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1. Imágenes prohibidas (1994– )
Documentary
Stars: Juan Antonio Bardem, Jaime Camino, José María García Escudero, José María Forqué
Votes: 7
2. Cincuenta años del Real Madrid (1952)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Blanca de Silos, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Félix Fernández, Manolo Morán
Votes: 7
3. Historias de la radio (1955)
95 min | Comedy
Three different stories whose central axis are radio listeners: several contestants have to get to a radio station studio dressed as Eskimo, a thief answering a call in the house which is ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Margarita Andrey, José Isbert, Ángel de Andrés
Votes: 582
4. Buñuel (1984)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Rafael Cortés | Stars: Luis Buñuel, Rafael Alberti, Hernando Viñes, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Votes: 49
5. Eyes Leave Traces (1952)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Martin, a perfume seller coincide with his former classmate and bright, Roberto, who has left her lover planted tonight. Roberto Martin accompanies her home and meets his wife Berta, which ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Julio Peña, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Votes: 164
6. El grano de mostaza (1962)
87 min | Comedy
Evelio Galindo is a normal man who has a porcelain shop, but one day, during a game of dominoes, he has a big argument with Horcajo, one of his playmates, that ends in tragedy, as he ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Manolo Gómez Bur, Rafael Alonso, Amparo Soler Leal, Gracita Morales
Votes: 76
7. Proceso a Jesús (1974)
101 min | Drama, History
A group of Sephardic Jewish actors settles in the city of Toledo (Spain) in order to play a kind of a trial against Jesus, facing the audience, in order to determine whether under the laws ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Andrés Mejuto, Alfredo Mayo, Lili Muráti, Diana Lorys
Votes: 37
8. Lola, espejo oscuro (1966)
107 min | Drama
Lola is a beautiful woman of cheerful life who does not have too many scruples. She knows how to get what she wants from men, offering them what they are looking for. Adaptation of the novel by Darío Fernández Flórez, published in 1950.
Directors: Fernando Merino, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Emma Penella, Carlos Estrada, Manolo Gómez Bur, Elena María Tejeiro
Votes: 24
9. Los gallos de la madrugada (1971)
97 min | Drama
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Alfredo Mayo, Tony Isbert
Votes: 68
10. Don Juan (1950)
124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Don Juan, pursued by the Justice, is finally pardoned and returns to his natal city Seville leaving Venice. He finds his father has died and has left him a condition to inherit his fortune : to marry Doña Inés and lead an honorable life. He will not hesitate to figure out a plot to get the money, while he continues seducing women and dueling with rivals. He will not hesitate either to make love ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Antonio Vilar, Annabella, María Rosa Salgado, Enrique Guitart
Votes: 75
11. El destino se disculpa (1945)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Two friends discuss whether life is chosen on a free will basis or is ruled by Destiny. They agree the one who dies first will return to warn the other about his Fate, allowing him to change it for better -as long as he wants to listen.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Rafael Durán, María Esperanza Navarro, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Milagros Leal
Votes: 93
12. ¡¡Todo es posible en Granada!! (1954)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An American oil company buys land in Granada, but they have problems when one owner alone does not want to sell.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Merle Oberon, Francisco Rabal, Peter Damon, Rafael Bardem
Votes: 41
13. Faustina (1957)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A conquering woman of love, power, and fame, is challenged by the devil, as he too, wants to conquer all.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: María Félix, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Fernando Rey, Elisa Montés
Votes: 115
14. La gran mentira (1956)
100 min | Romance
A movie actor seeking publicity convinces a disabled village teacher who has been elected in a radio contest to travel to Madrid and have a taste of the big lifestyle, expecting to be back in business after this.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Madeleine Fischer, Manolo Morán, Juan Calvo
Votes: 41
15. El escándalo (1943)
120 min | Drama
In 1860s Madrid, Fabián Conde is a dissolute young man who drives his dishonored identity into a life of seduction and dueling. When he eventually falls in love, changes for good and finds ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Armando Calvo, Manuel Luna, Mercedes Vecino, Guillermo Marín
