. Sin muertos no hay carnaval (2016)
PG-13 | 100 min | Thriller
Everything begins with a stray bullet... And a wealthy young man trying to evict 250 families who are squatting on the land he inherited from his father. The leader of the squatter ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Daniel Adum Gilbert, Victor Arauz, Diego Cataño, Andrés Crespo
Votes: 223
37. 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: 437
38. Alba (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Family
Alba, an 11 year old girl, has to move to her father's house due to her mother's illness. She barely knows him and sharing time with him at home feels weird. Both are shy, both feel lonely but they can't find a way to approach each other.
Director: Ana Cristina Barragán | Stars: Macarena Arias, Pablo Aguirre Andrade, Amaia Merino, Isabel Borja
Votes: 481
39. Thirst (II) (2015)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sara is 23 years old and is blind. One morning she goes to her country house accompanied by her boyfriend Jose Luis, her cousin Carolina and her boyfriend Pedro. At first the trip seems to ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Houlberg | Stars: Ivan Alzate, Ana Cristina Barragán, Fernanda Barragán, Enzo Macchiavello
Votes: 12
40. Instantánea (2017)
75 min | Family
Antonia is a little photographer. She likes to capture special moments with her camera and she will spend her vacations with her grandparents. Although she go to the beaches with her dog ... See full summary »
Director: Catalina Arango Cadavid | Stars: Gabriel Ampuero, Giovanna Andrade, Cielo Mendoza Apolo, Alejandro Fajardo
Votes: 12
41. Entre Sombras: Averno (2016)
115 min | Thriller
Director: X.B. Ruiz | Stars: Juan Pablo Asanza, Carlos Valencia, Marlon Pantaleón, Daniela Vallejo
Votes: 11
42. Quito 2023 (2013)
TV-14 | 90 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Quito 2023 is a thriller/Sci-Fi feature film that focuses on the Ecuadorian capital, some years from now. After several internal political problems, a coup has left the country under ... See full summary »
Directors: César Izurieta, Juan Fernando Moscoso | Stars: Silvio Villagómez, Jose Luís Vergara, Enrique Carvajal, Elvira Durango
Votes: 67
43. El Secreto de Magdalena (2015)
Drama
Miranda, a lesbian photographer from Guayaquil living in Buenos Aires returns to Ecuador for an exhibition of her work. Magdalena, a simple girl after a big fight with her boyfriend decides... See full summary »
Director: Josué Miranda | Stars: Patricia Guillén, Michelle Prendes, Celeste Santillán
Votes: 28
44. Translucido (2016)
86 min | Drama
Rubén has three months to live or, probably, one year and a half with treatment. After a very complex process he decides to kill himself, before the cancer start showing symptoms. In "Translucido" we will be witnesses of his fate.
Director: Leonard Zelig | Stars: María Elisa Camargo, Erin Fogel, Roberto Manrique, Andrés Crespo
Votes: 67
45. El Facilitador (2013)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama
Elena, daughter of a businessman, returns to Ecuador at the request of her sick father. There he meets a childhood friend, Galo, and begins to collaborate with him in tasks of organization of human rights for the indigenous communities.
Director: Víctor Arregui | Stars: Christoph Baumann, Francisco Febres Cordero, María Gracia Omegna, Juan Carlos Terán
Votes: 18
46. The Law of the Swindler (2012)
88 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
Bernardo lives under the shadow of his mother. Kurt proposes to him to rob Bernardo's bank to buy the Third Reich's currency. On the same day that Bernardo does it, Hitler's regime falls and its currency becomes worthless.
Directors: Alex Schlenker, Diego Coral López | Stars: Christoph Baumann, Gonzalo Estupiñan, Jorge Alejandro Fegan, Vincent Kerschbaum
Votes: 12
47. Saudade (II) (2013)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Family, History
Miguel is a 17 year-old boy that sees the future as a distant horizon, immersed in his bubble of friends and a sketchbook full of sentimental poems. 'Saudade' is the portrait of a threshold... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Donoso Gómez | Stars: Pia Aguirre, Gloria Arcos, Jessica Barahona, Paula Castelo
Votes: 31
49. Medardo (2015)
94 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Inspired by the brief and yet intense life of Ecuadorian poet Medardo Ángel Silva, this movie reveals intimate details of one of the most important Guayaquilean writers of 19th century: his... See full summary »
Director: Nitsy Grau Crespo | Stars: Jose Andres Caballero, Paoming Camchong, Edison Carrera, Scarlette Cordova
Votes: 13
50. Ruta de la luna (2012)
80 min | Drama
Tito, a lonely albino decides to travel across Central America to participate in a bowling tournament. His stubborn and ill father insists on accompanying and supporting him for the first ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Sebastian Jacome | Stars: Jimmy David Suarez, Luis Antonio Gotti, Victoria Greco, Ernesto Leonardo Fields
Votes: 35
51. Tinta Sangre (2013)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Mateo Herrera | Stars: Rosa Bodero, Alex Cisneros, Alfredo Espinosa, Jorge Alejandro Fegan
Votes: 16
52. Cara o cruz (2003)
90 min
After being sent abroad at the tender age of eight, Virginia returns to Quito, her birthplace, twenty-five years later. She is finally reunited with her widowed father and her fraternal ... See full summary »
Director: Camilo Luzuriaga | Stars: Valentina Pacheco, Marilú Vaca, Luis Vivanco
Votes: 22
53. A estas alturas de la vida (2013)
86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two inseparable friends. Martin is a bureaucrat who seeks to overcome every day, even though deep down he knows he will never leave his office desk. Daniel is a womanizer unstable without goals, but with a mathematical gift.
