Nickel Odeón's Best Spanish Films
by thierry-05295 | created - 2 months ago | updated - 2 months ago | PublicFrom a poll of 100 notable Spaniards asking for their top 10s, conducted by the magazine Nickel Odeón for their Winter 1995 issue.
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1. 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: 7,439
2. 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: 26,145
3. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy
In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.
Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería
Votes: 20,690
4. 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: 3,771
5. Strange Voyage (1964)
92 min | Comedy, Crime
Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and childish, live in a small town near Madrid. Their bossy eldest sister Ignacia, also an old maid, dominates them. One night, Paquita hears ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Carlos Larrañaga, Tota Alba, Lina Canalejas, Rafaela Aparicio
Votes: 1,670
6. The Holy Innocents (1984)
PG | 107 min | Drama
Spain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros, Juan Sachez
Votes: 4,708
7. El Sur (1983)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman reflects on her childhood relationship with her father, attempting to understand the depths of his despair and the truth of his myths.
Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Icíar Bollaín, Lola Cardona
Votes: 6,160
8. 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: 1,662
9. 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: 4,823
10. Poachers (1975)
82 min | Drama
Angel is a poacher who lives in the forest with his domineering mother. One day he goes to the city and meets Milagros, an escapee from a reform school and the lover of a known criminal so he takes her to his house in the mountains.
Director: José Luis Borau | Stars: Lola Gaos, Ovidi Montllor, Alicia Sánchez, Ismael Merlo
Votes: 905
11. Aunt Tula (1964)
109 min | Drama
Tula, a 31-year-old single woman whose sister has just died, decides to live in the home of her bank-employee brother-in-law Ramiro and his two children. She takes control of their lives, ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Picazo | Stars: Aurora Bautista, Carlos Estrada, Irene Gutiérrez Caba, Laly Soldevila
Votes: 629
12. 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
13. Surcos (1951)
104 min | Crime, Drama
The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Luis Peña, María Asquerino, Francisco Arenzana, Marisa de Leza
Votes: 812
14. Tristana (1970)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama
Shortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos
Votes: 12,833 | Gross: $0.01M
15. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
The vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Gonzalo Suárez, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma
Votes: 11,135
16. Mi tío Jacinto (1956)
90 min | Drama
Jacinto, a retired bullfighter who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter in which he is informed that, according to an old agreement, he must participate in a mock ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Pablito Calvo, Antonio Vico, José Marco Davó, Juan Calvo
Votes: 357
17. El crack (1981)
M | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Private detective Germán Areta gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies. But when Areta starts looking into case, it leads him to the ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Manuel Tejada, Miguel Rellán
Votes: 1,896
18. The Hunt (1966)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
Three men go hunting rabbits during a hot day. Heat and talking about events happened in the past make them angry, until they go totally crazy.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Ismael Merlo, Alfredo Mayo, José María Prada, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Votes: 2,456
19. Belle Epoque (1992)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca
Votes: 11,401 | Gross: $5.97M
20. El cochecito (1960)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Seventy-something Don Anselmo, a retired minister, becomes obsessed with owning a motorized wheelchair and fakes infirmity to get it.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: José Isbert, Pedro Porcel, José Luis López Vázquez, María Luisa Ponte
Votes: 1,576
21. 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
22. El viaje a ninguna parte (1986)
134 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: José Sacristán, Laura del Sol, Juan Diego, María Luisa Ponte
Votes: 1,859
23. Arrebato (1979)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A low budget horror filmmaker gets in touch with an eccentric who is trying to film his consciousness during drug abuse.
Director: Iván Zulueta | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More, Marta Fernández Muro
Votes: 3,391
24. 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: 1,282
25. Lovers: A True Story (1991)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
1950s Madrid: After military service, Paco looks for work to save up and marry his fiancée. She rejects his sexual advances. So when he rents a room with a cute widow making advances, he caves in.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Enrique Cerro
Votes: 3,440 | Gross: $1.41M
26. La aldea maldita (1930)
57 min | Drama
In an impoverished Castilian village live Juan, his wife Acacia, their son and Juan's blind father. The harsh weather conditions force the peasants to emigrate to a better land. Acacia goes... See full summary »
Director: Florián Rey | Stars: Carmen Viance, Pedro Larrañaga, Amelia Muñoz, Pilar Torres
Votes: 267
27. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 46,489 | Gross: $7.18M
28. The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944)
85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In 19th-century Madrid a young man plays roulette. A mysterious character helps him by pointing with his walking stick the next number on which the ball will fall; the protagonist is the ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés, Guillermo Marín, Félix de Pomés
Votes: 871
29. My Dearest Senorita (1972)
80 min | Romance, Drama
A 43-year-old woman living in a small town discovers that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?
