Spain Films 1980-1999s 500-999
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1. Los ritos sexuales del diablo (1982)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman travels to England after the abrupt death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the house, whose rites seem to centre on large-scale sexual congress.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Helga Liné, Vanessa Hidalgo, Jeffrey Healey, Alfred Lucchetti
Votes: 1,211
2. 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
3. Deadly Manor (1990)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
A group of young people take refuge in an old, deserted mansion. Soon the members of the group start turning up dead and they realize that they're not alone in the mansion.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Clark Tufts, Greg Rhodes, Claudia Franjul, Mark Irish
Votes: 1,227
4. The Naked Eye (1998)
104 min | Drama
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Laura Morante, Jose Coronado, Miguel Ángel García, Juanjo Puigcorbé
Votes: 642
5. Panic Beats (1983)
94 min | Horror
A man moves his ailing wife to his family's ancestral house for a period of recovery. Things are not what they seem to be, when the wife becomes plagued with terrifying visions, which begin to worsen her ailment.
Director: Paul Naschy | Stars: Paul Naschy, Julia Saly, Lola Gaos, Silvia Miró
Votes: 706
6. La Celestina (1996)
92 min | Drama
The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo Vera | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Terele Pávez, Juan Diego Botto, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 870
7. The Night of the Werewolf (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood.
Director: Paul Naschy | Stars: Paul Naschy, Julia Saly, Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernández
Votes: 1,072
8. El pico (1983)
110 min | Drama
Paco, son of a conservative Civil Guard commander, and his best friend, Urko, son of a socialist politician, are heroin dealers and addicts. The two teens seem to be gripped by their addiction, but will tragedy be the only conclusion?
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Luis Manzano, José Manuel Cervino, Luis Iriondo, Enrique San Francisco
Votes: 1,181
9. Mad Foxes (1981)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A man seeks revenge after a biker gang murders his family.
Director: Paul Grau | Stars: José Gras, Laura Premica, Andrea Albani, Peter Saunders
Votes: 1,022
10. Moon Child (1989)
118 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey across two continents to find his destiny as Child of the Moon.
Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Maribel Martín, Lisa Gerrard, Enrique Saldana, Lucia Bosè
Votes: 639
11. Star Knight (1985)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Princess Alba is abducted by a dragon, and it's up to Klever to save her. But, it turns out that this dragon is an alien spacecraft, and Alba falls in love with the human-alien inside it.
Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel, Fernando Rey, Maria Lamor
Votes: 788
12. Navajeros (1980)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang of juvenile delinquents lead by a fifteen-year-old boy named 'Jaro' wrecks havoc in Madrid, Spain. A middle-aged prostitute takes a liking to Jaro and tries to care for him, but Jaro is on a path of self-destruction.
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Luis Manzano, Isela Vega, Verónica Castro, Jaime Garza
Votes: 842
13. Macumba Sexual (1983)
Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
Princess Obongo, the Goddess of Unspeakable Lust, uses dark powers to ensnare a hapless couple of yuppies, so that she can imbue them with evil and conquer the world.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Ajita Wilson, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Hemy Basalo
Votes: 761
14. Killer Barbys (1996)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror
A Spanish punk rock band has an accident while on tour. Forced to spend the night at the eerie castle of Countess Von Fledermaus, the musicians soon realise that the mysterious lady's kindness hides macabre, blood-curdling plans.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Santiago Segura, Mariangela Giordano, Aldo Sambrell, Charlie S. Chaplin
Votes: 1,014
15. The Ugliest Woman in the World (1999)
TV-MA | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
2012 Madrid DF. Lola Otero, the ugliest woman in the world, suffers the cruelty of the people until at 18 a surgery transforms her into a beauty. When the mutilated corpse of an old woman is discovered, it seems Lola as suspicious.
Director: Miguel Bardem | Stars: Elia Galera, Roberto Álvarez, Javivi, Héctor Alterio
Votes: 648
16. Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
93 min | Horror
A group of vacationing waitresses visit a resort hotel on the Canary Islands, only to find that the former monastery's monks nearby have returned as living blind dead.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Mabel Escaño, Albino Graziani
Votes: 813
17. Tender Flesh (1997)
Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
A stripper in a private nightclub, Paula is noticed by a rich and libertine couple, the Radecks, who suggest that she come and spend a few days with them in their palace on an island. She ... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Monique Parent, Aldo Sambrell, Alain Petit
Votes: 566
18. La colmena (1982)
105 min | Drama
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Victoria Abril, Ana Belén, Concha Velasco, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 1,161
19. Bicycles Are for the Summer (1984)
103 min | Drama
The story of a boy and his family during the Spanish Civil War.
