Greatest Spanish Films List
What are the best Spanish movies? The cinema of Spain has a fascinating history. Spanish cinema has seen the worst days back during the second world war and has evolved from that to become one of the most popular film industry in the world. When the silent era entered Europe then Spain was one of the most popular film industry that was making classic and popular silent movies at the time. Spanish movies together with French films, german films and italian films represented Europe in the world cinema during that period.
Like other European countries Spain to suffered a lot during World War I. The film industry saw the worst days in the early 1930s when only a hand ful of films were released in a time span of 3 years. World War II only made the situation worse and the adverse effect of war on Spanish cinema was that only few dozen movies from the silent cinema were saved from destruction. Many popular silent films of Spanish cinema were destroyed during the war.
Cinema was not a major priority for War affected Spain in the 1950s. However as life came back to normal, Spanish cinema too opened its wings. It was not easy for Spanish directors and producers to fund the movies so local film production companies of Spain joined film studios of adjoining countries (Italy, Germany and France) to produce movies in the 1960s and 1970s. After the end of dictatorship, Spanish cinema became more open in terms of freedom of expression and art. Directors became more independent and were more open to experiment in film making. This led to first academy award for the country in 1982. By 1990s Spanish movies and spanish actors became popular world wide. Some of the most popular actors and directors from Spanish cinema are – Guillermo del Toro, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Spain is mainly known for its fantasy movies. However many Spanish movies of Horror, Comedy and Romance genre has also attracted critics and fans world wide.
Here we have chosen 50 greatest Spanish movies of all time:
50. Fermat’s Room
49. Julia’s Eyes
48. Cronos
47. Mondays in the Sun
46. The Body
45. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
44. The Hidden Face
43. Como Agua Para Chocolate
42. Sleep Tight
41. Son of the Bride
40. Instructions Not Included
39. King of New York
38. Lovers of the Arctic Circle
37. Machuca
36. Live Flesh
35. Broken Embraces
34. El Topo
33. The Day of the Beast
32. No (2012)
31. Sin Nombre
30. Thesis
29. Che Series
28. Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
27. Simon of the Desert
26. Timecrimes
25. The Spirit of the Beehive
24. Maria Full of Grace
23. Nine Queens
22. Wild Tales
21. The Devil’s Backbone
20. Bad Education
19. Cell 211
18. Open Your Eyes
17. Los Olvidados
16. Viridiana
15. The Exterminating Angel
14. [Rec] Series
13. El Mariachi Series
12. Volver
11. All About My Mother
10. Bitiful
9. Y Tu Mama Tambien
8. Talk to her
7. The Sea Inside
6. The Motorcycle Diaries
5. The Orphanage
4. The SKin in Live In
3. Amores Perros
2. The Secret in their Eyes
1. Pan’s Labyrinth
Have you seen any Spanish film ever? Who is your favorite Spanish actor/actress or director? Which Spanish movie would you recommend to your friends? Also tell us if we missed any good spanish film in the list.
