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1. Velvet (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Romance
A feel-good, compelling Spanish story of a fashion house in Madrid in the late 50's, which is scene to money, fashion, drama, entanglements, love, jealousies, plots, counter-plots involving its owners, customers and residential employees.
Stars: Paula Echevarría, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Manuela Velasco
Votes: 6,790
2. Sister Death (2023)
TV-MA | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
After a childhood marked by a miracle, Narcisa, a novice nun joins a school to teach young girls.
Director: Paco Plaza | Stars: Aria Bedmar, Maru Valdivielso, Luisa Merelas, Chelo Vivares
Votes: 7,422
3. 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: 11,397
4. Jaguar (2021)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Drama, History
In the 1960s, Spain became a home to hundreds of survivors of the Mauthausen camp. Isabel, a young Spanish woman, is one of them. She is looking for Skorzeny, Europe's most dangerous man, but she is not alone.
Stars: Blanca Suárez, Iván Marcos, Óscar Casas, Adrián Lastra
Votes: 2,220
5. Shrew's Nest (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.
Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar
Votes: 7,728
6. It Started with a Kiss (1959)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A U.S. sergeant serving in Spain creates envy among his Air Force superiors and the Spanish locals when his brand new futuristic sports car and pretty wife arrive at the base.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Gustavo Rojo
Votes: 1,073
7. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Gardner McKay
Votes: 774
8. Dime Quién Soy: Mistress of War (2020–2021)
TV-MA | 426 min | Drama, Thriller
We revisit the history of the 20th century through the eyes of a woman: Amelia Garayoa.
Stars: Irene Escolar, Oriol Pla, Pierre Kiwitt, Maria Pia Calzone
Votes: 927
9. The Consul of Sodom (2009)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, both marked by sexuality and eroticism. Charismatic and somewhat eccentric, brilliant ... See full summary »
Director: Sigfrid Monleón | Stars: Jordi Mollà, Bimba Bosé, Alex Brendemühl, Josep Linuesa
Votes: 436
10. Alice in Spanish Wonderland (1978)
86 min | Drama, Fantasy
Based on the story Alice in Wonderland, Alicia has fallen asleep on a summer afternoon on the bank of a river. When she thinks she awakens, she meets an erotic black bunny in the shape of a woman who catches her attention.
Director: Jorge Feliu | Stars: Mireia Ros, Silvia Aguilar, Montserrat Móstoles, Conxita Bardem
Votes: 49
11. Arde Madrid (2018)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A right-wing party loyalist poses as a domestic, sent to spy on Hollywood actress Ava Gardner during her wild stay in Madrid in the early 1960s.
Stars: Inma Cuesta, Paco León, Debi Mazar, Anna Castillo
Votes: 1,738
12. El Lobo (2004)
R | 125 min | Thriller
In the 1970s, Spanish dictatorship's secret service recruited a construction worker to infiltrate the Basque separatist underground and become a mole for the fascist state.
Director: Miguel Courtois | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Jose Coronado, Mélanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal
Votes: 3,744
13. 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, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, José María Galante
Votes: 2,367 | Gross: $0.07M
14. 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: 1,214
15. 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: 2,223
16. El Caso. Crónica de sucesos (2016)
TV-MA | Crime, Mystery
A fictionalized account of working life in the offices of "El Caso", Spain's most popular sensationalist newspaper in the 1960s.
Stars: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Verónica Sánchez, Antonio Garrido, Francisco Ortiz
Votes: 287
17. Salvador (2006)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A profile of anarchist and bank-robber Salvador Puig Antich, whose 1974 execution under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco ushered in a period of unrest that helped Spain transition to democracy.
Director: Manuel Huerga | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Tristán Ulloa, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Joel Joan
Votes: 3,450
18. 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: 1,161
19. Anna and the Wolves (1973)
100 min | Drama
A British governess comes to an isolated house to take care of the children of a convoluted family.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José María Prada, José Vivó
Votes: 1,981
20. Born to Ride (1991)
PG | 89 min | Action
The US Army recruits a delinquent biker to train their new motorcycle squad for an important mission.
Director: Graham Baker | Stars: John Stamos, John Stockwell, Teri Polo, Sandy McPeak
Votes: 659
21. La Línea Invisible (2020)
45 min | Drama, History
Based on the birth of Basque terrorists group ETA and their first terror attack, of which military police member José Antonio Pardines was a victim.
Stars: Àlex Monner, Anna Castillo, Patrick Criado, Joan Amargós
Votes: 1,349
22. The Bobo (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
To get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 965
23. Las abogadas (2024– )
50 min | Biography, Drama | Post-production
The story of 20-year-old lawyer Lola González Ruiz and her group of friends who challenged the Francoist dictatorship with the law at hand, from 1969 up to the Atocha killings in 1977.
Stars: Irene Escolar, Paula Usero, Elisabet Casanovas, Almudena Pascual
24. 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: 737
25. What the Future Holds (2018)
Drama, Thriller
Justo Gil arrives as a migrant in the city, his great charisma will allow him to socialize with the youngsters from the gauche divine but an unexpected turn of events makes him become an informer for the Franco political police.
Stars: Oriol Pla, Aura Garrido, Jesús Carroza, Pep Cruz
Votes: 839
26. The Europeans (2020)
89 min | Drama
Spain at the end of the 50s. Miguel and Antonio, both single and in their early 30s, go on a trip to Ibiza, lured by the European sexual myth and the illusion of freedom. But on the island, nothing will be as they expected.
Director: Víctor García León | Stars: Raúl Arévalo, Juan Diego Botto, Stéphane Caillard, Carolina Lapausa
Votes: 301
27. Edict of Expulsion 1492
110 min | Adventure, Drama, History | Pre-production
The Edict of Expulsion of the Sephardic Jews in Spain went public with the Alhambra Decree in April 1492. The charter declared that no Jews were permitted to remain within the Spanish ... See full summary »
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Robert Maillet, Kabir Bedi, Bill Oberst Jr., Harry Eden
28. La morte rouge (2006)
32 min | Short, Drama
Spanish director Victor Erice discusses the first film he saw as a 5 year old and the impact it had on his life.
Director: Víctor Erice | Star: Víctor Erice
Votes: 348
29. The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
98 min | Documentary
The story of an American Communist militia that fought for the Spanish Republicans in the 1936-39 Civil War.
Directors: Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, Sam Sills | Stars: Bill Bailey, Ruth Davidow, Colleen Dewhurst, John Houseman
Votes: 138
30. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary, History
A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.
Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer
Votes: 191
31. Que mi nombre no se borre de la historia (2006 TV Movie)
82 min | Documentary
On August 5th 1939, after the Spanish Civil War ended with Franco's victory, thirteen young women, seven of them underage, were executed. It was one of the most abominable incidents of the ... See full summary »
Directors: José María Almela, Verónica Vigil | Stars: Maruja Borrell, Concha Carretero, Santiago Carrillo, Maria del Carmen Cuesta
Votes: 13
32. El Retratista (2013)
Documentary, Biography, History
During the 30s, the young Catalan teacher Antoni Benaiges takes office at a rural school in northern Spain. Antoni has a simple project: he wants to teach his pupils to write and to be free... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Bougleux
33. Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War (2015 TV Movie)
77 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1936, some 2,800 young Americans, together with 50,000 volunteers from 54 countries, offered their lives in defense of the Spanish Republic. What is less known is that 85 African ... See full summary »
Directors: Alfonso Domingo, Jordi Torrent | Stars: Santiago Carrillo, Peter Carroll, James Fernandez, Anthony Geist
Votes: 22
35. Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista (2000)
107 min
Directors: Jean-Louis Comolli, Ginette Lavigne | Stars: Jesús Agelet, Xavier Boada, Albert Boadella, Ramon Fontserè
Votes: 47
36. Comando Txikia: Muerte de un presidente (1977)
103 min | Drama
In 1973 Basque revolutionary organization E.T.A. sends a Commando to Madrid to execute their most daring action: the assassination of Carrero Blanco, head of the Spanish fascist regime and heir apparent of moribund dictator Franco.
Director: José Luis Madrid | Stars: Juan Luis Galiardo, Paul Naschy, Tony Isbert, José Antonio Ceinos
Votes: 37
37. ¡¡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
38. Kinderraub: Ein dunkles Kapitel der katholischen Kirche (2023 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
In vielen Ländern gab es Fälle von Babyraub, Irland erlangte in diesem Kontext traurige Berühmtheit, ebenso Argentinien, Chile oder Australien - aber nirgendwo auf der Welt verschwanden so ... See full summary »
Director: Margot Litten | Stars: Christian Baumann, Elsa López, Ricard Vinyes, Dolores Gomez
Votes: 5
41. A mano armada (2022)
106 min | Documentary
When the Spanish Civil War ended, hundreds of republican fighters that didn't surrender or escape to exile, stayed to fight for the 2nd Republic, organized in guerrilla groups, mainly in ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Tuero | Stars: Carlos Alba, Carmen Gloria García, Fernando Marrot, Antón Caamaño
42. Aragoneses en el infierno de los campos de concentración (2009)
Documentary, Short
Director: Mirella R. Abrisqueta
43. La calle del agua (2020)
70 min | Documentary
Benjamina Miyar, photographer and watch-maker, was also part of the anti-francoist resistance of her time. Her life and work were erased after her death.
Director: Celia Caso Viada
Votes: 12
44. Los últimos españoles de Mauthausen y del resto de campos nazis (2020)
82 min | Documentary
Director: Carlos Hernández de Miguel | Stars: Manuel Alfonso Ortells, Juan Aznar García, Benito Bermejo, Ramiro Santisteban Castillo
45. Lorca. El mar deja de moverse (2006)
100 min | Documentary
Director: Emilio Ruiz Barrachina | Stars: Rafael Amargo, Luis María Anson, Teresa del Olmo, Federico García Lorca
Votes: 44
46. Espías en la arena. Objetivo España (2016)
66 min | Documentary
The untold story of a group of Spanish Republican exiles at the service of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Their endeavor will become the most tragic and hushed up U.S.A. espionage operation throughout the conflict.
Directors: Pablo Azorin, Marta Hierro
Votes: 11