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1. Viridiana (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo
Votes: 26,117
2. The Executioner (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 7,429
3. 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: 4,818
4. Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla
Votes: 4,495
5. Amanece, que no es poco (1989)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A village and the crazy situations encountered by its citizens.
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: José Sazatornil, Carmen de Lirio, Francisco Martínez, Ovidi Montllor
Votes: 4,235
6. Placido (1961)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
In a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "seat a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez, Elvira Quintillá, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 3,768
7. Elsa & Fred (2014)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 3,729
8. Elsa y Fred (2005)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love story about two elders who decide to enjoy the little time they have left.
Director: Marcos Carnevale | Stars: Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla, Blanca Portillo, José Ángel Egido
Votes: 3,564 | Gross: $0.19M
9. Main Street (1956)
99 min | Drama
A couple of friends decide to have a good time and play a trick on an unmarried woman. Therefore one of them has to pretend to fall in love with her.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Betsy Blair, José Suárez, Yves Massard, Luis Peña
Votes: 1,663
10. The Enchanted Forest (1987)
107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the fantastic world of the "bosque animado" meet some people who have been transported to this place by a magic force. Now their histories cross one another.
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Alejandra Grepi, Tito Valverde, Paco Cambres
Votes: 1,640
11. Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001–2023)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The evolution of a family from the last days of the Frankist dictatorship to the early 1980s.
Stars: Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, María Galiana, Pablo Rivero
Votes: 1,606
12. 7 vidas (1999–2006)
50 min | Comedy
David awakens after an 18-year coma to find himself in a completely different world.
Stars: Amparo Baró, Gonzalo de Castro, Blanca Portillo, Anabel Alonso
Votes: 1,509
13. Todos a la cárcel (1993)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In the celebration of the International Day of the Political Prisoner, the victims of the Franco repression convene in the Model Prison of Valencia. Among them are parvenus, mafiosi, ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: José Sazatornil, José Sacristán, Agustín González, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 1,488
14. Robbery at 3 O'clock (1962)
92 min | Comedy
Galindo works in a bank. One day he convinces the other employees in the bank to plan a hold-up in the bank they are working. They prepare everything carefully. However, real robbers come ... See full summary »
Director: José María Forqué | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Cassen, Gracita Morales, Katia Loritz
Votes: 1,347
15. The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
93 min | Comedy
Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Valentina Cortese, Juan Calvo, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 1,281
16. El año de las luces (1986)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Political and religious prejudices are destroying the relationship between two teenagers in wartime Spain.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Verónica Forqué, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 1,127
17. Swindled (2004)
110 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
In a flashback, Ernesto, a young con man, tells us how he got to the edge of a big score: childhood in an orphanage, youthful smash-and-grab burglaries until his partner is caught, then ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Bardem | Stars: Ernesto Alterio, Victoria Abril, Federico Luppi, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 1,051
18. Farmacia de guardia (1991–1996)
60 min | Comedy
The everyday life of a Spanish family whose mother Lourdes runs a pharmacy with help from her two sons, her ex-husband who thinks himself a Casanova, and her neighbors.
Stars: Concha Cuetos, Julián González, Carlos Larrañaga, Miguel Ángel Garzón
Votes: 960
19. Los jueves, milagro (1957)
84 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public. To bring back the tourists, the "prominent men" of the village ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Richard Basehart, José Isbert, Paolo Stoppa, Juan Calvo
Votes: 905
20. Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When God decides to send another Son to Earth to save the world, Jesus Christ disagrees, because in such a case the history should be rewritten. To solve the dispute, they all decide to ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jesús Bonilla, Luis Ciges
Votes: 845
21. The Wind's Fierce (1970)
97 min | Drama, Western
In 19th century Valencia, Spain, a gunslinger begins to develop a conscience after he and his brother are hired by a ruthless landowner to kill the leaders of a local labor movement.
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Terence Hill, Maria Grazia Buccella, Mario Pardo, Máximo Valverde
Votes: 824
22. Hospital Central (2000–2012)
60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The work and lives of doctors and nurses in a Spanish hospital.
