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Spanish comedy-drama films

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All About My Mother
1999 film by Pedro Almodóvar
Volver
Volver (; ) is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid, Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 film by Pedro Almodóvar
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 film directed by Woody Allen
Belle Époque
1992 film by Fernando Trueba
Law of Desire
1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar
The Idiots
1998 film by Lars von Trier
Son of the Bride
2001 film directed by Juan José Campanella
The Good Boss
2021 film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
Miracle of Marcelino
1955 Spanish film directed by Ladislao Vajda
¡Ay, Carmela!
1990 film by Carlos Saura
Official Competition
2021 film directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
Dark Habits
1983 film by Pedro Almodóvar
A Perfect Day
2015 film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984 film by Pedro Almodóvar
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013 film by David Trueba
Ana and the Wolves
1973 film by Carlos Saura
Hard Truths
2024 film directed by Mike Leigh
The Distinguished Citizen
2016 film by Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn
Cachorro
2004 film by Miguel Albaladejo
El Lazarillo de Tormes
1959 film by César Fernández Ardavín
Truman
2015 film directed by Cesc Gay
Lies and Fat Girls
2009 Spanish film directed by Alfonso Albacete David Menkes
Dhogs
Dhogs is an independent Galician film in the Galician language directed by Andrés Goteira (Meira, 1983), which was released in 2017. This was the director's debut film, and starred Carlos Blanco Vila, Antonio Durán "Morris", Miguel de Lira, Melania Cruz, Iván Marcos and María Costas. It premiered at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI) on April 19, 2017, and was nominated for the Best Feature Film in the Avant-Garde and Genre section. This is the first film shot in Galicia to premiere at the Sitges Film Festival, on October 9, 2017. In Galicia, the premiere to
Wrinkles
2011 film by Ignacio Ferreras
The Queen of Spain
2016 film by Fernando Trueba
Voyage to Nowhere
1986 film by Fernando Fernán Gómez
Whisky
2004 film by Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
The Other Side of the Bed
2002 film by Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Blue and Not So Pink
2012 Spanish-Venezuelan film directed by Miguel Ferrari
Fat People
2009 film by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Bwana
1996 film by Imanol Uribe
Suso's Tower
2007 film by Tomás Fernández
Rosebush Pruning
2026 film directed by Karim Aïnouz
Oviedo Express
2007 film by Gonzalo Suárez
Lost Embrace
2004 film by Daniel Burman
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
1999 film by Francisco José Lombardi
Lista de Espera
2000 Cuban film directed by Juan Carlos Tabío
La escopeta nacional
1978 film by Luis García Berlanga
Abracadabra
2017 film by Pablo Berger
October
2010 film by Diego and Daniel Vega Vidal
Valentín
Valentín is a 2002 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentín and Carmen Maura as the grandmother. Director Alejandro Agresti also stars as Valentín's father.
Tapas
2005 film by José Corbacho, Juan Cruz
The Penguin Lessons
2024 film directed by Peter Cattaneo
Family Law
2006 film by Daniel Burman
Un franco, 14 pesetas
2006 film by Carlos Iglesias.
Masterpiece
2000 film by David Trueba
Una noche con Sabrina Love
2000 film by Alejandro Agresti
La puerta abierta
2016 film directed by Marina Seresesky
Napoleon and Me
2006 film by Paolo Virzì
Bad Day to Go Fishing
2009 film by Álvaro Brechner
Astronauts
2003 film by Santiago Amodeo
Hostages in the Barrio
1987 film by Eloy de la Iglesia
Flores de otro mundo
1999 film directed by Icíar Bollaín
Lulu by Night
1985 film by Emilio Martínez Lázaro
No Shame
2001 film by Joaquín Oristrell
The Movie Teller
2023 film directed by Lone Scherfig
Cleopatra
2003 Argentine film directed by Eduardo Mignogna
National III
1982 film by Luis Garcia Berlanga
Felices 140
2015 film by Gracia Querejeta