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x What Have I Done To Deserve This? What Have I Done To Deserve This? Oct 25, 1984 Pedro Almodóvar  
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Spanish: ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?) is a 1984 film by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Almodóvar has described his fourth film...
 
x 28 Weeks Later 28 Weeks Later May 11, 2007 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo  
28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic horror film, and sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later. The film was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and was released in the United Kingdom and in the United States on 11 May 2007. It was mostly...
 
x Abre los ojos Abre los ojos 1997 Alejandro Amenábar  
Open Your Eyes (Spanish: Abre los ojos) is a 1997 film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by him and Mateo Gil. It stars Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Fele Martínez and Najwa Nimri. In 2002, Open Your Eyes was ranked #84 in the Top 100 Sci...
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x Acción mutante Accionmutante 1993 Álex de la Iglesia  
Acción mutante is a 1993 science fiction black comedy directed by Álex de la Iglesia. In a future post-apocalyptic world ruled by good-looking people, a terrorist group of disabled people who see themselves as mutants take arms against their...
 
x Alatriste Alatriste Sep 1, 2006 Agustín Díaz Yanes  
Alatriste is a 2006 Spanish historical film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste). The film, which...
 
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x All About My Mother All About My Mother 1999 Pedro Almodóvar  
All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The screenplay deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism. The plot originates in...
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x Anguish Anguish Jan 8, 1988 Bigas Luna  
Anguish (Spanish: Angustia) is a 1987 Spanish produced horror film starring Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Angel Jove and Clara Pastor. Tagline: The eyes of the city are mine. In Anguish's complex and intertwined plot, viewers watch...
 
x Bad Education Bad Education Mar 19, 2004 Pedro Almodóvar  
Bad Education (Spanish: La mala educación) is a 2004 Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvar about two reunited childhood friends (and lovers) in the vein of a murder mystery. Sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality, drug abuse, and a...
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x Belle de jour Belle de jour 1967 Luis Buñuel  
Belle de jour is a 1967 French film starring Catherine Deneuve as a woman who decides to spend her days as a prostitute while her husband is at work. The title is the French name of the daylily (literally: "daylight beauty"), a flower that blooms...
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x Caótica Ana Caotica Ana Aug 24, 2007 Julio Medem  
Caótica Ana is a 2007 drama film by Spanish director Julio Médem. It premiered in Spain on September, 2007. This is Medem's first new narrative film since his 2001 film Sex and Lucia, and his follow-up to the controversial documentary La pelota...
 
x Live Flesh Carne treumla Oct 12, 1997 Pedro Almodóvar  
Live Flesh (Spanish: Carne Trémula) is a 1997 Spanish film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem and Francesca Neri. The film is loosely based on Ruth Rendell's book Live Flesh. Madrid, January 1970: As the nation is held...
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x Caudillo Caudillo 1974 Basilio Martín Patino  
Caudillo is a documentary film by Spanish film director Basilio Martín Patino. It follows the military and political career of Francisco Franco and the most important moments of the Spanish Civil War. It uses footage from both sides of the war,...
 
x Count Dracula Count Dracula 1970 Jesús Franco  
Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, At Night, When Dracula Awakens) is a 1970 film, directed by Jesus Franco and based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Although Count Dracula stars Christopher Lee in the title role, it is not a...
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x Darkness Darkness Oct 3, 2002 Jaume Balagueró Even the dead will scream.
Darkness is a 2002 horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró about an American teenage girl who moves into a haunted house with her family in the Spanish countryside. The film was premiered in Spain on October 3, 2002, and was released in theaters...
 
x Diary of a Chambermaid Diary of a Chambermaid Mar 4, 1964 Luis Buñuel  
Diary of a Chambermaid (French: Le journal d'une femme de chambre) is a 1964 film. It is one of several French films made by Spanish-born filmmaker Luis Buñuel but lacks the surrealist imagery of his other films. It stars Jeanne Moreau as a...
 