Votes: 47
16. Mariona Rebull (1947)
110 min | Drama
Barcelona: the late nineteenth century. The textile businessman Joaquín Rius falls in love with a young woman named Mariona Rebull. Happiness seems to fill the life of married Rius, until ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: José María Seoane, Blanca de Silos, Sara Montiel, Tomás Blanco
Votes: 48
17. La verbena de la Paloma (1963)
98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The narrator of the film explains to us that the Madrid of today keeps its old structure. To confirm it, the film begins with a story based on modern characters, but soon jumps 70 years ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Vicente Parra, Miguel Ligero, Ángel Garasa
Votes: 121
18. Course Completed (1987)
94 min | Drama
A writer is having a midlife crisis. He recollects his life and it makes him feel even worse. Only a love affair or two helps him take his mind off things.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Jesús Puente, Victoria Vera, Teresa Gimpera, Eduardo Hoyo
Votes: 281
19. Diez fusiles esperan (1959)
89 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the first Carlist war in the 1830s in Spain a lieutenant falls into the enemy's hands and is arrested. When condemned, he claims he only wanted to see his newborn baby.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Ettore Manni, Rosita Arenas, Berta Riaza
Votes: 53
20. Bambú (1945)
98 min | Comedy
Alejandro, a young composer, leaves Madrid after several disappointments, enlisting in the Army for Cuba, by then still a Spanish colony bursting with revolutionary attempts. He makes good ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Imperio Argentina, Luis Peña, Fernando Fernández de Córdoba, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Votes: 49
21. La hija de Juan Simón (1935)
72 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Angelillo is a young and handsome cantaor in love with Carmen, the daughter of the town's undertaker. After getting caught up in an absurd tavern brawl, the man is wrongly blamed for murder... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Ángel Sampedro 'Angelillo', Pilar Muñoz, Carmen Amaya, Manuel Arbó
Votes: 58
22. The Reprieve (1960)
105 min | Drama
Spain, 1906: in a small village and pregnant after having been raped, Antonia is forced to marry the brutal Lucas to save her honor. But the mother of the girl pays Lucas 20,000 reales so ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Concha Velasco, Manuel Monroy, Eulália del Pino
Votes: 41
23. Las aguas bajan negras (1948)
100 min | Drama
During the first Carlist war, Beatriz, daughter of an Isabeline colonel, secretly marries a Carlist captain who gets killed. Years later she returns to Rubiercos, an Asturian lost hamlet ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Rosario Granados, Adriano Rimoldi, José María Lado, Mary Delgado
Votes: 56
24. ¡A mí no me mire usted! (1941)
83 min | Comedy
Anselmo, a school teacher in the small Spanish village of Luján, is fired for accidentally hypnotize his students trying to learn them the lessons. However, the news that, after the death ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Valeriano León, Rosita Yarza, Fernando Freyre de Andrade, Manuel Arbó
Votes: 33
25. El taxi de los conflictos (1969)
100 min | Comedy, Musical
Taxi driver Tadeo is about to encounter a busy shift. Throughout the day heterogeneous characters get into his taxi and the most varied situations arise. One of them leaves a baby in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Antonio Ozores, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Mariano Ozores | Stars: Juanjo Menéndez, Carmen Sevilla, Massiel, Sonia Bruno
Votes: 83
26. Historias de la televisión (1965)
114 min | Comedy
Film divided into two stories: 1. Cuando los gorilas hablan por teléfono 2. Una chica de fortuna
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Tony Leblanc, José Luis López Vázquez, Antonio Garisa
Votes: 124
27. 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
28. La mies es mucha (1949)
142 min | Drama
The story of a Spanish priest sent to a mission in India and his fight to establish Catholic religion against adversities while fighting a plague epidemic.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Sara Montiel, Enrique Guitart, Rafael Romero Marchent
Votes: 27
29. ¡Centinela, alerta! (1937)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
A girl, left pregnant by a seducer, sets off to look for him when the child is born.
Directors: Jean Grémillon, Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ana María Custodio, Ángel Sampedro 'Angelillo', Luis Heredia, Pablo Hidalgo
Votes: 223
30. El camino de Babel (1945)
77 min | Comedy
Arturo, César and Marcelino are three medical students. Worried about their future, two of them agree to marry only a wealthy woman, while the third one chooses to marry for love.
