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Popular Spanish Language Films
- Clandestine ChildhoodCritically acclaimed historical drama. Set in the time of Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983)
- German Doctor, ThePatagonia, 1960. A German war criminal is befriended by an Argentine family.
- Hijo de la Novia (Son of the Bride)Rafael feels guilty that he doesn't visit his mother, who is stricken with Alzheimer's disease
- Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens)Crime drama. Two con men try to pull off a swindle.
- Plata Quemada (Burnt Money)Two gay thugs Angel (Eduardo Noriega) and El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) join a plan to hold up an armored truck with a group of seasoned gangsters.
- Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales)Six short stories involving people out for vengeance. 2015 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film.
- Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes)A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases.
- No2012 Chileans vote on whether dictator Augusto Pinochet should stay in power. Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal.
- Green InfernoA group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon realize that they are not alone.
- The ClubFour priests exiled to a small seaside town to atone for the sins of their pasts find their fragile stability disrupted by the arrival of a newly-disgraced companion in this taut blackly comic drama.
- Nana (The Maid)Raquel has worked as a housemaid for an upper-class Santiago, Chile, family for 23 years.
- GloriaComedy, A vibrant older woman gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, Chile's submission to 2014 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film.
- TrumanTwo friends set out to finalize one of the friend's funeral arrangements, settle his accounts and, most importantly, find a home for his beloved dog,
Goya Award Best Actor: Ricardo Darin
La Otra Conquista - The Other Conquest
Los Olvidados - The Young and the Damned
Amores Perros - Love's a Bitch
Las Islas Marías - Pedro Infante
Best Foreign Language Oscar submissions from Spain
Julieta - Almodovar - - 2016
Flowers for Ane - (Basque) -- 2015
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed - 2014
Blancanieves - 2012
Even the Rain -- 2010 (shortlisted)
Orfanato (Orphanage) - 2007
Volver - Almodovar - 2006 (shortlisted)
Obaba - 2005
Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) Javier Bardem - 2004
Based on a true story of a quadriplegic's 30-year battle to end his own life. Winner Academy Award. 2004
Mondays in the Sun (Los Lunes al sol) - 2002
Juana la Loca (Mad Love) - 2001
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) - Almodovar - 1999
El Abuelo (The Grandfather) - 1998
Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazon) - 1997
Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto) - Almodovar - 1995
Belle Epoque - 1993
High Heels (Tacones Lejanos) - Almodovar - 1991
Ay, Carmela! - Carlos Saura - (VHS) - 1990
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)- Almodovar - 1988 (nominated)
Carmen - Carlos Saura - 1983
That Obscure Object of Desire - Bunuel - 1977 (nominated)
Cria Cuervos (Raise Ravens) - Carlos Saura - 1976
Other films from Spain
Jamón Jamón A Tale of Ham and Passion
Atáme - Tie Me Up Tie Me Down - Almodovar
Belle de Jour - Buñuel
- Pa Negre (Black Bread)Streaming : Alexander Street Press
2010
Winner 13 Gaudi Awards & 10 Goya Awards and 1st Catalan language film nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar.
In the harsh years of post-war rural Catalonia, young Andreu comes across the bodies of a man and his son in the woods. When the authorities blame his father, the boy sets out to discover who really killed them. - La Casa de Mi AbuelaStreaming: Alexander Street Press
Being 6 years old, and having to live with your grandmother who is 75 years and has very old fashioned ideas, is not easy. - Carícies = CaressesDVD PN1997.S7 C273 2005
Set in Barcelona, portrays eleven interlocking stories of intimate encounters, laced with humor. - AnimalsDVD PN1997.S7 A55 2013
Pol, a teenager who lives with his brother and studies at a British high school, is content to pal around with Deerhoof, his opinionated, drums-playing, English-speaking imaginary teddy bear, until Ikari, an enigmatic and alluring student who fascinates Pol, arrives at school. - Dalí : Teatre-MuseuDVD N7113.D3 D3558 2003
Includes a room-by-room virtual tour of Dali's "Theatre-Museum" in Figueres, Spain, as well as biographical information about the artist and personal analysis of some of his most famous paintings. - Dalí Port LligatDVD N7113.D3 D3557 2003
Includes a room-by-room virtual tour of Dali's home at Port Lligat,
- El Baño del Papa (The Pope's Toilet)An Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II.
- GiganteA shy and lonely 35 year old security guard at a supermarket works the night shift monitoring the surveillance cameras.
- WhiskyThe owner of a struggling sock company doesn't want his visiting brother to know he's single so he asks a woman to pretend she's his wife.