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8.2
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80
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77
/11137/
4.2
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98
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cc age 15+

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
poster
77
7.2
/2685/
65
/19/
64
/44/
3.7
/2221/
87
/15/
79
/12/

The War Is Over (1966)
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
75
7.5
/12721/
77
/262/
73
/289/
3.9
/12152/
79
/14/
94
/261/

Land and Freedom (1995)
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
poster
Netflix
75
68
7.2
/7739/
73
/504/
68
/255/
3.7
/9758/
88
/25/
82
/13/
73
/4/
cc age 16+

The Endless Trench (2019)
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.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
67
7.2
/1889/
72
/284/
71
/54/
3.6
/6767/
100
/8/

Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.
poster
66
6.9
/7500/
72
/675/
71
/300/
3.4
/14398/
64
/22/
67
55
/4/

While at War (2019)
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.
poster
Kanopy
83
61
8.0
/2500/
81
/110/
81
/82/
4.0
/6086/
100
/25/
86
/5/
73
/6/

The Silence of Others (2019)
The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, the survivors seek justice as they organize the so-called “Argentinian lawsuit” and denounce the legally sanctioned pact of oblivion that intends to hide the crimes they were subjects of.
poster
71
57
7.2
/3536/
66
/71/
68
/61/
3.5
/1513/
83
/2046/

Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006)
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
poster
74
50
7.2
/2764/
77
/138/
67
/104/
3.6
/2904/
86
/10/

The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
49
7.3
/2130/
66
/40/
69
/55/
3.7
/2620/

Anna and the Wolves (1973)
The young but traveled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family.
poster
72
47
7.3
/1783/
73
/52/
68
/54/
3.7
/2323/

The Wheelchair (1960)
Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…
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58
42
6.1
/3677/
62
/130/
62
/183/
3.2
/1160/
41
/23/

Painless (2012)
While searching for a solution to his serious health condition, David, a renowned neurosurgeon, discovers a sinister secret hidden in the past.
poster
69
39
7.1
/1201/
64
/45/
69
/43/
3.6
/1376/

Operation Ogre (1979)
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.
poster
69
33
7.0
/430/
68
/43/
68
/6/
3.5
/4854/

The Dinner (2025)
Spain, April 15, 1939. With the Civil War concluded, and with the intention of celebrating his victory, General Franco attends a dinner with his generals at the Palace Hotel.
poster
57
28
4.8
/274/
55
/166/
64
/21/
3.1
/1292/

We Treat Women Too Well (2024)
Remedios Buendía defends her homeland and will fight for it. This fateful day of 1945, a group of maquis take the post where she tries on her wedding dress. She will show how far she can go defending her values.
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65
28
6.8
/522/
60
/16/
69
/28/
3.5
/553/
56
/39/

The Things of Love (1989)
In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.
poster
Netflix
51
28
5.5
/832/
54
/65/
59
/58/
3.0
/670/
56
/9/
24
/6/
cc age 18+

The (Silent) War (2019)
Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.
poster
73
27
8.0
/454/
73
/8/
75
/15/
3.7
/517/
67
/75/

To Die in Madrid (1963)
Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War and integrates capturing different points of view, intended to represent the continuity of the suffering of the Spanish during the Franco regime. The death of Federico Garcia Lorca, Guernica, the defense of Madrid, the International Brigades, are some of the items comprised in this document.
poster
74
26
6.9
/863/
71
/32/
66
/34/
3.6
/739/
92
/5/

Paper Birds (2010)
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the members of a group of vaudeville performers have been stripped of everything: all they have left is hunger and the instinct to survive. Day after day, agonizingly, lost and helpless between the victors and the vanquished, the musician Jorge, the ventriloquist Enrique, the couplet singer Rocío and the orphan Miguel search tirelessly for something to eat and a safe place to live.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
57
21
6.3
/605/
65
/42/
53
/13/
3.4
/2116/
38
/2/

A Forbidden Orange (2021)
Spain, 1970s. A Clockwork Orange, a film considered by critics and audiences as one of the best works in the history of cinema, directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1971, was banned by the strict Franco government. However, the film was finally premiered, without going through censorship, during the 20th edition of the Seminci, the Valladolid Film Festival, on April 24, 1975. How was this possible?
poster
Netflix
59
19
5.8
/432/
60
/31/
56
/19/
3.2
/866/

Black Is Beltza (2018)
New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist in many sectors of society, the participation of two black giants has been banned.
poster
57
17
5.9
/606/
57
/22/
48
/23/
3.4
/406/
53
/14/

El Calentito (2005)
Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not take drugs. Following her love, she enters in "El Calentito" a bar where the group "las Siux" is singing.
poster
70
16
7.1
/289/
72
/30/
69
/12/
3.5
/594/

Wild Session (2019)
A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.
poster
69
13
6.8
/129/
74
/54/
65
/2/
3.6
/788/

Marisol: llámame Pepa (2024)
A portrait of the actress and singer Pepa Flores, an incarnation of the recent history of Spain, who, in just twenty-five years of intense career, went from being Marisol, child prodigy of the Franco dictatorship, to being one of the first communist militants, icon of the Transition; an idol of the masses who became a discreet person after having claimed her right to remain silent.
poster
64
12
6.7
/380/
59
/21/
67
/13/
3.3
/230/

The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War (2020)
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?
poster
63
12
6.4
/386/
58
/6/
63
/13/
3.5
/347/

