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Recent Spanish-language genre films that deserve to be discovered

by vert2712 • Created 12 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
A list of not-so-well-known Spanish-language films that are not directed by Pedro Almodovar, Alejandro Amenabar, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu but are still well worth watching. I only included films that were made after 2000 and that are available on DVD, and only one film per director. The list is in no particular order.
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  • Luis Tosar in Cell 211 (2009)

    1. Cell 211

    7.6 (73K)
    20091h 53m
    Gritty prison-riot action/drama that I'm sure has already been optioned for a Hollywood remake.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Timecrimes (2007)

    2. Timecrimes

    7.1 (72K)
    20071h 32mR
    Proof that it's possible to make a completely believable and compelling sci-fi time-travel movie with a low budget. Also recommended, from the same director: Extraterrestre (2011)
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Jose Coronado and Antonio Resines in La caja 507 (2002)

    3. La caja 507

    6.8 (3K)
    20021h 44mNot Rated
    Yes, the Spanish can make tense gangster/revenge movies. This is one of them.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Common Wealth (2000)

    4. Common Wealth

    7.2 (13K)
    20001h 50mR
    Alex de la Iglesia is probably the most versatile genre director working in Spain. Also recommended (and available on DVD): El dia de la bestia (1995), El crimen ferpecto (2004) and Accion mutante (1993)
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Fermat's Room (2007)

    5. Fermat's Room

    6.6 (23K)
    20071h 29mNot Rated
    Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None..." with puzzles and math.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • The Aura (2005)

    6. The Aura

    7.1 (15K)
    20052h 14mNot Rated
    Argentinan director Fabian Bielisnky only directed two films before his death, and they are both exceptional. The other one is Nueve reinas (2000), which was remade in the US as Criminal (2004).
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • El rey de la montaña (2007)

    7. El rey de la montaña

    6.1 (3.5K)
    20071h 30mR
    A guy on a desolate mountain road is hunted by a sniper and doesn't know why. That's all you need to know going in.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Intacto (2001)

    8. Intacto

    6.8 (14K)
    20011h 48mR
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Belén Rueda in The Orphanage (2007)

    9. The Orphanage

    7.4 (168K)
    20071h 45mR
    Spain is very good at making exceptionally creepy horror films, but many of them (Los sin nombre (1999), Darkness (2002)) are actually shot in English so I can't include them. This one however is in Spanish.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Burnt Money (2000)

    10. Burnt Money

    7.0 (7K)
    20002h 5mR
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Fernando Ramallo and Jordi Vilches in Nico and Dani (2000)

    11. Nico and Dani

    6.7 (6.4K)
    20001h 31mUnrated
    Not all Spanish-language genre films belong to the horror or thriller genre. This is a very european take on the familiar 'coming of age' theme, more explicit and frank than Hollywood's typical versions.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Kidnapped (2010)

    12. Kidnapped

    6.4 (8.8K)
    20101h 25mNot Rated
    A very intense kidnapping drama. Not for the squeamish.
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Penumbra (2011)

    13. Penumbra

    5.5 (1.2K)
    20111h 30mNot Rated
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Carancho (2010)

    14. Carancho

    6.8 (9.1K)
    20101h 47mUnrated
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    Sep 14, 2012
  • Juan of the Dead (2011)

    15. Juan of the Dead

    6.4 (11K)
    20111h 32mNot Rated
    Ok, I had to include at least one zombie film here. This has the distinction of being the first (and only) zombie horror comedy made in Cuba.
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    Sep 14, 2012

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