Best new Spanish Movies in 2021 & 2020 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & Cinema List)
List of the latest Spanish movies in 2021 and the best Spanish movies of 2020 & the 2010's. Top Spanish movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ & other Streaming services, out on DVD/Blu-ray or in cinema's right now.
New Spanish movies in 2021 in Cinema & on VOD
Top movies up for release in 2021 in cinema and on VOD
DIRECTOR: Daniel Benmayor CAST: Óscar Jaenada, Teo García & Óscar Casas
A hitman had hoped that his days of violence were behind him but that all changed the day that his son and father were murdered. Two years pass and he hasn’t forgotten their deaths. In fact, he’s planned out an elaborate plot to finally get the revenge he seeks on his killer. But this revenge will be most personal when the killer turns out to be the hitman’s brother. Directed by Daniel Benmayor (Tracers) with a screenplay by Ivan Ledesma, this neo-noir revenge thriller stars Óscar Jaenada, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and Óscar Casas Read more Watch the trailer of Xtremo
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DIRECTOR: Alberto de Toro, Javier Ruiz Caldera CAST: Aura Garrido, Miki Esparbé & Luis Callejo
Jan Lozano was the Captain of the Fifth Brigade on a mission of great importance but now finds himself a prisoner of a platoon. He fears his time may be over as he could be due to be executed. Those fears are replaced with new ones as both he and the platoon find themselves facing off against an enemy that neither of them would have expected. Two sides must unite if they hope to survive such a dangerous and unknown threat. Directed by Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera, this action/adventure with dark fantasy elements stars Ken Appledorn, Dafnis Balduz, and María Botto. Read more Watch the trailer of Malzanidos Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
DIRECTOR: Carlos Marbán CAST: Anna Coll Miller, Alma J. Cerezo, Greta Rodríguez, Patricia Fuertes
Elena and her daughter Celia have just gone through a tragedy after having dealt with the death of Elena’s husband. Seeking to place the past behind them, the mother and daughter try to continue on with their lives. But tragedy may not be behind them as one fateful night when Elena goes out to dinner leads to problems when Celia is left home. What happens next is something horrific that neither of them expected. Written and directed by Carlos Marbán, this horror/thriller stars Jordi Rubio Bobet, Begoña Miranda, and Anna Coll Miller. Read more Watch the trailer of Herederas Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
Best Spanish movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ or DVD in 2021
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and the 2010's best rated Spanish movies out on DVD, Bluray or streaming on VOD (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ & More).
DIRECTOR: Salvador Calvo CAST: Luis Tosar, Anna Castillo & Álvaro Cervantes
Africa becomes the setting in this anthology drama of three people with much different lives. Taking place in Northern Africa, the film follows a child who has a dangerous journey ahead, a father who is desperate to make a connection with his daughter, and a coast guard with a dark past he’d rather not face. This somber and heartfelt bit of drama amid interconnected stories was directed by Salvador Calvo and stars Moustapha Oumarou, Luis Tosar, and Álvaro Cervantes in the three lead roles. Read more Watch the trailer of Adú
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DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Sorogoyen CAST: Marta Nieto, Álvaro Balas & Blanca Apilánez
Elena is still trying to get over the death of her six-year-old son who went missing ten years ago. She now lives a somber life working a restaurant by the sea until one day she meets a teenager who looks strangely like her son. The past continues to haunt her as she seeks answers to what really happened to her missing son in this bleak and psychological thriller of one tragic mother seeking the truth. Read more Watch the trailer of Madre Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
DIRECTOR: Albert Pintó CAST: Begona Vargas, María Ballesteros & Javier Botet
A family seeks a new life in the city when they move into an apartment complex. Once they moved in, however, they discover that the building is not at all what it seems. Something dark and sinister is lurking within the apartment. Something paranormal. Something evil. Haunting frights plague the family as bathtubs overflow, toys move on their own, stoves turn themselves on and scary whispers can be heard in the shadows in this dark haunted house horror. Read more Watch the trailer of Malasaña 32
