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Plot Summary:
It follows Marina, a young girl that has been trying to escape the ghosts that follow her after a tragic event. She goes to Edén, a clandestine company located in the middle of nature to put an end to her suffering.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Provenance (2017)
Plot Summary:
A classical musician travels to the South of France to escape his demons and wait for his new love, a younger woman named Sophia. Trying to come to peace with his new life in these slow, peaceful surroundings, his seemingly chance meeting with Peter will threaten to derail everything.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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A normal world (2020)
Plot Summary:
2020, City of Madrid (Madrid, center to Spain and country's capital). "Un Mundo Normal" (A normal World) follows Ernesto Caral, a loudmouth and sarcastic at full time forty-something theater director trapped in the middle age crisis: after the split with his lifelong domestic partner Julia, he moves to a new floor with their comprehensive and smarter teenager daughter Cloe. Belonging to a clan of artists as his mother Carolina was actress, his brother Max is a concert pianist and Cloe is a talented painter despite she is studying laws, Ernesto divides his time between to find a new project to recover his fallen-on-disgrace carrier and caring his aged mother. Worried about as her friends die in a short time, Carolina forces Ernesto to make her a promise: take her corpse after her death to move her natal town in Altea, Alicante (Valencia, east to Spain) and throw her to the sea. Reluctant to film a TV series but accepting to solve his money troubles, in the filming Max calls Ernesto.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: crying
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Anna and the Wolves (1973)
Plot Summary:
The young but traveled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: manga, art house, dread, biting, serious, realistic, tragic ending, allegory, suspense, weird
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The Distances (2018)
Plot Summary:
Olivia, Eloy, Guille and Anna travel to Berlin to pay a surprise visit to their friend Comas. His welcome is not as they expected and during the weekend their friendship is put to the test. Together they discover that time and distance can change everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, talky, social
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Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island? (2019)
Plot Summary:
On their last night together, four longtime flatmates' lives are suddenly upended when a secret is revealed during the course of an evening celebration.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Dancer and the Thief (2009)
Plot Summary:
Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve is tested when he meets 19 year old Angel a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time. Though tempted, he resists until he finds out that his beloved wife has gone off with a millionaire and his son wants to change his last name. Then Victoria, a graceful and mysteriously mute dancer living in a conservatory, steps into the picture. She captivates Vergara and Angel, as well as all others that cross her path, drastically changing their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, serious, emotional, gloomy
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Me Too (2009)
Plot Summary:
Daniel - a recent university graduate with Down's Syndrome - falls in love on his first day at work in the Department of Social Services. Laura is an outsider who spends her nights in the city's crowded clubs and singles' bars, escaping her problems in the arms of total strangers. Yet despite their apparent incompatibility, the two strike up a moving, bittersweet friendship that touches them both and eventually sets them on the road to happiness.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, spectacular
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The Bird of Happiness (1993)
Plot Summary:
Carmen, a woman dedicated to the restoration of works of art, suffers a sexual assault shortly after being reunited with his only son. But she suffers from psychological disorder does not affect the man she lives. Deeply disappointed, he decides to embark on his own journey to the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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The August Virgin (2019)
Plot Summary:
Young Eva makes her decision to stay in Madrid for the month of August an act of faith. She needs to feel things differently and think of summer as a time of opportunity. On days of festivities and verbenas, while events and encounters take place, Eva will discover that she still has time, that an opportunity can still be given.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags:
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A Thief's Daughter (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from prison. Sara knows he’s the main obstacle to her plans and she makes a difficult decision: to distance him from herself and her brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, social, crying
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Schoolgirls (2020)
Plot Summary:
Prodded by the rebellious Brisa, puberty is awakening in twelve-year-old Celia. Quickly, the two become allies against the rigid rules of authority in the Catholic girls’ school. However, questions about the right bra, cool bands and sexy clothing cannot hide the urgent search for their own identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: melancholic, psychological, light, unusual plot structure, contemplative, social
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The Grandfather (1998)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, dark comedy, feel good, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic, breathtaking, unusual plot structure
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The Pianist (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house pianist. A flashback takes the tale four decades into the past where the younger Rossell (Pere Ponce) rejoins Teresa (Paulina Galvez) after having spent years in prison for helping anti-Franco anarchists. The story continues into Paris of the '30s, the period when Doria and Rossell first met, sharing a mutual interest in music and Teresa, before civil war sent them in different directions.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Smoking Room (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Spanish branch of an American company is obliged to enforce the ban on smoking in their offices. From now on, those who want to smoke during working hours must do so in the street. Ramirez, one of the employees of this small office composed mainly of men, decides to begin collecting signatures against what he considers unfair. What Ramirez intends is to be use an unoccupied office as smoking room.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, realistic, cynical, offbeat, biting, suspense
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Birdsong (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Three Wise Kings travel in search of the Messiah, with unexpected obstacles on the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, captivating, slow cinema, contemplative, aesthetic, realistic, biblical