Director: Jaime Chávarri | Stars: Amparo Soler Leal, Agustín González, Victoria Abril, Alicia Hermida
Votes: 878
20. 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
21. El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)
Unrated | 123 min | Biography, Drama
First part of the history of "El Lute", a delinquent who became notorious in Spain for his jail escapes in the 60's, converting himself in a popular legend.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Antonio Valero, Carlos Tristancho
Votes: 697
22. I Will Survive (1999)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marga is having a streak of bad luck. She tries to regain her self-confidence through her friendship with Rosa, but love interests again create conflict. While developing a relationship ... See full summary »
Directors: Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes | Stars: Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto, Mirta Ibarra, Rosana Pastor
Votes: 863
23. Éxtasis (1996)
93 min | Drama
Three friends, two young men and a young woman, are bored by the normal world of their parents and want to flee in order to start living somewhere else. Thus they make a pervert plan: rob ... See full summary »
Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Javier Bardem, Federico Luppi, Silvia Munt, Daniel Guzmán
Votes: 832
24. Celos (1999)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
A month before he's to marry Carmen, Antonio finds a photograph of a man with his arm on her shoulder. The photograph triggers jealousy: he questions Carmen, Carman's friend Cinta, and his ... See full summary »
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, María Botto, Luis Tosar
Votes: 609
25. Going Down in Morocco (1989)
83 min | Comedy
A girl, who lives together with her cousin who earns some money by dealing and her boyfriend who is a policeman, is regularly transporting some drugs from Morocco for her cousin. As all of ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Verónica Forqué, Antonio Banderas, Juan Echanove, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 849
26. Patrimonio nacional (1981)
112 min | Comedy
Second installment of the saga of the Leguineche's preceded by "The National Shotgun" and completed by "National III". After the death of Franco (1975) and the restoration of the monarchy, ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Luis Ciges, Luis Escobar, Agustín González, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 978
27. Taxi (1996)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young girl, after failing an exam, is forced by her father, a taxi-driver, to learn his profession. Soon she discovers that her father is not only a driver but also a member of a racist ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Ingrid Rubio, Carlos Fuentes, Ágata Lys, Ángel de Andrés López
Votes: 956
28. The Fencing Master (1992)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Olea | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, Joaquim de Almeida, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 781
29. Danzón (1991)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
Julia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday ... See full summary »
Director: María Novaro | Stars: María Rojo, Carmen Salinas, Tito Vasconcelos, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 687 | Gross: $0.36M
30. El corazón del guerrero (1999)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Beldar and Sonja, a couple of thieves belonging to the legendary world of sword and sorcery, steal a precious stone shaped like a human heart in the gloomy crypt of the Order of the ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Fernando Ramallo, Neus Asensi, Joel Joan, Javier Aller
Votes: 1,041
31. The Cuenca Crime (1980)
88 min | Drama, History
Two friends from a small village in Cuenca, Spain, accused of murder by their neighbors, confess to the crime after being tortured,
Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Amparo Soler Leal, Héctor Alterio, Daniel Dicenta, José Manuel Cervino
Votes: 746
32. Butterfly Wings (1991)
108 min | Crime, Drama
The bitter life of a girl whose mother wants a boy.
Director: Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Stars: Silvia Munt, Tito Valverde, Susana García Díez, Laura Vaquero
Votes: 906
33. Backroads (1997)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Set in 1974, during last rales of Francoist dictatorship, plot follows journey of salesman Lozano and his son Felipe driving a Citroën DS along Spanish coast.