Director: Jerónimo Mihura | Stars: Alfredo Mayo, Guillermina Grin, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Mary Lamar
Votes: 40
31. La decente (1971)
98 min | Comedy
Nuria is a beautiful woman who has decided to become a widow, because she is fed up with her husband, With the help of two former suitors Roberto Clavijo, and Pepe Orozco, Nuria devises a plan to kill him.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Alfredo Landa, José Luis López Vázquez, Fernando Guillén
Votes: 78
32. Juicio de faldas (1969)
102 min | Comedy
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Manolo Escobar, José Sazatornil, Antonio Ozores
Votes: 49
33. ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (1936)
79 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The famous soprano Marta Vélez decides to retire from the operatic stages to rebuild her marriage. Her husband, a heartless scoundrel, tries to swindle a large sum of money from her. But ... See full summary »
Directors: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lina Yegros, Mari-Tere Pacheco, José Baviera, Fernando Freyre de Andrade
Votes: 148
34. ¡¡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
35. Franco: ese hombre (1964)
103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Film based on the biography of the dictator Francisco Franco.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Ángel Picazo, Francisco Franco, Abd-El-Krim, Niceto Alcalá Zamora
Votes: 100
36. Pero... ¿en qué país vivimos? (1967)
102 min | Comedy, Musical
Two applicants of very different styles attend a television contest about music and songs, he defends traditional and popular Spanish music and she defends modern rhythms.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Concha Velasco, Manolo Escobar, Antonio Ferrandis
Votes: 51
37. Los derechos de la mujer (1963)
95 min | Comedy
Juan marries prestigious lawyer María José. As she won't give up her career to become a housewife, during their wedding night Juan pretends to leave his job and acts out the role of a traditional housewife himself.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Javier Armet, Mara Cruz, José Luis López Vázquez, José Bódalo
Votes: 36
38. Me debes un muerto (1972)
100 min | Comedy
While Irma is a doctor in astrology, Manolo runs a flamenco . There is only one coincidence between the two: each has a partner who makes life unbearable
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Manolo Escobar, Concha Velasco, Antonio Garisa, Agustín González
Votes: 50
39. El alma se serena (1970)
104 min | Comedy
Follows the story of a young boy who leaves his town and in it his girlfriend Consuelo.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Alfredo Landa, José Sacristán, Margot Cottens
Votes: 48
40. Patricio Looked at a Star (1935)
78 min
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Antonio Vico, Rosita Lacasa, Manuel París, Francisco Melgares
Votes: 18
41. Fray Torero (1966)
107 min | Comedy
Fray Francisco is no ordinary monk: he dreams of becoming a... bullfighter! The time of his life comes when, following the economic hardship his convent has fallen into, he is allowed to ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Paco Camino, Antonio Garisa, Sancho Gracia, Manuel Dicenta
Votes: 22
42. Todo es posible en Granada (1982)
95 min | Musical, Comedy
Manolo, a tourist guide in Granada, owns a small bit of land he refuses to sell. Margaret arrives in Spain to convince him, but as he continues to refuse she decides to charm him; eventually he shares his motive: a treasure.
Director: Rafael Romero Marchent | Stars: Manolo Escobar, Tessa Hood, Manolo Gómez Bur, Luis Varela
Votes: 67
43. Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella (1974)
105 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Manolo Escobar, Sara Lezana, Antonio Garisa, Tina Sáinz
Votes: 28
44. Vía Crucis del Señor en las tierras de España (1940)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Star: Manuel Augusto García Viñolas
Votes: 10
45. Relaciones casi públicas (1969)
106 min | Comedy
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Concha Velasco, Manolo Escobar, José Sacristán, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 35
46. Cuento de Navidad (1934)
Animation, Short
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Star: Daniel Fortea
Votes: 5
47. Raza (1942)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
When the Spanish Republic is declared in 1931, three brothers go separate ways. One, a priest, is killed by leftists. One, a member of the government, betrays his family's traditional ... See full synopsis »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Alfredo Mayo, Ana Mariscal, José Nieto, Blanca de Silos
Votes: 686
48. Solo ante el Streaking (1975)
90 min
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Lina Canalejas, Almudena Cotos, Tomás Blanco
Votes: 29
49. Escuadrilla (1941)
90 min | War
Director: Antonio Román | Stars: Alfredo Mayo, Luchy Soto, José Nieto, Luis Arroyo
Votes: 10
50. La boda o la vida (1974)
94 min | Comedy, Musical
Elena is pregnant and Carlos, the future father, does not have the financial means to marry her. Since she still has two years left in her career, the solution lies in a television contest that offers substantial prizes.
Director: Rafael Romero Marchent | Stars: Manolo Codeso, La Polaca, Paca Gabaldón, Carlos Romero Marchent
Votes: 20