# The best Spanish films of the 1960s

From El cochecito, Viridiana and Plácido to The Executioner, Aunt Tula, Chimes at Midnight and The Hunt: the Spanish films of the 1960s with the most votes in Caimán Cuadernos de Cine's 2016 poll, in chronological order.

- 276 votes · 11 items
- Mar 30, 2019 · Sebastián Díaz
- https://even.best/en/l/4690/the-best-spanish-films-of-the-1960s

## Top 11

1. **Viridiana (1961)** (36 · ▲37 ▼1) — Luis Buñuel. Palme d'Or at Cannes and banned in Spain.
2. **Plácido (1961)** (28 · ▲31 ▼3) — Luis García Berlanga. 'Sit a poor man at your table' on a provincial Christmas Eve.
3. **Life Goes On (1963)** (25 · ▲26 ▼1) — Fernando Fernán Gómez. Two sisters in postwar Madrid.
4. **El cochecito (1960)** (23 · ▲26 ▼3) — Marco Ferreri. José Isbert wants a motorised wheelchair like his friends'.
5. **Aunt Tula (1964)** (22 · ▲23 ▼1) — Miguel Picazo. Aurora Bautista, from Unamuno's novel.
6. **The Executioner (1963)** (15 · ▲21 ▼6) — Luis García Berlanga. Nino Manfredi and José Isbert and the executioner's trade.
7. **Nothing Ever Happens (1963)** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Juan Antonio Bardem. A French showgirl stuck in a Castilian town.
8. **Strange Voyage (1964)** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — Fernando Fernán Gómez. A crime in a village; not released until 1970.
9. **Chimes at Midnight (1965)** (11 · ▲16 ▼5) — Orson Welles. Falstaff, shot in Spain.
10. **Nine Letters to Bertha (1966)** (10 · ▲16 ▼6) — Basilio Martín Patino. A Salamanca student and his letters.
11. **The Hunt (1966)** (8 · ▲13 ▼5) — Carlos Saura. A rabbit hunt among Civil War veterans. Silver Bear.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.