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1. You've Got Mail (1998)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
Votes: 229,776 | Gross: $115.82M
2. The Way We Were (1973)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance
During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles
Votes: 27,488
3. Parallel Mothers (2021)
R | 123 min | Drama
The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 36,037
4. Evita (1996)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 37,585 | Gross: $50.05M
5. Milk (I) (2008)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna
Votes: 179,878 | Gross: $31.84M
6. Biutiful (2010)
R | 148 min | Drama, Romance
A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
Votes: 94,635 | Gross: $5.10M
7. Together (2000)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel
Votes: 24,350 | Gross: $1.07M
8. The Ministry of Time (2015–2020)
TV-MA | 3,155 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A warrior from the 16th Century, the first female university student from the 19th Century, and a paramedic from the 21st Century join a secret agency to prevent people from changing Spanish history using time-traveling doors.
Stars: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Juan Gea, Francesca Piñón, Jaime Blanch
Votes: 5,563
9. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Votes: 33,339 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Grace of Monaco (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, André Penvern, Frank Langella
Votes: 21,191
11. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,302 | Gross: $20.24M
12. Fedora (1978)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer
Votes: 5,188 | Gross: $2.20M
13. Little Ashes (2008)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell
Votes: 9,626 | Gross: $0.48M
14. Someone Has to Die (2020)
TV-MA | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story begins with a young boy being asked by his parents to return to Spain to meet his fiance. He returns accompanied by Lazaro, a mysterious ballet dancer.
Stars: Cecilia Suárez, Ernesto Alterio, Alejandro Speitzer, Isaac Hernández
Votes: 5,655
15. The Last Circus (2010)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A young trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang, Manuel Tallafé
Votes: 15,238 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè
Votes: 6,591 | Gross: $0.01M
17. A Matador's Mistress (2008)
Not Rated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The film starts in the trip from Sevilla to Linares, where Manolete stops in Córdoba to see his mother. He will be remembering some passages of his life.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: Adrien Brody, Penélope Cruz, Santiago Segura, Juan Echanove
Votes: 3,286
18. The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura
Votes: 10,706 | Gross: $0.72M
19. What the Future Holds (2018)
Drama, Thriller
Justo Gil arrives as a migrant in the city, his great charisma will allow him to socialize with the youngsters from the gauche divine but an unexpected turn of events makes him become an informer for the Franco political police.
Stars: Oriol Pla, Aura Garrido, Jesús Carroza, Pep Cruz
Votes: 839
20. Terra de canons (1999)
128 min | Drama, History, Romance
Eduard de Siscart, firstborn of an aristocratic family, supports the resistance against Franco's forces. Precisely for this reason, when the Civil War ends (1936-1939) he is forced into exile.
Director: Antoni Ribas | Stars: Lorenzo Quinn, Cristina Pineda, Mario Guariso, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 60
21. The Spanish Earth (1937)
Unrated | 52 min | Documentary, War
A documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Director: Joris Ivens | Stars: Enrique Lister, Carlos Romero Giménez, José Díaz, Gustav Regler
Votes: 862
22. Roads to the South (1978)
100 min | Drama
The story of an exiled Spanish revolutionary, now a successful screenwriter, dangerously drawn back to his homeland and the "good fight" for freedom from fascism.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Yves Montand, Miou-Miou, Laurent Malet, France Lambiotte
Votes: 250
23. Yo amo a Hitler (1984)
75 min | Comedy, History
A young German pacifist finds documents in an old castle that proves Hitler didn't kill himself in April 1945, but fled to Spain disguised as a monk, and now works as a comedian in a remote... See full summary »
Director: Ismael González | Stars: Llàtzer Escarceller, Carole Kirkham, Emilio Linder, Francisco Porras
Votes: 24
24. El año de las luces (1986)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Political and religious prejudices are destroying the relationship between two teenagers in wartime Spain.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Verónica Forqué, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 1,127
25. When the Moors Ruled in Europe (2005)
PG | 102 min | Documentary
This program contends that the popular perception of the Muslim occupation of Spain toward the end of the first millennium is largely wrong. The eighth century Muslim invasion of the ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Copestake | Stars: Bettany Hughes, Antonio Almagro, Moussa Aouni, Pedro Chalmeta Gendrón
Votes: 200
26. Lobos sucios (2015)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Two sisters turns in the center of a plot implying wolfram, Nazis, Franco's prisoners and British spies.
Director: Simón Casal | Stars: Marian Álvarez, Noemí Auditore, Ricardo de Barreiro, Rosa Álvarez
Votes: 239
27. Les Milles (1995)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A World War II drama where people, many of whom opposed to Nazism, get on board a train from France that could lead them to freedom.
Director: Sébastien Grall | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 312
28. Margarita y el lobo (1969)
45 min | Drama, Musical
A woman is granted a separation from her husband and through a flashback her various battles with life's wolves are recounted.
Director: Cecilia Bartolomé | Stars: Julia Peña, José Antonio Amor, Lola Lemos, Ernesto Martín
Votes: 60
29. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen
Votes: 150
30. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary, History
A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.
Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer
Votes: 191
31. Hitler's Steel Beast (2016)
52 min | Documentary, History
At the end of the 1930s, Hitler ordered the construction of a special train that could transport him around safely and appease his growing paranoia. A veritable fortress on rails, this ... See full summary »
Directors: Caroline Amiard, Daniel Ablin | Stars: François Delpla, Mark Felton, Luc Fournier, Séverine Fraisse
Votes: 498
32. Kinderraub: Ein dunkles Kapitel der katholischen Kirche (2023 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
In vielen Ländern gab es Fälle von Babyraub, Irland erlangte in diesem Kontext traurige Berühmtheit, ebenso Argentinien, Chile oder Australien - aber nirgendwo auf der Welt verschwanden so ... See full summary »
Director: Margot Litten | Stars: Christian Baumann, Elsa López, Ricard Vinyes, Dolores Gomez
Votes: 5
33. Die Klage gegen die Franco-Diktatur (2018 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Directors: Lucía Palacios, Dietmar Post | Stars: Kornelia Boje, Carin Abicht, Henning Bormann, Alix Dudel
34. The eagle's shadow (2018)
47 min | Documentary, Biography, History
If history is written by the victors, what stories would the defeated tell?
Director: Ariel Pintor
35. Un cero a la izquierda (1980)
84 min | Comedy
Director: Gabriel Iglesias | Stars: Tony Soler, Eloy Herrera, Pedro Valentín, María Isbert
Votes: 10
36. Neboztik si nepral kvety (1985 TV Movie)
80 min | Crime
Director: Pavel Brabec | Stars: Marie Glázrová, Karel Hermánek, Hana Maciuchová, Jirí Nemecek
Votes: 15
37.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
(1994)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Simon Roberts
Votes: 2,580
38.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
Eagle Day
(2002)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Foyle investigates a man found with a knife in his stomach in a bombed out building while son Andrew gets involved in a top secret radar program.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: Bill Thomas, Katy Brittain, Fergus Webster, Tom Bowles
Votes: 820
39.
Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode:
Richard Pryor/Gil Scott-Heron
(1975)
TV-14 | 66 min | Comedy, Music
The host for the episode is Richard Pryor, and the musical guest is Gil Scott-Heron. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris tricks Chevy Chase into taking a bad fall ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Wilson | Stars: Richard Pryor, Gil Scott-Heron, Shelley R. Bonus, The Muppets
Votes: 357
40.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
Franco Spain: Part 1
(1963)
Documentary, History
41.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
Franco Spain: Part 2
(1963)
Documentary, History
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Francisco Franco
42.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Hitler's Secrets
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
From his "grand deception" against Stalin to his spy operations in America, Adolf Hitler shared many secrets with his intelligence masters. An examination of Hitler and the eventual betrayal of his chief spymaster.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Heinz Felfe, Thomas B. Allen, Terry Charman
43.
Dime Quién Soy: Mistress of War (2020–2021)
Episode:
Santiago
(2020)
TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Thriller
After leaving Moscow and returning to Madrid, Amelia has to look for some way to save her family; the victory of Francoism triggers a persecution against the republicans supporters.
Director: Eduard Cortés | Stars: Irene Escolar, Oriol Pla, Pierre Kiwitt, Maria Pia Calzone
Votes: 39
44.
Lundi en histoires (2014– )
Episode:
Elles étaient en guerre: 1939-1945
(2015)
91 min | Documentary, History
Mothers, nurses, soldiers and deportees - these women fought against persecution for freedom and survival amid the turbulence of World war II.
Directors: Fabien Beziat, Hugues Nancy | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Berthe Wild, Henri Frenay, Lucie Aubrac
Votes: 80
45.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for the Mediterranean
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill
Votes: 5
46.
The Ministry of Time (2015–2020)
Episode:
Antes de que no haya tiempo
(2020)
TV-MA | 12 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A prequel episode that fills the holes between seasons 3 and 4.
Directors: Carles Torrens, Marc Vigil | Stars: Hugo Silva, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Juan Gea, Francesca Piñón
Votes: 81
47.
Das Boot (2018– )
Episode:
Letzte Entscheidungen
(2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, War
Wrangel and von Reinhartz struggle with their teams at sea. Hoffmann's situation in New York comes to a head. The Jewish families from La Rochelle are due to be transported to Poland.
Director: Rick Ostermann | Stars: Tom Wlaschiha, Rochelle Neil, Clemens Schick, Rick Okon
Votes: 228
48.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode:
Bad Blood
(2021)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
John and Spooner travel back Spain 1935 to find the Fountain, while the Legends deal with an adolescent Gus-Gus.
Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann
Votes: 782
49.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
Crossword puzzles in a national newspaper begin to attract the attention of MI5, the answers are code words for the upcoming D-Day operation. Is this the work of a spy?
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Joshua Levine
50.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
Hukbalahap Rebels in the Philippines believe they have a new enemy - a vampire. The British claim that an RAF pilot's incredible night vision comes from eating carrots.
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Joshua Levine, Guy Walters, Dominic Selwood, Andrew Robertshaw