x El ángel exterminador El ángel exterminador 1962 Luis Buñuel  
A group of friends get together for dinner at a friend's house, but find that they are incapable of leaving.
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x El Principio de Arquímedes PrincipiodeArquímedes 2004 Gerardo Herrero  
El Principio de Arquímedes (English: The Archimedes Principle) is a 2004 film directed by Gerardo Herrero featuring Marta Belaustegui and Roberto Enríquez.
 
x Dark Habits Entre Tinieblas 1983 Pedro Almodóvar  
Dark Habits (Spanish: Entre tinieblas) is a 1983 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes and Chus Lampreave. The plot follows a cabaret singer who finds refuge in a convent of...
 
x FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions Oct 12, 2004 Carlos Atanes  
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions is a feature-length dystopia movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2004. France, sometime in the near future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and...
 
x Female Vampire Female Vampire 1973 Jesús Franco  
Female Vampire or The Bare Breasted Countess is a 1973 French erotic horror film by Jesus Franco. The plot revolves around Countess Irina von Karstein (played by Lina Romay), a mute woman who needs sex like a vampire needs blood in order to stay...
 
x Franco, ese hombre Franco, ese hombre 1964 José Luis Sáenz de Heredia  
Franco, ese hombre, translated into English as Franco, that man, is a 1964 documentary film by Spanish director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. It follows the military and political career of Francisco Franco until the 25th anniversary of the end of the...
 
x Intacto Intacto 2001 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo  
Intacto is a film thriller first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. It stars Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio...
 
x Kika Kika Oct 21, 1993 Pedro Almodóvar  
Kika is a 1993 Spanish language Pedro Almodóvar film starring Verónica Forqué as the title character. Kika (Veronica Forqué), a young, bubbly aspiring actress turned cosmetologist, is called to the cottage of Nicholas Pierce (Peter Coyote), an...
 
x L'Âge d'Or L'Âge d'Or 1930 Luis Buñuel  
L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age) is a 1930 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The film cost a million francs to produce and was financed by the nobleman Vicomte Charles de Noailles, who beginning in 1928...
 
x La flor de mi secreto La flor de mi secreto 1995 Pedro Almodóvar  
The Flower of My Secret (Spanish: La flor de mi secreto) is a 1995 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Marisa Paredes is Leocadia ("Leo") Macias, a woman writing “pink” romance novels under the alias of Amanda Gris that are very popular all...
 
x La ley del deseo La ley del deseo 1987 Pedro Almodóvar  
Law of Desire or La ley del deseo (in original Spanish) is a 1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar. Considered to be Almodóvar's first explicitly gay film, it focuses on a complex love triangle between three men. It follows the more serious tone set by his...
 
x Le fantôme de la liberté /wikipedia/images/en_id/5866395 1974 Luis Buñuel  
The Phantom of Liberty (French: Le Fantôme de la liberté) is a 1974 Luis Buñuel film, produced by Serge Silberman and starring Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau and Jean-Claude Brialy. In this film, a series of chance encounters connects a number of...
 
x Let Sleeping Corpses Lie Let Sleeping Corpses Lie Nov 28, 1974 Jorge Grau  
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Italian title: Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti), also known as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue is a 1974 horror film written and directed by Jorge Grau and starring Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy and Cristina...
 
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x Mondays In The Sun Mondays In The Sun 2002 Fernando León de Aranoa  
Mondays in the Sun (Spanish: Los Lunes al Sol) is a 2002 Spanish film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem about the shipyard crisis in Vigo, Galicia. The film won five Goya Awards in 2003, including awards for Best Film,...
 
