# The best Penélope Cruz movies

From Jamón Jamón to Parallel Mothers, via Almodóvar and Woody Allen. Ordered using the Rotten Tomatoes ranking (Indie Hoy), Zenda and JustWatch.

- 5 votes · 14 items
- Dec 4, 2025 · Ana Núñez
- https://even.best/en/l/4057/the-best-penelope-cruz-movies

## Top 10

1. **Open Your Eyes (1997)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sofía, in Amenábar's thriller.
2. **Jamón Jamón (1992)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Silvia, the debut that launched her, with Bigas Luna.
3. **Pain and Glory (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The director's young mother in Almodóvar's memories.
4. **Volver (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Raimunda and her mother's secret; best actress at Cannes.
5. **All About My Mother (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sister Rosa in Almodóvar's Oscar winner.
6. **Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — María Elena, her supporting-actress Oscar.
7. **Belle Époque (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The youngest of Fernando Trueba's four sisters.
8. **Parallel Mothers (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two first-time mothers in the same hospital; Volpi Cup in Venice.
9. **Broken Embraces (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lena, actress and lover, in Almodóvar's melodrama.
10. **Everybody Knows (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A kidnapping at a wedding, by Asghar Farhadi, with Bardem.
11. **Live Flesh (1997)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The woman who gives birth on a bus in the opening scene.
12. **The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Spanish actress in Nazi Germany, by Trueba.
13. **Elegy (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Consuela, opposite Ben Kingsley, by Isabel Coixet.
14. **Official Competition (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An eccentric director facing Banderas and Oscar Martínez.

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