The best Spanish films of the 1980s
The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: The Nest (1980) · The Crack (1981) · The South (1983). (Updated Dec 3, 2024.)
From The South and The Holy Innocents to Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, La vaquilla and Amanece, que no es poco: the ten essential Spanish films of the 1980s according to eCartelera.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 10
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1
The Nest (1980)
Jaime de Armiñán. Héctor Alterio and a widower's strange friendship with a 13-year-old girl.
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2
The Crack (1981)
José Luis Garci. Alfredo Landa as private eye Germán Areta.
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3
The South (1983)
Víctor Erice. A girl and her father's secrets in a house in the north.
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4
The Enchanted Forest (1987)
José Luis Cuerda. Alfredo Landa and a Galician forest full of characters, from Wenceslao Fernández Flórez.
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5
Bicycles Are for the Summer (1984)
Jaime Chávarri. A Madrid family during the Civil War, from Fernán Gómez's play.
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6
The Holy Innocents (1984)
Mario Camus. Paco Rabal and Alfredo Landa on an Extremadura estate, from Delibes's novel.
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7
La vaquilla (1985)
Luis García Berlanga. Republican soldiers try to steal a heifer from the Nationalist side.
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8
Voyage to Nowhere (1986)
Fernando Fernán Gómez. A troupe of travelling players across postwar Spain.
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9
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Pedro Almodóvar. Carmen Maura, a spiked gazpacho and a Madrid penthouse.
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10
Amanece, que no es poco (1989)
José Luis Cuerda. A surreal village in the hills of Albacete.
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