With tonnes of different films and series available, sometimes it can be really tough to know what to watch. But instead of reaching for your favourite once again, why not check out a Spanish film?
Both offering an insight into this majestic country’s incredible history and culture, and providing an opportunity to practise your language skills, a Spanish film could soon become your next favourite!
- Eres tú (2023)
Javier can see the future. And he finally knows who the love of his life is. There’s just one problem: It’s his best friend’s girlfriend
This movie is available on Netflix
Romantic – Comedy
- Contratiempo (2017)
A young businessman wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside and next to him lies the dead body of his mistress. He immediately knows that this is wrong and therefore immediately hires an influential lawyer. In a very eventful period of one night, they try to clarify exactly what happened.
This movie is available on Netflix, HBO Max, Youtube, Apple TV, Movistar Plus+ and Google Play FIlms
Thriller – Mystery film – Crime
- Jefe (2018)
César is really such a typical boss who is not loved by anyone and the employees who approach him do so purely out of their own interest. No one wants to tell him the truth and no one appreciates him. Apparently, very little work is done at night and that is just the beginning of the problems this César faces. His life starts to take a turn for the worse when he finds himself betrayed by his partners and thrown out of the house by his wife. He tries very hard not to completely succumb to this misery and luckily there is 1 someone who helps him with this, namely Ariana, the cleaning lady of the night shift.
This movie is available on Netflix
Comedy
- Palmeras en la nieve (2015)
Set in 1968 on a Spanish colonial island off the west coast of Africa, this story alternates between the 1950s, the last years of Spanish rule, and the present. In the 1950s, a man and his brother travel from the snowy Pyrenees to the exotic island where they learn real life lessons. In the present, the man’s daughter travels to the island to learn about her father’s and her uncle’s younger years.
This movie is available on Disney+, Amazon Prime video, Youtube, Google Play Films and Apple TV
Romance – Drama
- Como Dios Manda (2023)
Andrés Cuadrado is a strict official of the Ministry of Finance. He considers himself above all a “person as God intended” and assumes that everything responds to a natural, hierarchical and immovable order. After an unfortunate confrontation with a coworker, he is sanctioned and transferred to Equality, where everything is new for him. There he will have to catch up to be able to adapt to this new order of things.
This movie is available on Youtube, Google Play Films, Apple TV, Amazon Prime and Movistar Plus +
Comedy
- El Aviso (2018)
It’s 2008 and a man is shot in a supermarket during what appears to be a random act of violence. But was this really random? While this victim is in a coma, his best friend begins to decipher a history of similar events that also happened in the same location. Then in 2018, a little boy receives an anonymous warning that if he enters the same store on his tenth birthday, he will die.
This movie is available on Netflix, Youtube and Google Play Films
Thriller – Drama
- Amar (2017)
Young Laura and Carlos love each other as if everyday could be their last. Laura is eager to break free from her mother’s control and control her own life and dreams of getting pregnant. Laura and Carlos are both still searching for themselves and their place in this world. Then when it’s a year later and they’re both a little more mature, their deep passion is just a memory.
This movie is available on Netflix
Romance – Drama
- La Tribu (2018)
Fidel is a CEO of a company called Omnicron. One day when he has sex with his secretary in his office, he suddenly encounters ‘penis captivus’ and is unable to withdraw. Then a medical team comes to take you to the hospital from there. This whole scene is filmed by some office workers and the video goes viral. His company fires Fidel and his girlfriend and adoptive family also reject him. Eventually he comes into contact with his biological mother, which brings some hilarious moments.
This movie is available on Netflix and Prime Video
Comedy
- La Sombra de la Ley (Gun City) (2018)
The year 1921 is a year of chaos and unrest for Spain. It is a period when the streets are made unsafe by thugs and anarchists, which illegal companies make good use of. Agent Aníbal Uriarte is sent to Barcelona to take charge of a mission: find the perpetrators who stole a military train. However, this will not be an easy job for the agent between the riots, crimes and corruption. No one at the local police station can be trusted and this makes it a very difficult job.
This movie is available on Netflix
Crime – Thriller
- El Cuerpo (2012)
Inspector Jaime is led to the morgue while investigating a mysterious accident. There he discovers that a woman’s body has disappeared from one of the cold stores. In desperation, Jaime and his team seal off the morgue and search for evidence.
This movie is available on Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video
Thriller – Mystery