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DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar CAST: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Kiti Mánver, Asier Etxeandia
A film director (assumably based on Pedro Almodovar's own life) looks back on his career, questions the choices he made and reflects on his mortality. Read more Watch the trailer of Pain & Glory
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DIRECTOR: Raúl Arévalo CAST: Antonio de la Torre
Luis Callejo
Ruth Díaz
Jose has just been released from prison. 8 years ago, he took part in a jewel robbery that went terribly wrong. Now that he is free again, he is determined to avenge the men who got away. In order to do so, he slowly builds an intricate scheme. Suspenseful and atmospheric, 'The Fury of a Patient Man' is yet another great Spanish thriller. Read more Watch the trailer of The Fury of a Patient Man RATING: 80/100
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DIRECTOR: Manuel Martín Cuenca CAST: Antonio de la Torre
Olimpia Melinte
María Alfonsa Rosso
Speaking of quality Spanish horror films; Caníbal once again proves Spaniards are pretty good at making those. Caníbal is a stylish, minimalist take on the well-known cannibal theme. Carlos is a quiet and gentle tailor from Granada who kidnaps young, foreign women to take them to an isolated mountain cabin and eat them. He works discrete. Things start to get mixed up for him however when he falls in love with Nina, his last victim’s sister. Caníbal is beautifully shot and ultimately more atmosphere-driven than plot-driven. Read more Watch the trailer of Caníbal RATING: 59/100
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DIRECTOR: Carlos Marques-Marcet CAST: Natalia Tena
David Verdaguer
Sirius Flatz
We have seen the story about whether love can survive long distance before, but this time it has been told rather well. Director Carlos Marques-Marcet was in charge of editing It Felt like Love, a film covering the same topic, and he must have learned quite a bit from that. This film is equally subtle, and perhaps even more relatable. Sure, we have social media, Skype and other technological means of communication, but actual intimate contact remains key in a healthy relationship. This film about a couple in two apartments far away from each other shows us all the pitfalls of a long distance relationship in modern times. Read more Watch the trailer of 10.000 km RATING: 67/100
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DIRECTOR: Alfredo Montero CAST: Marta Castellote
Xoel Fernández
Eva García-Vacas |
The Spanish tradition of creating indie horror films is not over yet. Here is another Spanish ‘found footage’ horror film (REC!) about a group of five youngsters descending into a hidden cave. Of course everything goes terribly wrong. The concept doesn’t sound too exciting, but La Cueva got pretty raving reviews after it was viewed at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam. And it is indeed rather interesting and shockingly realistic. Read more Watch the trailer of La Cueva RATING: 58/100
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DIRECTOR: Alberto Rodríguez CAST: Javier Gutiérre
Raúl Arévalo
María Varod
A killer is slaughtering women in Marshland and two homicides detectives working on the case have their unsettled differences. To bring the killer to justice they need to... Read more Watch the trailer of La Isla Mínima RATING: 73/100
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DIRECTOR: Jonás Trueba CAST: Francesco Carril
Aura Garrido
Pedro C. Lozano
Another charming low budget film, albeit in another fashion than Stockholm. Los Ilusos feels like modern nouvelle vague film. It’s shot in black and white, the acting is spontaneous and it deals with a couple of cinephile twenty-somethings from Madrid. The story revolves around two young aspiring filmmakers reflecting on love, life and cinema. Los Ilusos is a so called meta film: a film about film which has a nice nostalgic vibe to it. Read more Watch the trailer of Los Ilusos RATING: 68/100
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DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar CAST: Javier Cámara
Pepa Charro
Cecilia Roth
