The best Luis García Berlanga films
The top 3 according to 167 votes from people: The Executioner (1963) · Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953) · Plácido (1961). (Updated Feb 21, 2022.)
From Welcome Mr. Marshall! to La vaquilla: the Berlanga films critics and audiences rate highest (Zenda, Diariocrítico, El Debate, FilmAffinity).
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Top 12
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1
The Executioner (1963)
An undertaker's assistant inherits his father-in-law's job as executioner.
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2
Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
A Castilian village dresses up as Andalusian to welcome the Americans.
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3
Plácido (1961)
A charity campaign to 'seat a poor man at your table' on Christmas Eve.
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4
The National Shotgun (1978)
A hunting party with ministers and an intercom maker.
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5
Life Size (1974)
Michel Piccoli and a life-size doll.
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6
Patrimonio nacional (1981)
Second part of the Leguineche trilogy.
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7
Calabuch (1956)
A scientist hides away in a Mediterranean village.
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8
Miracles of Thursday (1957)
A declining spa town fakes apparitions.
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9
La vaquilla (1985)
Republican soldiers try to steal a heifer in the middle of the war.
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10
Nacional III (1982)
The end of the 'national' trilogy.
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11
Everyone Off to Jail (1993)
A ceremony in a prison; three Goyas.
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12
That Happy Couple (1953)
Co-directed with Bardem: a humble couple wins a contest.
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13
Boyfriend in Sight (1954)
A northern summer holiday in 1918, written with Neville.
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Comments (1)
El verdugo es perfecta. Ese final en el pasillo no se olvida.