My favorite films from Spain
by SnapePrince | created - 08 Jun 2013 | updated - 08 Jun 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Un chien andalou (1929)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Luis Buñuel, Pancho Cossío
Votes: 53,799
2. The Sea Inside (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 85,251 | Gross: $2.09M
3. The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Marcelino is an orphan who grows up in a monastery. One day when he eats his small meal in a room full of old things, he gives a piece of his bread to an old wooden Jesus figure--which ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Rafael Rivelles, Antonio Vico, Juan Calvo, José Marco Davó
Votes: 2,663
4. The Impossible (2012)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Votes: 244,055 | Gross: $19.02M
5. Open Your Eyes (1997)
R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez
Votes: 73,239 | Gross: $0.37M
6. Thesis (1996)
R | 125 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga
Votes: 42,463
7. Pellet (2000)
88 min | Drama
Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.
Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón
Votes: 6,970
8. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,211 | Gross: $96.52M
9. Common Wealth (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The accidental discovery of a big fortune hidden in the apartment of a deceased man will fill the heart of a real estate agent with greed and dreams of a luxurious life, but the neighbours think otherwise.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuña, María Asquerino, Jesús Bonilla
Votes: 12,873
10. Talk to Her (2002)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling
Votes: 117,490 | Gross: $9.36M
11. Cell 211 (2009)
113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón
Votes: 70,770
12. La última cima (2010)
82 min | Documentary
A documentary following the life of a wise, loving and energetic priest named Pablo Dominguez, the mountains he climbed and the lives he touched.
Director: Juan Manuel Cotelo
Votes: 212
13. El palo (2001)
87 min | Comedy
Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Lesmes | Stars: Adriana Ozores, Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Carmen Maura
Votes: 716
14. The Other Side of the Bed (2002)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two couples entwine on their search for love.
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo, Natalia Verbeke
Votes: 5,843
15. No te fallaré (2001)
112 min | Drama, Action, Romance
Director: Manuel Ríos San Martín | Stars: Eva Santolaria, Antonio Hortelano, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Sancho Gracia
Votes: 266
16. The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to produce a film. Problems soon arise.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà
Votes: 4,516
17. Planet 51 (2009)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.
Directors: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long
Votes: 58,595 | Gross: $42.09M
18. Un rayo de luz (1960)
110 min | Comedy, Musical
A man and woman have secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor, struggling actress and singer. One day, he decides to tell his family that he's married and flies to ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Marisol, Anselmo Duarte, María Mahor, Julio Sanjuán
Votes: 227
19. The 3 Wise Men (2003)
76 min | Animation, Family
The story of Jesus' birth and the journey of the 3 wise men who brought him gifts.
Director: Antonio Navarro | Stars: Jose Coronado, Juan Echanove, Imanol Arias, Javier Gurruchaga
Votes: 463
20. Planta 4ª (2003)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Growing up together. All emotions pass the review. Friendship and hope survive all.
Director: Antonio Mercero | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Luis Ángel Priego, Gorka Moreno, Alejandro Zafra
Votes: 1,632
21. Tómbola (1962)
103 min | Comedy, Musical
Marisol is a young girl with a vivid imagination and a heart of gold who witnesses a picture robbery in a museum...
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Marisol, Rafael Alonso, Roberto Camardiel, Enrique Ávila
Votes: 224
22. Wrinkles (2011)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama
An astonishing cocktail of friendship, resistance and life set among the unexpected landscape of an elderly care facility.
Director: Ignacio Ferreras | Stars: Tacho González, Álvaro Guevara, Mabel Rivera, Raúl Dans
Votes: 4,552
23. Red Lights (2012)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant debunk paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced after many years out of the limelight following the suspicious death of his toughest critic.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Elizabeth Olsen
Votes: 66,095 | Gross: $0.05M
24. Maktub (2011)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
Manolo's life is in crisis: his marriage is failing, his relationship with his two children is not great, and he hates his monotonous job. However, everything changes when Antonio, a 15-... See full summary »
Director: Paco Arango | Stars: Diego Peretti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Goya Toledo, Amparo Baró
Votes: 819
25. Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
78 min | Comedy
After finding out that North American people are visiting the Spanish villages, the citizens of Villar del Río start preparing themselves to welcome them when they arrive.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Lolita Sevilla, Manolo Morán, José Isbert, Alberto Romea
Votes: 4,819
26. 23-F: la película (2011)
105 min | History
The failed coup of 23 February 1981, which began with takeover of Spanish parliament.
