The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children 1995

7.24

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

1995

The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive 1973

7.62

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

1973

Mondays in the Sun

Mondays in the Sun 2002

7.22

After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.

2002

Anna and the Wolves

Anna and the Wolves 1973

6.95

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.

1973

Peppermint Frappé

Peppermint Frappé 1967

6.50

Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.

1967

Cria!

Cria! 1976

7.59

Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.

1976

Stories from the Kronen

Stories from the Kronen 1995

5.99

Carlos is a young student, just 21. Nice or annoying as he likes, enjoys provoking and transgreding. In the night he goes out to meet his friends in the Kronen, a bar. Every situation can be taken a little farther. There are no limits, no accepted barriers. And more each time, each adventure is chained to the next, as if it were a continuous night. A long description of people: grandfather, parents, sister, girlfriend, friends. And, among that, the obscure will of living every minute as if it were the last one. But something which happens puts Carlos and his friend against a reality they have been trying to ignore.

1995

Mama Turns 100

Mama Turns 100 1979

6.39

Ana and her husband Antonio arrive in the manor in the countryside of Spain where she worked as a nanny many years ago, for the centennial birthday of the matriarch.

1979

El Sur

El Sur 1983

7.70

A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.

1983

Sweet Hours

Sweet Hours 1982

5.80

Juan Sahagún, since childhood, feels passion for his mother. One day in the street he sees a woman identical to her. He follows her and finds out that she works as an actress in a theater company, so Juan decides to hire the whole company to represent the people who have influenced him in his past. They recreate the same situations of yesteryear and Juan acts as the child he was, to relive the memories already forgotten.

1982

The Last Meeting

The Last Meeting 1967

6.20

A flamenco dancer (Antonio Gades) reflects on his life and career when he is surprised to be honored on a television show telling his life story. The memories stir up controversy, and an old friend seeks retribution as Antonio had once stolen his girl.

1967

Seven Billiard Tables

Seven Billiard Tables 2007

5.70

Angela and her young son Guille travel to the big city to see Leo, her father and the boy's grandfather, when he suddenly takes ill. However, they arrive to discover that he has just passed away. Charo, the dead man's lover, explains the dire traits suffered by the paternal business: a hall with seven billiard tables.

2007

Faster, Faster

Faster, Faster 1981

6.35

Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.

1981

Honeycomb

Honeycomb 1969

6.10

Teresa and Peter settle down in their new home after the wedding. Things are going well until her childhood furniture arrives, sending Teresa into horrible flashbacks of turmoil from memories of her youth.

1969

The Hunt

The Hunt 1966

6.84

Three veterans of the Spanish Civil War go rabbit hunting. While doing so, old wounds open up.

1966

Cousin Angelica

Cousin Angelica 1974

6.10

When the single middle-aged Luis travels from Barcelona to bury the remains of his mother in the vault of his family in Segovia, he is lodged by his aunt Pilar in her old house where he spent his summer of 1936 with her. He meets his cousin Angelica, who was his first love, living on the first floor with her husband and daughter, and he recalls his childhood in times of the Spanish Civil War entwined with the present.

1974

Speak, Silent One

Speak, Silent One 1973

5.20

Ramiro's grandfather is on vacation in a hostel in the mountains with his family. Decides to send theirs to Madrid and stay in a shelter, saying his health requires. But the reason is another ...

1973

Next Fall

Next Fall 1967

5.00

Filmed in 1963, but not released in Spain until 1967, the film depicts the failed romance between a bourgeois french tourist girl and a spanish working class boy.

1967

The Garden of Delights

The Garden of Delights 1970

6.03

The greedy relatives of a paralysed 45-year-old amnesiac millionaire go to extreme lengths to help him recover his memory.

1970

Blindfolded Eyes

Blindfolded Eyes 1978

5.90

A drama teacher casts a woman in a play about torture, and the two eventually become lovers. As production of the play develops, the director begins to receive threatening letters.

1978