Director: Jaime de Armiñán | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Julieta Serrano, Antonio Ferrandis, Enrique Ávila
Votes: 666
30. Vida en sombras (1949)
90 min | Drama
His director's only film, Vida en Sombras tells the story of a man who from his childhood falls in love with cinema and grows to be a director and cameraman. While struggling to make ... See full summary »
Director: Lorenzo Llobet Gracia | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Dolores Pradera, Isabel de Pomés, Fernando Sancho
Votes: 311
31. The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Marcelino is an orphan who grows up in a monastery. One day when he eats his small meal in a room full of old things, he gives a piece of his bread to an old wooden Jesus figure--which ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Rafael Rivelles, Antonio Vico, Juan Calvo, José Marco Davó
Votes: 2,665
32. 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: 4,501
33. 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: 1,351
34. Del rosa al amarillo (1963)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
As the title of the film indicates, this film starts with pink - a story about a teenage boy who falls in love with a girl of his very same age but more mature, and goes on to yellow, the ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Summers | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Pedro Díez del Corral, Lina Onesti, José Vicente Cerrudo
Votes: 231
35. Begin the Beguine (1982)
PG | 87 min | Drama
A renowned Spanish writer returns to his natal city after 40 years and embarks on a journey back to his roots, triggering memories of his past.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, José Bódalo, Agustín González
Votes: 1,612
36. Padre nuestro (1985)
91 min | Drama
On the day he learns he has a year to live, a Spanish Cardinal who has lived in the Vatican for 30 years learns he has a granddaughter, born without a father to his own illegitimate ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Regueiro | Stars: Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Victoria Abril, Amelia de la Torre
Votes: 153
37. Rowing with the Wind (1988)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Lord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together.
Director: Gonzalo Suárez | Stars: Hugh Grant, Lizzy McInnerny, Valentine Pelka, Elizabeth Hurley
Votes: 1,139
38. El último caballo (1950)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Fernando (Fernando Fernan Gomez), is a young man who has just completed military service in a cavalry regiment. This regiment has received the order of motorize and therefore must sell all ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Conchita Montes, José Luis Ozores, Mary Lamar
Votes: 252
39. Cielo Negro (1951)
113 min | Drama
A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.
Director: Manuel Mur Oti | Stars: Susana Canales, Fernando Rey, Luis Prendes, Teresa Casal
Votes: 365
40. 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
41. Maravillas (1981)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Maravillas, a teenager of fifteen, lives with her father, an old unemployed photographer who steals money from his daughter for his little erotic vices. But Maravillas has the protection of... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Cristina Marcos, Enrique San Francisco, Francisco Merino
Votes: 136
42. Morena Clara (1936)
105 min | Comedy
Trini (Imperio Argentina) and her brother Regalito (Miguel Ligero) are two gypsy siblings stealing hams. At trial, the severe prosecutor Enrique (Manuel Luna) accused them of the ... See full summary »
Director: Florián Rey | Stars: Imperio Argentina, Miguel Ligero, Manuel Luna, José Calle
Votes: 122
43. La vida en un hilo (1945)
92 min | Comedy
Recent widow Mercedes nostalgically recalls her years of marriage with deadly-dull Ramón and concludes that she was unhappy. While traveling by train to Madrid, a psychic makes her see that... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Conchita Montes, Rafael Durán, Guillermo Marín, Julia Lajos
Votes: 353
44. The Crime of Bordadores Street (1946)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
On a dark night, the body of a well-known society woman is found; the investigators immediately suspect that the killer was the woman's maid. For her part, the maid demands that the woman's... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Manuel Luna, Mary Delgado, Antonia Plana, Julia Lajos
Votes: 300
45. Songs for After a War (1976)
115 min | Documentary
This documentary is frame in the spanish hyper realism. A journey through the legendary songs of Franco dictatorship. With the colaboration of the wonderful singer Imperio Argentina.
