Popular from Spain
Red Queen
(Reina Roja)
The smartest woman on Earth is handpicked to lead a top-secret international police force.
- Spain • 2024
- Creator Amaya Murazubal
- Cast Vicky Luengo, Hovik Keuchkerian, Eduardo Noriega, Emma Suárez, Nacho Fresneda, Àlex Brendemühl
- Genre Action & Adventure, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
All About My Mother
(Todo sobre mi madre)
After Manuela’s teenage son Esteban is tragically killed, she searches for Esteban’s biological father, a transgender woman.
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- Spain, France • 1999
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardà
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Awareness
When Ian loses control of his special ability to create visual illusions, he becomes the target of a top secret agency.
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- • 2023
- Director Daniel Benmayor
- Cast Carlos Scholz, Pedro Alonso, María Pedraza, Óscar Jaenada
- Genre
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Money Heist
(La casa de papel)
A criminal mastermind enlists a ragtag team of robbers to carry out his perfect crime: a heist on the Royal Mint of Spain.
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- Spain • 2017
- Creator Álex Pina
- Cast Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix
Sister Death
(Hermana Muerte)
After a miraculous childhood, Narcisa becomes a novice and starts teaching girls in a former convent haunted by a disturbing presence.
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- Spain • 2023
- Director Paco Plaza
- Cast Consuelo Trujillo, Aria Bedmar, Maru Valdivielso, Almudena Amor, Luisa Merelas, Chelo Vivares
- Genre Horror
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Berlin
(Berlín)
Criminal mastermind Berlin assembles an elite team in Paris to complete one of his most ambitious robberies.
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- Spain • 2023
- Creator Álex Pina
- Cast Pedro Alonso, Tristán Ulloa, Michelle Jenner, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña, Joel Sánchez
- Genre Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Strange Way of Life
(Extraña forma de vida)
After twenty five years apart, Silva rides across the desert to reconnect with his former lover Sheriff Jake.
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- Spain • 2023
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke, Manu Ríos, Sara Sálamo, Jason Fernández, Pedro Casablanc
- Genre Drama, Western
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Impossible
(Lo imposible)
A close-knit family is separated while on vacation in Thailand after a massive tsunami hits.
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- Spain, United States • 2012
- Director J.A. Bayona
- Cast Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Plex Channel
Klaus
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Sergio Pablos
- Cast Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Joan Cusack, Norm Macdonald, Will Sasso
- Genre Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Wrong Side of the Tracks
(Entrevías)
When an aging veteran's granddaughter is kidnapped by a cartel, he takes up arms to save her.
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- Spain • 2022
- Creator David Bermejo, Aitor Gabilondo
- Cast Jose Coronado, Luis Zahera, Nona Sobo, Felipe Londoño, Laura Ramos, Manuel Tallafé
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Society of the Snow
(La sociedad de la nieve)
Following a plane crash in the heart of the Andes, the survivors become each other's best hope to stay alive.
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- Uruguay, Spain • 2023
- Director J. A. Bayona
- Cast Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Tomas Wolf, Diego Ariel Vegezzi, Esteban Kukuriczka
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
30 Coins
(30 Monedas)
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer, and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
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- Spain • 2020
- Creator Álex de la Iglesia
- Cast Eduard Fernández, Megan Montaner, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Macarena Gómez, Pepón Nieto, Manolo Solo
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
New from Spain
Almost Ghosts
This documentary tells the story of three elderly men who fought to save their tiny towns along Route 66 from extinction.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Ana Ramón Rubio
- Cast Ángel Delgadillo, Lowell Davis, Harley Russell
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video
Frozen Planet
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- United Kingdom, United States, Spain • 2011
- Creator David Attenborough
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The August Virgin
(La virgen de agosto)
An Éric Rohmer-esque love letter to Madrid and affairs of the heart.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Jonás Trueba
- Cast Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel, Joe Manjón, Mikele Urroz, Luis Alberto Heras
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
Nowhere
Pregnant and lost at sea, a woman trapped in a shipping container tries to survive after fleeing a war-torn country.
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- Spain • 2023
- Director Albert Pintó
- Cast Anna Castillo, Tamar Novas, Irina Bravo, Victoria Teijeiro, Lucia Soria, Mary Ruiz
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Film, the Living Record of our Memory
Even today, we can watch films captured over 125 years ago—but how? This documentary pays homage to film preservation.
