Best award winning movies with a sob story from Ecuador

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a sob story from Ecuador! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a sob story from Ecuador, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Crónicas (2004)

A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."

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2004-05-16 | Crime / Drama

Cast

John Leguizamo, Damián Alcázar

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    morally bankrupt
  2. Ranked #98 for
    cinema verite
  3. Ranked #101 for
    emotional rollercoaster

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2 Yasuni Man (2020)

YASUNI MAN is the award winning documentary feature about a conflict raging deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon. It's a real-life Avatar story. Once under siege by missionaries seeking to civilize them, the Waorani people battle industry operatives and their own government in a fight to survive. Join filmmaker Ryan Patrick Killackey and his Waorani friend Otobo as they embark on an expedition into the most biodiverse forest on Earth. Witness what may be lost as oil companies encroach, human rights violations run rampant, and a forest Eden is destroyed - all for the oil that lies beneath Yasuni.

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2020-08-25 | Documentary

Cast

Ryan Killackey

Rating

rating icon 8.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #63 for
    didactic
  2. Ranked #398 for
    timely reminder
  3. Ranked #462 for
    heavy-handed

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3 The Legend of Tayos (2021)

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.

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2021-09-10 | Documentary

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rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1092 for
    mythology extending
  2. Ranked #4758 for
    elaborately staged
  3. Ranked #5019 for
    expert shooting

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4 With My Heart in Yambo (2011)

Filmmaker María Fernanda Restrepo reconstructs events that led to her older brothers' murders at the hands of Ecuadorian police.

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2011-10-14 | Documentary

Cast

María Fernanda Restrepo, Pedro Restrepo

Rating

rating icon 8.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4100 for
    foster father
  2. Ranked #4731 for
    like The Final Girls
  3. Ranked #5350 for
    professional directing

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5 The Swamp of the Ravens (1974)

Dr. Frosta dumps body parts and corpses in the marsh, where they rise up again for vengeance.

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1974-04-29 | Horror

Cast

Ramiro Oliveros, Marcelle Bichette

Rating

rating icon 4.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #583 for
    made fool of themselves
  2. Ranked #853 for
    unsatisfying
  3. Ranked #904 for
    sloppy

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6 From Core to Sun (2018)

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.

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2018-06-01 | Documentary

Cast

Millán Ludeña

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #7279 for
    philosophical insight
  2. Ranked #10232 for
    interconnected story
  3. Ranked #10595 for
    educational

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7 Prometeo Deportado (2009)

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 middle of the claims, a group of ecuadorians is arrested. They are taken to the Room, where they wait to be deported. Seems like everyone hides something, like PROMETEO the youn magician with his hands tied like a delinquent who has a 'magical' trunk as luggage. Time passes, a way of being, Ecuador happens in this waiting room. Seems like there is no possible exit. Meanwhile, a different but well-known way of life takes place. The only thing left as a promising way out is illusion.

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2009-04-17 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Carlos Gallegos, Alejandro Fajardo

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5531 for
    jingoistic
  2. Ranked #6955 for
    freak show
  3. Ranked #7667 for
    carny ride

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