Director: Basilio Martín Patino | Stars: Celia Gámez, Imperio Argentina, Miguel de Molina, Lalo Martel y los Reyes
Votes: 267
46. Asignatura pendiente (1977)
109 min | Drama
Two old friends meet each other 10 years after they spent summers vacations together when they were young. He was secretly in love with her.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: José Sacristán, Fiorella Faltoyano, Antonio Gamero, Silvia Tortosa
Votes: 462
47. Bilbao (1978)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
A disturbed middle-aged man is obsessed by a dancer and prostitute and abducts her, with tragic consequences.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Àngel Jové, María Martín, Isabel Pisano, Francisco Falcon
Votes: 654
48. 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: 1,162
49. Dream of Light (1992)
133 min | Documentary, Biography
The artist Antonio López tries to capture the sunlight hitting his quince tree all autumn, but the struggle seems futile.
Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Antonio López, María Moreno, Enrique Gran, María López
Votes: 2,126
50. Las Hurdes (1933)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Votes: 6,264
51. La verbena de la Paloma (1935)
78 min | Musical
A little love drama between Julián, an honest typesetter, and 'chulapa' Susana, adapted from a famous Spanish 'zarzuela'.
Director: Benito Perojo | Stars: Miguel Ligero, Roberto Rey, Raquel Rodrigo, Sélica Pérez Carpio
Votes: 134
52. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon
Votes: 5,587
53. The Little Apartment (1958)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Rodolfo and Petrita live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, and each is looking for a little apartment ("pisito" in Spanish dialect), but their low salaries keep them in their old ... See full summary »
Directors: Marco Ferreri, Isidoro M. Ferry | Stars: Mary Carrillo, José Luis López Vázquez, Concha López Silva, Ángel Álvarez
Votes: 948
54. El mundo sigue (1965)
121 min | Drama
Two sisters who have a tumultuous sibling rivalry each try to find success, love, and status in 1960s Madrid.
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Lina Canalejas, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Gemma Cuervo, Milagros Leal
Votes: 745
55. Hay que matar a B. (1974)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
In a fictitious South American country there's lots of political tension, the labor-unions have all their members on strike. The public demands the return of politician B. from exile. ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Borau | Stars: Darren McGavin, Stéphane Audran, Patricia Neal, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 200
56. Cría Cuervos (1976)
PG | 105 min | Drama
In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Ana Torrent, Conchita Pérez, Mayte Sanchez, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 11,406
57. El desencanto (1976)
97 min | Documentary, Biography
This film is a documentary about the poet 'Leopoldo Panero'. His widow and his sons talk about death in general and in this special case and also about their own family problems.
Director: Jaime Chávarri | Stars: Felicidad Blanc, Juan Luis Panero, Leopoldo María Panero, Michi Panero
Votes: 715
58. The Days of the Past (1977)
109 min | Drama
A woman arrives in town to work as a teacher during the time of the 'maquis,' the anti-Franco guerrilla that fights with little hope in some regions of Spain just after the end of the civil... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Marisol, Antonio Gades, Manuel Alexandre, Sonsoles Benedicto
Votes: 131
59. 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
60. Opera Prima (1980)
94 min | Comedy
Boy meets girl. Matias meets Violeta, his cousin ("prima") one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Óscar Ladoire, Paula Molina, Antonio Resines, Luis González Regueral
Votes: 461
61. Law of Desire (1987)
NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina
Votes: 14,087
62. Days of Hope (1940)
78 min | Drama, War
1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) against fascist army of General Franco. Can be seen as romanticized ... See full summary »
Directors: André Malraux, Boris Peskine | Stars: Andrés Mejuto, Nicolás Rodríguez, José Santpere, Julio Peña
Votes: 362
63. Huella de luz (1943)
76 min | Comedy
Octavio Saldaña is a poor young dreamer who lives with his elderly mother and is an office worker at Manufacturas Sánchez-Bey. Mr. Bey rewards Octavio for his work by inviting him to spend ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés, Camino Garrigó, Juan Espantaleón
Votes: 93
64. Don Quijote de la Mancha (1947)
137 min | Comedy, Drama
The most faithful of all the major film versions of Cervantes' novel.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Rafael Rivelles, Juan Calvo, Fernando Rey, Manolo Morán
Votes: 192
65. 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
66. Esa pareja feliz (1953)
83 min | Comedy
Good-for-nothing Juan marries Carmen to begin suffering what he thinks her and their friends' scorn at his proven inability to make a living, until he's lured to an apparent sound business that will for sure make them rich.