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x Los olvidados Los olvidados 1950 Luis Buñuel  
Los Olvidados (The Forgotten Ones) is a 1950 Mexican film directed by Spanish-Mexican filmaker Luis Buñuel. Óscar Dancigers, the producer, asked Buñuel to direct this film after the success of the 1949 film El Gran Calavera. Buñuel already had a...
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x Sex and Lucia /wikipedia/images/en_id/1252754 Aug 24, 2001 Julio Medem  
Sex and Lucia (Spanish: Lucía y el sexo; lit. Lucía and the Sex) is an award winning 2001 Spanish drama film, written and directed by Julio Medem, and starring Paz Vega and Tristán Ulloa. The film begins with Lucía (Paz Vega) at work as a waitress,...
 
x The Sea Inside The Sea Inside 2004 Alejandro Amenábar  
The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 film by the Spanish/Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar. It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem), a Spanish ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving...
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x Matador Matador 1986 Pedro Almodóvar  
Matador is a 1986 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel Jimenez (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he didn't commit. Themes include sex, death, and religion. Diego asks Ángel if he is homosexual, noting...
 
x My Life Without Me Poster for Mi vida sin mí 2003 Isabel Coixet  
My Life Without Me is a 2003 Canadian/Spanish film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the book Pretending the Bed Is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of the dying...
 
x Night of the Seagulls Night of the Seagulls Jul 26, 1976 Amando de Ossorio  
Night of the Seagulls (La Noche de las gaviotas) (1975) is a Spanish horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio. This film also inspired a song by the New York Oi band The Templars, and a song by UK doom metal band Cathedral. The film is...
 
x Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón Oct 27, 1980 Pedro Almodóvar  
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón, often known generally as Pepi, Luci, Bom (English: Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap, also Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom) is a 1980 film written and directed by the Spanish filmmaker...
 
x Perdita Durango Perdita Durango 1997 Álex de la Iglesia  
Perdita Durango, released as Dance with the Devil in the US, is a film directed by Alex de la Iglesia as a cross between the crime and horror genres. The film is based on Barry Gifford's novel 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango. It...
 
x Return of the Blind Dead Return of the Blind Dead Oct 29, 1973 Amando de Ossorio  
Return of the Blind Dead, also known as Return of the Evil Dead and El Ataque de los Muertos Sin Ojos (in original Spanish: "Attack of the Dead Without Eyes"), is a 1973 Spanish horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio. The film is the...
 
x Slugs Slugs 1988 Juan Piquer Simón  
Slugs, muerte viscosa is a 1988 American horror film based on the novel Slugs by Shaun Hutson. A rural town becomes prey to a strain of Black Slugs spawned from toxic waste dumping and it's up to the local health inspector to stop them.
 
x Tacones lejanos Tacones lejanos Oct 23, 1991 Pedro Almodóvar  
High Heels (Spanish: Tacones lejanos, meaning "Distant Heels") is a 1991 melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Marisa Paredes, Victoria Abril and Miguel Bosé. The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self...
 
x Talk to Her "Hable con ella (Talk to Her)" poster 2002 Pedro Almodóvar  
Talk to Her (Spanish: Hable con ella) is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores. It won the 2002 Academy Award for...
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x Tesis Tesis 1996 Alejandro Amenábar  
Tesis (Thesis) is a 1995 Spanish film. The feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and written by him and Mateo Gil, it won seven 1996 Goya Awards (and was nominated for an eighth), including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele...
 
x That Obscure Object of Desire That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Luis Buñuel  
That Obscure Object of Desire (French: Cet obscur objet du désir; Spanish: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo) is a 1977 film directed by Luis Buñuel. Set in Spain and France against the backdrop of a terrorist insurgency, the film tells the story of an...
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x The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel  
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (French: Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and written by Jean-Claude Carrière in collaboration with the director. The film was made in France and is mainly...
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x The Ghost Galleon The Ghost Galleon Sep 15, 1974 Amando de Ossorio  
The Ghost Galleon (El Buque maldito) (1974) is a Spanish horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio and stars Jack Taylor. It is also known as Horror of the Zombies. The film is the third in Ossorio's Blind Dead series and, being set...
 
x The Other Side of the Bed The Other Side of the Bed Apr 27, 2002 Emilio Martínez Lázaro  
The Other Side of the Bed a.k.a. The Wrong Side of the Bed (Spanish title: El otro lado de la cama) is a 2002 film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro. Sex, love, lies, bed-hopping and mistaken identities abound in this pop musical-comedy set in...
 
