Nuevo Cine Español de los 90
by nekodromo | created - 18 Jan 2021 | updated - 03 Feb 2021 | PublicDurante los 90, una nueva (y no tanto) ola de directores, actores y guionistas renovaron el panorama del cine español, abordando nuevos temas, géneros y puntos de vista. Estos son los films más representativos de la década en este sentido.
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1. Mirindas asesinas (1990)
12 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A man comes into a bar in which there's only one other customer and asks the bartender to serve him a Mirinda (a Spanish orange drink). But then he refuses to pay for it, saying that the ... See full summary »
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Álex Angulo, Saturnino García, José Antonio Álvarez, Ramón Barea
Votes: 1,107
2. The Ages of Lulu (1990)
95 min | Drama
The story of a young woman's descent into the kinky and dangerous sexual underground in Madrid.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Francesca Neri, Óscar Ladoire, María Barranco, Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 4,263
3. Innisfree (1990)
G | 110 min | Documentary
Documentary in which the camera of Jose Luis Guerín returns, almost forty years later, to the same places where the mythical film of John Ford 'The quiet Man' was shot. The locality of ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Guerín | Stars: Michael Killanin, Padraig O'Feeney, Bartley O'Feeney, Eidhne O'Feeney
Votes: 168
4. Las cartas de Alou (1990)
100 min | Drama
Alou, an illegal African inmigrant, send letters to his parents talking about his new life in Spain.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Mulie Jarju, Eulàlia Ramon, Ahmed El-Maaroufi, Akonio Dolo
Votes: 260
5. Boom Boom (1990)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Sofía, a dentist, and Tristán, owner of a shoe store, live in the same building but have never met or even seen each other. Disenchanted with love, both have sworn never to fall in love again, until they finally meet.
Director: Rosa Vergés | Stars: Viktor Lazlo, Sergi Mateu, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Àngels Gonyalons
Votes: 236
6. Todo por la pasta (1991)
88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Everyone will literally do "Anything for the Dough" after a casino heist investigation uncovers dirty maneuvers that even cover political assassinations. Gradually the search for the loot money will tangle up until an ultra-violent climax.
Director: Enrique Urbizu | Stars: María Barranco, Kiti Mánver, Antonio Resines, Pepo Oliva
Votes: 380
7. Butterfly Wings (1991)
108 min | Crime, Drama
The bitter life of a girl whose mother wants a boy.
Director: Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Stars: Silvia Munt, Tito Valverde, Susana García Díez, Laura Vaquero
Votes: 906
8. 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: 871
9. Chatarra (1991)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
Zabu is a hooker living with her daughter in a little dirty industrial town. Both live in the house of a small time crook while dreaming of going to Australia, where a relative who owns a ... See full summary »
Director: Félix Rotaeta | Stars: Carmen Maura, Mario Gas, Àlex Casanovas, Rosario Flores
Votes: 73
10. 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: 11,394 | Gross: $5.97M
11. Jamón, Jamón (1992)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a mother disapproves of her son's lover, she hires an underwear model and former bullfighter to seduce her away.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego
Votes: 15,079 | Gross: $0.94M
12. Amo tu cama rica (1992)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Pedro goes out searching for a girl, but the night doesn't seem to be good. While he is talking with a friend, he sees Sara breaking up with a boy. He goes after her, and they end up ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Pere Ponce, Ariadna Gil, Cassen, Lina Canalejas
Votes: 380
13. 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: 3,932
14. 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: 2,122
15. Evilio. (1992)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Evilio, a deranged, knife-wielding maniac abducts three pretty young women and drags them to an abandoned building. He tells his bound and helpless captives that he will call their families... See full summary »
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Santiago Segura, Isabel Guasp, Carmen Arbex, Bea Revilla
Votes: 148
16. Sublet (1992)
88 min | Drama
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Icíar Bollaín, Awilda Rivera, John Kelly, Norm Anderson
Votes: 51
17. Orquesta Club Virginia (1992)
Comedy
Director: Manuel Iborra | Stars: Jorge Sanz, Antonio Resines, Santiago Ramos, Juan Echanove
Votes: 213
18. Mutant Action (1993)
93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas
Votes: 5,780
19. Golden Balls (1993)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Elisa Tovati
Votes: 3,885
20. The Red Squirrel (1993)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A suicidal, has-been rock star tells an amnesiac woman they are longtime lovers after he witnesses her crash her motorcycle.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Emma Suárez, Nancho Novo, María Barranco, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 4,842
21. The Dead Mother (1993)
111 min | Drama, Thriller
A criminal, shoots and kills a painting restorer during a bungled burglary, and shoots her daughter as well. Twenty years later, the daughter has been left mute and with a mental age of a child, spending most of her time in a mental home.