Directors: Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Elvira Quintillá, Félix Fernández, José Luis Ozores
Votes: 448
67. 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
68. Orgullo (1955)
106 min | Drama
The story of rivalry between the Mendozas and the Alzagas recommences as the two heirs fall in love.
Director: Manuel Mur Oti | Stars: Marisa Prado, Alberto Ruschel, Enrique Diosdado, Cándida Losada
Votes: 155
69. Amanecer en Puerta Oscura (1957)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in rural South of Spain in the 19th century, tells the story of group of outlaws, from very different origins, trying to survive, hiding from the law enforcement officers in caves in a ... See full summary »
Director: José María Forqué | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Luis Peña, Alberto Farnese, Isabel de Pomés
Votes: 107
70. Los tramposos (1959)
88 min | Comedy
Two clever scoundrels somehow manage to live quite well without working--by using thousands of tricks, fakes, and schemes. But they gradually change their attitudes, and their devious ways,... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Tony Leblanc, Concha Velasco, Antonio Ozores, Laura Valenzuela
Votes: 317
71. Nunca pasa nada (1963)
95 min | Drama
A young French cabaret showgirl spends a few days in a provincial Spanish city recovering from an operation, altering with her brash self-confidence the narrow-minded customs of the place ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antonio Casas, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julia Gutiérrez Caba
Votes: 234
72. Nueve cartas a Berta (1966)
90 min | Drama
Lorenzo is a young man who has just returned to Salamanca (Spain) from England, where he fell in love with Berta, a girl daughter of exiled parents who have never seen Spain. Lorenzo tries ... See full summary »
Director: Basilio Martín Patino | Stars: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Mary Carrillo, Elsa Baeza, José María Resel
Votes: 261
73. Cousin Angelica (1974)
107 min | Drama
After being given permission to re-inter his mother's body in their family vault, a middle-aged man who survived the Spanish Civil War as a child returns home and relives old memories.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Lina Canalejas, Fernando Delgado, María Clara Fernández de Loaysa
Votes: 1,215
74. Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975)
99 min | Drama
Madrid, in the forties. In the post-war period, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to enter the Celia Gámez Company, returns to Madrid after a provincial tour. In the same train travels Luis, ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Olea | Stars: Concha Velasco, Josep Maria Flotats, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Orjas
Votes: 137
75. To an Unknown God (1977)
104 min | Drama
José, a homosexual magician of 50 years, lived his childhood in Granada (Spain). His father was a gardener in the Buendía house. There he once saw Federico García Lorca. One night of July ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Chávarri | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Xabier Elorriaga, María Rosa Salgado, Mirta Miller
Votes: 177
76. Demonios en el jardín (1982)
R | 97 min | Drama
In a small Spanish village, Gloria, the imperious head of a troubled family, is devoted to her two sons. The brothers, Óscar and Juan, have frequent violent disputes. Óscar, the oldest, and... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Ángela Molina, Ana Belén, Encarna Paso, Imanol Arias
Votes: 295
77. La mitad del cielo (1986)
127 min | Drama
Rosa is an cantabrian woman who travel to Madrid after the Civil War. With the help of Don Pedro, a chief supplies, she opens a restaurant that transforms in a political and intelectual center.
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Ángela Molina, Margarita Lozano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Antonio Valero
Votes: 452
78. Mi adorado Juan (1950)
91 min | Comedy
The strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate the case on his own. It ends up finding out that the author of the robberies is a young woman called Eloísa,... See full summary »
Director: Jerónimo Mihura | Stars: Conchita Montes, Conrado San Martín, Juan de Landa, Luis Pérez de León
Votes: 59
79. Novio a la vista (1954)
83 min | Comedy
At the beginning of the 20th century a young girl accompanied by her parents goes to a beach to find a suitable fiancé. Her mother would rather see her marry an older engineer, but the girl... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Josette Arno, Jorge Vico, Julia Caba Alba, Antonio Riquelme
Votes: 273
80. Cuerda de presos (1956)
87 min | Drama
In 1890, a couple of the civil guard is forced to move a dangerous criminal from the town of Leon where he has been captured as far as Vitoria, where he will be judged.
Director: Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Antonio Prieto, Germán Cobos, Laly del Amo, Lis Rogi
Votes: 74
81. Recluta con niño (1956)
90 min | Comedy
Miguel's military service causes a problem. His young brother Pipo lives with him and isn't willing to leave his side. His tribulations are complicated when Pipo appears during training. He must find Pipo other accommodations.
