Best award winning movies with knockout from Guatemala

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

1 La Llorona (2019)

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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2019-07-25 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    amalgamate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ominous tone
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unearthly

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2 José (2020)

José lives with his mother in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling sandwiches. He spends his days on crowded buses and in the streets delivering food. Resigned and aloof, in free moments he plays with his phone and looks for random sex. When he meets Luis, José is thrust into a dimension of passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.

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2020-01-31 | Drama

Cast

Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unapologetic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    utterly captivating
  3. Ranked #3 for
    raw and gritty

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3 Tremors (2019)

A family man torn between the love for his family, the boundaries of religion and the freedom to choose whom to love.

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2019-02-08 | Drama

Cast

Juan Pablo Olyslager, María Telón

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #10 for
    vomit-inducing
  2. Ranked #76 for
    nifty
  3. Ranked #172 for
    demanding multiple views

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4 Our Mothers (2019)

Guatemala, 2018. The country is riveted on the trial of the military officers who started the civil war. The victims’ testimonials keep pouring in. Ernesto, a young anthropologist at the Forensic Foundation, identifies people who have gone missing. One day, through an old lady’s story, Ernesto thinks he has found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerillero who disappeared during the war.

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2019-10-04 | Drama

Cast

Armando Espitia, Emma Dib

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #22 for
    naturalist
  2. Ranked #205 for
    vertiginous
  3. Ranked #298 for
    stylish photography

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5 Five Years North (2020)

Five Years North is the coming-of-age story of Luis, an undocumented Guatemalan boy who just arrived alone in New York City. He struggles to work, study, and evade Judy - the Cuban-American ICE officer patrolling his neighborhood.

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2020-06-15 | Documentary

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rating icon 10.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    Multiple POV
  2. Ranked #132 for
    daunting challenge
  3. Ranked #251 for
    fragmented narrative

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6 Gunpowder Heart (2019)

Claudia and Maria are a young couple in Guatemala City who dream of all-night dance parties in the land of plenty. When they're attacked by three circus workers, level-headed Claudia tries to deter the more foolhardy Maria from plotting revenge.

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2019-11-19 | Drama

Cast

Vanessa Hernández, Andrea Henry

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #182 for
    lack of talent
  2. Ranked #388 for
    misanthropic
  3. Ranked #439 for
    free-wheeling character

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7 Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2011)

A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.

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2011-09-14 | History / Documentary

Cast

Pamela Yates, Rigoberta Menchú

Rating

rating icon 4.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #965 for
    timely reminder
  2. Ranked #989 for
    redeeming factor
  3. Ranked #1268 for
    redemption arc

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8 Gasolina (2010)

Three middle-class teenagers out on a high-octane ride to hell outside the safety of their "colonia"

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2010-07-16 | Drama

Cast

José Andrés Chamier, Carlos Dardon

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #6324 for
    fully immersing
  2. Ranked #6708 for
    becoming immersed
  3. Ranked #7105 for
    grand vision

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9 Maximón - Devil or Saint (2014)

MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint (66min.) is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simon or the drinking and smoking saint of Guatemala. He is a mixture of ancient Maya beliefs and Christianity. The movie concentrates on the people who surround Maximón with their strong personalities, opinions and faith. The documentary gives us a rare view into the rituals and fiestas honoring Maximón. The cult of Maximón is flourishing because he performs miracles. He is also feared and despised because he is used to cast curses that can result in death. Ultimately, Maximón transcends the duality of good and evil, reflecting the Maya cosmovision in which everything in the universe co-exists.

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2014-02-06 | Documentary

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rating icon 10.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #14538 for
    dreary due to excessive obviousness
  2. Ranked #21979 for
    like Harry Potter
  3. Ranked #24676 for
    captivating ending

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10 What Sebastian Dreamt (2004)

A young Spanish writer inherits a home in the Guatemalan rainforest, only to become wrapped up in a land war, touchy local politics... and murder.

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2004-01-01 | Drama / War

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rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13997 for
    lumberjack
  2. Ranked #17851 for
    interconnected story
  3. Ranked #18550 for
    interpersonal relation

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