Movies and TV shows set in barcelona
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in barcelona ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, psychological, serious, melancholic and emotional films and TV shows about / with urban, love, couples, friendship, character study, identity, family relations, nude, betrayal and loneliness plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in Spain, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as barcelona: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), In the City (2003), Barcelona Summer Night (2013), Traces of Sandalwood (2014), Barcelona Christmas Night (2015), Barcelona (1994), The Spanish Apartment (2002), The Last Days (2013), Heirs to the Land (2022), Biutiful (2010).
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List of movies set in barcelona
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Style:
romantic, sexy, sexual, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
artist, polyamory, love triangle, art, bohemian life, love and romance, women, love affair, painter, love, love story, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain, catalonia, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Un grupo de amigos de Barcelona se reúnen casi a diario, pero su amistad es sólo aparente; de hecho, ninguno de ellos conoce a fondo la vida de los demás. La película relata la vida íntima y secreta de cada uno de los personajes, sus ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, couples, best friend, gender, lifestyle, city life, infidelity, marriage, deception, secret, lesbian sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 2012 the comet Rose crossed the skies of the city of Barcelona and its magic that night caused 346 love stories flourish. An atmosphere of dreams, hopes and desire mixed to give a special connection between people. From these stories six are the ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, true love, childhood love, young lovers, couple relations, fall in love, young couple, couples, first love, love affair, lgbt, love at first sight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, India, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot:
self discovery, hopes, forceful separation, family relations, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, actor's life, love, family drama, sisters, family reunited, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, india, mumbai india
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Genre: Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Multiple love stories unfold in Barcelona during Christmas's Eve.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous, light, feel good
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
christmas, lovers apart, love, couples, young couple, lesbian, life philosophy, love affair, lifestyle, social differences, family problems, youth ...
Place:
barcelona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. ...
Style:
independent film, talky, clever, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
businessman, culture clash, cold war, hospital, drinking, cousin cousin relationship, marijuana, preppy, conservative, economics, stoner, hipster ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
spain, barcelona, europe, madrid, pentagon ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, romantic, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, travel, relationships, prejudice, youth, roommate, college life, student, coming of age, college, lifestyle, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france, spain, barcelona, catalonia, paris france ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
2013; A mysterious epidemic spreads across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear of open spaces that causes instant death. Soon, the world population is trapped inside buildings. As Barcelona descends into chaos, Marc sets off on a quest ...
Style:
serious, rough, apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
epidemic, apocalypse, sewer, panic, subway, post apocalypse, agoraphobia, chaos and mayhem, pregnancy, plague, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Resourceful young Hugo Llor works to make a name for himself in 14th-century Barcelona while keeping a vow he made to the Estanyol family.
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, family saga, dramatic ...
Plot:
medieval, life, teenager, dream, coming of age, life is a bitch, shipyard, urban, loyalty, orphan, ambition, survival ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
barcelona, catalonia, europe, spain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate ...
Style:
depressing, bleak, sad, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
single father, redemption, death, cancer, terminal illness, parenthood, immigrant, birthday, family relations, suffering, life is a bitch, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, south america, iran, senegal ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An 8-year-old boy tracks down his father.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
coming of age, father and son, family life, parents and children, family drama, introspection, haunted by the past, bittersweet, estranged parent, child protagonist, search for father, fatherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two people in love, two apartments - one in Barcelona and another on in Los Angeles - and the images of their past, present and future. Can love survive 10,000km?
Style:
captivating, minimal cast, light, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
long distance relationship, girlfriend, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, new job, cyberspace, love, doomed romance, photographer, technology, love hurts, vicious ...