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Sunday's Illness (2018)
Plot Summary:
Annabel is a successful businesswoman with a wealthy husband. At a reception in her villa she meets a woman, a member of the catering staff who has been hired for the evening. This woman is none other than her own daughter Chiara, whom she had left over thirty years ago. Chiara was just eight years old at the time. She now approaches her mother with an unusual request: to spend ten days together with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, touching, captivating, suspenseful, beautiful
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Amador (2010)
Plot Summary:
A drama centered on a young woman who takes a summer job caring for a bed-ridden older man, and the intimate secrets they begin to share with one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, sincere, serious
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Piedras (2002)
Plot Summary:
The stones of the title are the dreams and burdens carried by these five women with interlinked lives. This story of decision and transformation was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: touching, clever, serious, realistic, offbeat, inspirational
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Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (2006)
Plot Summary:
Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 731
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, experimental, semi serious, contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, sexual, offbeat, sexy
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Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Plot Summary:
Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political, art film, realistic
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A Love to Keep (2006)
Plot Summary:
Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined in a clinic for mental diseases, where she is heavily abused, the main treatment been electroshocks. After Franco's fall, and the change of things, she is free to return to her home, under the surveillance of her mother. Her father, more compassionate, helps her escape and find her lover. But the years of been under electroshocks have damaged her health, and make it impossible to live a normal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, detective
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Madrid, 1987 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two characters: old and young; teacher and pupil; man and woman. Four walls within which they conjure intellectualism, relive the profession (journalism), explore politics and discover each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, witty, contemplative, erotic, sexy, psychological, captivating, eros
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To an Unknown God (1977)
Plot Summary:
An ageing man comes to terms with his mortality and his sexual orientation. The film was groundbreaking in its frank and mature examination of homosexuality.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: social, sincere, serious, realistic
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Anything You Want (2010)
Plot Summary:
Leo is immediately set adrift by his new found responsibilities as a single parent, a feeling that is made doubly distressing when Dafne, herself understandably confused and heartbroken by her mother's absence, asks for an "artificial" mother to help her fall asleep at night. It is here that Mañas takes the road less traveled, but to write any more about the plot line he introduces would be unfair to both the viewer and filmmaker alike. Suffice it to say that Leo's actions are both surprising and potentially dangerous, as they require Leo to subsume his own identity to the point where he nearly loses it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, crying
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Ismael (2013)
Plot Summary:
An 8-year-old boy tracks down his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, serious, emotional, psychological, captivating, feel good
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Against the Wind (1990)
Plot Summary:
Juan flees Madrid and an incestuous relationship with his sister, Ana, working at a mine on the Andalucian coast. When his friendship with Rosario, a local shop girl, becomes romance, Ana shows up wanting to rekindle their affair. He resists at first, but she stays, asserting that Juan is the only man she can ever love. Juan distances himself from Rosario. The mine has problems: high cancer rates in the area caused by poorly stored radioactive waste. A foreign safety engineer, Petersen, tries to connect with Ana, is rebuffed, but lets her stay in his sea-front bungalow. Juan seeks her out to demand she leave, only to argue with Petersen. Death, desire, and longing play out.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: manga
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The God of Wood (2010)
Plot Summary:
Yao (Madi Diocou) and Moroccan Rachid (Soufiane Ouaarab) arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa (Marisa Paredes) working in her boutique. High-strung and irritable, Maria lives with her gay son, Rober (Nao Albet), who, like many other things in life, is a disappointment to her. Rachid, meanwhile, is doing just fine working as a hairstylist in a beauty salon; Rober is hopelessly in love with him. When Yao starts sleeping in Rober's flat, a confrontation between him and Maria suddenly becomes inevitable, and when it comes, what could have been an embarrassment is actually handled with grace.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, emotional, sentimental, psychological, captivating, touching, serious, sexual, sexy
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Parallel Mothers (2021)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: dramatic, sincere, psychological, suspenseful, tear jerker, hispanic, postmodern, queer cinema, weird
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Pellet (2000)
Plot Summary:
El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 year old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude towards his classmates, and friendship. The heart of the story is the change in El Bola's life, at almost all levels, after befriending this new classmate. Written by ElianaM.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, touching, social, sincere, depressing, controversial, hispanic
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The Ages of Lulu (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Ages of Lulu is a gruelling sensual odyssey from Spanish director Bigas Luna, made immediately prior to his popular trilogy Jamón, jamón (1992), Golden Balls (1993) and The Tit and the Moon (1994). Starting as the somewhat queasy story of the young Lulu's affair with the manipulative Pablo (Oscar Ladoire), the movie takes a much darker turn once they are wed. It is conventional cinematic wisdom that there's no such thing as sex after marriage, but here Lulu's husband incomprehensibly leads her into blindfolded relationships with others, then is heartbroken when she reacts with disgust.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, emotional, sensual, disturbing, sexual, serious, eros, psychological, controversial