Discover the best of Ecuadorian cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Ecuador. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Ecuador
Ecuadorian cinema is a film culture of stunning contrasts, a vibrant voice born at the crossroads of Andean peaks, Amazonian depths, and bustling city streets. Its modern story received a powerful jolt of urban energy with Sebastián Cordero's landmark film, Ratas, Ratones, Rateros (Rodents). This raw, stylish story of life on the margins of Quito announced a new, confident voice in Latin American film and put Ecuador firmly on the international cinematic map. But Ecuador’s cinematic soul is also found on the open road. The beloved hit film Qué tan lejos (How Much Further) captured the hearts of the nation, a charming road movie that beautifully showcases the country’s breathtaking journey from the mountains down to the coast. This success inspired a new generation of filmmakers to tell their own stories. This creative spirit also fuels a lively domestic television scene, with popular comedies and dramas finding a dedicated local audience. What makes Ecuadorian cinema so compelling is this profound sense of place. It is deeply connected to its unique geography and cultural identity, drawing on indigenous heritage and natural wonder. It’s a cinema that can be gritty and urban one moment, and sweepingly epic the next, always telling stories with a voice that is unmistakably its own.
Best Ecuadorian series
Enchufe.tv 2014
803 Families 2014
The production focuses on three families of different social levels who must face the same theme, each one represented by their respective attitudes, behaviors and vocabulary, according to their economic, social, geographical, cultural and psychological situation. stories are linked by a common situation that affects each family and the solution they find.
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Mortal Glitch 2020
Mortal Glitch tells the story of a girl who feels that her destiny is much more of what she does now, but has to fight with the status quo in order to save the world. Through unique humor, and surprising storytelling the creators of enchufe.tv take the hero's journey and give it a contemporary approach.
10Yo vendo unos ojos negros 2004
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3 Families: Beginnings of a Friendship 2019
Beginnings of a Friendship, is a web series by Ecuavisa Digital about the adventures and the beginning of friendship, by La Chama (Valentina de Abreu) and El Kevin (Kevin Chapin) out of 3 Families.
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Best Ecuadorian movies
Heist 2015
A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.
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Shaman 2025
A Missionary converting an Indigenous Community in a remote Ecuadorian volcano must come to terms with her own Faith when her son is possessed by dark forces older than her own religion.
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Dedicated to my ex 2019
The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.
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Vessel 2014
A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.
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How Much Further 2006
A cynical college student and an optimistic tourist, stranded on a bus by a national strike, form an unlikely bond as they decide to hitchhike together to reach their individual destinations, discovering shared lessons and unexpected friendship along the way.
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3-03 Rescate 2018
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