Place:
spain, barcelona, los angeles, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, anarchist, politics, death penalty, against humanity, legal, legal investigation, rebellion, missing person, demonstration, state affairs, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place:
barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jana’s magical journey to Africa contains a deep message about friendship, love, passion, nature and imagination. It is a spiritual journey for adults and a magical one for kids, full of mysteries, adventures and discoveries
Style:
captivating, sincere, semi serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, young heroes, friends, escapades, journey, supernatural, friendship, imaginary, animal life, legends and myths, cheetah, zebra ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, spain, barcelona
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
In 1966, Justo Gil arrives in Barcelona as a migrant with the purpose of gaining enough money to give his sick mother the best care. His great charisma allows him to socialize with the youngsters of the upper-class, until an unexpected turn of ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, period piece
Plot:
franco regime (francoism), informant, love, ambition, double life, communist party, changing lives, relationships, society, male female relationship, nudity, urban setting ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sayaka Miyamoto (Nao Matsushita) and Keita Fukushima (Terunosuke Takezai) attend the same university and believe their love for each other will never end. However, as time goes by and they graduate, their future starts to part as they both begin ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot:
university, lovers reunited, love affair, renewed love, couple relations, love and romance, youth, couples, relationship vs career, hopes, follow your dream, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, asia, europe, japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Apartment concierge Cesar is a miserable person who believes he was born without the ability to be happy. As a result, he decides his mission is to make life hell for everyone around him. A majority of the tenants are easy to agitate, but Clara ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalking, home invasion, obsession, domestic disturbance, psycho, apartment building, caretaker, maniac, loner, woman in danger, voyeurism, concierge ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
creature, apocalypse, bird, blood, daughter, blindness, suicide, journey, river, hiding, terror, security ...
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The six-part series follows Laura Simmonds and her Barcelona Consul colleague and friend Alba Ortiz as they fight to protect British nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan city.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, tension, emotional ...
Plot:
diplomacy, consulate, investigation, politics, community, city, colleague, bandit, british man, diplomat, british, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.
Style:
period piece, captivating, comedy drama, romantic, retro ...
Plot:
biopic, aspiration, stand up comedy, comedian, entertainment industry, love story, relationships, bittersweet, stage fright, character study, singing, ambition ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain, barcelona, catalonia
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
A bus is hijacked by three robbers—who end up dead before they can get away. Every passenger's story is the same: A hooded man saved the day. As the case unfolds, the line between hero and criminal begins to blur.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robbery, witness, criminal, moral ambiguity, ambiguity, true crime, crime investigation, crime scene, burglar, witnessing a crime, heist, armed robbery ...
Place:
barcelona, catalonia
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Working on a series of harrowing cases, forensic pathologist, Sara Grau, finds the key to a case in which she has unwittingly become a prime target. Sophisticated Spanish crime thriller.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, detective
Plot:
forensics, criminal psychology, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, crime investigation, fighting crime, unsolved crime, murder mystery, uncover truth, cold case, crime solving ...
Place:
barcelona
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An economist Basque (Gorka Ochoa) based in Barcelona becomes embroiled in a difficult emotional dilemma between his girlfriend (Bárbara Goenaga), who is pregnant, and a childhood friend (Sara Cozar), heart condition, which is declared by compassion ...
Style:
romantic drama, bleak, indie film, romantic comedy, neo screwball comedy
Plot:
lie, love triangle, pregnancy, heart condition, moral dilemma, guilt, compassion, deception, mature, domestic drama, friendship, regret ...
Place:
barcelona, catalonia, basque country
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Although she's still hung up on the man who broke her heart (Miguel Molina), club dancer Simona (Mercedes Ortega) pledges to eradicate all memories of him by removing the tattoos he put on her body. Complicating matters is Mariel (Alexis ...
Style:
independent film, sensual, erotic drama, dark
Plot:
tattoo, female protagonist, heartbreak, obsession, jealousy, obsessive love, desire, urban, character study, unrequited love, nightclub, betrayal ...
Place:
barcelona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on eight men in their 40s, all with identity crises.
Style:
humorous, cynical, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, family relations, buddies, friends, unfulfillment, society, latina, friendship, machismo, party, elevator, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and ...
Style:
political, sad, hispanic, philosophical, social ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, politics, revolution, anarchist, working class, civil war, communist, trench warfare, anarchy, socialist, dictator, dictatorship ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1937 ...
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona, europe, basque country ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexual, gay love, lgbtq, lovers, gay lead character, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, flashback, gay erotica ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
madrid, barcelona, spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A gruesome crime has taken place in La Pedrera – Casa Milà: a burned body is found on the facade of Gaudí's iconic building. Inspector Milo Malart, previously suspended for misconduct by the Mossos d'Esquadra (Mossos of the Squadron), ...
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police procedural, forensic, female detective, secrets, evidence, moral ambiguity, partnership, arson, cat and mouse, corruption, obsession ...
Place:
barcelona, catalonia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes ...
Style:
cerebral, road movie, philosophical, existential, tense ...
Plot:
desert, reporter, escape, journalism, journalist, existentialism, hotel, on the road, loneliness, espionage, identity, road trip ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, europe, barcelona, north africa, italy ...
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