x The Others /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f64781a Aug 2, 2001 Alejandro Amenábar  
The Others is a 2001 psychological thriller film by the Chilean Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman, and in part based on Henry James' classic, The Turn of the Screw. It won eight Goya Awards including awards for Best Film...
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x El espíritu de la colmena /wikipedia/images/en_id/7505875 1973 Víctor Erice  
The Spirit of the Beehive (Spanish: El espíritu de la colmena) (1973) is a Spanish drama film directed by Victor Erice. The film was Erice's debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema. Made during the last few years of Francisco Franco...
 
x La Joven /wikipedia/images/en_id/2217980 1960 Luis Buñuel  
La joven (The Young One or White Trash in the United States, originally Island of Shame in the United Kingdom) is a 1960 film, directed by Luis Buñuel. Produced in Mexico and shot in English, La Joven is one of Buñuel's more serious films, dealing...
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x ¡Átame! ¡Átame! Jan 22, 1990 Pedro Almodóvar  
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish: ¡Átame!) is a 1990 film by Pedro Almodóvar, a Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The film was somewhat controversial upon release, and it earned an NC-17 rating in the United States from the...
 
x Tombs of the Blind Dead Tombs of the Blind Dead 1971 Amando de Ossorio  
Tombs of the Blind Dead is a 1971 Spanish horror film written and directed by Amando de Ossorio. Its original Spanish title is La Noche del terror ciego, which means "The Night of the Blind Terror". The film is the first in Ossorio's Blind Dead...
 
x Torrente 2, Misión en Marbella   2001 Santiago Segura  
Torrente, Misión en Marbella is a 2001 Spanish dark comedy written, directed and starred again by Santiago Segura.This film is the sequel of Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley. Torrente has now moved to Marbella, where, after being wiped out of the...
 
x Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley Torrente 1 dvd cover 1998 Santiago Segura  
Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley is a 1998 Spanish dark comedy written, directed and starred by Santiago Segura. Torrente is a lazy, rude, drunkard, sexist, racist, extreme-right-wing Madrid cop; a despicable character who only cares about himself...
 
x Tristana Tristana 1970 Luis Buñuel  
Tristana (1970) is a film directed by Luis Buñuel, is a film based upon the eponymous novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, featuring Catherine Deneuve and Fernando Rey. It was shot in Toledo, Spain. It was nominated for the American Academy Award for Best...
 
x Un chien andalou Un chien andalou 1928 Luis Buñuel  
Un chien andalou is a sixteen minute silent surrealist film produced in France by the Spanish director Luis Buñuel and artist Salvador Dalí. Its title means "An Andalusian Dog", but it is normally released under its original French title in the...
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x Vampyros Lesbos Vampyros Lesbos 1971 Jesús Franco  
Vampyros Lesbos is a 1971 erotic horror film directed and co-written by Jesus Franco, inspired by Bram Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest". The main character, Linda Westinghouse (played by Ewa Strömberg), is a young lawyer who travels on a job...
 
x Viridiana /wikipedia/images/en_id/2270154 1961 Luis Buñuel  
Viridiana (Latin for green) is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican coproduction, directed by Luis Buñuel and produced in Spain by Mexican Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based in Halma, a novel by Benito Pérez Galdós. With The Long Absence, Viridiana was the...
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x Volver Volver Jan 26, 2007 Pedro Almodóvar  
Volver (Literally: to return (specifically: to return to a place), pronounced [bolˈβer]) is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar. Volver was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won...
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x Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios 1988 Pedro Almodóvar  
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. The film that brought Almodóvar to...
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x Actrius Bringing Back The Balls To Stockholm cover 1996 Ventura Pons  
Actrius (Catalan: Actresses) is a 1996 film directed by Ventura Pons. In the film, there are no male actors and the four leading actresses dubbed themselves in the Castilian version. In order to prepare the role of an important old actress, a...
 
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