Best Spanish Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Spanish Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: realistic, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, weird and captivating. Plot: murder, death, female nudity, photograph, family relations, telephone call, kiss, bare chested male, husband wife relationship and nude. Genre: Drama, Thriller and Crime. Country: Spain, USA and France.
Best Spanish Movies
TOP Movies: The Invisible Guest (2016), The Impossible (2012), The Body (2012), Mirage (2018), The Skin I Live In (2011), Below Zero (2021), 1917 (2019), Through My Window (2022), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Shooter (2007), Intacto (2001), The Platform (2019), The Sea Inside (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Parallel Mothers (2021), No Rest for the Wicked (2011), Cross the Line (2020), Super Lopez (2018), Sleep Tight (2011), The Holy Innocents (1984).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspense, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
evidence, lawyer, lie, uncover truth, infidelity, suspect, death, murder suspect, interrogation, strong female character, moral dilemma, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
suspense, inspirational, heartbreaking, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, tsunami, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, family in danger, vacation ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
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78K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, investigation, missing person, uncover truth, corpse, adulterous husband, haunted by the past, vengeance, morgue, spouse killer, adultery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
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71K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
On November 9, 1989 (the same day that Wall of Berlin falls), Nico is a 12 years old boy passionate to videotape himself playing guitar, being care lovely by her single mother María. This same night, when starts a 72-hours storm, Nico watches a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, parallel universe, uncover truth, time, time paradox, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, investigation, parallel world, alternate universe, disappearance, missing girl ...
Time:
year 1989, 2010s, 80s, 2000s, year 2001 ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, perverse, disturbing ...
Plot:
convict, murder, police, revenge, rapist, confined, sole survivor, person on fire, prisoner, accidental death, all male cast, survival ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain
Is relevant?
761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.
Style:
romantic, sexy, sincere, entertaining, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teen romance, love, teenage love, love affair, teenager, first love, love and romance, neighbor, teenage boy, romantic relationship, teenage girl, love interest ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
barcelona, spain
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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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374K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, action packed, exciting, action thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, assassination, corruption, revenge, manhunt, military, cover up, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, usa, baltimore ...
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14K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
luck, gambling, twists and turns, gambler, game, murder, casino, greed, supernatural power, investigation, haunted by the past, change of luck ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
spain, caribbean, argentina
Is relevant?
320K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or of those who have no guts when they are down? If you discover it too late, you will not live out of ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, confined, food shortage, cannibalism, social injustice, prison, social differences, isolation, rivalry, danger, survival horror ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
iberian peninsula
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style:
sad, thought provoking, philosophical, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
disability, euthanasia, biopic, death, human spirit, dying, handicapped, existentialism, suicide, depression, lawyer, dignity ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, barcelona, south america, europe, galicia ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, surreal, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
monster, fantasy world, imagination, creature, mythology, macabre, legends and myths, magical, young heroes, imaginary, good versus evil, maze ...
Time:
1940s, 2000s, year 1944, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
spain, south america, europe, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In 17th century Spain Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, near to death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
spanish history, soldier, battles, european history, inquisition, tudors, dishonesty, palace intrigue, state affairs, tough heroes, sword fight, courage ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2006
Place:
spain, bolivia, naples italy, napoli italy, madrid ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, tear jerker, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, grave, pregnant teenager, babysitter, theater, female bonding ...
Time:
2020s, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, rough, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
police officer, police investigation, murder, investigation, dishonesty, danger, murder witness, law enforcement, terrorism, dirty cop, violence, drug ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, psychological, crying, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
mad woman, passion, crime scene, violent, murder, runaway, dying, prosecution, dead father, travel, evidence, judiciary ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
barcelona, catalonia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.
Style:
humorous, stylized, realistic, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, adultery, police investigation, satire, culture clash, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, goofy hero, misfit, family problems, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, europe, china, madrid
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Juan López must balance an office job with heroic feats to save the love of his life and native planet Chitón.
Style:
parody, humorous, exciting, light, feel good ...
Plot:
secret identity, save the world, good versus evil, megalomaniac, danger, save the day, superhuman powers, selflessness, double life, undercover, journalist, female alien ...
Place:
europe, barcelona, mallorca
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master ...
Style:
social, manga, captivating, realistic
Plot:
rich and poor, francisco franco, human rights, spanish history, provincial life, spanish civil war, servant, poverty, family relations, rural area, obedience, peasant ...
Time:
60s, year 1984
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, milan italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
prisoner, showbiz, love and romance, politics, couples, spanish civil war, world war two, filmmaking, actress, actor, lgbt, erotica ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1938
Place:
europe, germany, spain, berlin germany
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35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style:
melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot:
loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female detective, murder investigation, mental disorder, uncover truth, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, working undercover, murder mystery, secret, psychiatric patient, psychiatric ward ...
Place:
spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true, and which one is bastard.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, dark comedy, feel good ...
Plot:
bittersweet, literary, suicidal thoughts, infidelity, grandson, aging, grandfather, family relations, social relations, couples, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 1900s, 20th century, 18th century, 70s
Place:
spain, europe, tokyo, latin america, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Modesto (Antonio Resines), an honest and responsible professional, is a manager of a small bank branch in Costa del Sol. His daughter died in a forest fire which he had thought to be accidental. One day he wakes up in his bank, after being locked ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fire, bank, danger, uncover truth, investigation, murder, political corruption, gangster, dishonesty, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, cons and scams ...
Place:
south america, morocco, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. The cuckold Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, witty, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, love and romance, adultery, farce, orgasm, private detective, partner, couple relations, couples, dishonesty, fall in love, gender ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
spain, cuba, argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
emigration, culture clash, working class, family problems, family relations, social relations, society, politics, workplace, immigrant, unemployment, job seeking ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, switzerland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A desperate man (Luis Bermejo) blackmails a mentally ill woman (Bárbara Lennie) to buy a dress for his terminally ill daughter (Lucía Pollán).
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
leukemia, teacher, parents and children, child illness, family relations, blackmail, psychiatrist, money, husband wife relationship, female nudity, prison, girl ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
spain
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