Goya Award for Best Picture
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The Goya Award for Best Picture (Spanish
: Premio Goya a la mejor película) is one of the Goya Awards
, Spain
's principal national film
awards.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
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Goya Awards
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awards.
In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
1980s
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| 1986 | Voyage to Nowhere El viaje a ninguna parte Voyage to Nowhere is a 1986 Spanish drama film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. It is based on his own novel with the same title.-Awards:The film won the First Goya Award ever given as Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.... |
El viaje a ninguna parte | Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but... |
| 27 Hours | 27 horas | Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director.... |
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| Half of Heaven | La mitad del cielo | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film Habla, mudita was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Camada negra at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival... |
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| 1987 | El bosque animado El bosque animado The Enchanted Forest is a 1987 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda, based on the eponymous novel written by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, with a script by Rafael Azcona. The film has a large ensambled cast headed by Alfredo Landa... |
José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.He has produced three films of Alejandro Amenábar .-Filmography as Film Director:* 1982 - Pares y nones... |
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| Divine Words | Divinas palabras | José Luis García Sánchez José Luis García Sánchez José Luis García Sánchez is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 30 films since 1968. He wrote for the 1973 film Habla, mudita, which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival... |
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| El Lute: Run for Your Life | El Lute: camina o revienta | Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the... |
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| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas... (nominated for the Academy Award) |
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
| Rowing with the Wind Rowing with the Wind Rowing with the Wind aka Remando al viento is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Gonzalo Suárez. The film won seven Goya Awards... |
Remando al viento | Gonzalo Suárez Gonzalo Suárez Gonzalo Suárez Morilla is a Spanish writer, screenwriter and film director.-Career:In 1963 he published his first novel De cuerpo presente.... |
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| The Tunnel | El túnel | Antonio Drove | |
| Wait for Me in Heaven | Espérame en el cielo | Antonio Mercero Antonio Mercero Antonio Mercero is a Spanish director of the series Verano azul and later Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, that won an Emmy Award... |
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| Winter Diary | Diario de invierno | Francisco Regueiro Francisco Regueiro Francisco Regueiro is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1962 and 1993.-Selected filmography:* The Good Love * Padre nuestro -External links:... |
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| 1989 | Twisted Obsession Twisted Obsession Twisted Obsession is a 1990 Spanish erotic thriller directed by Fernando Trueba, it was written by Trueba, Manuel Matji and Menno Meyjes, originally based on the novel The Dream of the Mad Monkey by Christopher Frank... |
El sueño del mono loco | Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years... |
| Esquilache Esquilache Esquilache is a 1989 Spanish film directed by Josefina Molina. The film stars Fernando Fernán Gómez as Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache. It is based on the play "Un Soñador Para Un Pueblo" by Antonio Buero Vallejo... |
Josefina Molina Josefina Molina Josefina Molina is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Her 1989 film Esquilache was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival... |
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| Montoyas y tarantos | Vicente Escrivá Vicente Escrivá Vicente Escrivá was a Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. He worked on over 50 films between 1948 and 1999.-Selected filmography:* Reckless * Dulcinea -External links:... |
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| Moon Child Moon Child (1989 film) Moon Child is a 1989 Spanish fantasy film directed by Agustí Villaronga. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maribel Martín - Victoria* Lisa Gerrard - Georgina* Enrique Saldana - David* Lucia Bosé - Directora* David Sust - Edgar... |
El niño de la luna | Agustí Villaronga Agustí Villaronga Agustí Villaronga Riutort is a Balearic Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed eleven films since 1976. His film El niño de la luna was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.... |
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| The Sea and the Weather The Sea and the Weather El mar y el tiempo is a 1989 drama film written and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez.-Cast:*Rafaela Aparicio as Abuela*José Soriano as Jesús*Fernando Fernán Gómez as Eusebio*Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Mer... |
El mar y el tiempo | Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but... |
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1990s
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| 1990 | ¡Ay, Carmela! | Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
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| Letters from Alou Letters from Alou Letters from Alou is 1990 Spanish film directed and written by Montxo Armendáriz.-Won:*Cinema Writers Circle Awards**Best Cinematography **Best Film**Best Screenplay – Original *Goya Awards... |
Las cartas de Alou | Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director.... |
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| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a 1990 Spanish film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, a dark romantic comedy starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him... |