Director: Chema de la Peña | Stars: Paco Tous, Juan Diego, Fernando Cayo, Mariano Venancio
Votes: 362
27. El amor perjudica seriamente la salud (1996)
117 min | Comedy, Romance
Two young people meet in the 60's as a result of their devotion to John Lennon, and have a recurring relationship during the next thirty years at the oddest of moments, in the most diverse ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Gabino Diego, Penélope Cruz
Votes: 1,788
28. Two Much (1995)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin brother.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Danny Aiello
Votes: 6,009 | Gross: $0.59M
29. Heroína (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Based on a true story, this is an intense film of family love and values. A middle class mother of three discovers that her son is a heroin addict. She begins a long fight to change peoples... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Adriana Ozores, Javier Pereira, Carlos Blanco, María Bouzas
Votes: 251
30. The Orphanage (2007)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 163,600 | Gross: $7.16M
31. La suerte dormida (2003)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Amparo, a lawyer working as an advisor in an insurance company in Madrid is grieving over a traumatic event in her past. She will have to react, however, to the world surrounding her when a... See full summary »
Director: Ángeles González Sinde | Stars: Adriana Ozores, Félix Gómez, Pepe Soriano, Carlos Kaniowsky
Votes: 337
32. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 73,052 | Gross: $0.62M
33. Plenilunio (1999)
119 min | Drama, Thriller
After a murder of a child, a cynical detective has a romance with the child's teacher.
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Adriana Ozores, Juan Diego Botto, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Votes: 540
34. Di que sí (2004)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
2 unlike Spaniards end by accident in a matchmaking TV show, where they win a honeymoon and EUR253,000 if married.
Director: Juan Calvo | Stars: Paz Vega, Santi Millán, Constantino Romero, Santiago Segura
Votes: 923
35. Héctor (2004)
TV-14 | 107 min | Drama
Adolescent Hector faces a major lifestyle change after moving into his aunt's flat in a blue-collar suburb of Madrid.
Director: Gracia Querejeta | Stars: Adriana Ozores, Nilo Zimmerman, Joaquín Climent, Unax Ugalde
Votes: 673
36. Los 2 lados de la cama (2005)
104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three years have passed and boys seem to have matured. Javier is about to marry Marta and Pedro is very much in love with his new girlfriend Raquel.
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Guillermo Toledo, Alberto San Juan, María Esteve
Votes: 1,433
37. The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara
Votes: 13,153 | Gross: $0.02M
38. El hombre de arena (2007)
100 min | Drama
Two love birds fly out of the cuckoo's nest in a stirring Spanish romance of mad love and doomed passion.
Director: José Manuel González | Stars: Hugo Silva, María Valverde, Irene Visedo, Alberto Jiménez
Votes: 300
39. Spanish Movie (2009)
83 min | Comedy
A spoof of contemporary Spanish movies.
Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Alexandra Jiménez, Sílvia Abril, Carlos Areces, Laia Alda
Votes: 3,214
40. Take My Eyes (2003)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa Maria Sardà
Votes: 7,477 | Gross: $0.03M
41. Cuando vuelvas a mi lado (1999)
97 min | Drama
When three estranged sisters, Gloria, Ana and Lidia, meet up again on the death of their mother, Adela, they find themselves obeying her somewhat eccentric last wishes. Though their mother ... See full summary »
Director: Gracia Querejeta | Stars: Mercedes Sampietro, Julieta Serrano, Marta Belaustegui, Adriana Ozores
Votes: 450
42. Road to Santiago (2009)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Nacho's a photographer. Pilar, a journalist. They hate each other. But when they're sent to cover the story of Olmo, a guru who solves relationship crises of couples doing the pilgrimage to... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Santiago | Stars: Fernando Tejero, Malena Alterio, Javier Gutiérrez, Diego Peretti
Votes: 567
43. Pájaros de papel (2010)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The lives of a comics and artists group in the hard times after of Spanish Civil War.
Director: Emilio Aragón | Stars: Imanol Arias, Lluís Homar, Roger Príncep, Carmen Machi
Votes: 792
44. Comanche Territory (1997)
88 min | Drama, War
Spanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.
Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Imanol Arias, Carmelo Gómez, Cecilia Dopazo, Mirta Zecevic
Votes: 387
45. Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (2001)
Unrated | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Torrente now lives in Marbella; after losing all his money, he returns to private investigation. One case puts him in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation--and he knows nothing.
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Santiago Segura, Gabino Diego, Tony Leblanc, José Luis Moreno
Votes: 7,952
46. Live Flesh (1997)
R | 103 min | Drama
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina
Votes: 33,699 | Gross: $1.54M
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