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Best Movies from Spain

Spain's catalogue on Celluloid runs to 18 films spanning 1999–2026 across 4 languages — chiefly Spanish and English —, led by Pan's Labyrinth (90%) and All About My Mother (87%). Every title is ranked by our four-input Celluloid Score with critic consensus and expert reviews on each film page.

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The highest-rated Spain film on Celluloid is Pan's Labyrinth (2006) with a 90% Celluloid Score — Celluloid Pick.

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Guide to Spain Movies on Celluloid

Each film from Spain in our catalogue includes a Celluloid Score from up to four verified inputs, original verdict text, and linked editorial reviews where available. Audience sentiment is separate.

Titles are indexed by original language and country of production for easier discovery.

Essential Spain Picks

Top 5 by Celluloid Score
Pan's Labyrinth 2006 · Guillermo del Toro · Spanish

Del Toro's masterpiece merges war horror and childhood wonder into one of cinema's great dark fables.

90%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick
All About My Mother 1999 · Pedro Almodóvar · Spanish

Almodóvar's Oscar-winning hymn to motherhood, performance, and chosen family remains his most generous work.

87%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Robot Dreams 2023 · Pablo Berger · No Dialogue

Told entirely without dialogue, Pablo Berger's animated ode to friendship and loss finds surprising emotional depth in its simple line drawings of a lonely dog and his robot companion.

86%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Pain and Glory 2019 · Pedro Almodóvar · Spanish

Almodóvar's most autobiographical work is reflective, sensual, and quietly devastating.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Talk to Her 2002 · Pedro Almodóvar · Spanish

Almodóvar's most controversial romance is tender, provocative, and formally daring.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Spain Movie Reviews

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Pan's Labyrinth (2006) ★★★★½

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Review: A Fairy Tale for Wartime

Pan's Labyrinth is Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy about a girl in Franco's Spain who escapes into a world of fauns and monsters, as brutal as it is beautiful.

Yes. It is one of the great modern fantasy films, a haunting fable for adults, but its harsh violence means it is not the children's fairy tale it may appear.
All About My Mother (1999) ★★★★½

All About My Mother (1999) Review: Melodrama as Mercy

All About My Mother is Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar-winning melodrama about a grieving nurse and the women who take her in, and perhaps his most generous film.

Yes. It is Almodóvar at his warmest and most assured, ideal for lovers of European drama, provided you are ready for melodrama played at full volume.
Robot Dreams (2023) ★★★★☆

Robot Dreams (2023) Review: A Friendship Without Words

Robot Dreams is Pablo Berger's dialogue-free animated film about a lonely dog and the robot he builds in 1980s New York, a small story with a big emotional reach.

Yes. It is one of the most moving animated films of recent years, ideal for adults and older children who are happy to let images and music do the talking.
Pain and Glory (2019) ★★★★½

Pain and Glory (2019) Review: Almodóvar Looks Inward

Pain and Glory is Pedro Almodóvar's tender, semi-autobiographical drama about an ailing film director, with Antonio Banderas giving the performance of his life.

Yes. It is Almodóvar's most personal and quietly moving film, essential for fans of his work and for anyone drawn to films about memory, art and ageing.
Talk to Her (2002) ★★★★½

Talk to Her (2002) Review: Devotion Without a Reply

Talk to Her is Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar-winning drama about two men caring for women in comas, a tender, daring and deeply unsettling study of love and obsession.

Yes. It is one of Almodóvar's masterpieces, essential for lovers of adult drama, though its morally troubling subject will be too uncomfortable for some viewers.
Volver (2006) ★★★★½

Volver (2006) Review: Almodóvar's Warmest Ghost Story

Volver is Pedro Almodóvar's funny, moving melodrama about Madrid sisters, family secrets and a mother's ghost, with Penélope Cruz at her very best.

Yes. It is one of Almodóvar's most accessible and satisfying films, a treat for fans of character-driven drama with humour, colour and a big heart.
Cell 211 (2009) ★★★★½

Cell 211 (2009) Review: A Guard Among the Inmates

Cell 211 is Daniel Monzón's ferocious Spanish prison thriller about a rookie guard forced to pose as an inmate during a riot, led by a towering Luis Tosar.

Yes. It is one of the most gripping prison thrillers ever made, ideal for viewers who like tense, adult genre films with real moral weight and can handle brutality.
The Sea Inside (2004) ★★★★½

The Sea Inside (2004) Review: Grace From a Still Body

The Sea Inside is Alejandro Amenábar's true story of a Galician man fighting for the right to die, and Javier Bardem makes it warm, funny and quietly devastating.

Yes. It is a humane, beautifully acted drama about dignity and choice, best for viewers ready for a heavy subject handled with warmth rather than gloom.
The Orphanage (2007) ★★★★☆

The Orphanage (2007) Review: A Ghost Story Built on Grief

The Orphanage is J.A. Bayona's Spanish ghost story about a mother searching for her missing son, a classically crafted chiller with a devastating emotional core.

Yes. It is an elegant, genuinely frightening haunted-house film for viewers who like atmosphere and emotion over gore, though some of its scares follow familiar lines.
The Others (2001) ★★★★½

The Others (2001) Review: Fear Kept Behind Drawn Curtains

The Others is Alejandro Amenábar's gothic ghost story with Nicole Kidman as a mother guarding her children in a dark mansion, a masterclass in restraint and dread.

Yes. It is one of the most elegant ghost stories ever filmed, ideal for viewers who prefer slow-building dread to gore; go in knowing as little as possible.
The Skin I Live In (2011) ★★★★½

The Skin I Live In (2011) Review: Almodóvar at His Coldest

The Skin I Live In is Pedro Almodóvar's icy, elegant thriller about a surgeon and the woman he keeps captive, a disturbing puzzle that is best seen knowing little.

Yes. It is a bold, unsettling and beautifully made thriller for adults with strong stomachs; go in knowing as little as possible about the plot.
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) ★★★½☆

In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Review: Big Whale, Thin Crew

In the Heart of the Sea is Ron Howard's whaling epic about the Essex disaster that inspired Moby-Dick, thrilling at sea but shallow in its characters.

Mostly yes, for fans of sea adventures and true survival stories. The whale scenes are gripping, even if the drama around them is thinly drawn.
Sirāt (2026)

Sirāt Review: Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss

Sirāt is Oliver Laxe's overwhelming desert road movie, in which Sergi López's father follows ravers across Morocco in search of his missing daughter.

Yes, for adventurous viewers. It is one of the most intense, unforgettable art films in years, but its bleak turns and trance-like pace will divide audiences.
The Designer Is Dead (2026)

The Designer Is Dead (2026) Review: Fashion's Lost Radical

The Designer Is Dead is Gonzalo Hergueta's documentary on Miguel Adrover, the radical New York designer who left fashion behind, and a portrait of rise and renewal.

Yes, with reservations. It is an absorbing portrait of a fashion outsider, best for viewers interested in design and creative reinvention, though its shape is conventional.

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