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Spanish Language Movies |
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Watching Spanish language movies is one of the best ways for Spanish students to improve their language skills, particularly since most of these movies contain English subtitles that automatically translate any unfamiliar phrases for you. It can also be a lot of fun. But just like in any other language, there are good Spanish movies and then there are the Spanish equivalent of "Gigli", but luckily, the ones listed below are the real gems. So pull up a comfortable chair and enjoy! Below are some of my favorite Spanish language movies and directors listed by their country of origin: |
Spanish Language Movies from Spain
- Alas de Mariposa / Juan Manuel Bajo Ulloa
- All about my mother (Todo sobre mi madre) / Pedro Almodovar (1999)
- Bodas de sangre / Carlos Saura
- Butterfly (La lengua de las mariposas) / Jose Luis Cuerda (1999)
- Butterfly Wings (Alas de mariposa) /Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- El amor brujo / Carlos Saura
- El crimen de Cuenca / Pilar Miró (1980)
- El pájaro de la felicidad / Pilar Miró (1993)
- Goya in Bordeaux (Goya en Burdeos) / Carlos Saura (2000)
- High Heels (Tacos Altos) / Pedro Almodovar
- Kika (Kika) / Pedro Almodovar (1994)
- Letters From Alou / Montxo Armendariz
- La ley del deseo / Pedro Almodovar
- La ardilla roja / Julio Medem (1993)
- La Madre Muerta / Juan Manuel Bajo Ulloa
- Live Flesh / Pedro Almodovar (1997)
- Lovers of the Arctic Circle / Julio Medem (1999)
- Matador / Pedro Almodovar
- Mi hermano del Alma / Mariano Barroso
- Mouth to Mouth (Boca a Boca) / Manuel Gomez Pereira (1998)
- Muertos de Risa / Alex de la Iglesia
- ¿Que he hecho yo para merecer esto? / Pedro Almodovar
- Los Amantes del Circulo Polar / Julio Medem
- Los santos inocentes / Mario Camus
- Open your Eyes (Abre los Ojos) / Alejandro Amenabar (1999)
- The Garden of Delights / Carlos Saura
- The Grandfather / El Abuelo José Luis Garci (1999)
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (Atame) / Pedro Almodovar (1990)
- Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) / Pedro Almodovar
Spanish Language Movies from Mexico
- Amores Perros / Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu (2000)
- Doña Herlinda y su hijo / Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
- This Strange Passion / Luis Buñuel
- Frida / Paul Leduc
- El Crimen del Padre Amaro / Carlos Carrera (2002)
- El Gran Calavera / Buñuel
- Infamia / Carlos Carreras (1992)
- Maria Candelaria / Emilio Fernández Midaq Alley (El Callejon de los Milagros) / Jorge Fons (1995)
- The Other Side (El Otro Lado) / Alex Webb
- La negra angustias / Matide Landeta
- Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua para Chocolate) / Alfonso Arau (1993)
- Los olvidados (Los Olvidados) / Luis Buñuel (1950)
- Love's a Bitch (Amores Perros) / Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (2001)
- Mexico : Dead or Alive / Mary Ellen Davis
- Susana / Buñuel
- Subida al Cielo / Buñuel
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de La Cruz (La Vida Criminal de Archibaldo de La Cruz) / Luis Buñuel (1955)
- Viridiana (Viridiana) / Luis Buñuel (1961)
- Woman Without Love / Luis Buñuel
- Wuthering Heights / Luis Buñuel
- Y Tu Mama También / Alfonso Cuaron (2002)
Spanish Language Movies from Cuba
- Red for the Lips (El Rojo Para Los Labios) / Pablo Basalto
- Who the hell is Yuliet (¿Quién diablos es Yuliet?) / Carlos Marcovich
- Strawberry & Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) / Tomás Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio (1995)
- Before Night Falls (Antes que Anochezca) / Julián Schnabel (2000)
- Baragua / José Massip
- Cecilia / Humberto Solas
- Clandestinos / Fernando Perez
- Lejanía / Jesús Díaz
- Los sobrevivientes / Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Lucia / Humberto Solas
- Maria Antonia / Sergio Giral
- Memories of Underdevelopment / Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- La muerte de un burocrata / Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Mujer Transparente / 4 Directors
- Not Because Fidel Castro Says So (No Porque Lo Diga Fidel Castro) / Graciela I. Sanchez
- The Night of San Lazaro (La Noche de San Lazaro) / Fransi de Villar Dille & Oranne Mounition
- Retrato de Teresa / Pastor Vega
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