Movies to Watch From Spain

Sorry, Baby

Dir. Eva Victor

In Sorry, Baby, an unspeakable act of cruelty disrupts Agnes’ ambitious rise to the top. Despite being a literature professor,…

The New Years

The concept of The New Years is simple: It’s the multi-year glimpses of a relationship like One Day, except on…

Hard Truths

Dir. Mike Leigh

Hurt people hurt people, the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than in Hard Truths. Directed by Mike…

Court of Gold

In many ways, the NBA is the face of basketball. They don’t just develop athletes, they create superstars—idols that people…

Coppola, the Agent

Dir. Ariel Winograd

Sports is undeniably exciting, but behind the scenes, there’s a whole world constructed just to get the players in the…

Cristóbal Balenciaga

When Cristobal Balenciaga was in his prime, the courtier was lauded for his technique. More than anything, his dedication to…

Zorro

Remakes are a dime a dozen, but Prime Video’s Spanish reinterpretation of Zorro gives justice to the masked vigilante. With…

The Outrun

Dir. Nora Fingscheidt

The Outrun, which follows Rona as she struggles to acknowledge and eventually overcome her alcoholism, is understandably in shambles. It’s…

Burning Body

Dir. Jorge Torregrossa & Laura Mañá

Releasing a documentary and a mini-series on the same case on the same day, Netflix understands how compelling Rosa Peral’s…

Upon Entry

Dir. Alejandro Rojas & Juan Sebastián Vásquez

He may be out of office, but films about Donald Trump’s racist and xenophobic immigration policies will continue to feel…

The Staircase

The bizarre case of Kathleen Peterson’s death, which has yet to be fully resolved to this day, has been the…

The Snow Girl

Child kidnapping is any parent’s nightmare, and it’s the nightmare that drives the events of Spanish crime thriller The Snow…

In Love All Over Again

In Love All Over Again has many of the romance tropes fans of the genre would enjoy. The star-crossed lovers,…

The Last Night at Tremore Beach

Grief can make you see things you don’t normally see. For most people, it means seeing your life in a…

20,000 Species of Bees

Dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

As far as LGBTQIA+ stories go, 20,000 Species of Bees isn’t the best at talking about its themes of identity…

My Love: Six Stories of True Love

Dir. Carolina Sá & Chico Pereira

This docuseries follows six couples from Japan, the U.S., Spain, Brazil, and India, as they share their stories of a…

A Perfect Story

Based on a novel, A Perfect Story feels like a classic, straightforward romcom series. All of the elements are familiar…

Alpha Males

Dir. Alberto Caballero & Laura Caballero

Reading the synopsis of this ten-episode comedy series might put you off at first. It follows four male friends who…

Star Wars: Visions

More a showcase of various styles of animation than an expansion of Star Wars lore (and all the better for…

The Patients of Dr. García

Less medical drama and more spy bromance, The Patients of Dr. Garcia is a new perspective on World War II…

Identifying Features

Dir. Fernanda Valadez

Rather than talking about what it takes to get to the other side of the border, Identifying Features instead focuses…

God's Crooked Lines

Dir. Oriol Paulo

Psychological thriller fans might find God’s Crooked Lines to be a tad derivative. Fans of the novel might find its…

The Beasts

Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen

In The Beasts, the idyllic semi-retirement that a French couple seeks in the Galician countryside — growing organic vegetables, fixing…

Veneno

Most people take for granted that for the longest time, certain sectors of society had no one in their corner…

Song Without a Name

Dir. Melina León

At times of political strife, how can one seek justice? Song Without a Name could have presented its case in…

The Mole Agent

Dir. Maite Alberdi

Going deep undercover, integrating one’s self into a group without any suspicion, and passing out information to another party… That’s…

The Endless Trench

Dir. Aitor Arregi & Jon Garaño

This historical drama opens with one of the most thrilling chase scenes in recent memory, as Higinio Blanco, the man…

Slow

Dir. Marija Kavtaradzė

Though there are ways to go when it comes to ace representation, Slow is a massive step in the right…

You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack

Dir. Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar

After the La Manada rape case in 2016, it was necessary to document this event, especially since the widespread national…

Perfect Life

Dir. Leticia Dolera

Being in your thirties seems to be different from other times in your life. Teenagers and twenty-somethings still have enough…

Seventeen

Dir. Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

At the age of 17, Héctor runs away from a juvenile detention center and embarks on a journey to find…