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The best 'cine quinqui' films

The top 3 according to 34 votes from people: Navajeros (1980) · El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) · Perros callejeros (1977). (Updated Jan 14, 2024.)

Knives, stolen cars and heroin in Spain's transition years: the essential Spanish juvenile-delinquent films, according to El Debate, FlixOlé and Indie Hoy.

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Top 10

  1. 1

    Navajeros (1980)

    El Jaro and his gang: the genre's most iconic film, by Eloy de la Iglesia.

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    4
  2. 2

    El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)

    The life of fugitive Eleuterio Sánchez, by Vicente Aranda.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Perros callejeros (1977)

    El Torete, and the film with which José Antonio de la Loma launched the genre.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    El pico 2 (1984)

    The sequel, with Paco and his Civil Guard father.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Fast, Fast (1981)

    Young robbers on the outskirts of Madrid; Golden Bear for Carlos Saura.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  6. 6

    El pico (1983)

    Heroin in Bilbao, in all its harshness.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Perros callejeros II (1979)

    More of El Torete and his gang.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Colegas (1982)

    Three jobless friends and a pregnancy, by Eloy de la Iglesia.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  9. 9

    La estanquera de Vallecas (1987)

    A tobacconist's robbery that turns into a siege; Manzano's last film.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  10. 10

    Yo, el Vaquilla (1985)

    The life of Barcelona's most famous young delinquent.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1

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  1. 11

    Los últimos golpes de El Torete (1980)

    The end of José Antonio de la Loma's trilogy.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 12

    27 Hours (1986)

    A day in the life of a junkie in San Sebastián, by Montxo Armendáriz.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 2

    0

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