Stars: Antonio Zabálburu, Ángel Rouco, Marisol Rolandi, Fátima Baeza
Votes: 743
23. La mano de un hombre muerto (1962)
Approved | 95 min | Horror
When violent crime strikes a tiny hamlet, the townsfolk suspect the distant relative of a sadistic 17th century baron who cursed the village.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Ana Castor, Howard Vernon, Paula Martel, Georges Rollin
Votes: 666
24. París Tombuctú (1999)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Concha Velasco, Amparo Soler Leal, Juan Diego
Votes: 587
25. Dos tipos duros (2003)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Action, Crime
Nothing is simple in the life of crime. Paco is a failed hit man and he owes important money to Don Rodrigo, the main gangster in town who offers him two options: one is to kill him and the... See full summary »
Director: Juan Martínez Moreno | Stars: Antonio Resines, Elena Anaya, Rosa Maria Sardà, Jordi Vilches
Votes: 524
26. Lifesize (1974)
X | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Michel is a middle aged man with a troubled marriage. He feels lonely, has been unfaithful to his wife Isabelle in various occasions, and despite she seems to accept this situation, they ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Valentine Tessier, Rada Rassimov, Lucienne Hamon
Votes: 450
27. Cabeza de perro (2006)
91 min | Drama
A drama about a boy who lives in a bubble because of a rare brain disease.
Director: Santi Amodeo | Stars: Manuel Alexandre, Juan José Ballesta, Reyes Bergali, Jordi Dauder
Votes: 395
28. La marrana (1992)
100 min | Comedy, History
In the summer of 1492, after spending three years prisoner in Tunisia, Bartolome returns to his land Extremadura in Spain, with the hope of eating their favorite food: pork. Along the way he meets a deserter who is accompanied by a sow.
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Antonio Resines, Manuel Alexandre, Fernando Rey
Votes: 392
29. Vengeance (1958)
122 min | Drama
In rural Spain, sister of an ex con convinces him to take revenge against the local who tipped off the authorities about the man's whereabouts, which led to his subsequent arrest. Unfortunately, she soon falls in love with the snitch.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Carmen Sevilla, Raf Vallone, Jorge Mistral, José Prada
Votes: 368
30. ¡Vivan los novios! (1970)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo travels with his mother to a touristic Mediterranean spot in order to marry his girlfriend Loli. However, the funny and open minded girls from Northern Europe make Leo reconsider his plans.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Laly Soldevila, José María Prada, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 364
31. Angel of Death (1985)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical ... See full summary »
Directors: Andrea Bianchi, Jesús Franco | Stars: Christopher Mitchum, Suzanne Andrews, Fernando Rey, Howard Vernon
Votes: 345
32. Don Erre que erre (1970)
92 min | Comedy
Just when Don Rodrigo arrives at the bank to get his money, there is a robbery, and the bank refuses to give him his 257 pesetas, arguing that the money was stolen from him, not from the ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Paco Martínez Soria, Mari Carmen Prendes, José Sacristán, Josele Román
Votes: 341
33. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
34. Curro Jiménez (1976–1979)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Set in 19th-century Southern Spain, this successful TV series features the endless adventures of Curro Jiménez (prototype of the Andalusian "bandolero"), a kind of Spanish Robin Hood, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Sancho Gracia, José Sancho, Álvaro de Luna, Eduardo García
Votes: 316
35. Total (1983 TV Movie)
52 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Año 2598. Hace tres días que el mundo ha llegado a su fin en Londres, un pequeño y perdido pueblo de ambiente castellano. Lorenzo (Agustín González), pastor de ovejas, nos cuenta una serie ... See full synopsis »
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Agustín González, María Luisa Ponte, Manuel Alexandre, José María Caffarel
Votes: 279
36. El mar y el tiempo (1989)
100 min | Drama
Jesús, a Spaniard who went into exile to Argentina after the Civil War, returns to Madrid in 1968 with the illusion of spending his last years in the longed-for settings of his youth. ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Rafaela Aparicio, Pepe Soriano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 264
37. Sinatra (1988)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
A depressed man works as an imitator of Frank Sinatra in a small local night club in Barcelona.
