Directed by Orlando Rojas, Las Noches of Constantinopla (The Nights of Constantinople) follows erotic fiction writer Hernan...
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2002
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A thief discovers that crime runs in the family in this playfully dark comedy from Mexico. Inaki (Daniel Guzman) is a petty...
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2001
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Three young people are forced to examine their personal and political ideals in this drama. In 1975, Victor (Andoni Gracia)...
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2001
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The nightmares of Paul Marsh (Ezra Godden), a successful businessman, are haunted by a mermaid that neither he nor his...
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2001
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2001
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Carlos Saura, one of the finest and most distinctive filmmakers in the Spanish cinema, wrote and directed this biographical...
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Goya
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2000
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Two weeks before her wedding, Maria Joao (Beatriz Batarda) is spoiled, hung over, possibly pregnant, and unwilling to...
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2000
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Surrealist master Luis Bunuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as...
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2000
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The seamy underside of drug dealing in Spain is explored in this Spanish drama. Thirteen-year-old Milio (Alberto Escobar) and...
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2000
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A rivalry between two actors proves to have dangerous consequences in this drama from Spain. Daniel (Federico Luppi) is the...
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2000
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Nick Hamm directed this historical romantic drama, rated PG-13 "for some politically motivated violence." The period prior to...
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1998
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Mexican director Arturo Ripstein helmed this Mexican-Argentine-Spanish religious drama with Buñuelian overtones. Based on...
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Papa Basilio
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1998
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Norwegian Bent Hamer earned himself quite a bit of fame with his first feature, Eggs. Carrying on the burlesque style of the...
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Molina
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1998
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Ten years ago, distinguished French author Alexandre (Alain Delon) exchanged his stressful, hectic life in Paris for a more...
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1997
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The third feature from popular Spanish filmmaker Juanma Bajo Ulloa is a sprawling and complex action comedy with a touch of...
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Villambrosa
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1997
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Wenceslao Corredoira
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1997
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A relatively simple coming-of-age drama with autobiographical overtones from Carlos Saura, one of Spain's leading directors,...
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Grandfather
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1997
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One might consider this violent adaptation of the classical Greek tragedy as Sophocles with a South American twist. Set...
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1996
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Little Felipe has been sick for a long time. To hasten his recovery, his parents send him to spend the summer of 1958 in the...
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1995
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1993
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Some people would say that Mario is a Basque terrorist, but he would probably say that he is simply a fervent activist on...
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1991
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Paul (Dominic Guard) is a journalist who is up to date on the latest horrors of the modern world and is heartsick about them....
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Antonio
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1991
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"I'll never love you . . . ever!" the sexy and attractive Marina (Victoria Abril) states emphatically to the love-struck...
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Maximo Espejo
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1990
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1990
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An old man (Francisco Rabal) living in a Greek seaside village is enjoying a walk and the magnificent scenery when he strikes...
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Simm
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1990
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This confusing and meandering mystery concerns a double crime committed in a rural village in 1956. Greedy land speculators,...
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1989
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1989
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1988
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1988
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1987
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1987
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This somber drama illustrates the cruel lengths some people will go to capitalize on unfortunate human oddities. When a...
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Pedro Gailo
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1987
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The vicious drug-related killings of young pre-teen boys are the fuel that moves this mystery-actioner into high gear. After...
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Guaglione
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1986
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Set at the end of the 1940s, this drama about Pedro (Imanol Arias), a medical researcher, and his relationships with his...
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Muecas
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1986
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With a message that is certainly slanted to one side, this engaging and well-wrought drama by Antonio Gimenez-Rico attacks...
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Cayo
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1986
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Grandfather
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1986
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An accomplished and "enchanting" fantasy-romance, this story of a couple's love for each other and a pixie's benevolent...
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Cesar
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1985
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In this downbeat and drawn-out story of personal woe in exile, Martin (Federico Luppi) takes his daughter and leaves Uruguay...
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1985
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While at a Spanish resort town, a wealthy man is lifted of $3 million as part of a nefarious scheme. ~ John Bush, Rovi...
