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1. The Executioner (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 7,443
2. Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
78 min | Comedy
After finding out that North American people are visiting the Spanish villages, the citizens of Villar del Río start preparing themselves to welcome them when they arrive.
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Lolita Sevilla, Manolo Morán, José Isbert, Alberto Romea
Votes: 4,824
3. El cochecito (1960)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Seventy-something Don Anselmo, a retired minister, becomes obsessed with owning a motorized wheelchair and fakes infirmity to get it.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: José Isbert, Pedro Porcel, José Luis López Vázquez, María Luisa Ponte
Votes: 1,575
4. The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
93 min | Comedy
Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Valentina Cortese, Juan Calvo, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 1,283
5. Los jueves, milagro (1957)
84 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public. To bring back the tourists, the "prominent men" of the village ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Richard Basehart, José Isbert, Paolo Stoppa, Juan Calvo
Votes: 908
6. La gran familia (1962)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Carlos Alonso and Mercedes Cebrián are parents of fifteen children of different ages. They all live with the grandfather and depend exclusively on Carlos work (moonlighting rigger) as the ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernando Palacios, Rafael J. Salvia | Stars: Alberto Closas, Amparo Soler Leal, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 631
7. Historias de la radio (1955)
95 min | Comedy
Three different stories whose central axis are radio listeners: several contestants have to get to a radio station studio dressed as Eskimo, a thief answering a call in the house which is ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Margarita Andrey, José Isbert, Ángel de Andrés
Votes: 581
8. Cielo Negro (1951)
113 min | Drama
A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.
Director: Manuel Mur Oti | Stars: Susana Canales, Fernando Rey, Luis Prendes, Teresa Casal
Votes: 365
9. Mi tío Jacinto (1956)
90 min | Drama
Jacinto, a retired bullfighter who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter in which he is informed that, according to an old agreement, he must participate in a mock ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Pablito Calvo, Antonio Vico, José Marco Davó, Juan Calvo
Votes: 357
10. The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by a magician, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Pablito Calvo, Aroldo Tieri, Silvia Marco
Votes: 254
11. La vida por delante (1958)
90 min | Comedy
Finished their careers of Law and Medicine, respectively, Antonio Redondo and Josefina Castro, a pair of young Spanish newlyweds, are looking for work to buy an apartment and start a life ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Analía Gadé, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Isbert, Félix de Pomés
Votes: 252
12. Tarde de toros (1956)
75 min | Drama
Sellout in the bullring of Las Ventas in Madrid. A luxury poster is about to deal a cattle from Antonio Pérez Tabernero. A spontaneous jumps into the ring, the wife of one of those ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Domingo Ortega, Antonio Bienvenida, María Asquerino, Marisa Prado
Votes: 166
13. Los ladrones somos gente honrada (1956)
89 min | Comedy
Three criminals from Madrid meet a former partner who plans to commit a robbery at a jewelry store. The attempt is a failure.
Director: Pedro L. Ramírez | Stars: José Luis Ozores, José Isbert, Encarnita Fuentes, Rafael Bardem
Votes: 150
14. Los dinamiteros (1964)
93 min | Comedy
Doña Pura, don Benito and don Augusto are three venerable old people who usually coincide each month in the queues of the mutuality windows to collect their pension, an opportunity they ... See full summary »
Director: Juan García Atienza | Stars: José Isbert, Sara García, Carlo Pisacane, Lola Gaos
Votes: 139
15. Policarpo 'ufficiale di scrittura' (1959)
104 min | Comedy
The action is focused at the end of the 19th century. Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo seeks a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Renato Rascel, Carla Gravina, Romolo Valli, Tony Soler
Votes: 117
16. Carne de horca (1953)
93 min | Adventure, Western
In the nineteenth century, in Sierra Morena and in the Serranía de Ronda, a lot of bandoleros proliferated, who, alone or gathered in parties, sowed panic by assaulting and murdering ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Emma Penella, Fosco Giachetti, José Nieto
Votes: 116
17. Faustina (1957)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A conquering woman of love, power, and fame, is challenged by the devil, as he too, wants to conquer all.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: María Félix, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Fernando Rey, Elisa Montés
Votes: 114
18. Margarita se llama mi amor (1961)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Margarita is a beautiful girl with all her faculty fellows as pretenders, although none of them stole her heart...
Director: Ramón Fernández | Stars: Mercedes Alonso, Antonio Cifariello, Manuel Zarzo, Isana Medel
Votes: 97
19. Manolo guardia urbano (1956)
90 min | Comedy
Manolo Martínez is a friendly traffic warden from Madrid who has an appreciation of all drivers and neighbors in his traffic controller's post next to Cibeles fountain.
