# The best Spanish films of the 1990s

From All About My Mother and Thesis to Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Alone, Neighbourhood and The Day of the Beast: the top 10 of TVE's poll on Spanish cinema of the 1990s.

- 22 votes · 10 items
- Aug 5, 2019 · devoralibros_salta
- https://even.best/en/l/4601/the-best-spanish-films-of-the-1990s

## Top 10

1. **All About My Mother (1999)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Pedro Almodóvar. A mother searches Barcelona for her dead son's father. Foreign-language Oscar.
2. **Thesis (1996)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Alejandro Amenábar. A student finds a snuff film at her university.
3. **Martín (Hache) (1997)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Adolfo Aristarain. An Argentine director and his son in Madrid, with Federico Luppi.
4. **Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Julio Medem. Otto and Ana, palindromic names and a love that goes round in circles.
5. **Alone (1999)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Benito Zambrano. A mother and daughter in a Seville neighbourhood.
6. **Lucky Star (1997)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ricardo Franco. A butcher takes in a woman and her son, with Antonio Resines and Jordi Mollà.
7. **Open Your Eyes (1997)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Alejandro Amenábar. Eduardo Noriega and a dream he can't wake up from.
8. **Neighbourhood (1998)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fernando León de Aranoa. Three teenagers in a working-class Madrid district in summer.
9. **The Day of the Beast (1995)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Álex de la Iglesia. A priest tries to stop the Antichrist being born in Madrid.
10. **Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Agustín Díaz Yanes. Victoria Abril as a prostitute in Mexico who returns to Madrid.

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