¡Átame! | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
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| 1991 | Lovers | Amantes | Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the... |
| Don Juan in Hell | Don Juan en los infiernos | Gonzalo Suárez Gonzalo Suárez Gonzalo Suárez Morilla is a Spanish writer, screenwriter and film director.-Career:In 1963 he published his first novel De cuerpo presente.... |
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| The Dumbfounded King The Dumbfounded King El rey pasmado is a 1991 French-Portuguese-Spanish film directed by Imanol Uribe and written by Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester... |
El rey pasmado | Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco... |
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| 1992 | Belle Époque Belle Epoque (film) Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period in French history known as the Belle Époque .-Plot:... (won the Academy Award) |
Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years... |
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| The Fencing Master | El maestro de esgrima | Pedro Olea | |
| A Tale of Ham and Passion Jamón, jamón Jamón, jamón is a 1992 Spanish comedy/drama film directed by Bigas Luna and starring Javier Bardem, Jordi Mollà and Penélope Cruz in her debut film. It centres around a young woman named Silvia played by Cruz. According to LoveFilm, the film is bursting with sexual energy and twisted romantic... |
Jamón, jamón | Bigas Luna Bigas Luna Juan José Bigas Luna is a Spanish film director. He began his professional career in the design world, creating the Estudio Gris with Carlos Riart in 1969. In his earlier exhibitions, at the beginning of the sixties, he showed a great interest in conceptual art and the emerging visual technologies... |
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| 1993 | Everyone to Jail Todos a la cárcel Todos a la cárcel is a 1993 Spanish comedy film. It is written and directed by Luis García Berlanga.-External links:... |
Todos a la cárcel | Luis García Berlanga |
| Intruder Intruso Intruder is a 1993 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril, Imanol Arias and Antonio Valero. The film is a psychological thriller. A middle class woman torn between her love for her spouse and her ill ex-husband, both of them were her childhood friends... |
Intruso | Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the... |
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| Shadows in a Conflict | Sombras en una batalla | Mario Camus | |
| 1994 | Running Out of Time Running Out of Time (1994 film) Días contados is a 1994 Spanish film directed by Imanol Uribe, starring Carmelo Gómez and Ruth Gabriel.- Plot :... |
Días contados | Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco... |
| Cradle Song | Canción de cuna | José Luis Garci José Luis Garci José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine... |
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| Turkish Passion La Pasión Turca The Turkish Passion is a 1994 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda adapted from a popular novel by Antonio Gala. It stars Ana Belén and Georges Corraface. The film is an erotic drama, an exploration of female sexual desire. Highly controversial, La Pasion Turca continues Spanish... |
La pasión turca | Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the... |
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| 1995 | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto | Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes is a Spanish Goya Awards winner screenwriter and film director.- Screenwriter :* Al límite * Belmonte * Demasiado corazón * A solas contigo * Baton Rouge * Barrios altos... |
| The Day of the Beast | El día de la bestia | Álex de la Iglesia Álex de la Iglesia Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :... |
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| Mouth to Mouth | Boca a boca | Manuel Gómez Pereira Manuel Gómez Pereira Manuel Gómez Pereira is a successful Spanish screenwriter and film director of comedies.He is the nephew of the film director Luis Sanz.-Filmography as Director :* 1992: Salsa rosa... |
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| 1996 | Thesis Tesis Tesis is a 1996 Spanish film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and was written by him and Mateo Gil. The movie won seven 1996 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega... |
Tesis | Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
| Bwana | Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco... |
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| The Dog in the Manger The Dog in the Manger (film) The Dog in the Manger is a 1996 Spanish film directed by Pilar Miró and based on an homonymous play by Lope de Vega.-Awards and nominations:*Goya Awards**Won: Best Actress – Leading Role... |
El perro del hortelano | Pilar Miró Pilar Miró Pilar Miró was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's, the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. In 1992, her film Beltenebros won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film... |
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| 1997 | The Lucky Star La Buena Estrella La Buena Estrella is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Ricardo Franco and starring Antonio Resines, Jordi Mollá and Maribel Verdú. Critically acclaimed, the film won five Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor , Best Original script and Best Original Music... |
La buena estrella | Ricardo Franco Ricardo Franco Ricardo Franco was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.- Biography :Nephew of Jesús Franco. He died at 49 years old when he filmed Lágrimas negras.... |
| Martín (Hache) Martín (hache) Martín is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela.It was nominated for four Goya Awards in 1998, and Cecilia Roth won one for lead actress.... |
Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain is an Argentine film director whom Variety has deemed a "master filmmaker."After leaving Argentina Aristarain started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before... |
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| Secrets of the Heart Secrets of the Heart Secrets of the Heart is a 1997 Spanish film. The film was a Box Office hit in Spain grossing ESP 711,092,434.-Synopsis:... (nominated for the Academy Award) |