Director: Rafael J. Salvia | Stars: Manolo Morán, Tony Leblanc, Ángel de Andrés, Antonio Riquelme
Votes: 94
20. Sabían demasiado (1962)
95 min | Comedy
A gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster...
Director: Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Tony Leblanc, Concha Velasco, José Isbert, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 92
21. Fulano y Mengano (1957)
70 min | Comedy
The stay in the prison of Eudosio and Carlos, accused unjustly, prevents them from getting a job when they go free. As much as they intend to explain that they were locked up for no reason,... See full summary »
Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent | Stars: José Isbert, Julia Martínez, Juanjo Menéndez, Emilio Santiago
Votes: 74
22. Ella, él y sus millones (1944)
120 min | Comedy
Arturo Salazar, a rich business man, is looking for an aristocratic bride to accomplish his dream of entering nobility. Diana, daughter of the Dukes of Hinojares, meets his expectations as ... See full summary »
Director: Juan de Orduña | Stars: Rafael Durán, Josita Hernán, Roberto Rey, Luchy Soto
Votes: 71
23. The Adventurer of Seville (1954)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
Figaro, a singing barber, gets caught by some bandits who use his abilities to attract travelers and assault them. To escape justice he joins the army where he meets no other than the ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Luis Mariano, Lolita Sevilla, José Isbert, Danielle Godet
Votes: 70
24. Once pares de botas (1954)
106 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport
Ignacio, a professional footballer, has sentimental and labor problems. His girlfriend is about to abandon him because of the constant displays of affection that the player receives from an... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Rovira Beleta | Stars: José Suárez, Mari Carmen Pardo, Elisa Montés, José Isbert
Votes: 62
25. El capitán Veneno (1951)
85 min | Comedy
In Madrid, under Queen Isabel II reign, rebellions are frequent events. During one of them Captain Jorge de Córdoba, nicknamed Veneno (poison) for his quarrelsome disposition, bad temper ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Marquina | Stars: Sara Montiel, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Amparo Martí, José Isbert
Votes: 60
26. El fantasma y Dª Juanita (1945)
73 min | Comedy
Faced with the possibility that her niece Rosita abandon her true love to contract a marriage of convenience, Miss Juanita tells the girl what happened to herself many years ago when she ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Antonio Casal, Mary Delgado, Juan Espantaleón, Alberto Romea
Votes: 60
27. Doña Francisquita (1952)
88 min | Comedy, Musical
Francisquita, owner of a pastry shop with her widowed mother, loves Fernando, but he only has eyes for Aurora, a temperamental artist. It's his father who courts Francisquita, despite her ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Mirtha Legrand, Armando Calvo, Antonio Casal, Manolo Morán
Votes: 59
28. Mi adorado Juan (1950)
91 min | Comedy
The strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate the case on his own. It ends up finding out that the author of the robberies is a young woman called Eloísa,... See full summary »
Director: Jerónimo Mihura | Stars: Conchita Montes, Conrado San Martín, Juan de Landa, Luis Pérez de León
Votes: 59
29. Los ángeles del volante (1957)
100 min | Comedy
A taxi driver and his co-workers try to cheer up a girl after she tries to commit suicide by getting herself driven over.
Director: Ignacio F. Iquino | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Luis Ozores, José Isbert, Manolo Morán
Votes: 58
30. La pandilla de los once (1963)
95 min | Comedy
Inspired by the American gangster films, a group of thugs decides to dock the Bank of Spain. "El Rubio" explains to his men that, to commit the armed robbery, they will have to dig a ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Ángel de Andrés, Antonio Riquelme, José Isbert, Manolo Gómez Bur
Votes: 56
31. El bailarín y el trabajador (1936)
83 min | Comedy
A rich and skittish young girl falls in love with a young man who has a good social position and has won a waltzes contest. The father of the girl wants for her daughter a man of the future... See full summary »
Director: Luis Marquina | Stars: Roberto Rey, Ana María Custodio, Antoñita Colomé, José Isbert
Votes: 56
32. The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
82 min | Drama
To save her fiance who is opponent to regime, the beautiful Ines agrees to marry the chief of Toledo police.
Directors: Henri Decoin, Fernando Palacios | Stars: Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz, Françoise Arnoul, Gérard Landry
Votes: 55
33. La pícara molinera (1955)
80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film based on the popular romance of the 'Molinero de Arcos'.
Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Carmen Sevilla, Francisco Rabal, Mischa Auer, Madeleine Lebeau
Votes: 51
34. Aeropuerto (1953)
90 min | Comedy
The stories of various travelers, airlines and customs staff who coincide at the airport.