Directors: Manuel Calisto, Alex Cisneros | Stars: Manuel Calisto, Alex Cisneros, Sonia Valdez
Votes: 17
54. María y el Araña (2013)
90 min | Drama, Romance
MARIA AND SPIDER is the story of Maria, a thirteen year old girl who lives in a Buenos Aires shantytown whit her grandmother and her obscure partner. Candidate for a scholarship to continue... See full summary »
Director: María Victoria Menis | Stars: Pablo Aguirre Andrade, Emanuela Gavazza, Lucía Ruiz Ortiz, Mirella Pascual
Votes: 44
55. Zuquillo Expres (2010)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Carl West | Stars: Martha Salas, Marcela Campos, Mabel Cabrera, Tania Salas
Votes: 21
56. Five Ways to Dario (2010)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
Since more than ten years Dario lives between two different worlds, Germany and Ecuador. He decides to make an extraordinary journey, trying to find himself. The adventure into the unknown ... See full summary »
Director: Dario Aguirre
Votes: 14
57. An Ocean between Us (2016)
95 min | Drama, Family | Completed
Its not about secrets, is hiding them.
Director: Pablo Arturo Suarez | Stars: Beatriz Vergara, María Josefina Viteri, Ferran Herrera, Alfredo Espinoza
Votes: 9
58. If I Die First (2017)
107 min | Documentary
A portrait of singer Julio Jaramillo, who became a larger than life star in Latin America .
Director: Rodolfo Muñoz
59. Take Me for a Ride (2016)
67 min | Drama
Loner Sara is in her last year of high school and is miserable. Shunned by the girls in her class for being "weird," she spends her lunches smoking in secret behind the school. That is, until the new girl, Andrea, finds her.
Director: Micaela Rueda | Stars: Samanta Caicedo, Maria Juliana Rangel, Diego Naranjo, Patricia Loor
Votes: 174
60. Yasuni Man (2017)
94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Desperate conservationists struggle against oil interests as native people in the heart of Ecuadorian Amazon vie to preserve their culture. A filmmaker-biologist reveals the rich biodiversity in peril and those who call it home.
Director: Ryan Killackey | Stars: Otobo Baihua, Ryan Killackey
Votes: 141
61. 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
62. The Legend of Tayos (2021)
86 min | Documentary
A Hungarian explorer claims to have discovered a "Gold Library" inside a cave. Lacking evidence, he tries to get the recognition he believes he deserves but struggles to get support from the local governments and religious leaders.
Director: Galo Semblantes | Stars: Janos Moricz, Stanley Hall, Petronio Jaramillo, Bettina Allen
Votes: 20
63. Vengo Volviendo (2015)
120 min | Family
Twenty two year old Ismael only thinks about traveling to the US. He grows up with the love and care of his grandmother Mariana, a midwife and ancestral healer, after his parents emigrated ... See full summary »
Directors: Gabriel Paez Hernandez, Isabel Rodas León | Stars: Carolina Lozada Calle, Carolina Lozada, Rosario Macas, Doris Naula
Votes: 27
64. With Elizabeth in Mount Dora (2012)
83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Edilson's car had broken down in a beautiful little town (Mount Dora) on his way to a cousin's wedding where he will meet a lot of explosive, original, funny and weird characters. But ... See full summary »
Director: Jhonny Obando | Stars: Julio Coutinho, Scarlet Gruber, Karin Farfan, Ernesto Reyes
Votes: 9
65. Un Secreto en la Caja (2016)
71 min | Documentary, Biography
A Secret in the Box is a documentary that explores the life and works of Marcelo Chiriboga (1933-1990), internationally known Ecuadorian writer, member of the "boom" generation (Garcia ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Izquierdo | Star: Alfredo Espinosa
Votes: 33
66. Club Habana (2010)
80 min | Drama
Barbara is about to travel to Spain for an exhibition of her paintings. The night before starting her journey there is a hurricane and she has to stay in a nightclub until the morning. ... See full summary »
Directors: Jorge Herrera, Jorge Herrera | Stars: Yoraisi Gómez, Luis Alberto García, Lourdes Torres, Enrique Molina
Votes: 11
67. Tayos (2017)
86 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
An epic journey into the depths of the underworld and the depths within ourselves.
