A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.
Casts Carlos Padilla, Xuna Primus, Leonor Varela, José María Yázpik, Gustavo Muñoz, Ofelia Medina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa, Jorge Angel Toriello, Adrian Alonso
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Casino
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
American Psycho
First Blood
Au Revoir les Enfants
Velvet Goldmine
Killing Reagan
Apt Pupil
Before the Fall
Buffalo Soldiers
The Breakfast
Billy Elliot
Bad Education
Donnie Darko
We Own the Night
Lorenzo's Oil
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Red Dawn
The Lessons of Gulliver Stevens
The Strange Ones
SIMILAR MOVIES
Casino
IMDB 8 | Nov , 1995
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.The Wind That Shakes the Barley
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2006
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.American Psycho
IMDB 7.4 | Apr , 2000
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.First Blood
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1982
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.Au Revoir les Enfants
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1987
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.Velvet Goldmine
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1998
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.Killing Reagan
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2016
Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling book, the film begins in the final months leading up to the 1980 presidential election, and explores the challenges Reagan faced to define himself as a leader. Meanwhile, an aimless and deranged Hinckley is unraveling, leading to the fateful day in March 1981 when these disparate figures collided.Apt Pupil
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1998
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.Before the Fall
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2004
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.Buffalo Soldiers
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2002
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.The Breakfast
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1998
Curly Mulligan is the pupil who brings the headmaster a full fry-up every morning. When the head finds a hair in his breakfast, all hell breaks loose.Billy Elliot
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2000
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.Bad Education
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2004
Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reunion marking life and death.Donnie Darko
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 2001
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.We Own the Night
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2007
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.Lorenzo's Oil
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1992
Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 2007
Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.Red Dawn
IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 1984
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.The Lessons of Gulliver Stevens
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2011
In the Fall of 1984 a brilliant but rebellious teenager is accepted to a prestigious private school where he meets a depressed classmate and helps her stand up to her neglectful father.The Strange Ones
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2011
A man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. On the surface all seems normal, but nothing is what it seems to be. Short film not to be confused with the 2017 feature film with the same name.