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Spanish Drama Movies

60 Spanish drama movies. Includes Macario, Roma, and The Young and the Damned.

Common vibes here: Based on a True Story · Biopic · Friendship

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Macario
88

Macario

1960 · 91m

Fantasy

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead.

Roma
84
Netflix

Roma

2018 · 135m

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

The Young and the Damned
84

The Young and the Damned

1950 · 82m

Crime

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted…

Cria!
84

Cria!

1976 · 105m

Parenthood & Family Bonds

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

Wild Tales
83
Tubi

Wild Tales

2014 · 122m

Dark ComedyRevenge ThrillerRevenge

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people.

Amores Perros
83

Amores Perros

2000 · 154m

Thriller

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with…

Embrace of the Serpent
83
Tubi

Embrace of the Serpent

2015 · 125m

BiopicWilderness & NatureBased on a True Story

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian…

The Official Story
83
Tubi

The Official Story

1985 · 112m

High SchoolParenthood & Family BondsHistory

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983.

Pain and Glory
82

Pain and Glory

2019 · 114m

Hollywood & ShowbizParenthood & Family Bonds

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with.

Y Tu Mamá También
82

Y Tu Mamá También

2001 · 106m

Coming-of-AgeFriendshipComing of Age

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Talk to Her
82

Talk to Her

2002 · 112m

Medical DramaJournalism & MediaFriendship

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

The Spirit of the Beehive
82

The Spirit of the Beehive

1973 · 99m

MonstersFantasy

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…

Tristana
82
Tubi

Tristana

1970 · 98m

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of…

Argentina 1985
81
Prime

Argentina 1985

2022 · 141m

Legal DramaBiopicBased on a True Story

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

Radical
81
Prime

Radical

2023 · 125m

Small Town

In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his…

Maria Full of Grace
81
Max

Maria Full of Grace

2004 · 101m

Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeDrug Cartels & Narcos

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.

Birds of Passage
81
Prime

Birds of Passage

2018 · 125m

Revenge ThrillerRevengeCrime

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get…

Red Dawn
81

Red Dawn

1990 · 96m

BiopicMilitaryBased on a True Story

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

Society of the Snow
80
Netflix

Society of the Snow

2023 · 143m

Survival ThrillerBiopicFriendship

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

Truman
80
Prime

Truman

2015 · 105m

Comedy

Tomás, who lives in Canada, travels to Madrid, Spain, to visit his old friend Julián.

Blancanieves
80
Tubi

Blancanieves

2012 · 104m

Hollywood & ShowbizFantasy

A black and white silent movie, based on the Snow White fairy tale, that is set in a romantic version of 1920s Seville and centered on a female…

Magical Girl
80

Magical Girl

2014 · 127m

Thriller

The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese…

Prayers for the Stolen
80
Netflix

Prayers for the Stolen

2021 · 110m

Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village.

Open Your Eyes
79
Prime

Open Your Eyes

1997 · 117m

ThrillerScience Fiction

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and…

Parallel Mothers
79

Parallel Mothers

2021 · 123m

Parenthood & Family Bonds

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties,…

The Sea Inside
79

The Sea Inside

2004 · 126m

Legal DramaBased on a True StoryLegal

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident.

I'm No Longer Here
79
Netflix

I'm No Longer Here

2019 · 112m

In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties.

No
79
Tubi

No

2012 · 118m

BiopicPoliticalBased on a True Story

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency.

Law of Desire
79

Law of Desire

1987 · 102m

Marriage & DivorceRomanceThriller

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue…

The Blonde One
79

The Blonde One

2019 · 108m

FriendshipRomance

Gabriel has just moved in with Juan.

Bad Education
78

Bad Education

2004 · 105m

FriendshipHigh SchoolHollywood & Showbiz

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his…

The Holy Mountain
78

The Holy Mountain

1973 · 115m

PsychologicalMagic

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system.

Sin Nombre
78

Sin Nombre

2009 · 96m

ActionThrillerCrime

Sayra, an Indigenous Latina American teenage girl from Honduras, Central America, hungers for a better life.

A Fantastic Woman
78
Tubi

A Fantastic Woman

2017 · 104m

Showbiz & Music DramaMusic

Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner.

Like Water for Chocolate
78
Paramount+

Like Water for Chocolate

1992 · 105m

Romance

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him.

The Invisible Guest
77

The Invisible Guest

2017 · 107m

Psychological ThrillerWhodunit & MysteryPsychological

Barcelona, Spain.

Sirāt
77
Hulu

Sirāt

2025 · 115m

Thriller

A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco.

Lovers of the Arctic Circle
77

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

1998 · 112m

AviationMarriage & DivorceMystery

As young children, Otto and Ana become best friends, leading to the marriage of Ana's mother to Otto's father.

My Best Friend
77
Prime

My Best Friend

2018 · 92m

Coming-of-AgeFriendshipComing of Age

Lorenzo, a quiet teenager lives in a small town at the edge of the world in beautiful Patagonia.

The Skin I Live In
76

The Skin I Live In

2011 · 120m

Psychological ThrillerRevenge ThrillerPsychological

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage.

Broken Embraces
75

Broken Embraces

2009 · 127m

Psychological ThrillerPsychologicalRomance

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back.

Innocent Voices
75

Innocent Voices

2005 · 120m

MilitaryWar

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries…

Monos
75
Tubi

Monos

2019 · 103m

Hostage & KidnappingThrillerCrime

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

Even the Rain
75
Netflix

Even the Rain

2011 · 103m

History

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to…

The Club
75
Prime

The Club

2015 · 97m

Revenge ThrillerRevengeMystery

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs.

Memoria
75

Memoria

2021 · 136m

Science FictionMystery

After hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

Neruda
75
Prime

Neruda

2016 · 108m

BiopicBased on a True Story

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile.

The Endless Trench
75
Netflix

The Endless Trench

2019 · 148m

BiopicBased on a True StoryHistory

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936.

Julieta
74

Julieta

2016 · 98m

Medical DramaBiopicFriendship

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair…

Dedicated to my ex
74
Tubi

Dedicated to my ex

2019 · 94m

Showbiz & Music DramaMusicComedy

The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band…

The Platform
73
Netflix

The Platform

2019 · 95m

Survival ThrillerSurvivalScience Fiction

A slab of food descends down a vertical facility.

Live Flesh
73

Live Flesh

1997 · 103m

Coming-of-AgeMarriage & DivorceComing of Age

When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening…

The Clan
73
Tubi

The Clan

2015 · 109m

HistoryCrime

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several…

God's Crooked Lines
72
Netflix

God's Crooked Lines

2022 · 155m

ProceduralNeo-Noir & Film NoirMedical

Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is…

Cronos
72
Max

Cronos

1993 · 94m

Immortality & AgingWall Street & FinanceHorror

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life.

The Photographer of Mauthausen
72
Netflix

The Photographer of Mauthausen

2018 · 111m

War DramaMilitaryBased on a True Story

Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service.

I Want You
69

I Want You

2012 · 123m

FriendshipRomance

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start.

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