Director: Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Ana Álvarez, Lio, Silvia Marsó
Votes: 1,202
22. El columpio (1993)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Late at night, a boy and a girl are waiting for the last train in a subway station, which is deserted but for them. They are thinking to themselves about their problems, and we hear their ... See full summary »
Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero | Stars: Ariadna Gil, Coque Malla
Votes: 293
23. Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex? (1993)
99 min | Comedy
A woman who performs live sex shows goes into business with a gambling junkie.
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Verónica Forqué, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Fernando Guillén
Votes: 542
24. Perturbado (1993)
12 min | Short
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Romy Abradelo, Luis Alegre, Carmen Arbex, Neus Asensi
Votes: 103
25. Después de tantos años (1994)
87 min | Documentary
Twenty years after having talked about death, the world and their problems in "El desencanto", the Panero brothers reflect about their actual situation at the moment and what has happened since the last movie.
Director: Ricardo Franco | Stars: Juan Luis Panero, Leopoldo María Panero, Michi Panero, María Barranco
Votes: 122
26. Aquel ritmillo (1994)
15 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Javier Fesser | Stars: Luis Ciges, Victoriano Romera, Alberto Fesser, Jaime Barella
Votes: 472
27. El detective y la muerte (1994)
108 min | Thriller
An aged and powerful magnate is dying. He offers Laura, his young and beautiful mistress, a birthday gift; a sophisticated display of virtual reality in which he will "come to life" for her... See full summary »
Director: Gonzalo Suárez | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Carmelo Gómez, Héctor Alterio
Votes: 269
28. Todo es mentira (1994)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the solution to all his problems. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating, is just ... See full summary »
Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Coque Malla, Jordi Mollà, Gustavo Salmerón
Votes: 596
29. Historias de la puta mili (1994)
97 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Sergeant Arensivia is in charge of a group of soldiers from when the military was compulsory and he must face a simple mission that, due to a small mistake, becomes something else. The ... See full summary »
Director: Manel Esteban | Stars: Juan Echanove, Jordi Mollà, Achero Mañas, Marc Martínez
Votes: 269
30. Alegre ma non troppo (1994)
97 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Pablo knows already, in his twenties, what he wants from life: to become a musician, be likeable to his mother, and find a lovely, faithful and nice boy to share the rest of his life with. ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Pere Ponce, Óscar Ladoire, Rosa Maria Sardà
Votes: 383
31. Los peores años de nuestra vida (1994)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Alberto lives with his parents and his brother Roberto, quite attractive, who tells him there are lots of girls. Alberto is a romantic guy, and doesn't find a girl for his own. He knew he ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Gabino Diego, Ariadna Gil, Jorge Sanz, Agustín González
Votes: 638
32. Alicia (1994)
8 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
After her first menstruation, Alicia is kidnapped and led by fly-men to a dirty and unhealthy underworld ruled by a disgusting being.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Ana Luna, Elena Luna, Pedro Antonio Segura, Daniel Montblanc
Votes: 345
33. All Men Are the Same (1994)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Three divorced men share a flat. They live together without trouble till they hire a cleaning lady with whom the three flirt.
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Imanol Arias, Antonio Resines, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Cristina Marcos
Votes: 681
34. 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
35. Sexo oral (1994)
114 min | Documentary
Sixty people, including those who have worked making the film, talk about sex: what's it, how was their first time, when did they masturbate for the first time, what do they think about ... See full summary »
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Ángel Baltasar, Gloria Berrocal, Aldo del Cecco, Paco Delgado
Votes: 68
36. Justino (1994)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Justino was working in a bull-ring but now he is retired. For him it is very difficult to adapt to the new situation although he will find soon a hobby without forgetting his profession.
