The best films about the Spanish Civil War
The top 3 according to 94 votes from people: La vaquilla (1985) · ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990) · Pan's Labyrinth (2006). (Updated Apr 12, 2024.)
The war and its aftermath told through drama, comedy and even fantasy. Picked from the lists of decine21, Academia Play and Cineando.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 10
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1
La vaquilla (1985)
Soldiers try to steal a heifer from the other side, by Berlanga.
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2
¡Ay, Carmela! (1990)
Travelling performers stuck behind Nationalist lines, by Carlos Saura.
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3
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Ofelia and the faun in the post-war years, by Guillermo del Toro.
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4
Butterfly's Tongue (1999)
A boy and his teacher in Galicia in 1936, by José Luis Cuerda.
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5
Belle Époque (1992)
A deserter and four sisters before the war; foreign-language Oscar.
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6
The Endless Trench (2019)
A man who hides in his own house for over 30 years.
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7
Land and Freedom (1995)
A young English communist in the POUM militias, by Ken Loach.
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8
13 Roses (2007)
The thirteen young women executed in Madrid in 1939.
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9
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
A girl in a Castilian village in 1940, by Víctor Erice.
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10
Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
A writer on the trail of Sánchez Mazas, by David Trueba.
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11
While at War (2019)
Unamuno in Salamanca in 1936, by Alejandro Amenábar.
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12
Libertarias (1996)
A nun who joins an anarchist women's militia, by Vicente Aranda.
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13
Black Bread (2010)
Post-war rural Catalonia through a child's eyes.
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14
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
An orphanage and a ghost during the war, by Del Toro.
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