Best award winning movies with visual storytelling from Guatemala

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with visual storytelling from Guatemala! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with visual storytelling 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 6.457
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unearthly
  2. Ranked #1 for
    big boost to director
  3. Ranked #1 for
    amalgamate

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2 Ixcanul (2015)

María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.

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2015-01-20 | Drama

Cast

María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #200 for
    misty
  2. Ranked #320 for
    antiquated
  3. Ranked #344 for
    like Nomadland

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3 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 #20 for
    naturalist
  2. Ranked #233 for
    vertiginous
  3. Ranked #282 for
    theatrical acting

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4 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

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

Trailer

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5 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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6 Ovnis en Zacapa (2015)

UFO sightings are reported in northeastern Guatemala. Rober Daneri a frustrated college professor along with the production team of a sensationalist TV show embark on a supernatural journey across the thin boundary between blind faith, self-delusion and the unknown in search of truth.

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2015-10-30 | Comedy / Science Fiction

Cast

Daneri Gudiel, Domingo Lemus

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4353 for
    po-faced
  2. Ranked #7118 for
    eyes glued to screen
  3. Ranked #7680 for
    alternate history

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7 The Silence of Neto (1994)

A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.

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1994-01-01 | Drama

Cast

Óscar Javier Almengor, Pablo Arenales

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #12508 for
    fish out of water
  2. Ranked #18435 for
    Coming of Age
  3. Ranked #18781 for
    Queer Cinema

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