Directors: Santiago Aguilar, Luis Guridi | Stars: Saturnino García, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Carlos Lucas, Alicia Hermida
Votes: 515
37. Mi hermano del alma (1994)
93 min | Thriller
Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Juanjo Puigcorbé, Carlos Hipólito, Lydia Bosch, Juan Echanove
Votes: 227
38. Stories from the Kronen (1995)
95 min | Action, Drama
Carlos is a young student, just 21. Nice or annoying as he likes, enjoys provoking and transgreding. In the night he goes out to meet his friends in the Kronen, a bar. Every situation can ... See full summary »
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Juan Diego Botto, Jordi Mollà, Núria Prims, Aitor Merino
Votes: 1,475
39. El secdleto de la tlompeta (1995)
17 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
On the run from the police in a desperate attempt to escape a pair of Civil Guardians, a peaceful gas-station worker embarks on a frenzied road adventure.
Director: Javier Fesser | Stars: Ramón Langa, Pablo Pinedo, Pietro Olivera, César Vea
Votes: 925
40. Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When God decides to send another Son to Earth to save the world, Jesus Christ disagrees, because in such a case the history should be rewritten. To solve the dispute, they all decide to ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jesús Bonilla, Luis Ciges
Votes: 845
41. The Butterfly Effect (1995)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
A young Spanish student travels to London; where he falls in love with his Aunt. This has repercussions for the relationships of those around him.
Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Coque Malla, María Barranco, Rosa Maria Sardà, Peter Sullivan
Votes: 441
42. The Day of the Beast (1995)
R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura, Terele Pávez
Votes: 23,774 | Gross: $0.02M
43. Luna (1995)
14 min | Thriller, Short
A young man hitchhikes on a full-moon night and a young woman picks him up. The woman is a little crazy and gets angry. She takes a gun and shoots him. Next night she picks up another ... See full synopsis »
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nieves Herranz, Eduardo Noriega, Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Votes: 343
44. Antarctica (1995)
106 min | Crime, Drama
A rock star falls in love with a common pickpocket without any personal history. But soon she finds herself in a contraband of drugs and both try to escape it.
Director: Manuel Huerga | Stars: Ariadna Gil, Carlos Fuentes, José Manuel Lorenzo, Francis Lorenzo
Votes: 262
45. El rey del río (1995)
103 min | Drama
An air-hostess is pregnant but she does not know the name of the father, a foreigner. When the baby is born, she gives it to her sister that has already two children. The child grows up as ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Carmen Maura, Gustavo Salmerón, Ana Álvarez
Votes: 137
46. Celestial Clockwork (1995)
85 min | Comedy
Ana bolts from her wedding altar and flies from Venezuela to Paris (in her wedding gown) to realize her dream of becoming a great opera star. The great Parisian director Italo Medici is ... See full summary »
Director: Fina Torres | Stars: Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle, Evelyne Didi, Lluís Homar
Votes: 391
47. Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Nina is a 20-year-old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, a conservative authoritarian. Trini is the same age and has lost her mother. Their families and hometown have ... See full summary »
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Silke, Candela Peña, Álex Angulo, Elena Irureta
Votes: 847
48. Belmonte (1995)
104 min | Biography
The life of famous Spanish bullfighter Juan Belmonte (1892-1962).
Director: Juan Sebastián Bollaín | Stars: Achero Mañas, Jesús Bonilla, Lautaro Murúa, Luis Miguel Calvo
Votes: 95
49. Morirás en Chafarinas (1995)
R | 86 min | Thriller
A corporal of the guard is teamed with a young prisoner to solve the strange killings that have occurred in the walled city of Zafarinas. The young team finds themselves plunged into a ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Olea | Stars: Jorge Sanz, Javier Albalá, María Barranco, Óscar Ladoire
Votes: 226
50. Atolladero (1995)
95 min | Sci-Fi, Western
In the near future, the areas between major cities are lawless wastelands. Atolladero is a town run with an iron fist by a corrupt tyrant named The Judge and his murderous enforcer, Madden.... See full summary »
Director: Óscar Aibar | Stars: Pere Ponce, Joaquín Hinojosa, Iggy Pop, Mercè Pons
Votes: 250
51. Salto al vacío (I) (1995)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Alex is a 20 year old girl that keeps financially all her family through illegal arms trafficking, always with the risk of dying or killing. She's the only girl on a men's group, torn between his need to love and a life based on violence.