Director: Miguel Garzon
Votes: 17
68. Ciudad sin sombra (2014)
TV-MA | 110 min | Thriller
Set in the impressive mountain and coastal scenery of the Andean region, this film tells the story of Ana helping her grandfather escape from a psychiatric hospital to fulfill his last wish.
Director: Bernardo Cañizares Esguerra | Stars: Alejandro Buenaventura, Juan Ricardo Gomez, Carolina Piechestein
Votes: 17
69. Las Mujeres Deciden (2017)
Drama
Maria, a young Spanish doctor, works in a maternity hospital in the Ecuadorian rain forest. She is shocked about the premature pregnancies and the violence women in Ecuador have to face. ... See full summary »
Director: Xiana Yago | Star: Maria Carnicer
Votes: 10
70. The Flags of Dawn (1984)
81 min | Documentary
Directors: Beatriz Palacios, Jorge Sanjinés
Votes: 10
71. Instantes de campaña (2015)
Documentary, Biography
Beyond being a historical record this film explores the implied duality of Rafael Correa's public figure. The behind-the-scenes 2013 presidential re-election race, in campaign-distant black... See full summary »
Director: Tomás Astudillo | Star: Rafael Correa
Votes: 10
72. Taromenani (2007)
Documentary
In 2003, around 30 women and children Taromenane were killed in the Ecuadorian forest. TAROMENANI explores the causes of the slaughter and its connections to the killing of missionaries and the attacks on timber workers.
Director: Carlos Andrés Vera
73. Muchedumbre 30s (2011)
90 min | Documentary, History
A history about what happened the september 30th, with Rafael Correa (himself) and other affected people that'll tell us about what happened this fatidic day.
Director: Rodolfo Muñoz
Votes: 9
74. Labranza oculta (2010)
66 min | Documentary, Animation, Drama
Labranza oculta (The silent walls) is a documentary about those who build history behind walls of silence. The workers restoring the seventeenth-century Alabado House surprise and charm us ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriela Calvache
Votes: 8
75. Cuento Sin Hadas (2012)
101 min | Drama
Director: Sergio Briones | Stars: Micaela Briones, Ricardo Briones, Sergio Briones, Chiquinquirá Delgado
Votes: 10
76. Alfaro Vive Carajo (2015)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Mauricio Samaniego | Stars: Mauricio Barahona, Fabricio Cajas, María Rosa Cajas, María Clara Enguiguren
Votes: 5
77. Yakuaya (2011)
52 min | Documentary
Yakuaya is a nonverbal documentary film dealing with the trickling down of water and life. The documentary follows the journey of a drop of water from birth on a glacier until it reaches the sea.
Director: Marcelo Castillo
78. El Panóptico Ciego (2015)
56 min | Documentary
The documentary chronicles the 139 years of occupation that had the ex penal García Moreno and traces left by the inmates to be transferred to the new prison in the Sierra Norte in the province of Cotopaxi.
Director: Mateo Herrera | Stars: Lorena Cisneros, Boris Idrovo, Jorge Nuñez, Juan Andrés Suarez
79. Resonancia (2013)
64 min | Documentary
Raul Lara, Ecuadorian luthier works around seven months in the construction of each instrument. Sometimes staying for four consecutive months inside his workshop, place in which time and ... See full summary »
Director: Mateo Herrera | Stars: Luis Lara, Raul Lara
Votes: 8
81. Cuba, el valor de una utopía (2006)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Yanara Guayasamín | Star: Fidel Castro
Votes: 21
82. Asier ETA biok (2013)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
Asier and I grew up in the Basque Country. One day he disappeared and I found out he had joined ETA. How could I explain the reasons that led Asier to make a decision, which even I had trouble grasping?
Directors: Aitor Merino, Amaia Merino | Stars: Asier Aranguren, Juan Diego Botto, Pilar Castro, Aitor Merino
Votes: 223
83. Los tiempos están cambiando (2011)
53 min | Documentary, Drama
The documentary 'Times are changing' has been filmed in the Latin American countries Mexico, Panama, The Andes and in the rain forest of the countries Peru and Ecuador.