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- Spain, Canada • 2021
- Director Inés Toharia Terán
- Cast Ann Adachi-Tasch, Margaret Bodde, Serge Bromberg, Te-Ling Chen, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Shrew's Nest
(Musarañas)
A reckless young man falls down the stairs and drags himself to the door of a sinister recluse.
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- Spain, France • 2014
- Director Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel
- Cast Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar, Gracia Olayo, Lucía González
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video
Calladita
A domestic worker serving two rich kids on holiday sets out to have some fun of her own.
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- Spain, United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Miguel Faus
- Cast Paula Grimaldo, Guillermo Campra, Ares Aixalà, Joan Sureda, Jordi Recasens, Pol Hermoso
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max
White Fang
(Zanna Bianca)
White Fang and his pack of humans takes down a crime lord.
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- Italy, Spain, France • 1973
- Director Lucio Fulci
- Cast Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, John Steiner, Raimund Harmstorf, Daniel Martín
- Genre Adventure, Family, Western
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex, Plex Channel
Poor Devil
(Pobre Diablo)
A typical 18-year-old–who happens to be the Antichrist–is sent to Earth to cause disaster, but he has other plans.
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- Spain • 2023
- Creator Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla, Miguel Esteban
- Cast Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla, Ignatius Farray
- Genre Animation
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Telescope Recommends
Frozen Planet
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- United Kingdom, United States, Spain • 2011
- Creator David Attenborough
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Machuca
Two schoolboys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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- Chile, Spain, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Andrés Wood
- Cast Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbran, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Kanopy
Safe Conduct
(Laissez-passer)
Assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and screenwriter Jean Aurenche work within the French film industry to resist the Nazis.
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- France, Germany, Spain • 2002
- Director Bertrand Tavernier
- Cast Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Ged Marlon, Philippe Morier-Genoud
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kanopy
Flamenco Flamenco
A look into the rich history and traditions of flamenco music and dance.
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- Spain • 2010
- Director Carlos Saura
- Cast Paco de Lucía
- Genre Music
- Available on OVID, Crackle, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Nobody's Watching
(Nadie nos mira)
The emotional story of one Argentinian actor's quest for a place in a movie, and a place in the Big Apple.
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- Argentina, Spain, Colombia • 2017
- Director Julia Solomonoff
- Cast Guillermo Pfening, Elena Roger, Rafael Ferro, Marco Antonio Caponi, Paola Baldion, Cristina Morrison
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, OVID, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla
A Fantastic Woman
(Una mujer fantástica)
My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?
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- Chile, Germany, Spain • 2017
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
The Devil's Backbone
(El espinazo del diablo)
The living will always be more dangerous than the dead.
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- Spain, Mexico • 2001
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Cast Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
28 Weeks Later
When days turn to weeks... the horror returns.
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- United Kingdom, Spain • 2007
- Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Cast Imogen Poots, Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack
- Genre Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Spanish Series
Verano azul
Follow a group of youngsters while on summer vacation in a small town in southern Spain.
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- Spain • 1981
- Creator Antonio Mercero
- Cast Antonio Ferrandis, María Garralón, Juanjo Artero, Pilar Torres, Gerardo Garrido, Cristina Torres
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV
Bernard
A curious polar bear travels around the world exploring and investigating.
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- France, Korea, Spain • 2006
- Creator José Luis Ucha
- Cast
- Genre Animation
- Available on Apple TV, Toon Goggles
Vaya Semanita
A weekly Spanish-language sketch comedy show featuring Basque comedians and actors
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- Spain • 2003
- Creator Óscar Terol
- Cast Iñigo Agirre, Julian Azkarate
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Tommy & Oscar
An alien and human boy set out on musical adventures.
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- Spain, Italy • 2000
- Creator Iginio Straffi, Max Alessandrini
- Cast Monica Ward, Luca Violini, Beatrice Margiotti, Toni Orlandi, Goffredo Matassi
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Tubi TV
The Amazing Hour
(La Hora Chanante)
Hosted by a different celebrity guest each episode, “The Amazing Hour” features a series of sketches and stories.
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- Spain • 2002
- Creator Joaquín Reyes
- Cast Joaquín Reyes
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel
Reeds and Mud
(Cañas y barro)
In late-19th century Spain, economic hardship forces a family to reinvent themselves as rice farmers.