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú, Miriam Díaz-Aroca
Votes: 1,034
34. The Nest (1980)
PG | 97 min | Drama
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric 60-year-old widower is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13-year-old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun... See full summary »
Director: Jaime de Armiñán | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Ana Torrent, Luis Politti, Agustín González
Votes: 632
35. El crack dos (1983)
115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Private detective Germán Areta is investigating the life of a man who has apparently abandoned another man. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Miguel Rellán, José Bódalo
Votes: 824
36. Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Nina is a 20-year-old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, a conservative authoritarian. Trini is the same age and has lost her mother. Their families and hometown have ... See full summary »
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Silke, Candela Peña, Álex Angulo, Elena Irureta
Votes: 847
37. Todo es mentira (1994)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the solution to all his problems. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating, is just ... See full summary »
Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Coque Malla, Jordi Mollà, Gustavo Salmerón
Votes: 596
38. Más que amor, frenesí (1996)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Not Love Just Frenzy is a fast, funny adventure through the wild Euroclub scene in the style of the scandalous Pedro Almodovar. A group of hot, horny twentysomething friends looking for ... See full summary »
Directors: Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem, David Menkes | Stars: Nancho Novo, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Ingrid Rubio, Beatriz Santiago
Votes: 676
39. El amor brujo (1986)
PG | 100 min | Music, Drama
In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Laura del Sol, Juan Antonio Jiménez
Votes: 977
40. The Lighthouse (1998)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
Two Argentine sisters, Memé and Aneta, lose their mother in a car crash. Memé, the elder, is also left lame with one badly scarred leg. The orphaned girls go to Uruguay to stay with their ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Mignogna | Stars: Ingrid Rubio, Jimena Barón, Florencia Bertotti, Ricardo Darín
Votes: 733
41. The Lion's Den (1988)
TV-MA | 128 min | Action, Drama, War
The Peruvian anti-terrorist army takes control of a far away and unknown small village isolated in the Andes by the terrorist militia "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path), during the dirty war in Peru at 80's decade.
Director: Francisco J. Lombardi | Stars: Gustavo Bueno, Toño Vega, José Tejada, Gilberto Torres
Votes: 648
42. Tren de sombras (1997)
88 min | Drama
A silent homage to the origins of cinema, recreating the apparent disappearance of a French photographer in the 1920s. Experimental.
Director: José Luis Guerín | Stars: Juliette Gautier, Ivon Orvain, Anne Céline Auche, Céline Laurent
Votes: 636
43. The Dog in the Manger (1996)
119 min | Comedy, Romance
Having taken a fancy to her secretary, Teodoro, spunky young beauty Countess Diana of Belflor is alarmed to learn of his engagement to one of her maids, Marcela. She intervenes to separate ... See full summary »
Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez, Fernando Conde, Ana Duato
Votes: 1,060
44. Flowers from Another World (1999)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In the small town of Santa Eulalia, singles organize a party attended by a coach of women marriages. Damián, Alfonso and Carmelo will seek to establish a relationship with Patricia, a ... See full summary »
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: José Sancho, Luis Tosar, Lissete Mejía, Chete Lera
Votes: 1,011
45. Amor de hombre (1997)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1990s Spain, the strong friendship between a gay man and his female best friend is tested by his entering into a relationship with another man. The girlfriend, used to getting all the ... See full summary »
Directors: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra | Stars: Loles León, Andrea Occhipinti, Pedro Mari Sánchez, Armando del Río
Votes: 530
46. Canción de cuna (1994)
101 min | Drama
In this latest Spanish-language remake of Gregorio Martinez Sierra's classic sentimental drama, a group of nuns find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Fiorella Faltoyano, Amparo Larrañaga, Maribel Verdú, Alfredo Landa
Votes: 892
47. Cha Cha Cha (1998)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
Lucia and Maria are two friends who share everything. Everything except Pablo, Maria's boyfriend. Lucia devises a plan to make Pablo her own while getting María a new boyfriend.
Director: Antonio del Real | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Ana Álvarez, María Adánez, Jorge Sanz
Votes: 729
48. Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera (1996)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
French aristocrat Condemor and his assistant Lucas end up in the Wild West. A boy asks them to search for his lost father, who could reveal the path to a hidden treasure.
Director: Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Chiquito de la Calzada, Bigote Arrocet, Sol Abad, Naim Thomas
Votes: 697
49. All Men Are the Same (1994)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Three divorced men share a flat. They live together without trouble till they hire a cleaning lady with whom the three flirt.
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Imanol Arias, Antonio Resines, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Cristina Marcos
Votes: 681
50. Los peores años de nuestra vida (1994)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Alberto lives with his parents and his brother Roberto, quite attractive, who tells him there are lots of girls. Alberto is a romantic guy, and doesn't find a girl for his own. He knew he ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Gabino Diego, Ariadna Gil, Jorge Sanz, Agustín González
Votes: 638
51. Life Is to Whistle (1998)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Pérez | Stars: Luis Alberto García, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Ana Victoria Pérez
Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.06M
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