Spanish Thrillers/Mystery/Suspense, a list by DKG

8.2

/239324/

80

/4204/

79

/2753/

4.2

/172741/

89

/137/

93

/2238/

80

/36/

4.0

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

85

8.1

/235402/

79

/6050/

79

/3621/

4.1

/239103/

94

/156/

92

/616/

77

/33/

4.0

age 15+

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

84

7.9

/121159/

75

/1639/

76

/1390/

3.9

/95309/

91

/135/

92

/2450/

86

/34/

4.0

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

84

8.0

/271175/

78

/3714/

76

/2812/

4.2

/249226/

93

/122/

94

/5208/

83

/31/

3.5

age 17+

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 his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

82

7.6

/73443/

76

/2158/

74

/1320/

3.8

/32244/

98

/47/

88

/495/

3.5

age 17+

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

82

7.5

/34908/

75

/833/

76

/734/

3.8

/19294/

88

/119/

89

/1262/

77

/22/

4.0

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

82

7.9

/61869/

80

/1303/

77

/781/

4.1

/92948/

92

/97/

94

/739/

80

/30/

3.0

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".

81

7.2

/4732/

67

/221/

71

/110/

4.0

/22876/

93

/74/

85

/22/

4.0

Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news thanks to a television program.

79

7.7

/76506/

75

/1678/

74

/1137/

3.9

/56987/

87

/45/

88

/1481/

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 willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.

78

76

/318/

73

/261/

82

/28/

93

/581/

3.0

As young children, Otto and Ana become best friends, leading to the marriage of Ana's mother to Otto's father. When Otto and Ana become teenagers, they begin a sexual relationship, which they hide from their parents. The two fall deeply in love and seem destined to spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship is tested when Otto's mother dies and the two are separated.

78

7.4

/169632/

72

/4114/

72

/3032/

3.6

/141374/

87

/180/

86

/12143/

74

/33/

3.5

age 15+

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

78

7.2

/43959/

72

/703/

71

/691/

3.8

/33462/

82

/156/

75

/1564/

76

/32/

4.0

age 18+

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

78

7.4

/45739/

74

/1260/

74

/905/

3.9

/105015/

83

/12/

89

/520/

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured to death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student at her college...

78

7.4

/74874/

73

/1936/

72

/1311/

3.8

/83666/

93

/120/

89

/2318/

78

/30/

3.0

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

78

8.0

/209754/

80

/7267/

80

/4830/

3.9

/159370/

67

/9/

87

/138/

Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.

77

7.2

/1508/

72

/44/

77

/86/

3.5

/4067/

85

/27/

80

/2/

76

/6/

3.5

Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.

77

7.8

/8568/

76

/132/

82

/508/

3.9

/9452/

74

/50/

93

/444/

66

/24/

3.0

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 to avoid the war that is raging all around him.

76

7.6

/178460/

75

/5030/

74

/4502/

3.8

/333947/

81

/177/

84

/2021/

70

/37/

3.0

age 18+

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

76

7.2

/38446/

73

/1654/

70

/1007/

3.7

/27528/

91

/34/

78

/77/

The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases.

76

7.4

/213962/

73

/7314/

72

/4722/

3.7

/433824/

90

/42/

82

/6027/

71

/10/

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

75

7.1

/35241/

70

/1123/

70

/897/

3.6

/44093/

84

/205/

74

/127/

73

/31/

3.5

age 17+

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 and she is on the verge of madness.

75

7.6

/78168/

76

/2198/

75

/1368/

3.6

/35263/

79

/66/

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

74

7.1

/5802/

76

/2342/

72

/183/

3.5

/30213/

83

/12/

Basque Country, Spain, late nineties. A young policewoman manages to infiltrate the ruthless terrorist gang ETA.

74

7.3

/920/

68

/35/

72

/31/

4.0

/4364/

95

/21/

83

77

/8/

2.0

An enormous effort of narrative complexity made up of six independent, successive stories, connected by the same four actresses living very different experiences in very different universes…

74

7.2

/49466/

70

/1536/

70

/1180/

3.5

/29519/

91

/35/

78

/204/

70

/11/

César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.

74

7.1

/74201/

72

/3149/

70

/1375/

3.7

/60766/

90

/68/

79

/1091/

68

/15/

3.0

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

78

73

7.2

/14765/

74

/735/

75

/595/

3.6

/35735/

93

/27/

86

/21/

In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will unite to recover the lost money and give the blow of their lives to their greatest enemy.

73

7.4

/70293/

74

/3189/

74

/1920/

3.5

/57223/

71

/7/

76

/54/

age 16+

During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

74

73

7.1

/15573/

69

/310/

69

/215/

3.7

/17579/

87

/47/

76

/281/

78

/19/

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

74

73

7.2

/13691/

71

/391/

69

/335/

3.7

/13624/

85

/143/

Julia, a real estate agent, finds an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, a stroke of luck that will force her to face the wrath of the very peculiar inhabitants of the community, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the money.

72

7.8

/7748/

76

/167/

79

/196/

3.8

/16065/

68

/25/

88

/86/

64

/11/

2.0

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

72

7.1

/12054/

73

/790/

77

/830/

3.5

/28269/

In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

71

7.0

/318870/

69

/14566/

69

/7623/

3.2

/830720/

81

/99/

73

/581/

73

/15/

3.0

age 17+

A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

71

7.2

/12558/

69

/332/

69

/272/

3.7

/19522/

88

/94/

81

/46/

73

/26/

2.0

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.

71

7.3

/48982/

72

/1229/

72

/1097/

3.3

/14474/

73

/110/

A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

74

70

7.0

/13116/

61

/953/

69

/312/

3.6

/130354/

93

/112/

73

/23/

81

/22/

A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at another rave. Driven by fate, they decide to follow a group of ravers in search of one last party, in hopes Marina will be there.

79

70

7.2

/7865/

72

/330/

73

/201/

3.9

/13716/

100

/8/

79

/17/

The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.

70

7.0

/13526/

67

/361/

67

/334/

3.5

/7644/

85

/52/

84

/276/

68

/21/

2.0

A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.

78

70

7.1

/13291/

71

/711/

67

/458/

3.7

/12798/

100

/6/

87

/14/

Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.

77

68

7.1

/10172/

70

/733/

70

/454/

3.8

/13833/

92

/25/

83

/12/

Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.

75

68

7.2

/7771/

73

/508/

68

/257/

3.7

/9964/

88

/25/

82

/13/

73

/4/

age 16+

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

68

7.1

/12751/

68

/389/

66

/223/

3.3

/8094/

72

/18/

70

/286/

68

/5/

Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…

74

67

7.1

/28334/

72

/1475/

73

/786/

3.6

/61200/

77

/13/

79

/17/

age 15+

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 working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.

79

63

7.6

/2676/

72

/31/

69

/37/

3.9

/1894/

94

/34/

85

/198/

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson.

72

63

7.0

/16659/

71

/790/

70

/430/

3.3

/6530/

83

/6/

73

/9/

A paraplegic computer engineer that moves in a wheelchair and works in his basement starts hearing noises and voices of bank-robbers.

77

60

7.2

/4066/

73

/196/

75

/174/

3.5

/6856/

92

/25/

85

/5/

A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.

80

60

8.0

/2337/

73

/46/

81

/142/

4.0

/11109/

86

/37/

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

70

60

7.1

/3826/

69

/64/

65

/75/

3.5

/2636/

67

/15/