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- Spain • 1978
- Creator
- Cast José Bódalo, Alfredo Mayo, Victoria Vera, Luis Suárez, Manuel Tejada, María Jesús Lara
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
Salvados
Hosted by Jordi Évole, “Salvados” offers a humourous yet provocative take on current Spanish events.
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- Spain • 2008
- Creator Jordi Évole
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV
Velvet
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- Spain • 2014
- Creator Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira
- Cast Paula Echevarría, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Manuela Velasco, Marta Hazas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Cites
Looking for love, sex, or relief from loneliness, different couples meet face to face after matching online.
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- Spain • 2015
- Creator Pau Freixas
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on Pluto TV
Vientos de agua
“Vientos de Agua” compares how two immigration stories follow similar paths, even across decades and oceans.
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- Argentina, Spain • 2006
- Creator Juan José Campanella
- Cast Caterina Murino, Ernesto Alterio, Héctor Alterio, Francesca Trentacarlini, Pablo Rago, Marta Etura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Red Circle
(Círculo rojo)
After the death of a fashion designer, the two women closest to her begin an investigation.
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- Spain • 2007
- Creator Stella de la Rosa, Carlos La Rosa
- Cast María Adánez, Angela Fuente, María Botto, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Esmeralda Moya
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Pluto TV
Without Identity
(Sin identidad)
After a successful Madrid lawyer discovers she was adopted, she embarks on a search for her biological parents.
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- Spain • 2014
- Creator
- Cast Megan Montaner, Tito Valverde, Jordi Rebellón, Daniel Grao, Lydia Bosch, Miguel Ángel Muñoz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VIX
Locked Up
(Vis a vis)
Framed for corporate fraud, young Macarena is locked up in a high-security prison.
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- Spain • 2015
- Creator Álex Pina, Iván Escobar, Daniel Écija, Esther Martínez Lobato
- Cast Najwa Nimri, Maggie Civantos, Berta Vázquez, Alba Flores
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Victor Ros
(Víctor Ros)
After a run-in with the law a young hoodlum sets off on a path to become a police detective.
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- Spain • 2015
- Creator Javier Olivares
- Cast Carles Francino, Tomás del Estal, Paco Tous, Edu Soto, Juan Fernández, Juan Codina
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
The Time in Between
(El tiempo entre costuras)
Young Sira must use all of her wits–and fashion sense–to survive as the second world war erupts across Europe.
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- Spain • 2013
- Creator Carlos Montero, Susana López Rubio
- Cast Adriana Ugarte
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Documentaries from Spain
Océans
What wonders await under the surface of the oceans?
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- France, Switzerland, Spain • 2009
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Pierce Brosnan, Lancelot Perrin
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Year of the Discovery
(El año del descubrimiento)
In the shadow of the 1992 Olympic Games held in Spain, massive labor riots erupt in Cartagena.
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- Spain, Switzerland • 2020
- Director Luis López Carrasco
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
13. Miguel Poveda
This documentary takes viewers behind the scenes of flamenco legend Miguel Poveda's most ambitious project yet.
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- Spain • 2015
- Director Paco Ortiz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
Marc Márquez: All In
This documentary follows the infinite ambition of a man determined to be champion.
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- Spain • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Marc Márquez, Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Aleix Espargaró, Carlos Sainz Jr., Max Verstappen
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Commander Arian
Arian is a 30-year-old commander who leads a woman's unit in the Syrian military. She fights against ISIS and for women's rights.
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- Spain, Germany, Syria • 2018
- Director Alba Sotorra
- Cast Arian Afrîn
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Dogwoof On Demand
Real Madrid: The White Legend
(Real Madrid, la leyenda blanca)
Players and admirers recall the milestones that have made Real Madrid the best team in the world.
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- Spain • 2022
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Freightened: The Real Price of Shipping
(Freightened)
This documentary investigates the monolith of international freight shipping.
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- Spain, France • 2016
- Director Denis Delestrac
- Cast Trevor Hayes
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Magellan TV, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Barzakh
(Barzaj)
Barzakh -the transitory space between death and the afterlife according to the Qur'ran.
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- Spain • 2018
- Director Alejandro G. Salgado
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on True Story
Fados
A fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers, Fados explores Portugal's most emblematic musical genre.
