Top Spanish Movies


The Top Spanish Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Spanish List". Lists are calculated daily.

51. Memories of Underdevelopment ( Memorias del subdesarrollo )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Actors: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés
Plot: Following the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio Carmona Mendoyo watches as the rest of his family relocates to Miami. Alone, with the threat of invasion weighing heavily, Sergio turns his efforts to a playboy lifestyle, ultimately hoping to find a young woman to replace his ex-wife.

52. Tit and the Moon, The ( teta i la lluna, La )

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bigas Luna
Actors: Biel Duran, Mathilda May, Gérard Darmon, Miguel Poveda
Plot: A newborn baby brother is not what Tete wants - he wants to return to his mother's breast but gets no attention. Seeking a surrogate mother to suckle from, he asks the moon for help and is answered in the form of the beautiful performer - but he must get passed her husband (and another local boy) if his is to succeed.

53. Blancanieves

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pablo Berger
Actors: Maribel Verdú, Ángela Molina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Inma Cuesta
Plot: A unique take on the Snow White fable set in 1920s era Seville and centered around a female bullfighter.

55. That Wasn't Me ( Aquel no era yo )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Esteban Crespo
Actors: Alejandra Lorente, Gustavo Salmerón, Babou Cham, Mariano Nguema
Plot: Two aid workers in Africa experience firsthand the horrors of brainwashed child soldiers.

56. topo, El

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Fantasy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Robert John, Brontis Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio
Plot: In this surreal film from Alejandro Jodorowsky, a gunfighter claiming to be God wanders the desert in search of the four masters, transforms his son from a boy to man and avenges a slaughtered village.

57. No

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pablo Larraín
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Néstor Cantillana
Plot: In 1988, Chile's military dictator Augusto Pinochet is forced by the international community to hold a referendum to decide if he will continue his rule. Despite tremendous pressure and constant scrutiny by Pinochet's agents, the opposition comes up with a bold plan, spear-headed by René Saavedra, a young advertising executive.

58. 7th Floor ( Séptimo )

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patxi Amezcua
Actors: Ricardo Darín, Belén Rueda, Andrea Carballo, Luis Ziembrowski
Plot: A father and his children live on the seventh floor of an apartment building. One day, the children go missing while walking from their apartment to the ground floor, spurring the father on a mission to track down his missing children.

59. Che ( Che Part 1, Che Part 2 )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Plot: Follows the story of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, his band of Cuban exhiles (including Fidel Castro) and how they took over the island nation.

60. Platform, The ( hoyo, El )

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Actors: Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale

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