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1. Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)
117 min | Biography
At late 60s, Eugenio is a young jeweler who falls in love with Conchita and they two create a musical duo. When she leaves music, he starts as humorist and eventually he turns in one of the most important comedians in Spain.
Director: David Trueba | Stars: David Verdaguer, Carolina Yuste, César Tormo, Francesc Ferrer
Votes: 1,246
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: DAVID VERDAGUER
2. The Beasts (2022)
137 min | Drama, Thriller
An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido
Votes: 18,226
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: DENIS MÉNOCHET
3. The Good Boss (2021)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente
Votes: 13,273
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER BARDEM
4. Cross the Line (2020)
TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?
Director: David Victori | Stars: Mario Casas, Milena Smit, Elisabeth Larena, Fernando Valdivielso
Votes: 3,665
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: MARIO CASAS
5. Pain and Glory (2019)
R | 113 min | Drama
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas
Votes: 63,086
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ANTONIO BANDERAS
6. The Candidate (2018)
132 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye.
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Mónica López, Josep Maria Pou, Bárbara Lennie
Votes: 9,434
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ANTONIO DE LA TORRE
7. The Motive (2017)
TV-MA | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man obsessed with the idea of writing "high literature" starts to cause conflicts around him to write about it.
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca | Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, María León, Adelfa Calvo, Adriana Paz
Votes: 6,722
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER GUTIÉRREZ
8. May God Save Us (2016)
TV-MA | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Inspectors Velarde and Alfaro must find what appears to be a serial killer. This hunt against the clock will make them realize something they'd never thought about: neither one of them is that different from the killer.
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Roberto Álamo, Javier Pereira, Luis Zahera
Votes: 12,278
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ROBERTO ÁLAMO
9. Truman (2015)
TV-14 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Julián receives an unexpected visit from his friend Tomás, who lives in Canada. The two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, will share emotional and surprising moments prompted by Julián's complicated situation.
Director: Cesc Gay | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Troilo
Votes: 13,886 | Gross: $0.21M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: RICARDO DARÍN
10. Marshland (2014)
TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
Director: Alberto Rodríguez | Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, María Varod, Perico Cervantes
Votes: 36,426
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER GUTIÉRREZ
11. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè
Votes: 6,588 | Gross: $0.01M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER CÁMARA
12. The Dead Man and Being Happy (2012)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
El Muerto is the story of a Spanish man in Argentina who one day becomes aware on the upper floor of a hospital in Buenos Aires of his approaching death. He decides to escape, to flee ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Rebollo | Stars: José Sacristán, Roxana Blanco, Valeria Alonso, Jorge Jellinek
Votes: 592
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JOSÉ SACRISTÁN
13. No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Thriller
A corrupt policeman commits a crime when drinking late at night. While his colleagues are trying to investigate his murder, he tries to clean up the evidence.
Director: Enrique Urbizu | Stars: Jose Coronado, Rodolfo Sancho, Helena Miquel, Juanjo Artero
Votes: 5,525
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JOSÉ CORONADO
14. Biutiful (2010)
R | 148 min | Drama, Romance
A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
Votes: 94,586 | Gross: $5.10M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER BARDEM
15. 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: 70,758
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: LUÍS TOSAR
16. Che: Part One (2008)
Not Rated | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Pablo Guevara
Votes: 47,940 | Gross: $1.80M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: BENICIO DEL TORO
17. Bajo las estrellas (2007)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Warning! This synopsis contains spoilers
Bajo las estrellas (beneath the stars) features the selfish, opportunistic Benito (Alberto San Juan), a professional trumpet player barely surviving ... See full synopsis »
Director: Félix Viscarret | Stars: Alberto San Juan, Emma Suárez, Julián Villagrán, Violeta Rodríguez
Votes: 648
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ALBERTO SAN JUAN
18. Vete de mí (2006)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A normal guy, supporting actor in the theatre, girlfriend 17 years younger, a small flat in Madrid and reasonably happy - until the arrival of his son, a middle-class Peter Pan trying to make a place for himself in his father's life.