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1985
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In this Italian drama, based upon the epic novel by Morante, a half-Jewish mother endeavors to conceal her identity during...
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Remo,the Innkeeper
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1985
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The poetic and iconoclastic lights of Bohemia have been dimmed in this interpretation of the original play by Ramon...
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Max Estrella
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1985
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This literary film is imbued with the disenchantment of Spanish exiles who left their homes to protest Franco's fascist...
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1985
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Meant to reflect the harsh realities of segments of society in 1960s, Franco-era Spain, this slow-moving, drawn-out story is...
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Azarias
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1984
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When a wealthy, elderly woman and an unknown stranger are murdered in the same small village on the same night, the judge...
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1984
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The titular rebel is Cuban political insurgent Che Guevara, whose life previously given less than stellar treatment in 1969's...
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1984
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Fernando Rey plays a Spanish cardinal who returns to his home town thirty years after leaving for Rome. Rey knew that he'd...
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Abel
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1984
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Manuel
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1984
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1983
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Director Gonzalo Suárez wrote this sequel to his 1967 film Ditirambo in which the lead character has a friend and fellow...
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Rocabruno
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1983
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Gonzalo (Arturo Fernández) is a local "playboy" type who has landed in jail and is forced to talk one of the inmates, Gines...
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Gines
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1983
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1982
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Based on a 1943 book of the same title by Camilo José Cela, Colmena features the comings and goings of a wide variety of...
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1982
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In this 3-D adventure, a knock-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a mercenary history professor and his crack team of commandos...
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Socrates
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1982
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Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) is a reporter on to something when he sees passengers disembark from a plane and start attacking and...
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Maj.Holmes
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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In this fast-paced action/drama, a downtrodden farmer turns to crime and quickly rises to prominence in the Sicilian mafia....
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Don Giusto
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1978
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An idyllic May-December romance becomes unraveled when the much-older man begins suspecting that his tender young lover may...
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Lorenzo
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1978
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A phony evangelistic faith healer hires actors to pose with ailments and then appear cured. ~ Rovi...
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Giacomo
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1978
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The plot of William Friedkin's suspense thriller originated with the same Georges Arnaud novel that inspired...
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Nilo
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1977
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With fear and trepidation, the military division encamped in a desert fort await the return of a Tartar army--which attacked...
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1976
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Set near Barcelona at the time of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, this epic drama explores the adventures...
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1976
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1976
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This South American western, set in 19th-century Buenos Aires, follows the trails of a young man who must leave his home...
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Azevedo Bandeira
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1975
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1975
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In this psychological melodrama, a nun becomes obsessed with purifying the souls of those dwelling in her hostel-convent....
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1974
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When an elderly relative (Francisco Rabal) who has made a fortune in the Americas returns to Spain for a visit with his...
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1974
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The real star of this police action/adventure is the "Guardia Civil" or Spanish national police force. In the story, a...
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Commissioner Mendoza
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1974
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When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio (Martin Balsam) agrees,...
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1973
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1973
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A malevolent man terrorizes his mother and a young, poverty-stricken girl when he finds himself excluded from his father's...
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1973
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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This crime thriller with occult overtones puts a spine-tingling twist on the Jungian psychological notion of "the shadow." In...
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1972
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This autobiographical Italian film recounts director Elda Tattoli's progress from communism in the World War II era, to...
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1972
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Science fiction often enables artists to explore social trends without being hindered by the limitations of current reality,...
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1971
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This thoughtful drama recounts the life of Laia (Nuria Espert) as she awaits the return of her husband from a sea voyage,...
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1971
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This unwieldy Spanish drama tells the story of what happens in a conservative country region, sometime in the past, when the...
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1971
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When he gets separated from his unit, Laforet (Roger Van Hool) becomes a de facto deserter during 1939 fighting in the French...
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1971
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In this adventure the 12-year-old heir to an oil fortune hooks up with a daring merchant seaman and together they expose a...
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1971
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Dean Selmier plays an expatriate American in each story of this trilogy. Francisco Rabal and his family star in the first...