Secretos del corazón | Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director.... |
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| 1998 | The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos | Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years... |
| Barrio | Fernando León de Aranoa Fernando León de Aranoa Fernando León de Aranoa is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was noted for always saying his greatest work wouldn't come from his hands or mind but from his name. A new Fernando Leon of the 21st century would detail this masterpiece... |
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| The Grandfather The Grandfather (1998 film) The Grandfather is a 1998 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. It stars Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Rafael Alonso.... (nominated for the Academy Award) |
El abuelo | José Luis Garci José Luis Garci José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine... |
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| Open Your Eyes | Abre los ojos | Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
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| 1999 | All About My Mother All About My Mother All About My Mother is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism.... (won the Academy Award) |
Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
| Alone Solas (film) Solas is a 1999 Spanish film written and directed by Benito Zambrano, starring María Galiana, Ana Fernández and Carlos Álvarez-Novoa.The film explores the lives of a mother and daughter and their struggle for survival and happiness... |
Solas | Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano , is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Habana Blues was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival... |
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| Butterfly Butterfly (1999 film) Butterfly's Tongue is the English language DVD release title for , a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936... |
La lengua de las mariposas | José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.He has produced three films of Alejandro Amenábar .-Filmography as Film Director:* 1982 - Pares y nones... |
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| By My Side Again By My Side Again Cuando vuelvas a mi lado is a 1999 Spanish film directed by Gracia Querejeta. The film was nominated for seven Goya Awards.-Cast:*Mercedes Sampietro as Gloria*Jorge Perugorría as Joao*Julieta Serrano as Tía Rafaela... |
Cuando vuelvas a mi lado | Gracia Querejeta Gracia Querejeta Gracia Querejeta is a Spanish film director.Her father is the film producer Elías Querejeta and she studied Ancient History in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid... |
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2000s
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| 2000 | Pellet El Bola El Bola is a 2000 Spanish film, directed by Achero Mañas. It won the Mejor Película Goya Award in 2001. It is available in the United States from Filmmovement.- Plot :... |
El bola | Achero Mañas Achero Mañas Achero Mañas is a Spanish film director. He is a former actor that had filmed several successful short films before receiving awards and recognition with his feature film debut El Bola.- Biography :... |
| Common Wealth La comunidad (film) La comunidad is a 2000 Spanish black comedy film directed by Álex de la Iglesia.-Plot:Carmen Maura plays a real estate agent who discovers a fortune in the apartment of a dead man... |
La comunidad | Álex de la Iglesia Álex de la Iglesia Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :... |
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| Leo Leo (film) Leo is a 2000 Spanish film, written and directed by José Luis Borau and starring Icíar Bollaín and Javier Batanero. It was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2001, and won the award for Best Director.... |
José Luis Borau José Luis Borau José Luis Borau Moradell is a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He has acted in some films.He won Goya Award as Best Director in 2000 for Leo.... |
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| You're the One You're the One (2000 film) You're the One is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Jose Luis Garci. It was Spain's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Lydia Bosch ,... |
Una historia de entonces | José Luis Garci José Luis Garci José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine... |
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| 2001 | The Others The Others (2001 film) The Others is a 2001 psychological horror film by the Spanish-Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman. It is inspired partly by the novella The Turn of the Screw.... |
Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
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| Don't Tempt Me | Sin noticias de Dios | Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes is a Spanish Goya Awards winner screenwriter and film director.- Screenwriter :* Al límite * Belmonte * Demasiado corazón * A solas contigo * Baton Rouge * Barrios altos... |
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| Mad Love Juana la Loca (2001 film) Mad Love is a 2001period drama film written and directed by Vicente Aranda starring Pilar López de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. The plot follows the tragic fate of Queen Joanna of Castile madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria.The film received 3 Goya... |
Juana la Loca | Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the... |
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| Sex and Lucia | Lucía y el sexo | Julio Medem Julio Medem Julio Médem is a Spanish writer and film director.Medem was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention... |
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| 2002 | Mondays in the Sun | Los lunes al sol | Fernando León |
| The City of No Limits | En la ciudad sin límites | Antonio Hernández Antonio Hernández Antonio Hernández is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.In 1994, he created the TV company Zeppelín Televisión.-Director:*1980: F.E.N.*1981: Apaga..... |
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| The Other Side of the Bed The Other Side of the Bed The Other Side of the Bed a.k.a. The Wrong Side of the Bed is a 2002 film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.-Main cast:*Ernesto Alterio – Javier*Paz Vega – Sonia... |
