It Snows in Benidorm (
2020) | IMDb:
5.5
Peter has worked all his life at a Manchester bank. When he is awarded an early retirement, he decides to visit his brother in Benidorm, only to discover that he's disappeared.
Starring:
Timothy Spall
,
Sarita Choudhury
,
Pedro Casablanc
,
Carmen Machi
,
Ana Torrent
,
Édgar Vittorino
Directed by:
Isabel Coixet
Pain and Glory (
2019) | IMDb:
7.5
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
Starring:
Antonio Banderas
,
Asier Etxeandia
,
Leonardo Sbaraglia
,
Nora Navas
,
Julieta Serrano
,
Penélope Cruz
El Angel (
2018) | IMDb:
6.9
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.
The Clan (
2015) | IMDb:
6.9
In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.
Starring:
Guillermo Francella
,
Peter Lanzani
,
Gastón Cocchiarale
,
Franco Masini
,
Giselle Motta
,
Antonia Bengoechea
Wild Tales (
2014) | IMDb:
8.1
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.
Starring:
Ricardo Darín
,
Leonardo Sbaraglia
,
Érica Rivas
,
Oscar Martínez
,
Rita Cortese
,
Julieta Zylberberg
I'm So Excited! (
2013) | IMDb:
5.6
Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defenseless in the face of danger, indulge in colourful confessionals, while the outlandish crew attempts to find ways to entertain them.
Starring:
Antonio Banderas
,
Penélope Cruz
,
Coté Soler
,
Antonio de la Torre
,
Hugo Silva
,
Miguel Ángel Silvestre
The Skin I Live In (
2011) | IMDb:
7.6
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.
Starring:
Antonio Banderas
,
Elena Anaya
,
Marisa Paredes
,
Jan Cornet
,
Roberto Álamo
,
Eduard Fernández
Broken Embraces (
2009) | IMDb:
7.2
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Starring:
Penélope Cruz
,
Lluís Homar
,
Blanca Portillo
,
José Luis Gómez
,
Rubén Ochandiano
,
Tamar Novas
The Headless Woman (
2008) | IMDb:
6.6
After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.
Starring:
María Onetto
,
Claudia Cantero
,
César Bordón
,
Guillermo Arengo
,
Inés Efrón
,
María Vaner
Volver (
2006) | IMDb:
7.6
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.
Starring:
Penélope Cruz
,
Carmen Maura
,
Lola Dueñas
,
Blanca Portillo
,
Yohana Cobo
,
Chus Lampreave
The Secret Life of Words (
2005) | IMDb:
7.4
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
Starring:
Sarah Polley
,
Tim Robbins
,
Javier Cámara
,
Danny Cunningham
,
Dean Lennox Kelly
,
Daniel Mays
Directed by:
Isabel Coixet
Bad Education (
2004) | IMDb:
7.4
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Starring:
Gael García Bernal
,
Fele Martínez
,
Daniel Giménez Cacho
,
Lluís Homar
,
Francisco Maestre
,
Francisco Boira
My Life Without Me (
2003) | IMDb:
7.4
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
Starring:
Sarah Polley
,
Amanda Plummer
,
Scott Speedman
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Leonor Watling
,
Debbie Harry
Directed by:
Isabel Coixet
The Devil's Backbone (
2001) | IMDb:
7.4
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Starring:
Marisa Paredes
,
Eduardo Noriega
,
Federico Luppi
,
Fernando Tielve
,
Íñigo Garcés
,
Irene Visedo
All About My Mother (
1999) | IMDb:
7.8
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Starring:
Cecilia Roth
,
Marisa Paredes
,
Candela Peña
,
Antonia San Juan
,
Penélope Cruz
,
Rosa María Sardà
The Flower of My Secret (
1995) | IMDb:
7
Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Ángel, a sensitive newspaper editor.
Starring:
Marisa Paredes
,
Juan Echanove
,
Carme Elias
,
Rossy de Palma
,
Chus Lampreave
,
Kiti Mánver