Director: Daniel Calparsoro | Stars: Najwa Nimri, Roberto Chalu, Alfredo Villa, Ion Gabella
Votes: 523
52. La ley de la frontera (1995)
115 min | Adventure
Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.
Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: Pere Ponce, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Achero Mañas, Federico Luppi
Votes: 270
53. 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: 2,209
54. What's It All About (1995)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
An amusing minimalist frieze in fifteen episodes about human behavior (Desire, Submission, Love, Jealousy, Wisdom, Honesty, Sincerity, Passion, Faith...) situated between two fantastic stories about Willpower and Doubt.
Director: Ventura Pons | Stars: Lluís Homar, Pepa López, Àlex Casanovas, Mercè Arànega
Votes: 271
55. 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
56. Entre rojas (1995)
93 min | Drama
Madrid, 1974. Former women's jail of Yeserias. Lucia, a girl well situated in society, is condemned to spend ten years in jail due to her relation with a politic militant against Franco's ... See full summary »
Director: Azucena Rodríguez | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Cristina Marcos, María Pujalte, Myriam De Maeztu
Votes: 290
57. Evilio vuelve (El purificador) (1995)
12 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Santiago Segura, Dolores González, Bill Holden, Beatriz Galbó
Votes: 91
58. Palace (1995)
90 min | Comedy
The three sons of a hotel owner want to bring their Palace-Hotel back to the glamour of former times. But an official in charge of health in the department of hostelery wants to close the ... See full summary »
Directors: Joan Gràcia, Paco Mir, Carles Sans | Stars: Carles Sans, Joan Gràcia, Paco Mir, Jean Rochefort
Votes: 167
59. The Dog in the Manger (1996)
119 min | Comedy, Romance
Having taken a fancy to her secretary, Teodoro, spunky young beauty Countess Diana of Belflor is alarmed to learn of his engagement to one of her maids, Marcela. She intervenes to separate ... See full summary »
Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez, Fernando Conde, Ana Duato
Votes: 1,058
60. Earth (1996)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Angel, an exterminator recently released from a mental hospital, comes to rid a small Spanish town of tiny grubs in the soil. The local wine-making industry has found these pests ... See full summary »
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Karra Elejalde, Silke
Votes: 4,038
61. Eso (1996)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Daniel Guzmán, Diana Gálvez, Antonio Molero, Javier Cámara
Votes: 119
62. Tengo una casa (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Mónica Laguna | Stars: Nancho Novo, Pedro Alonso, Silke, Ernesto Alterio
Votes: 106
63. Mi nombre es sombra (1996)
90 min | Drama
Director: Gonzalo Suárez | Stars: François-Eric Gendron, Amparo Larrañaga, Jean-Claude Adelin, Elena Bagutta
Votes: 76
64. Bwana (1996)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Antonio, a taxi driver, his wife, and two chidren arrive one fine afternoon at a solitary beach, looking for sea-shells. However, they will find more than expected: namely, Ombasi and Yambo... See full summary »
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Andrés Pajares, María Barranco, Emilio Buale, Alejandro Martínez
Votes: 397
65. África (1996)
95 min | Drama
Martín plans the murder of his father, Arturo, after he suspects him of murder.
Director: Alfonso Ungría | Stars: Imanol Arias, Julie Carmen, Zoe Berriatúa, Elena Anaya
Votes: 196
66. Malena es un nombre de tango (1996)
109 min | Drama
Malena's life from adolescence to adulthood, unraveling the history of her family and her own while she is strongly influenced by her older sister.
Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Ariadna Gil, Marta Belaustegui, Carlos López, Luis Fernando Alvés
Votes: 338
67. Brujas (1996)
87 min | Drama
Three women from three different generations and walks of life find themselves in a very hot, semi-deserted Spanish town. Patricia is a 17 year old roaming Spain in search for a certain man... See full summary »
Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Ana Álvarez, Beatriz Carvajal, Álex Angulo
Votes: 382
68. Cachito (1996)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Crime
After her grandmother dies, a young woman decides to find her mother who abandoned her when she was a baby.
Director: Enrique Urbizu | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Sancho Gracia, Amara Carmona, Elvira Mínguez
Votes: 190
69. Más que amor, frenesí (1996)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Not Love Just Frenzy is a fast, funny adventure through the wild Euroclub scene in the style of the scandalous Pedro Almodovar. A group of hot, horny twentysomething friends looking for ... See full summary »
Directors: Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem, David Menkes | Stars: Nancho Novo, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Ingrid Rubio, Beatriz Santiago
Votes: 675
70. La madre (1996)
16 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Miguel Bardem | Stars: Pilar Bardem, Javier Bardem, Alicia Agut, Ramón Barea
Votes: 105
71. Freedomfighters (1996)
125 min | Drama, History, War
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the ... See full summary »
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Ana Belén, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil, Blanca Apilánez
Votes: 2,209
72. Alma gitana (1996)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A young man who wants to become a professional dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and gets in conflict with her totally different cultural background. But love can overcome these ... See full summary »
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Amara Carmona, Pedro Alonso, Peret, Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo'
Votes: 119
73. Familia (1996)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Santiago wakes up like any other morning. He goes down to the kitchen and his whole family is waiting for him: it's his birthday. They all sing "Happy Birthday to You" and give him presents... See full summary »
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Juan Luis Galiardo, Amparo Muñoz, Ágata Lys, Chete Lera
Votes: 1,562
74. Éxtasis (1996)
93 min | Drama
Three friends, two young men and a young woman, are bored by the normal world of their parents and want to flee in order to start living somewhere else. Thus they make a pervert plan: rob ... See full summary »
Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Javier Bardem, Federico Luppi, Silvia Munt, Daniel Guzmán
Votes: 832
75. Amores que matan (1996)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Consuelo is a bored housewife. Her husband is away on business in Berlin, and her only company would be a mysterious neighbor, a science professor who spends a lot of time gardening (?) One... See full summary »
Director: Chumilla-Carbajosa | Stars: Carmen Maura, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Lucina Gil, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 77
76. El último viaje de Robert Rylands (1996)
102 min | Drama
Loosely (and controversial) adaptation of the novel "All Souls" by Javier Marias. It tells the story of a Spanish professor at Oxford who witnesses the return of a very popular man there.
Director: Gracia Querejeta | Stars: Lalita Ahmed, Kenneth Colley, Karl Collins, Ben Cross
Votes: 190
77. El amor perjudica seriamente la salud (1996)
117 min | Comedy, Romance
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Gabino Diego, Penélope Cruz
Votes: 1,787
78. Thesis (1996)
R | 125 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
While 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...
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga
Votes: 42,451
79. Lucas me quería a mí (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Mystery
A man is murdered and his roommates are suspects.
