Best Spanish movies of 2006

Actors : Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Actors : Carmen Maura, Penélope Cruz, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

Actors : Eduard Fernández, Elena Anaya, Viggo Mortensen, Unax Ugalde,
Directors : Agustín Díaz Yanes,

Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.

Actors : Marina de Tavira, Alejandra Gollas, Arturo Barba, Pedro Izquierdo,
Directors : Issa López,

A comedy about four young adults adrift in Mexico City.

Actors : Caterina Jadresic, Miguel Angel De Luca, Marko Zaror, Man Soo Yoon,
Directors : Ernesto Díaz Espinoza,

Chilean brawler and stuntman Marko Zaror marks his emergence onto the international action scene with this fast-paced martial arts film about the leader of a small Chilean street gang who ...

Actors : Ignacio Benítez, Carlos Wagner La Bella, Paola Rotela, Silvina Fontelles,
Directors : Carlos Sorin,

A young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he's discovered.

Actors : Benjamín Vicuña, Gastón Pauls, Francisca Imboden, María Izquierdo,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

A film about a classical composer who goes insane.

Actors : Armando Hernández, Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Damián Alcázar,
Directors : Javier 'Fox' Patrón,

In the devastated urban landscape of Mexico City, in the course of a day, the lives of a handful of characters intertwine.

Actors : Jordi Mollà, Natalia Verbeke, Ana Álvarez, José Garcia,
Directors : Miguel Courtois,

Based on actual events, two journalists investigate the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberacion (GAL), Spain's government-funded hit squad who engaged in a conflict with the Basque terrorist organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) in the mid-1980s.

Actors : Daniel Guzmán, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Verónica Sánchez,
Directors : Gustavo Ron,

In the half-light of a an old stately home, Samuel Davila and his grandfather Paul, once a revered writer... See full synopsis »

Actors : Humberto Busto, Maya Zapata, Silverio Palacios, Rafael Simón,
Directors : Daniel Gruener,

Carlo's uncle died on a Sunday morning, and the only funeral home working on Sundays is managed by a very suspicious character.

Actors : Tania Báez, María Cristina Camilo, Roberto Angel Salcedo, Anabell Alberto,
Directors : Alfonso Rodríguez,

A young wife of a sworn macho becomes tired of his domineering behavior and sets out to change him for good.

Actors : Jimena Anganuzzi, Nicolás Mateo, Leonora Balcarce, Rafael Ferro,
Directors : Verónica Chen,

Thirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, ...

Actors : Misael Saavedra, Argentino Vargas, Carlos Landini, Jorge Franceschelli,
Directors : Lisandro Alonso,

A solitary man whose only pastime is to go to a movie theater, the Teatro San Martín, on Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires. There he exorcise his ghosts.

Actors : Marian Pabon, Mario Pabón, Irene Sofia Lucio, Alexis Arce,

Running for Student Council President will impress the popular girl, until she decides she wants to be president, too.

Actors : Renny Arozarena, Rakel Adriana, Ulyk Anello, Laura De la Uz,
Directors : Jorge Luis Sánchez,

Based on the life of Benny Moré, the film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré leaves the orchestra of Duany and starts his own 'Banda Gigante'. In flashback we learn of ...