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1970
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This is a biography of the painter Francisco Jose de Goya (1746-1828) who went from being a portrait artist for royalty and...
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1970
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This uneven and hastily produced film suffers from many technical difficulties and is plagued by meaningless improvisation....
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Diaz
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1970
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Based on actual World War II events, La Battaglia d'Inghilterra chronicles the success of a German intelligence group's...
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1969
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Simon Bolivar is the true-life story of the leader of the 1817 Venezuelan revolution. Maximilian Schell stars as the title...
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1969
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Frustrating both to those who view this X-rated movie seeking a simple sex-flick, and those looking for an art-piece, this...
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1969
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1968
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Patricia (Mijanou Bardot) is a wealthy party girl who is bored with her jet-set lifestyle and friends. She gets in her car...
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Dialogue Writer, Pedro
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1968
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David (Mark Stevens) is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Now a...
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1968
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A Bolivian rebel-force leader attempts to survive in the mountains as he must escape from governmental military troops. ~...
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1968
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This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the...
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1967
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Belle de Jour dramatizes the collision between depravity and elegance, one of the favorite themes of director Luis Buñuel....
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Hyppolite
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1967
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This Dino De Laurentiis production from 1965 is actually an anthology of five different directors' work, each telling their...
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Valerie's Husband ["The Witch Burned Alive"]
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1967
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1967
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1966
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This critically acclaimed moral drama is taken from a book written in 1760 by Denis Diderot. Suzanne (Anna Karina) is an...
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Dom Morel
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1966
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Marie (Marie Laforet) is a wealthy French female who receives a precious jewel from a secret service agent in this spy...
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Paco
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1965
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1965
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1964
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1964
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El Tempranillo (Francisco Rabal) returns from the Napoleonic wars with a desire to continue fighting. He turns to banditry...
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El Tempranillo
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1964
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1964
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1964
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Based on a Jules Verne tale about a make-believe, 19th-century country in the throes of revolution, this routine costume...
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Rotenborg
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1963
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Alberto
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1963
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In this challenging drama by Michelangelo Antonioni, his characteristic long, significant periods of silence punctuate the...
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Riccardo
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1962
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1962
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A veneer of a morality play is layered onto this otherwise conventional slice-of-life drama by Argentine director Leopoldo...
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Pascual
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1962
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Alfredo B. Crevenna directs this amusing Mexican comedy-drama, sprinkled with a few risqué situations but not as spicy as the...
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1961
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Cristobal Achaval
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1961
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This uneven Italian wartime drama looks at the conflict in World War II from another perspective, that of a young fascist....
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Elia
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1961
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After 25 years' exile, Luis Buñuel was invited to his native Spain to direct Viridiana -- only to have the Spanish government...
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Jorge
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1961
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1960
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A Marquis (Francisco Rabal) has a comfortable, predictable life until the women in his life inspire him to greater deeds. He...
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Marques de Bradomin
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1959
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This routine period drama is set during the first half of the 19th century, when Queen Isabela II of Spain was opposed by her...
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Jose
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1959
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1959
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Los Clarines del Miedo (The Bugles of Fear) is a Spanish bullfighting picture. So what else is new? Well, it happens that the...
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Aceituno
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1958
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Acclaimed director Luis Buñuel displays several of his trademark interests in this drama about a priest who leaves his order....
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Father Don Nazario
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1958
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Even within its category of stock sword-and-sandal films from Italy, this is a weak entry set in the Middle Ages and...
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Tancrid
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1957
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Popular European leading lady Marisa Allasio stars in Marisa la Civetta. Our heroine's dilemma: four suitors, all equally...
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1957
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Also known as And God Forgives, this oddball melodrama was Spain's entry in the 1957 Berlin Film Festival. The story focuses...
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1957
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1957
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La Grande Strada Azzura was also released as Squarcio, which happens to be the name of the character played by star Yves...
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1956
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1956
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1955
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1955
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1954
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1952
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Though the title translates literally to Sister Unafraid, Sor Intrepida was released in English-speaking regions as...
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1952
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1951
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1951
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1950
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1950
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1950
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