Actually this film shouldn’t be on this list. It’s fairly horrible. But since it’s directed by Pedro Almodóvar, without any doubt Spain’s most prolific director, I think it has to be mentioned at least. Just to make sure you skip it. Because after 2011’s great gothic horror La Piel Que Habito, probably Almodóvars’ best effort since La Mala Educación (2004), it couldn’t disappoint more. This tedious and cliché-filled comedy deals with a dozen of people on a plane that is about to crash. Facing death, the passengers start sharing each other’s wildest fantasies. I’m not sure whether this movie had to be more or less vulgar in order to work. Let’s hope Almodóvar finds his old shape back with his next one. Read more Watch the trailer of Los Amantes Pasajeros RATING: 56/100
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DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Sorogoyen CAST: Javier Pereira
Aura Garrido
Jesús Caba
A nice low budget flick which brings Richard Linklaters’ classic Before Sunrise to mind. A boy meets a girl in Madrid (no, not Stockholm), tells her he loves her which the girls finds hard to believe. What follows is a dialogue-driven story in real time, a long walk through a city at night, where the boy has to convince the girl. In the second part of the film, the morning after, it becomes painfully clear that both are seeking something entirely different. Stockholm offers nothing we haven’t seen before but is fresh and nicely naturalistic acted. Read more Watch the trailer of Stockholm RATING: 71/100 Netflix | Amazon | All Release dates
DIRECTOR: David Trueba CAST: Javier Cámara
Natalia de Molina
Francesc Colomer
Spain, 1966. Antonio is a teacher who uses Beatles-songs to teach his students English. When he finds out John Lennon is shooting a film in Almeria, he embarks on a road trip, planning on meeting his idol. Along the way he picks up a few colorful hitchhikers. Vivir Es Fácil con los Ojos Cerrados (‘Living is easy with eyes closed’, a phrase from Strawberry Fields) is a nice bitter sweet road movie. Enjoyable, even touching at some times, even though the film sometimes tries a little too hard to reanimate the sixties, as is often the case with period films. Read more Watch the trailer of Vivir Es Fácil con los Ojos Cerrados RATING: 70/100
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DIRECTOR: Inés París CAST: Belén Rueda
Diego Peretti
Eduard Fernández
Aging actress Isabella, a scriptwriter and two producers meet in a country house, in hopes of making a deal. But then the actress' ex-boyfriend Carlos and his new lover show up unexpectedly. A comedy of murder and betrayal in the veins of Agathie Cristie's best work is about to unravel. Read more Watch the trailer of La Noche Que Mi Madre Mato a Mi Padre RATING: 61/100
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DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar CAST: Emma Suárez
Adriana Ugarte
Daniel Grao
After the somewhat disappointing 'Los amantes pasajeros', Almodóvar returns with a stylish and gripping new film. Title character Julietta is a middle-aged woman, seemingly happy (re-)married. She is about to move abroad with her husband, as she stumbles upon a friend of her long-lost daughter. What follows is a painful reconstruction... beautifully shot, colored and scored, Julietta marks a return to form by Spain's wunderkind. Read more Watch the trailer of Julietta RATING: 71/100
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DIRECTOR: Fernando González Molina CAST: Javier Botet
Marta Etura
Colin McFarlane |
Inspector Amaia Salazar heads an investigation which will take her back to Elizondo, the rainy village in the heart of Navarre where she was born, and to which she had hoped never to return... Read more Watch the trailer of El guardián invisible RATING: 79/100
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DIRECTOR: Manuel Martín Cuenca CAST: Javier Gutiérrez
María León
Antonio de la Torre
Álvaro is a poor man obsessed with the idea of writing 'high literature'. He starts provoking conflicts to write about them. Planning all the conspiracy for a possible murder doesn't let him see that, in fact, he is the real victim. Read more Watch the trailer of El móvil RATING: 74/100
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Pedro Almodovar, Julio Medem, Alejandro Amenabar… just a few names to remind you of the greatness of Spanish cinema. But what had the past years to offer? We made a list of the best Spanish movies!
I had to admit to myself that I did not see many films from Spain before this article. Until now, that is. Spanish directors seemed conspicuous by their absence at recent important film festivals. How come? Sure, the country has been through better times economically, but isn’t malaise usually a source of inspiration? And what about Spain’s position as Europe’s stronghold of quality horror films?
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