With El Deseo (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. A Pele Onde Eu Vivo (2011)
M/16 | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 119,639 | Gross: $3.19M
2. El ángel (2018)
118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people's things, but it wasn't until his early adolescence that... See full summary »
Director: Luis Ortega | Stars: Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darín, Daniel Fanego, Mercedes Morán
Votes: 1,886 | Gross: $0.03M
3. Relatos Selvagens (2014)
M/16 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
Director: Damián Szifron | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa, Diego Starosta
Votes: 142,009 | Gross: $3.11M
4. Nas Costas do Diabo (2001)
M/12 | 106 min | Drama, Horror
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
Votes: 55,673 | Gross: $0.75M
5. Tudo Sobre a Minha Mãe (1999)
M/16 | 101 min | Drama
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 78,757 | Gross: $8.26M
6. Voltar (I) (2006)
M/12 | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Votes: 85,895 | Gross: $12.90M
7. Fala com Ela (2002)
M/12 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling
Votes: 95,219 | Gross: $9.28M
8. Julieta (2016)
M/14 | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta
Votes: 22,920 | Gross: $1.49M
9. Zama (2017)
M/14 | 115 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín
Votes: 2,591 | Gross: $0.20M
10. Má Educação (2004)
M/16 | 106 min | Crime, Drama
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 50,275 | Gross: $5.21M
11. Dolor y gloria (2019)
Drama | Post-production
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Asier Etxeandia
12. Ata-me! (1989)
M/16 | 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: 20,949 | Gross: $4.09M
13. Mulheres à Beira de um Ataque de Nervos (1988)
M/12 | 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: 29,978 | Gross: $7.18M
14. A Lei do Desejo (1987)
M/18 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A film maker's sexual disorientation jeopardizes his latest project.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina
Votes: 9,027
15. Abraços Desfeitos (2009)
M/12 | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez
Votes: 34,936 | Gross: $5.01M
16. Em Carne Viva (1997)
M/16 | 103 min | Drama
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina
Votes: 25,366 | Gross: $1.54M
17. O Clã (2015)
M/14 | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani, Stefanía Koessl
Votes: 10,397 | Gross: $0.19M
18. A Minha Vida Sem Mim (2003)
M/12 | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling
Votes: 22,800 | Gross: $0.40M
19. Saltos Altos (1991)
M/16 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A girl's mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran
Votes: 11,810 | Gross: $1.71M
20. Os Amantes Passageiros (2013)
M/16 | 90 min | Comedy
When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas
Votes: 19,745 | Gross: $1.37M
21. Kika (1993)
M/16 | 114 min | Comedy
Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Peter Coyote, Verónica Forqué, Victoria Abril, Àlex Casanovas
Votes: 10,786 | Gross: $2.09M
22. A Vida Secreta das Palavras (2005)
M/12 | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara
Votes: 11,153 | Gross: $0.02M
23. A Flor do Meu Segredo (1995)
M/12 | 103 min | Drama
Leo Macias writes sentimental novels with great success but hidden under a pseudonym, Amanda Gris. She is unhappy with her professional life and with her husband, a soldier working in ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 8,956 | Gross: $1.16M
24. The Silence of Others (2018)
96 min | Documentary
The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo | Stars: María Martín, José María Galante, Carlos Slepoy, Ana Messuti
Votes: 111
25. Acción mutante (1993)
90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a future world ruled by good-looking people, a terrorist group of mutants led by Ramon Yarritu kidnap the daughter of Orujo, a rich businessman, to claim for the rights of the ugly ... See full summary »
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas
Votes: 4,338
26. A Mulher sem Cabeça (2008)
M/12 | 87 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman's life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, Inés Efron, César Bordón
Votes: 3,727 | Gross: $0.10M
27. A Rapariga Santa (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
16-year-old Amalia looks to save the soul of a middle-aged doctor.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, María Alche
Votes: 3,192 | Gross: $0.30M
28. O Último Verão da Boyita (2009)
M/12 | 93 min | Drama
Young Jorgelina feels estranged from her boy-crazy older sister, who has entered adolescence and doesn't want to hang around with little kids anymore. Finding refuge in their Boyita ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Solomonoff | Stars: Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolás Treise, Mirella Pascual, Gabo Correa
Votes: 787
29. La concejala antropófaga (2009)
8 min | Short, Comedy
The story of genius dandelion in glasses about an aspiring writer obsessed with the desire to eat a man's legs.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Machi, Penélope Cruz, Marta Aledo
Votes: 1,043
30. José e Pilar (2010)
M/6 | 117 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Nobel Prize Winner José Saramago and his feelings over his wife, his country and life, as a whole.
Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mendes | Stars: Joao Afonso, Àngels Barceló, Pilar del Río, Juan Echanove
Votes: 2,146
31. El patio de mi cárcel (2008)
100 min | Drama
In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.
Director: Belén Macías | Stars: Candela Peña, Verónica Echegui, Ana Wagener, Violeta Pérez
Votes: 303
32. Tengo una casa (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Mónica Laguna | Stars: Nancho Novo, Pedro Alonso, Silke, Ernesto Alterio
Votes: 84
33. Cobrador: In God We Trust (2006)
92 min | Drama
1) globalization of violence, violence of globalization? 2) serial killers, social killers? 3) a mine in brazil some murders in new york others in miami how are they connected? 4) "who's ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Peter Fonda, Lázaro Ramos, Antonella Costa, Milton Gonçalves
Votes: 175
34. Mujeres (2006)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Chiqui Fernández, Teresa Lozano, Carmen Ruiz, Inma Cuevas
Votes: 75
35. Fallait pas!... (1996)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Gérard Jugnot, François Morel, Martin Lamotte
Votes: 362
36. Descongélate! (2003)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Just Santos, cabaret actor with a talent for imitation, receives the offer of a role in a movie that could change his life and his family.
Directors: Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso | Stars: Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, Rubén Ochandiano
Votes: 349
37. Años luz (2017)
72 min | Documentary
A documentary portrait of Lucrecia Martel during the shooting of "Zama."
Director: Manuel Abramovich | Stars: Gustavo Böhm, Lola Dueñas, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Nanego Lira
Votes: 11
38. La Fiebre del Loco (2001)
97 min | Drama
Entrepreneurs visit a Chilean town, where they temporarily allow the fishing of a shellfish in danger of extinction.
Director: Andrés Wood | Stars: Emilio Bardi, Luis Dubó, Loreto Moya, Luis Margani
Votes: 343
39. Messieurs les enfants (1997)
100 min | Comedy
To punish three troublemakers, Albert Castraing, their French teacher, gives them an essay to do, in which they must imagine what their lives would be if they were suddenly transformed into... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Boutron | Stars: Pierre Arditi, François Morel, Zinedine Soualem, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 42
40. Princesa de hielo (2017)
16 min | Short
Director: Pablo Guerrero | Stars: Juana Acosta, Romeo Babiano, Boré Buika, Selu Nieto
41. Memoria de 'Carne trémula' (1997 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mariano Sánchez | Stars: Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Javier Bardem, Pilar Bardem
Votes: 5
42. Con la pata quebrada (2013)
83 min | Documentary
A trip all along the Spanish cinema that analyzes the sexist point of view offered in many films about women. The documentary includes scenes from the times of the Spanish republic to the present.
Director: Diego Galán | Star: Carlos Hipólito
Votes: 89
43. Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar (2007 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Caddie Hastings | Stars: Agustín Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Javier Cámara, Jackie Garcia
Votes: 6
44. Terra Fria (1992)
M/12 | 100 min | Drama
In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he'll close a ... See full summary »
Director: António Campos | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Cristina Marcos, Maria Arminda, Luis Baptista
Votes: 11
45. Le maître des éléphants (1995)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Patrick Grandperret | Stars: Alain Artur, Bassek Ba Kobhio, Erwan Baynaud, Boubakari Bello
Votes: 74
46. Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (1998)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Alain Guesnier | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Marisa Paredes, Alex Descas, Ariane Ascaride
Votes: 16
47. Dolor y vida: Un acercamiento a 'La flor de mi secreto' (1995 TV Short)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Daniel Cebrián | Stars: Pedro Almodóvar, Imanol Arias, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias
48. Mi nombre es sombra (1996)
90 min | Drama
Director: Gonzalo Suárez | Stars: François-Eric Gendron, Amparo Larrañaga, Jean-Claude Adelin, Elena Bagutta
Votes: 61
49. Como se hizo: Acción mutante (1993)
27 min | Documentary
Director: Adolfo Dufour | Stars: Álex de la Iglesia, Fernando Guillén, Pedro Almodóvar, Esther García
50. Directed by Almodóvar (2007 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Caddie Hastings | Stars: Agustín Almodóvar, Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz, Javier Cámara