Directors: Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso | Stars: Jordi Mollà, Pepón Nieto, Roberto Correcher, Lucina Gil
Votes: 541
80. Animia de cariño (1996)
90 min | Comedy
Anica runs an agency called Animia, which offers company to lonely people. When a new client shows up (Turkin), she is surprised to recognize a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous, for whom she ... See full summary »
Director: Carmelo Espinosa | Stars: Pere Ponce, Isabel Ordaz, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Marina Oroza
Votes: 14
81. Fotos (1996)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Azucena is 22 years old and lives with her mother, who, due to a past trauma, can no longer speak. Azucena works in a photography lab with her best friend Paqui, and has just broken up with... See full summary »
Director: Elio Quiroga | Stars: Gustavo Salmerón, Mercedes Ortega, Miguel Molina, Diana Peñalver
Votes: 204
82. Días sin luz (1996)
8 min | Short, Sci-Fi
The film is narrated by the main character, whom we see as a young boy. He first tells us of the night he was born, during a horrible thunderstorm, probably the worst and darkest ever, and ... See full summary »
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Aleix Fors, Maria Bianco, Pedro Antonio Segura, Toñi Serrano
Votes: 172
83. La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado (1996)
86 min | Drama
Director: Juan Miñón | Stars: Imanol Arias, Coque Malla, Enrique San Francisco, Helio Pedregal
Votes: 58
84. Corsarios del chip (1996)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Rafael Alcázar | Stars: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Karra Elejalde, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Paulina Gálvez
Votes: 55
85. The Good Life (1996)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
This humorous movie charts the life of a 14-year-old (Tristan) as he deals with some major issues in his life. At the beginning of the movie, he has already decided to dedicate his life to ... See full summary »
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Fernando Ramallo, Lucía Jiménez, Luis Cuenca, Isabel Otero
Votes: 794
86. Pon un hombre en tu vida (1996)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy
In a swimming pool accident, Juan and Belinda somehow exchange bodies. Juan is coaching a football team for an important match and Belinda is getting married. They agree to co-operate and continue in their new bodies.
Director: Eva Lesmes | Stars: Cristina Marcos, Toni Cantó, Pere Ponce, Anabel Alonso
Votes: 212
87. Taxi (1996)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young girl, after failing an exam, is forced by her father, a taxi-driver, to learn his profession. Soon she discovers that her father is not only a driver but also a member of a racist ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Ingrid Rubio, Carlos Fuentes, Ágata Lys, Ángel de Andrés López
Votes: 956
88. Question of Luck (1997)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A good-looking young guy living in a village on the Basque coast is set to marry his sweetheart. A series of events pose obstacles. He rents a room from a sexy French widow with a shady ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Moleón | Stars: Anna Galiena, Eduardo Noriega, Marta Belaustegui, Leyre Berrocal
Votes: 336
89. El ángel de la guarda (1996)
78 min | Comedy
Madrid, 1981. Jorge has just arrived in Madrid to live in beautiful large house with his brother, mother, grandmother Obdulia, a wealthy woman who is somewhat deaf, and his grandfather, an aged and senile octogenarian.
Director: Santiago Matallana | Stars: Manuel Alexandre, Zoe Berriatúa, Amparo Soler Leal, Marta Fernández Muro
Votes: 32
90. 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
91. Killer Tongue (1996)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Sciamma | Stars: Melinda Clarke, Jason Durr, Mapi Galán, Mabel Karr
Votes: 1,337
92. Airbag (1997)
124 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Mamacita's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside a prostitute's body. Mafioso whorehouse owner ... See full summary »
Director: Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Alberto San Juan, Maria de Medeiros
Votes: 5,042
93. Give Me Something (1997)
86 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Héctor Carré | Stars: Nancho Novo, Chete Lera, Rosa Morales, Nathalie Seseña
Votes: 44
94. Cazadores (1997)
12 min | Short
Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Beauty the Cat, Mortadelo the Dog, Retiro the Dog, Salvador Martínez
Votes: 60
95. My Brother's Gun (1997)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Based on the powerful novel by Ray Loriga: The lives of a young man and girl are united under dramatic circumstances. He has just shot in the face a security guard who accused him of ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Loriga | Stars: Daniel González, Nico Bidasolo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 334
96. Live Flesh (1997)
R | 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: 33,693 | Gross: $1.54M
97. Suerte (1997)
Comedy
Director: Ernesto Tellería | Stars: Daniel Guzmán, Núria Prims, Pepón Nieto, Javier Albalá
Votes: 20
98. Tren de sombras (1997)
88 min | Drama
A silent homage to the origins of cinema, recreating the apparent disappearance of a French photographer in the 1920s. Experimental.
Director: José Luis Guerín | Stars: Juliette Gautier, Ivon Orvain, Anne Céline Auche, Céline Laurent
Votes: 636
99. Comanche Territory (1997)
88 min | Drama, War
Spanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.
Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Imanol Arias, Carmelo Gómez, Cecilia Dopazo, Mirta Zecevic
Votes: 387
100. 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
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