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- Portugal, Spain • 2007
- Director Carlos Saura
- Cast Carlos do Carmo, Mariza, Camané, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso
- Genre Music, Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Chavela
Chavela Vargas - a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream.
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- Mexico, Spain, United States • 2017
- Director Daresha Kyi
- Cast Chavela Vargas, Pedro Almodóvar, Miguel Bosé, Martirio, Laura García Lorca, Frida Kahlo
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Casamance: Soundtrack of a Journey
(Casamance: La banda sonora de un viaje)
A Spanish musician journeys from Dakar to the beautiful southern region of Casamance.
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- Spain, Senegal • 2017
- Director Paloma Zapata
- Cast Jairo Zabala, Angel Carmona
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc
FC Barcelona: A New Era
After a series of devastating losses, soccer team FC Barcelona receives a new coach.
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- Spain • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Xavi Hernández, Robert Lewandowski
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, VIX , Amazon Prime Video with Ads
School Life
An observational documentary that follows two inspirational teachers at an Irish boarding school as their retirements loom.
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- Ireland, Spain • 2019
- Director David Rane
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Pearl Button
(El botón de nácar)
Some say the water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
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- France, Spain, Chile • 2015
- Director Patricio Guzmán
- Cast Patricio Guzmán, Raúl Zurita, Gabriel Salazar, Javier Rebolledo, Cristina Calderón, Claudio Mercado
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Marathon
A document of the 1992 Olympic Games mainly through coverage of the men's marathon.
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- Spain • 1993
- Director Carlos Saura
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Festival Favorites
Machuca
Two schoolboys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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- Chile, Spain, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Andrés Wood
- Cast Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbran, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Kanopy
Wild Tales
(Relatos salvajes)
We can all lose control...
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- Argentina, Spain • 2014
- Director Damián Szifrón
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti, Érica Rivas, Nancy Dupláa
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
Another Day of Life
The real-life story of a reporter who covered the Angolan Civil War as it was happening
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- Spain, Poland, Belgium • 2018
- Director Damian Nenow, Raúl de la Fuente
- Cast Artur Queiroz, Luis Alberto Ferreira, Joaquim António Lopes Farrusco, Kerry Shale
- Genre Animation, Documentary, History
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla
A Fantastic Woman
(Una mujer fantástica)
My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?
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- Chile, Germany, Spain • 2017
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
Summer 1993
(Estiu 1993)
A new family. A new world.
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- Spain • 2017
- Director Carla Simón
- Cast Laia Artigas, Bruna Cusí, David Verdaguer, Paula Robles, Isabel Rocatti, Montse Sanz
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel
Blancanieves
Based on Snow White, this adaptation centers on a female bullfighter.
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- Spain, Belgium, France • 2012
- Director Pablo Berger
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Macarena García, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Inma Cuesta, Sofía Oria
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Alcarràs
In rural Spain, a family of peach farmers struggles to stay afloat as they face eviction from their farm.
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- Spain, Italy • 2022
- Director Carla Simón
- Cast Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Joseph Abadia
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Identifying Features
(Sin señas particulares)
Magdalena sets out on an epic journey in search of her son, who disappeared en route to the US border.
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- Mexico, Spain • 2020
- Director Fernanda Valadez
- Cast Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Hoopla
Sunday's Illness
(La enfermedad del domingo)
Family is the strongest...and strangest...bond.
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- Spain • 2018
- Director Ramón Salazar
- Cast Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Greta Fernández, Miguel Ángel Solá, Richard Bohringer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
10,000 km
(10.000 KM)
Can love survive 10,000km?
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- Spain • 2014
- Director Carlos Marques-Marcet
- Cast Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV
The Secret in Their Eyes
(El secreto de sus ojos)
A retired legal counsellor uses an unresolved case from his career as inspiration for his novel, but revisiting the past can be dangerous.
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- Argentina, Spain • 2009
- Director Juan José Campanella
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, Carla Quevedo
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Fandango At Home, AMC on Demand
Chico & Rita
The romance between a piano player and a singer in 1940s Havana is tested as they pursue musical success.
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- Spain, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Fernando Trueba
- Cast Mario Guerra, Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña, Jon Adams, Renny Arozarena, Blanca Rosa Blanco
- Genre Animation, Music, Romance
- Available on Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla