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- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsRafael RivellesAntonio VicoJuan CalvoMarcelino 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 actually takes the bread and eats it. Getting a wish granted for his donation Marcelino wishes to see his mother.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsNaomi WattsEwan McGregorTom HollandThe story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsEduardo NoriegaPenélope CruzChete LeraA very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsAna TorrentFele MartínezEduardo NoriegaWhile doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...
- DirectorAchero MañasStarsJuan José BallestaPablo GalánAlberto JiménezAlfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula FlanaganIn 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsCarmen MauraEduardo AntuñaMaría AsquerinoThe accidental discovery of a big fortune hidden in the apartment of a deceased man will fill the heart of a real estate agent with greed and dreams of a luxurious life, but the neighbours think otherwise.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsRosario FloresJavier CámaraDarío GrandinettiTwo men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
- DirectorDaniel MonzónStarsLuis TosarAlberto AmmannAntonio ResinesThe 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.
- DirectorJuan Manuel CoteloA documentary following the life of a wise, loving and energetic priest named Pablo Dominguez, the mountains he climbed and the lives he touched.
- DirectorEva LesmesStarsAdriana OzoresMalena AlterioMaribel VerdúLola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to maintain appearances and give her daughter a fancy wedding, and Pecholata, a punk kid living in a youth center, will soon be turned out on the streets. Lola, who cleans a bank every morning, decides to rob it, convincing the others to join her: they'll use replica guns, dress as men, take Silvia hostage, and all will be smooth. But things go awry, including the fact that Lola's ex, Gustavo, is a cop. Desperation may be the mother of invention - and a corrupt bank manager its father.
- DirectorEmilio Martínez LázaroStarsErnesto AlterioPaz VegaGuillermo ToledoTwo couples entwine on their search for love.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsPenélope CruzAntonio ResinesJorge SanzA company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to produce a film. Problems soon arise.
- DirectorJorge BlancoJavier AbadMarcos MartínezStarsDwayne JohnsonSeann William ScottJessica BielAn alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.
- DirectorLuis LuciaStarsMarisolAnselmo DuarteMaría MahorA man and woman have secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor, struggling actress and singer. One day, he decides to tell his family that he's married and flies to their home in Italy, but the plane crashes and he dies. When his brother goes to Spain to identify the body, he meets his now-widowed sister-in-law for the first time and discovers that she's pregnant. She asks only that the family finance the child's education. Years later the child, a girl named Marisol, is about to turn 10 years old. Hermother and uncle visit her at her boarding school once a year. Her mother has told her that she is a rich, famous actress so Marisol would not be shy with her friends about her origins, but that means the mother can never take Marisol with her in the summer or she'll know the truth. But Marisol's grandfather, who hates the mother for "stealing his son," wants to meet his granddaughter, so he asks her uncle to bring her to Italy for the summer. When she arrives, the old man and his servants think she is a happiness-bringing angel. As the summer goes by, the old man comes to love her very much. Will he try to keep her from returning to Spain?
- DirectorAntonio NavarroStarsJose CoronadoJuan EchanoveImanol AriasThe story of Jesus' birth and the journey of the 3 wise men who brought him gifts.
- DirectorAntonio MerceroStarsJuan José BallestaLuis Ángel PriegoGorka MorenoGrowing up together. All emotions pass the review. Friendship and hope survive all.
- DirectorLuis LuciaStarsMarisolRafael AlonsoRoberto CamardielMarisol is a young girl with a vivid imagination and a heart of gold who witnesses a picture robbery in a museum...
- DirectorIgnacio FerrerasStarsTacho GonzálezÁlvaro GuevaraMabel RiveraAn astonishing cocktail of friendship, resistance and life set among the unexpected landscape of an elderly care facility.
- DirectorRodrigo CortésStarsSigourney WeaverRobert De NiroCillian MurphyPsychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant debunk paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced after many years out of the limelight following the suspicious death of his toughest critic.
- DirectorPaco ArangoStarsDiego PerettiAitana Sánchez-GijónGoya ToledoManolo's life is in crisis: his marriage is failing, his relationship with his two children is not great, and he hates his monotonous job. However, everything changes when Antonio, a 15-year-old cancer patient comes into his life in this heart-warming Christmas story.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLolita SevillaManolo MoránJosé IsbertAfter 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.
- DirectorChema de la PeñaStarsPaco TousJuan DiegoFernando CayoThe failed coup of 23 February 1981, which began with takeover of Spanish parliament.
- DirectorManuel Gómez PereiraStarsAna BelénJuanjo PuigcorbéGabino DiegoTwo young people meet in the 60's as a result of their devotion to John Lennon, and have a recurring relationship during the next thirty years at the oddest of moments, in the most diverse places, and during very important moments that defined several decades. Pay attention as one couple of younger actors alternate with the other couple of older actors to recreate this 30 year span in this Spanish-French comedy.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsAntonio BanderasMelanie GriffithDaryl HannahA young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin brother.
- DirectorGerardo HerreroStarsAdriana OzoresJavier PereiraCarlos BlancoBased on a true story, this is an intense film of family love and values. A middle class mother of three discovers that her son is a heroin addict. She begins a long fight to change peoples' attitude towards drug-addicts and drug-trafficking. Basado en una historia real, es un film intenso sobre los valores de la familia. Una mujer de clase media descubre que su hijo es adicto a la heroina y comienza una larga lucha para cambiar la actitud de la gente hacia la droga y su trafico.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
- DirectorÁngeles González SindeStarsAdriana OzoresFélix GómezPepe SorianoAmparo, a lawyer working as an advisor in an insurance company in Madrid is grieving over a traumatic event in her past. She will have to react, however, to the world surrounding her when a young man of her acquaintance dies mysteriously while working in a mine. Amparo will take over his case and discover in the process a world of corruption and illegal measures taken by the company that the young man worked for.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsRachel WeiszMax MinghellaOscar IsaacA historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
- DirectorImanol UribeStarsMiguel Ángel SoláAdriana OzoresJuan Diego BottoAfter a murder of a child, a cynical detective has a romance with the child's teacher.
- DirectorJuan CalvoStarsPaz VegaSanti MillánConstantino Romero2 unlike Spaniards end by accident in a matchmaking TV show, where they win a honeymoon and EUR253,000 if married.
- DirectorGracia QuerejetaStarsAdriana OzoresNilo ZimmermanJoaquín ClimentAdolescent Hector faces a major lifestyle change after moving into his aunt's flat in a blue-collar suburb of Madrid.
- DirectorEmilio Martínez LázaroStarsErnesto AlterioGuillermo ToledoAlberto San JuanThree years have passed and boys seem to have matured. Javier is about to marry Marta and Pedro is very much in love with his new girlfriend Raquel.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyTim RobbinsSverre Anker OusdalA 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.
- DirectorJosé Manuel GonzálezStarsHugo SilvaMaría ValverdeIrene VisedoTwo love birds fly out of the cuckoo's nest in a stirring Spanish romance of mad love and doomed passion.
- DirectorJavier Ruiz CalderaStarsAlexandra JiménezSílvia AbrilCarlos ArecesA spoof of contemporary Spanish movies.
- DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsLaia MarullLuis TosarCandela PeñaOne 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"...
- DirectorGracia QuerejetaStarsMercedes SampietroJulieta SerranoMarta BelausteguiWhen three estranged sisters, Gloria, Ana and Lidia, meet up again on the death of their mother, Adela, they find themselves obeying her somewhat eccentric last wishes. Though their mother has spent the last 30 years without uttering a single word, she has left very clear written instructions of what she wants done after her death. Her ashes are to be divided in three, and delivered to three different people: their mother's best friend, Rafaela; Gloria's childhood companion, Santos, and finally the three girls' fugitive father, Joao. To do so, the three women must leave the urban cocoon of Madrid and head for their childhood home in the remote hinterland of Galicia. Gloria, single and 47, whose only interest is dancing boleros, Ana, a sophisticated, high-class prostitute, and Lidia, pregnant for the first time at 34 by a married man, make difficult travelling companions, accompanied as they are by three urns containing Adela's remains. As they move nearer their own past, the journey becomes the key which opens family secrets, bringing emotional discovery and reconciliation.
- DirectorRoberto SantiagoStarsFernando TejeroMalena AlterioJavier GutiérrezNacho's a photographer. Pilar, a journalist. They hate each other. But when they're sent to cover the story of Olmo, a guru who solves relationship crises of couples doing the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, they're forced to pretend to be a couple. In their 6-day adventure across Galicia, our two antagonists get mixed up in all kinds of ridiculous, hilarious and even romantic situations. Everyone knows that until you reach Santiago, anything can happen.
- DirectorEmilio AragónStarsImanol AriasLluís HomarRoger PríncepThe lives of a comics and artists group in the hard times after of Spanish Civil War.
- DirectorGerardo HerreroStarsImanol AriasCarmelo GómezCecilia DopazoSpanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.
- DirectorSantiago SeguraStarsSantiago SeguraGabino DiegoTony LeblancTorrente now lives in Marbella; after losing all his money, he returns to private investigation. One case puts him in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation--and he knows nothing.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsLiberto RabalFrancesca NeriJavier BardemAfter 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...