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Margarita Andrey, Fernando Rey, María Asquerino
Votes: 50
35. Don Lucio y el hermano Pío (1960)
83 min | Comedy
A naive lay-brother goes to Madrid to collect alms for his orphanage. On the train he meets a small-time con-man and his troubles begin.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Tony Leblanc, Montserrat Salvador, Tony Soler, José Calvo
Votes: 50
36. Alma de Dios (1941)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
Eloísa leaves her aunt with whom she has had a bad living since her mother's death, and travels to the city to ask shelter from another aunt, who takes her as a maid. She also meets a good ... See full summary »
Director: Ignacio F. Iquino | Stars: Amparo Rivelles, Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro, Manuel González, Luis Prendes
Votes: 49
37. Séptima página (1951)
84 min | Drama
An urban newspaper's seventh page ("séptima página") is a compendium of society events and varied incidents, each one reflecting an individual story beyond the written words.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Adriano Domínguez, Raúl Cancio, Carlota Bilbao, José María Rodero
Votes: 46
38. Bombas para la paz (1959)
86 min | Comedy
A scientist learns a way to impose peace on earth despite political confrontations using gas bombs.
Director: Antonio Román | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Julia Martínez, José Isbert, Antonio Riquelme
Votes: 45
39. Vamos a contar mentiras (1962)
85 min | Comedy
A happily married woman is distinguished by her ability to lie constantly. Her husband reproaches her that she is unoccupied, and that is where her liking for lies comes from. One night, ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Stars: Juanjo Menéndez, Amparo Soler Leal, José Luis López Vázquez, José Bódalo
Votes: 45
40. Princess of the Ursinos (1947)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of the Countess d'Orsini, French noblewoman and courtesan at the court of the Spanish king, who acted as an agent for the King of France and was one of the most powerful people at the Spanish court.
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Ana Mariscal, Roberto Rey, Fernando Rey, Juan Espantaleón
Votes: 44
41. Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (1912)
5 min | Short
Film based on the assassination of the Spanish politician José Canalejas at Manuel Pardiñas's hands on 12 November of 1912. It has two parts: The first one is a fiction representation of ... See full summary »
Directors: Enrique Blanco, Adelardo Fernández Arias | Stars: Rafael Arcos, José Isbert
Votes: 43
42. La casa de la Troya (1959)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gerardo Roquer's father sends his son, who is much more interested in nightlife and vaudeville chorus girls than in textbooks, from Madrid to the University of Santiago de Compostela to ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Ana Esmeralda, Arturo Fernández, Pepe Rubio, Julio Riscal
Votes: 42
43. ¡¡Todo es posible en Granada!! (1954)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An American oil company buys land in Granada, but they have problems when one owner alone does not want to sell.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Merle Oberon, Francisco Rabal, Peter Damon, Rafael Bardem
Votes: 41
44. Los que no fuimos a la guerra (1962)
99 min | Comedy
World War I (1914-1918). In a provincial environment of neutral Spain, two families face and be involved in embarrassing episodes because each one defends a different faction. This situation even causes the rupture of a courtship.
Director: Julio Diamante | Stars: Laura Valenzuela, Agustín González, Juanjo Menéndez, José Isbert
Votes: 40
45. El Litri y su sombra (1960)
90 min | Drama
Biographical film about the Spanish matador Miguel Báez "el Litri", a descendant of two generations of bullfighters: his elder brother touched glory before he died at 22 from a goring ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Litri, Katia Loritz, Ismael Merlo, Pilar Cansino
Votes: 38
46. La familia Vila (1950)
70 min | Drama
Jaime Vila is an honest family man from Barcelona who works as an accountant in a flour factory. He has four children and is married to Mrs. Adela, a good wife and an excellent mother. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ignacio F. Iquino | Stars: Modesto Cid, José Isbert, María Francés, Maruchi Fresno
Votes: 38
47. El guardián del paraíso (1955)
94 min | Comedy
A night watchman tells of his adventures with a poet in love, a nun trying to get a medicine and a robbery attempt.
Director: Arturo Ruiz-Castillo | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Emma Penella, Elvira Quintillá, José María Rodero
Votes: 38
48. El señor Esteve (1950)
108 min
Barcelona, 1860. Mr. Esteve, owner of a prosperous haberdashery and proud of his son Ramón, attends the christening of his grandson. Twenty years later, Ramón passes away and Mr. Esteve ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Alberto Romea, Carmen de Lucio, Manuel Dicenta, Carlos Muñoz
Votes: 37
49. Congreso en Sevilla (1955)
85 min | Comedy
Carmen is a Spanish emigrant in Stockholm who does not have the money to run her business or buy a ticket back to Spain. Thanks to a misunderstanding she meets Dr. Petersen who has an ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Román | Stars: Carmen Sevilla, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manolo Morán, Fernando Nogueras
Votes: 35
50. Tú y yo somos tres (1962)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Analía Gadé, Alberto de Mendoza, Pepe Rubio, Ismael Merlo
Votes: 30