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7.8
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4.2
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93
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87
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cc age 17+

All About My Mother (1999)
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
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84
7.9
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75
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91
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92
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86
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Talk to Her (2002)
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
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83
7.5
/66439/
74
/2387/
73
/1855/
4.1
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96
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91
/78/
87
/43/
cc age 17+

Pain and Glory (2019)
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
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82
7.6
/111732/
75
/1954/
75
/1837/
4.1
/175139/
89
/6078/
84
/38/
cc age 18+

Volver (2006)
Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.
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82
7.5
/49801/
75
/1169/
74
/963/
4.1
/201318/
94
/35/
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
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80
7.4
/65489/
73
/1123/
73
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4.0
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88
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86
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81
/34/
cc age 18+

Bad Education (2004)
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
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Starz
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7.1
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68
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68
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3.6
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78
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88
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cc age 15+

Parallel Mothers (2021)
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
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78
7.2
/43874/
72
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71
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3.8
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75
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/32/
cc age 18+

Broken Embraces (2009)
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.
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7.1
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Law of Desire (1987)
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
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7.6
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75
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84
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/37/
cc age 18+

The Skin I Live In (2011)
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.
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75
7.1
/35174/
70
/1117/
69
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3.6
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84
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73
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cc age 17+

Julieta (2016)
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.
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74
7.3
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71
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70
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Live Flesh (1997)
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!
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6.8
/26075/
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70
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cc age 13+

The Room Next Door (2024)
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
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Matador (1986)
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
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What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.
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The Human Voice (2020)
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.
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7.0
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68
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The Flower of My Secret (1995)
Middle-aged romance author Leo writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Ángel, a sensitive newspaper editor.
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The Roku Channel
68
7.0
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68
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71
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61
/18/
83
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51
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High Heels (1991)
After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...
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Criterion Channel
67
7.0
/34076/
68
/762/
69
/657/
3.5
/69934/
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/32/
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55
/14/

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.
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6.2
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Strange Way of Life (2023)
After 25 years, a former hired gun visits his old colleague, now a small-town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.
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Criterion Channel
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6.5
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Dark Habits (1983)
After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.
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6.1
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3.2
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Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.
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6.5
/15819/
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Kika (1993)
When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.
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6.1
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Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.
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52
5.6
/25405/
58
/692/
56
/701/
2.9
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49
/129/
37
/328/
55
/36/
cc age 17+

I'm So Excited! (2013)
Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defenseless in the face of danger, indulge in colourful confessionals, while the outlandish crew attempts to find ways to entertain them.
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6.6
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3.5
/2222/

The Cannibalistic Councillor (2009)
Spin Off from "Broken Embraces"
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5.0
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/24/
54
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2.8
/2093/

Salomé (1978)
Short film by Almodovar, which tells the origin of the veil. Abraham, walking with Isaac, meets Salomé, who dances and demands Isaac’s head. Isaac flees but is hypnotised and returned. Abraham, about to act, hears God reveal it was a test of temptation. Salomé is a divine figure, and Abraham is instructed to have women cover themselves as a sign of respect.
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3.4
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Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! (2005)
Abandoned by her husband, a woman takes to the streets in search of money to feed her children. (Promotional short for the film What Have I Done to Deserve This?, directed by Pedro Almodóvar.)
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?
4.8
/15/

Complementos (1977)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
4.7
/15/

Las tres ventajas de Ponte (1977)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
3.8
/51/

Sea caritativo (1976)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
4.2
/53/

Muerte en la carretera (1976)
A short drama film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
4.4
/56/

La caída de Sódoma (1975)
Thirty men in cross-dress and makeup re-enact the moment in the Book of Genesis from the Bible, when Sodomites surround the house of Lot.
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?
4.1
/52/

Homenaje (1975)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
4.6
/55/

El sueño, o la estrella (1975)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
4.1
/51/

Blancor (1975)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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?
4.1
/58/
10
/1/

Film político (1974)
A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar
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40
/1/

A Manual for Cleaning Women
An adaptation of Lucia Berlin’s stellar short story collection, examining the lives of women working a wide variety of demanding jobs.
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29
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4.2
/173/
8
/7/
40
/4/

Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin! (1978)
A poor girl works in a general store with a blind boyfriend playing guitar. He becomes famous and she also becomes blind.
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?
4.4
/68/
40
/1/

Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming (1977)
A boy walks in the street and collides with a girl causing that the parcels and bags she carries fall down. She insults him and slaps his face. But this does not matter for him, because he enjoys it. He asks her to get her telephone number, and though she does not want to tell it to him at the beginning, he finally gets it.
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?
4.3
/63/
10
/1/
40
/1/

Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding (1974)
A prostitute who works on the countryside complains about her loss of work because of the free love of the hippies. A fairy appears and promises to help her. Out on the motorway she stops a couple of cars with her magic wand. This way she manages to recrute a lot of boys for the bitch, who are queueing to wait for the prostitute beginning her services. A little bit later the queue starts disappearing, is shrinking, until the prostitute notices that another bitch has appeared, which is stealing her clients.
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?

Bitter Christmas (2026)
Advertising director Elsa loses her mother during a long December weekend. She works nonstop to avoid coping with her grief. Following a panic attack, Elsa travels to the island of Lanzarote with her friend Patricia to escape Madrid, while her partner, Bonifacio, remains in the city.


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