ALL TIME TOP SPANISH FILMS

By: Luis Fernánd​ez

Spanish cinema is still pretty much unknown besides Almodóvar, the few films Buñuel shot here and, for some high-eyebrow film fans, Víctor Erice. So here’s a top-20 for anybody who would like to explore it.

• 01
  Viridiana
  Luis Buñuel
• 02
  Plácido
  Luis García Berlanga
• 03
  Rapture
  Iván Zulueta
• 04
  The Executioner
  Luis García Berlanga
• 05
  El Sur
  Víctor Erice
• 06
  The Spirit of the Beehive
  Víctor Erice
• 07
  The Wheelchair
  Marco Ferreri
• 08
  Strange Voyage
  Fernando Fernán Gómez
• 09
  Welcome, Mister Marshall
  Luis García Berlanga
• 10
  In the City of Sylvia
  José Luis Guerín
• 11
  Death of a Cyclist
  Juan Antonio Bardem
• 12
  Main Street
  Juan Antonio Bardem
• 13
  The Hunt
  Carlos Saura
• 14
  Nine Letters to Berta
  Basilio Martín Patino
• 15
  The Disenchantment
  Jaime Chávarri
• 16
  The Quince Tree Sun
  Víctor Erice
• 17
  Train of Shadows
  José Luis Guerín
• 18
  The Silence Before Bach
  Pere Portabella
• 19
  Talk to Her
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 20
  Poachers
  José Luis Borau