# The best Spanish animated films

From Garbancito de la Mancha to Klaus, via The Living Forest, Chico & Rita, Wrinkles and Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles: the best of Spanish animation according to Nosolocine and El Blog de Cine Español.

- 73 votes · 15 items
- Sep 2, 2020 · Valentina Hernández Díaz
- https://even.best/en/l/4509/the-best-spanish-animated-films

## Top 15

1. **Chico & Rita (2010)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando. A pianist and a singer in 1940s Havana. Oscar nominee.
2. **Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Javier Fesser. Ibáñez's bumbling T.I.A. agents in 3D.
3. **Tad, the Lost Explorer (2012)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Enrique Gato. A bricklayer who dreams of being an archaeologist. Spain's highest-grossing animated film.
4. **Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Salvador Simó. The shooting of Land Without Bread.
5. **Klaus (2019)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Sergio Pablos. The origin of Santa Claus in a frozen town. Oscar nominee.
6. **Black is Beltza (2018)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Fermin Muguruza. A journey through the 1960s sparked by a true story about Pamplona's giants.
7. **Planet 51 (2009)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez. An astronaut lands on a planet of 1950s-style aliens.
8. **Un perro llamado Dolor (2001)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Luis Eduardo Aute. Painters talking about themselves, hand-drawn by the singer-songwriter.
9. **The Missing Lynx (2008)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Raúl García and Manuel Sicilia. Doñana's animals against a millionaire collector.
10. **Garbancito de la Mancha (1945)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — José María Blay and Arturo Moreno. Europe's first colour animated feature.
11. **Wrinkles (2011)** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Ignacio Ferreras. A care home and Alzheimer's, from Paco Roca's comic.
12. **Another Day of Life (2018)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Raúl de la Fuente and Damian Nenow. Ryszard Kapuściński in the Angolan war.
13. **Nocturna (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado. An orphan discovers the world that makes the night work.
14. **The Living Forest (2001)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez. Europe's first 3D animated feature, from Wenceslao Fernández Flórez's book.
15. **O Apóstolo (2012)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Fernando Cortizo. Galician stop-motion: an escaped convict in a village on the Camino de Santiago.

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