# The best Spanish films of the 1970s

From The Spirit of the Beehive and Arrebato to El desencanto, Poachers, Cría Cuervos and Songs for After a War: the top 10 of Caimán Cuadernos de Cine's poll on Spanish cinema of the 1970s.

- 42 votes · 10 items
- Aug 15, 2018 · Ana Á.
- https://even.best/en/l/4689/the-best-spanish-films-of-the-1970s

## Top 10

1. **Arrebato (1979)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Iván Zulueta. A filmmaker, heroin and a camera that devours.
2. **The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Víctor Erice. Ana Torrent after seeing Frankenstein. Number one.
3. **Tristana (1970)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Luis Buñuel. Catherine Deneuve and Fernando Rey in Toledo.
4. **Songs for After a War (1971)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Basilio Martín Patino. The postwar years through their songs; banned until 1976.
5. **The Disenchantment (1976)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Jaime Chávarri. The family of the poet Leopoldo Panero, in a documentary.
6. **Cría Cuervos (1976)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Carlos Saura. Ana Torrent and 'Porque te vas'. Cannes Jury Prize.
7. **Umbracle (1972)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Pere Portabella. Christopher Lee in an essay film on Francoism.
8. **Poachers (1975)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — José Luis Borau. A poacher and his mother in a forest. Golden Shell.
9. **Cousin Angelica (1974)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Carlos Saura. José Luis López Vázquez returns to his wartime childhood.
10. **Vampir-Cuadecuc (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pere Portabella. The shoot of Jesús Franco's Count Dracula turned into experimental cinema.

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