Director: Víctor García León | Stars: Juan Diego, Juan Diego Botto, Cristina Plazas, Rosa Maria Sardà
Votes: 328
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JUAN DIEGO
19. Camarón (2005)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The movie will cover the life of Camarón de la Isla (Jaenada), the legendary Spanish flamenco cantaor, from his beginning until his death. It tells around the relationships Camarón de la ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Chávarri | Stars: Óscar Jaenada, Verónica Sánchez, Mercè Llorens, Jacobo Dicenta
Votes: 739
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ÓSCAR JAENADA
20. 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: 85,236 | Gross: $2.09M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER BARDEM
21. 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: 7,474 | Gross: $0.03M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: LUÍS TOSAR
22. Mondays in the Sun (2002)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina
Votes: 15,392 | Gross: $0.15M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER BARDEM
23. Fausto 5.0 (2001)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On his way to a medical convention, Dr Fausto runs into a man who claims the Doctor removed his stomach eight years ago in a surgical operation. Against all odds, he is still alive. The man... See full summary »
Directors: Àlex Ollé, Isidro Ortiz, Carlus Padrissa | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Eduard Fernández, Najwa Nimri, Rakel González-Huedo
Votes: 1,553
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: EDUARD FERNÁNDEZ
24. Adiós con el corazón (2000)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A hilarious and heartfelt comedy! Meet Juan (Juan Luis Galiardo, Goya Ward Winner for Best Lead Actor)... an unbelievably charming middle aged ladies' man who is still taken as handsome ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Juan Luis Galiardo, Laura Ramos, Jesús Bonilla, Neus Asensi
Votes: 136
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JUAN LUÍS GALIARDO
25. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,306 | Gross: $0.72M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: FRANCISCO RABAL
26. The Grandfather (1998)
PG | 151 min | Drama
After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true and which one is bastard.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Agustín González
Votes: 2,085 | Gross: $0.05M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: FERNANDO FERNÁN GÓMEZ
27. Lucky Star (1997)
110 min | Drama
Rafael witnesses Marina, a woman with a glass eye, being attacked on the street by Daniel, whom she has known since childhood they both spent in the orphanage. Rafael rescues Marina from ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Franco | Stars: Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú, Jordi Mollà, Elvira Mínguez
Votes: 2,768
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ANTONIO RESINES
28. Como un relámpago (1996)
105 min | Drama
Miguel Hermoso's Like Lightning offers a fresh take on a familiar scenario, the teenaged boy searching for his unknown father. Pablo is a typical teen, with a fondness for football and ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Hermoso | Stars: Santiago Ramos, Assumpta Serna, Eloy Azorín, Héctor Cantolla
Votes: 196
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: SANTIAGO RAMOS
29. Mouth to Mouth (1995)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
For financial reasons an unemployed aspiring actor works for a phone-sex enterprise. One day he receives a call from the mysterious wife of one of his best clients.
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Javier Bardem, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Josep Maria Flotats, María Barranco
Votes: 1,767
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JAVIER BARDEM
30. Numbered Days (1994)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A member of the ETA terrorist organization belongs to a commando which is preparing an outrage in Madrid. But he sets other priorities when he meets a girl who is addicted to drugs and for ... See full summary »
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Carmelo Gómez, Ruth Gabriel, Javier Bardem, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 2,307
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: CARMELO GÓMEZ
31. 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
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JUAN ECHANOVE
32. 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
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ALFREDO LANDA
33. Don Juan in Hell (1991)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Everything takes place in the times of Felipe II when he begins to lose all the lands conquered by his father Carlos I. Don Juan appears before this panorama, a man who will see his wishes fulfilled .
Director: Gonzalo Suárez | Stars: Fernando Guillén, Mario Pardo, Charo López, Héctor Alterio
Votes: 257
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: FERNANDO GUILLÉN
34. Oh, Carmela! (1990)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares, Gabino Diego, Armando De Razza
Votes: 3,334 | Gross: $0.30M
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ANDRÉS PAJARES
35. If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). ... See full summary »
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Antonio Banderas, Javier Gurruchaga
Votes: 457
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: JORGE SANZ
36. Diario de invierno (1988)
104 min | Drama
A snake charmer is held in a jail cell. A mother leads a double life of saint and harlot. A man who practiced euthanasia dies in a fire. A film supposedly seen from the perspective of someone in a police station.
Director: Francisco Regueiro | Stars: Fernando Rey, Eusebio Poncela, Francisco Algora, Terele Pávez
Votes: 151
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: FERNANDO REY
37. 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
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: ALFREDO LANDA
38. Mambrú se fue a la guerra (1986)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
The news of the Franco's death has a special resonance in the family formed by Florentina, her daughter Encarna, her son Hilario, and the children of the marriage, Juanita and Manolín. At ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Asquerino, Agustín González, Emma Cohen
Votes: 206
MEJOR ACTOR PROTAGONISTA: FERNANDO FERNAN GÓMEZ
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