El otro lado de la cama | Emilio Martínez Lázaro Emilio Martínez Lázaro Emilio Martínez Lázaro is a Spanish film director famous for such films as The Other Side of the Bed and His Master's Voice.... |
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| Talk to Her Talk to Her Talk to Her is a 2002 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, and Rosario Flores... |
Hable con ella | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
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| 2003 | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos | Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez is a Spanish actress, director and writer.Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía.She began her work in cinema at the age of... |
| The 4th Floor Planta 4ª Planta 4ª is a 2003 Spanish film directed by Antonio Mercero and starring Juan José Ballesta, Gorka Moreno, Luis Ángel Priego, Alejandro Zafra and Monti Castiñeiras. It was nominated for Best Picture in the 2004 Goya Awards.A group of seriously ill boys live on the fourth floor of a hospital... |
Planta 4ª | Antonio Mercero Antonio Mercero Antonio Mercero is a Spanish director of the series Verano azul and later Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, that won an Emmy Award... |
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| My Life Without Me | Mi vida sin mí | Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet is a Spanish film director.She received an M.A. in history from the University of Barcelona... |
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| Soldiers of Salamina | Soldados de Salamina | David Trueba David Trueba David Trueba is a Spanish novelist, film director and screenwriter. He is the brother of Academy Award winner Fernando Trueba, and was once married to Ariadna Gil.He has published two novels in Anagrama Editions.... |
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| 2004 | The Sea Inside (won the Academy Award) |
Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
| Bad Education Bad Education Bad Education is a 2004 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Lluís Homar. The plot is about two reunited childhood friends in the vein of a murder mystery... |
La mala educación | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
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| Roma Roma (2004 film) Roma is an Argentine and Spanish film released in 2004 directed by Adolfo Aristarain. The picture stars Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro and José Sacristán.-Plot:... |
Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain is an Argentine film director whom Variety has deemed a "master filmmaker."After leaving Argentina Aristarain started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before... |
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| Tiovivo c. 1950 Tiovivo c. 1950 Tiovivo c. 1950 is a 2004 Spanish film directed by José Luis Garci and starring Elsa Pataky, María Adánez and Carlos Hipólito.The film was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2005, and won the award for Best Production Design.-Plot:... |
José Luis Garci José Luis Garci José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine... |
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| 2005 | The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words is a 2005 Spanish film, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley and Tim Robbins. The film was released on December 15, 2006 and grossed a worldwide total of $6,410,058.-Plot:... |
La vida secreta de las palabras | Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet is a Spanish film director.She received an M.A. in history from the University of Barcelona... |
| 7 Virgins | 7 vírgenes | Alberto Rodríguez Alberto Rodríguez Alberto Rodríguez Barrera is a Mexican football defender, currently playing for Cruz Azul Hidalgo.He has been capped for the Mexican national team, and he was an unused substitute at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.... |
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| Obaba | Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendáriz Montxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director.... |
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| Princesses Princesas Princesas is a 2005 film by Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa.The princesas in the film are two prostitutes: Caye, who is saving for breast implants, and Zulema, who is saving money to send to her family in the Dominican Republic... |
Princesas | Fernando León | |
| 2006 | To Return Volver Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave... |
Volver | Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
| Alatriste Alatriste Alatriste is a 2006 Spanish historical film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Adventures of Captain Alatriste .... |
Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes is a Spanish Goya Awards winner screenwriter and film director.- Screenwriter :* Al límite * Belmonte * Demasiado corazón * A solas contigo * Baton Rouge * Barrios altos... |
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| Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish Spanish-language dark fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films... (nominated for the Academy Award) |
El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones... |
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| Salvador Salvador (Puig Antich) Salvador is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich, the last person executed by garrote under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at... |
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| 2007 | Solitary Fragments Solitary Fragments La soledad is a 2007 Spanish film written and directed by Jaime Rosales. It was Rosales's second film, he had previously made, The Hours of the Day. Solitary Fragments , divided in five chapters, follows a dual narrative, the characters' lives unfold as a series of everyday concerns over health,... |
La soledad | Jaime Rosales Jaime Rosales (director) Jaime Rosales is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer.He spent three years in Cuba studying cinema at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños in La Habana, and later at Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney, .He did several... |
| 13 Roses | Las 13 rosas | Emilio Martínez Lázaro Emilio Martínez Lázaro Emilio Martínez Lázaro is a Spanish film director famous for such films as The Other Side of the Bed and His Master's Voice.... |
