The best Spanish comedies
The top 3 according to 138 votes from people: The Executioner · Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown · Plácido. (Updated Feb 24, 2026.)
The top ten of Academia magazine's poll (headed by The Executioner), the favourites of Fotogramas' staff and the comedies audiences love most on FilmAffinity and at the box office.
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Top 20
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The Executioner
Luis García Berlanga, 1963. Number one in Academia's poll: a man agrees to become an executioner to get a flat.
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pedro Almodóvar, 1988. Carmen Maura, an answering machine and a spiked gazpacho.
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Plácido
Luis García Berlanga, 1961. Christmas chaos in a provincial town with an unpaid motor-tricycle.
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4
Amanece, que no es poco
José Luis Cuerda, 1989. A village where students elect God in an assembly; cult absurdist humour.
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5
The National Shotgun
Luis García Berlanga, 1978. A hunt among Francoist bigwigs; number one for Fotogramas.
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Common Wealth
Álex de la Iglesia, 2000. Carmen Maura finds 300 million pesetas and neighbours willing to do anything.
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7
Belle Époque
Fernando Trueba, 1992. A deserter and four sisters in 1931 Spain; Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Santiago Segura, 1998. Spain's sleaziest policeman; Goya for Best New Director.
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9
Airbag
Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 1997. Karra Elejalde, Fernando Guillén Cuervo and Alberto San Juan in search of a lost ring.
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10
Spanish Affair
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2014. A Sevillian poses as a Basque; the highest-grossing Spanish film ever.
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Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Luis García Berlanga, 1953. The village that dressed up as Andalusian for the Americans.
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12
Atraco a las 3
José María Forqué, 1962. Bank employees decide to rob their own bank; with José Luis López Vázquez and Gracita Morales.
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13
The Little Coach
Marco Ferreri, 1960. José Isbert and his obsession with a motorised wheelchair.
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14
Dying of Laughter
Álex de la Iglesia, 1999. Santiago Segura and El Gran Wyoming as a comedy duo who hate each other.
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15
The Big Family
Fernando Palacios, 1962. Alberto Closas, Amparo Soler Leal, fifteen children and grandpa Isbert shouting 'Chencho!'.
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16
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
Javier Fesser, 2003. Ibáñez's agents in live action; five Goyas.
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17
The Miracle of P. Tinto
Javier Fesser, 1998. A couple who have spent their whole lives trying to have a child.
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18
The Other Side of the Bed
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2002. A musical comedy of errors with Spanish pop songs.
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The Day of the Beast
Álex de la Iglesia, 1995. A satanic black comedy in Christmas-time Madrid.
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Champions
Javier Fesser, 2018. A coach sentenced to train a basketball team of players with intellectual disabilities; Goya for Best Film.
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Comments (1)
El verdugo primera, Berlanga y Azcona eran unos genios.