Director: Pedro L. Ramírez | Stars: José Luis Ozores, Manolo Morán, Encarnita Fuentes, Julia Caba Alba
Votes: 146
82. La caza de brujas (1967)
36 min | Short
Director: Antonio Drove | Stars: Joaquín Aparici, Armando P. Beneito, José Antonio Blasco, Rafael Borqué
Votes: 22
83. The Garden of Delights (1970)
GP | 95 min | Drama
A middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and his Swiss bank account.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Luchy Soto, Francisco Pierrá, Charo Soriano
Votes: 739
84. Soldados (1978)
120 min | Drama, War
Dramatic portrait of men and women discouraged in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, after the odyssey of a group of Republican soldiers trying to reach the east coast to go into exile. ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Ungría | Stars: Marilina Ross, Ovidi Montllor, Francisco Algora, Claudia Gravy
Votes: 59
85. Solos en la madrugada (1978)
102 min | Drama
Jose, a journalist and radio broadcaster, runs a daily program under the title 'Alone in the wee hours' ('Solos en la madrugada'), which has garnered a huge national audience as a satirical... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: José Sacristán, Fiorella Faltoyano, Emma Cohen, María Casanova
Votes: 352
86. El corazón del bosque (1979)
100 min | Drama
In 1952 Spain, young Juan embarks on a quest through the Basque mountains to locate the renowned guerrilla El Andarín, hoping to uncover from him the fate of his father.
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Ángela Molina, Norman Briski, Luis Politti, Víctor Valverde
Votes: 104
87. Blood Wedding (1981)
Not Rated | 67 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A group of dancers puts Lorca's 'Blood Wedding' on stage, the tragic play about a married man who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend, and tries to reunite with her despite her planned wedding.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez, Carmen Villena
Votes: 1,959
88. 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
89. La guerra de los locos (1987)
104 min | Drama
Director: Manolo Matji | Stars: José Manuel Cervino, Francisco Algora, Alberto Alonso, Gloria Blanco
Votes: 70
90. El rey pasmado (1991)
106 min | Comedy, History
After spending a night with a sensual prostitute, the King of Spain decides that he wants to see his wife naked. His decision causes a real revolution amidst his subjects.
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: María Barranco, Joaquim de Almeida, Laura del Sol, Gabino Diego
Votes: 872
91. Cows (1992)
96 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Set in the Basque region, a story of the rivalry of two families, period 1870-1935
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez, Ana Torrent, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 3,933
92. 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
93. Red Fish (1955)
100 min | Crime
One night of storm, Hugo and Ivón arrive at a hotel in Gijón (Spain) accompanied by the son of the first one. They go out to see the sea raging and, shortly after, Ivón returns asking for ... See full summary »
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Emma Penella, Félix Dafauce, Pilar Soler
Votes: 327
94. Elisa, My Life (1977)
125 min | Drama
Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis of her marriage with Antonio telling that her father is ill and ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Rey, Isabel Mestres, Joaquín Hinojosa
Votes: 975
95. La escopeta nacional (1978)
95 min | Comedy
Jaume Canivell, Catalan manufacturer of mechanical porters, accompanies his lover on a hunt to relate to important people. The farm where it is organized is full of strange characters.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Rafael Alonso, Luis Escobar, Antonio Ferrandis, Agustín González
Votes: 2,226
96. Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Berta Socuéllamos, Jose Antonio Valdelomar González, Jesús Arias, José María Hervás Roldán
Votes: 1,779
97. Tasio (1984)
95 min | Drama
The childhood, love adventures, and ordinary life of Tasio, a coal maker in rural Navarre.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: José María Asín, Patxi Bisquert, Enrique Goicoechea, Paco Hernández
Votes: 507
98. In a Glass Cage (1986)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Horror
A former Nazi child-killer is confined in an iron lung inside an old mansion after a suicide attempt. His wife hires him a full-time carer, a mysterious young man who is driven slowly mad by the old man's disturbing past.
Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisèle Echevarría
Votes: 5,049
99. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
NC-17 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano
Votes: 31,964 | Gross: $4.09M
100. Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime, Gloria (Victoria Abril), a young woman of lower class, comes back to Madrid, Spain and to her family. There she ... See full summary »
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem, Federico Luppi, Ángel Alcázar
Votes: 2,210
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