Best award winning movies with a refreshing take from Guatemala

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a refreshing take from Guatemala! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a refreshing take 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 6.417
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ominous tone
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unearthly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slow and plodding

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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 5.56
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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 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 #12 for
    Multiple POV
  2. Ranked #131 for
    daunting challenge
  3. Ranked #264 for
    fragmented narrative

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4 The Garden of Steven (2012)

Steven Crosby, a small town missionary in a strange land, stumbles upon the low road to salvation with the help of a little Mayan girl, a black magic woman and a saint with a cigar.

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2012-12-05 | Adventure / Comedy

Cast

Chris Keener, Olga Segura

Rating

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #6108 for
    hoary
  2. Ranked #12147 for
    goofball
  3. Ranked #12614 for
    corky

Trailer

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5 Puro Mula (2011)

Joel is a 28 year old slacker who gets up every morning to drink beer and play his guitar. His older sister interrupts his daily routine by asking him to take care of her 6 year old kid. Joel thinks he can handle it, but things get complicated when the kid disappears from the house.

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2011-04-01 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Domingo Lemus, Daneri Gudiel

Rating

rating icon 8.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #6404 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #7556 for
    heavily flawed
  3. Ranked #8376 for
    pop-cultural

Trailer

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