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| The Orphanage The Orphanage (film) The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish-Mexican horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona. The film stars Belén Rueda as Laura, Fernando Cayo as her husband, Carlos, and Roger Príncep as their adopted son Simón. The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood home, an... |
El orfanato | Juan Antonio Bayona Juan Antonio Bayona Juan Antonio Bayona is a Spanish film director. In addition to directing television commercials and music videos, Bayona is best known for directing his acclaimed horror film The Orphanage. Bayona is currently signed to create two films: Hater and The Impossible.-Career:Bayona grew up with a... |
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| Seven Billiard Tables Seven Billiard Tables Seven Billiard Tables is a 2007 Spanish film by Gracia Querejeta. She also co-wrote the story with David Planell.... |
Siete mesas de billar francés | Gracia Querejeta Gracia Querejeta Gracia Querejeta is a Spanish film director.Her father is the film producer Elías Querejeta and she studied Ancient History in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid... |
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| 2008 | Camino Camino (film) Camino is a 2008 award-winning Spanish feature film directed by Javier Fesser. The film is based on the real story of Alexia González-Barros, a girl who died from spinal cancer at fourteen in 1985 and is currently in process of canonization.... |
Javier Fesser Javier Fesser Javier Fesser is a Spanish film director and publicist.Fesser earned his degree in Communication studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid... |
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| The Blind Sunflowers The Blind Sunflowers (film) The Blind Sunflowers is a 2008 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda and written by Rafael Azcona and Cuerda, based on the eponymous novel of Alberto Méndez. The film stars Maribel Verdú, Javier Cámara and Raúl Arévalo. The plot follows the life of a family, former sympathizers of the... |
Los girasoles ciegos | José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.He has produced three films of Alejandro Amenábar .-Filmography as Film Director:* 1982 - Pares y nones... |
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| Just Walking Just Walking Sólo quiero caminar is a 2008 Spanish drama film directed and written by Agustín Díaz Yanes... |
Sólo quiero caminar | Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes is a Spanish Goya Awards winner screenwriter and film director.- Screenwriter :* Al límite * Belmonte * Demasiado corazón * A solas contigo * Baton Rouge * Barrios altos... |
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| The Oxford Murders The Oxford Murders (film) The Oxford Murders is a 2008 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. This thriller film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Argentine mathematician and writer Guillermo Martínez. The film stars Elijah Wood, John Hurt and the Spanish actress Leonor Watling.-Plot:It is 1993... |
Álex de la Iglesia Álex de la Iglesia Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :... |
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| 2009 | Cell 211 Cell 211 Cell 211 is a 2009 Spanish prison film directed by Daniel Monzón, starring Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann and Antonio Resines.- Plot :Juan Oliver wants to make a good impression at his new job as a prison officer and reports to work a day early, leaving his pregnant wife, Elena, at home. During his... |
Celda 211 | Daniel Monzón |
| Agora Agora (film) Agora is a 2009 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in 4th century Roman Egypt who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system... |
Ágora | Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
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| The Dancer and the Thief | El baile de la victoria | Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years... |
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El secreto de sus ojos | Juan Jose Campanella | |
2010s
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| 2010 | Black Bread Black Bread Black Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Catalan drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements of two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.The film won nine Goya... |
Pa negre | Agustí Villaronga Agustí Villaronga Agustí Villaronga Riutort is a Balearic Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed eleven films since 1976. His film El niño de la luna was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.... |
| The Last Circus The Last Circus The Last Circus is a 2010 Spanish film by Director Álex de la Iglesia. It premiered at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.-Plot:In 1937, a "Happy" clown is forcibly recruited to serve in the Spanish Civil War, where he massacres an entire platoon with a machete still in costume.In 1973, near the end of... |
Balada triste de trompeta | Álex de la Iglesia Álex de la Iglesia Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :... |
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| Buried Buried (film) Buried is a 2010 Spanish thriller film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. It stars Ryan Reynolds, and was written by Chris Sparling.The film revolves around Iraq-based American truck driver Paul Conroy , who, after being attacked, finds himself buried alive in a wooden coffin, with only a lighter, flask,... |
Rodrigo Cortés Rodrigo Cortés Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor.-Career:Cortés' fondness for film making started at an early stage. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8... |
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| Even the Rain Even the Rain Even the Rain is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín about Spanish director Sebastián and executive producer Costa who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting Christopher Columbus’s conquest... |
También la lluvia | Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez is a Spanish actress, director and writer.Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía.She began her work in cinema at the age of... |
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