Director: Iris Disse
84. Ecuador vs. el resto del mundo (2004)
54 min | Documentary
November 7th, 2001. After a seventy years absence, the Ecuadorian national soccer team is close to qualifying for the first time to a Soccer World Cup. This documentary follows the events ... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Mogrovejo
Votes: 11
85. La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles (2012)
125 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
This Kickstarter-funded film is a compelling story about Grammy-winning Venezuelan funksters Los Amigos Invisibles, from their early days playing in Caracas, Venezuela, to being discovered ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Andrade
Votes: 17
86. Yellow Sunglasses (2020)
98 min | Comedy
Yellow sunglasses is a tragicomic look at Julia's universe and her quest to find her own intimate reinvention.
Director: Iván Mora Manzano | Stars: Alejandra Corman, Alejandro Fajardo, Pablo López, Enzo Macchiavello
Votes: 38
87. Agujero Negro (2018)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Afraid to face upcoming parenthood and the ultimate deadline for his long-awaited novel, a once-promising writer develops a crush on a defiant muse, the 16-year-old girl next door, and ... See full summary »
Director: Diego Araujo | Stars: Victor Arauz, Daniela Roepke, Marla Xaviera, Alejandro Fajardo
Votes: 106
88. Dreamtown (2016)
70 min | Documentary, Family, Sport
DreamTown follows Anibal Chala, a rural Afro-Ecuadorian boy who strives against all odds to make it to the professional soccer leagues.
Director: Betty Bastidas | Stars: Anibal Chala, Ulises De La Cruz, Carlos Maldonado
Votes: 8
89. Black Quixotes (2016)
74 min | Fantasy | Completed
A beggar and a butcher fight for the Princess and the Queen of Spain's love. These characters, without their awareness, will access a place denied for them because of their ethnic and social status.
Director: Sandino Burbano
Votes: 5
90. La Tola Box (2014)
85 min | Documentary, Action, Family
Beyond the punches, boxing paints a complex portrait of life itself - its obstacles, the discipline, the commitment. With the stories of a child aspiring boxer, and a young amateur boxer, ... See full summary »
Director: Pável Quevedo Ullauri
Votes: 13
91. La bisabuela tiene alzheimer (2012)
52 min | Documentary
A meeting between the daughter and the grandmother, at a time when the memories of the girl's, were taking shape, and the grandmother's, were vanishing. This starting point is used as a pretext to talk about the importance of memory
Director: Iván Mora Manzano
Votes: 16
92. Comuna Engabao (2014)
52 min | Documentary
Engabao, a fishing commune in Ecuador, has historically been a site of land struggle between inhabitants and wealthy businessmen that threaten to convert collective lands into private property.
Director: Libertad Gills
94. From Core to Sun (2018)
90 min | Documentary
Ecuadorian athlete Millán Ludeña, embarks on his new adventure to be the first athlete to register a new Guinness World Record for his beloved country.
Director: Oliver Lee Garland
Votes: 125
95. Cenizas (I) (2018)
80 min | Drama
As Cotopaxi spews ash, issuing an eerie penumbra over Quito, a young woman confronts dormant familial conflicts. Desperate for a place to store her things as volcanic disaster looms, ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Sebastian Jacome | Stars: Samanta Caicedo, Diego Naranjo, Juana Estrella, Estela Álvarez
Votes: 98
96. The Longest Night (2019)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
She is the perfect woman until she decides to be free.
Director: Gabriela Calvache | Stars: Noëlle Schönwald, Cristian Mercado, Jaime Tamariz, Ariana Freire
Votes: 243
97. Sólo es una más (2017)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Mateo (20) suffers epileptic seizures almost daily. His life is a blend of habitual routines and the dreamlike world he senses during his seizures. His life is transformed when he meets Natalia, a young, enchanting and crazy lady.
Director: Viviana Cordero | Stars: Joaquín Wappenstein, María Teresa Guerrero, Pedro Saad, Nicolle Herdoiza
98. Carlitos (2014)
81 min | Documentary, Family
This documentary is about Carlitos, a young man with mental disability who has a particular vision of the world and a tender sensibility. This documentary tries to show his way of ... See full summary »
Director: José Antonio Guayasamin | Stars: Carlos Ailla, Marco Ailla, Noemí Ailla
99. El Rezador (2022)
96 min | Thriller
A precarious con artist manipulates the family of a "miracle girl" and creates a business so large and lucrative that it will inevitably get out of hand.
Director: Tito Jara | Stars: Andrés Crespo, Carlos Valencia, Emilia Ceballos, Gabino Torres
Votes: 119
100. The Lady in the Veil (2018)
92 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Isabel's fiancé, Roberto, suffers a misterious accident that puts him in a coma without explanation. Aniel, an ex-priest expert on exorcisms, helps Isabel find out the real reason of ... See full summary »
Director: Josué Miranda | Stars: Michelle Prendes, Santiago Carpio, Fabo Doja, Antonella Valeriano
Votes: 11
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