Director: Francesc Betriu | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Ana Obregón, Maribel Verdú, Mercedes Sampietro
Votes: 256
38. La vida por delante (1958)
90 min | Comedy
Finished their careers of Law and Medicine, respectively, Antonio Redondo and Josefina Castro, a pair of young Spanish newlyweds, are looking for work to buy an apartment and start a life ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Analía Gadé, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Isbert, Félix de Pomés
Votes: 252
39. El caballero Don Quijote (2002)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A film version of the second half of Cervantes' "Don Quixote".
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Juan Luis Galiardo, Carlos Iglesias, José Luis Torrijo, Víctor Clavijo
Votes: 243
40. Pídele cuentas al rey (1999)
TV-14 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A young Asturian worker who is left unemployed after the mine where he works closes down. He decides to travel to Madrid with wife and son to demand a decent job from the king since the Constitution guarantees Spaniards a decent job.
Director: José Antonio Quirós | Stars: Jesús Bonilla, Pedro Civera, Alfonso Vallejo, Pepo Oliva
Votes: 243
41. Los ladrones van a la oficina (1993–1997)
26 min | Comedy
Snack Bar "La Oficina" (The Office), managed by psychological mute Smith and his wife Pruden, is the meeting point for the local con-men (the "los ladrones" of the title). They get together... See full summary »
Stars: Anabel Alonso, Manuel Alexandre, Mabel Lozano, Guillermo Montesinos
Votes: 240
42. Atraco a las 3... y media (2003)
99 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Raúl Marchand Sánchez | Stars: Iñaki Miramón, Josema Yuste, Josep Julien, Cristina Solà
Votes: 239
43. Beyond the Walls (1985)
118 min | Drama, Romance
In the middle of the Spanish Golden Age, a Castilian convent is about to be closed and the nuns residing there dispersed. Then, one of the sisters comes up with a saving idea that could ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Picazo | Stars: Carmen Maura, Mercedes Sampietro, Aurora Bautista, Assumpta Serna
Votes: 230
44. Assassination in Rome (1965)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Cyd Charisse, Hugh O'Brian, Mario Feliciani, Memmo Carotenuto
Votes: 222
45. La muerte silba un blues (1964)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Vogel, an important trafficker, betrayed two of his accomplices, Castro and Smith. The first was shot by police, while the latter was imprisoned. Fifteen years later Smith comes back for revenge.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Conrado San Martín, Danik Patisson, Perla Cristal, Georges Rollin
Votes: 219
46. Madregilda (1993)
113 min | Drama
Madrid in the 40s: in an old neighborhood tavern, every first Friday of the month at nightfall Moor Hauma organizes a unique and secret card game. The Caudillo, Francisco Franco, meets with several friends of Africa's campaign for a game.
Director: Francisco Regueiro | Stars: José Sacristán, Juan Echanove, Barbara Auer, Kamel Cherif
Votes: 211
47. Cómicos (1954)
92 min | Drama
Ana Ruiz, a young actress who works in a traveling theater company, performs only small roles, but she hopes to succeed and puts her success before the love of Miguel. When the company ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Elisa Galvé, Fernando Rey, Emma Penella, Mariano Asquerino
Votes: 210
48. Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973)
132 min | Comedy
Don Quixote is obsessed with knighthood and its honor codes. Together with his singular squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote remembers the adventures they have shared.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Cantinflas, Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Fernanda D'Ocón, Paca Gabaldón
Votes: 205
49. El caso Almería (1984)
110 min | Drama
A Spanish judge has the courage to look into a political murder.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Agustín González, Fernando Guillén, Muntsa Alcañiz, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 202
50. ¡¡Se armó el belén!! (1969)
97 min | Comedy
An old-fashion priest is sent to a Madrid church where the revolutionary air makes for a bad audience. His superiors demand that he updates his methods taking the example of a young priest at a modern church.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Paco Martínez Soria, Germán Cobos, Irán Eory, Julia Caba Alba
Votes: 202