Days of Hope (1940)
Spanish Civil War, 1937. A platoon of Republican soldiers plans to stop the advance of the rebel troops by bombing a bridge on the road to Zaragoza, near the city of Linás. With the close collaboration of the peasants of the area, the soldiers try to overcome the continuous bombardments and endure the harsh and tireless opposition of the powerful enemy…
poster
73
11
7.5
/183/
71
/8/
77
/10/
3.6
/377/

Dearest Executioners (1977)
This documentary, filmed clandestinely, is based on several interviews with the executioners who worked in Spain during the early 1970s, as well as families of people executed by them.
poster
66
9
5.7
/246/
55
/16/
53
/15/
100
/2/

Dirty Wolves (2016)
Galicia, Spain, during the Second World War The life of Manuela, a mysterious miner who was branded a witch, changes with the arrival of an Allied commando, in charge of sabotaging the production of tungsten, a vital mineral for the continuity of the war effort of Nazi Germany.
poster
68
?
7.0
/62/
66
/13/
65
/2/
3.6
/316/

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” (2024)
Spain, 1975. Franco's death opens the door to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years of relaxed censorship, it is abolished in 1977, and the “S” rating is created to protect viewers from films that may “offend their sensibilities.”
poster
?
6.9
/13/
70
/1/

Uncensored Women (2022)
The story of a group of actresses who, in the Spain of the seventies, and in the midst of the democratic Transition, decided to appear nude in the films of that time of radical political change, defying the rigid and deeply rooted social rules.
poster
?
6.5
/17/
60
/2/
70
/1/

The First Look (2024)
In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1947, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.
poster
?
40
/2/

Todos los nombres de Sara (2019)
Born in Campo de Criptana, a small village in the Spanish region of La Mancha, Sara Montiel (1928-2013) conquered Mexico, Hollywood, and the hearts of people. The recognition of an unparalleled professional career, an intimate dialogue with a tireless worker who took the stage at the age of twelve and never got off. A movie star who seduced millions of viewers around the world, a singer who reinvented a musical genre, a woman who broke the mold…
poster
?
6.6
/5/

Kinderraub - Ein dunkles Kapitel der katholischen Kirche (2023)
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poster
?
10
/1/

Paris, June 1971 (1971)
On June 20th, 1971, thousands of Spanish Republicans from all around Europe meet up in Montreuil, France to take part in an event initiated by the French and the Spanish Communist Parties, to protest against Franco's dictatorship.
poster
?
5.5
/8/

Seeds (2022)
Spain, 1938. A woman is quietly planting seeds in her garden when two armed soldiers appear. Before being detained, she hides some of the seeds in her pocket.
poster
?
7.2
/5/
50
/3/

Equí y n'otru tiempu (2014)
Between October 1937 and November 1952 hundreds of Republican supporters took to the mountains of Asturias with two main objectives: to save their lives, and to continue their armed resistance against Franco. Many of them would die in those mountains. This film is centered on filming the places in the present where the major figures of the Asturian Guerrilla Group were killed.
poster
?
40
/2/

La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022)
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.
poster
?
7.8
/5/
65
/2/
80
/1/

Estos muros (2021)
In the mountains of Madrid, Spain, a railway track on an abandoned bridge and a poem erased from the wall of a ruined building reveal a deliberately silenced story: the system established by Franco's dictatorship after the civil war (1936-39) that allowed hundreds of companies to use thousands of convicted Republicans as slave labor.
poster
?
20
/1/

Margalida (2022)
The emotional journey of Margalida Bover, who was the lover of the anarchist militant Salvador Puig Antich, convicted of murder and executed by Franco's regime in 1974.
poster
?
4.6
/27/

In Battle Against the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain (1939)
Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German "volunteers" who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.
poster
?
10
/1/
10
/1/

Antoñito vuelve a casa (1969)
In Spain, Antoñito, a child, is punished to remain standing doing the fascist salute. As an adult, turned into a young college student, he tries to free himself from the perverse amalgam of ideas, values and beliefs with which his family, the Catholic Church and the repressive elements of the Franco Regime poisoned his mind during his childhood.
poster
?
6.3
/80/
60
/4/

Bones of Contention (2018)
A history of the political and social repression carried out by the ruthless regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco between 1936 and 1975 that focuses on the lives of gays and lesbians during those dark years and the death of the Spanish gay poet Federico García Lorca.
poster
?
6.4
/27/
68
/6/
70
/4/

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story (2021)
In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.
poster
?
75
/2/

Carceller, the Man Who Died Twice (2021)
The life story of Vicente Miguel Carceller (1890-1940), a Spanish editor committed to freedom who, through his weekly magazine La Traca, connected with the common people while maintaining a dangerous pulse with the powerful.
poster
61
?
6.0
/9/
60
/14/
65
/3/

Susana y el sexo (2021)
The story of iconic Spanish artist Susana Estrada's struggle against censorship and sexual repression during the turbulent years following the death of dictator Francisco Franco.
poster
?
6.3
/7/
40
/2/

Antonio García-Trevijano: Transición e historia política de España en primera persona (2021)
Spanish jurist and republican thinker Antonio García-Trevijano (1927-2018) expounds his political thought and reflects on the recent political history of Spain.
poster
?
8.2
/6/
100
/1/

The Wall (2009)
An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to live. The existential dilemmas of a prisoner condemned to death from a repressive regime for his participation in a resistance movement and his friendship with the leader of this resistance. When all seems lost and he has already given up the most unlikely coincidence changes the course of events and his life.
poster
?
10
/1/

Spain Loves You (1988)
This family story contains a private reading of ten years in the history of Spain, from the birth of two brothers of the author until the death of the Spanish dictator in 1975.


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