Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defenseless in the face of danger, indulge in colourful confessionals, while the outlandish crew attempts to find ways to entertain them.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1989

Spanish

7.0

♡ 20

Pedro Almodóvar Director

María Barranco as Berta

Francisco Rabal as Máximo Espejo

Antonio Banderas as Ricky

Rossy de Palma as Traficante de drogas en Vespa

After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984

Spanish

7.1

♡ 12

75%

81%

Comedy

Drama

husband wife relationship

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Agustín Almodóvar as Cajero

Cecilia Roth as Chica anuncio

Carmen Maura as Gloria

Kiti Mánver as Juani

A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.

The Skin I Live In

2011

Spanish

7.6

♡ 82

81%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Eduard Fernández as Fulgencio

Antonio Banderas as Robert Ledgard

Elena Anaya as Vera Cruz

Carmen Machi as Wedding Guest

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

Kika

1993

Spanish

6.5

♡ 5

59%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Rossy de Palma as Juana

Peter Coyote as Nicholas

Agustín Almodóvar as Reparador de Puertas

Bibiana Fernández as Susana

When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.

The Flower of My Secret

1995

Spanish

7.0

♡ 3

86%

parent child relationship

spain

suicide attempt

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Jordi Mollà as Doctor A

Nancho Novo as Doctor B

Chus Lampreave as Jacinta

Kiti Mánver as Manuela

Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Ángel, a sensitive newspaper editor.

Live Flesh

1997

Spanish

7.3

♡ 29

80%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Ángela Molina as Clara

Javier Bardem as David de Paz

Agustín Almodóvar as Enterrador

Penélope Cruz as Isabel Plaza Caballero

When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!

The Human Voice

2020

English

6.8

♡ 13

97%

73%

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

loneliness

man woman relationship

midlife crisis

psychotic

suicidal thoughts

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Agustín Almodóvar as

Carlos García Cambero as

Miguel Almodóvar as

Tilda Swinton as Woman

A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.

All About My Mother

1999

Spanish

7.8

♡ 36

98%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Thelma Ritter as Birdie

Penélope Cruz as Hermana Rosa

Celeste Holm as Karen

Cecilia Roth as Manuela

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

Volver

2006

Spanish

7.6

♡ 55

91%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Agustín Almodóvar as Empleado ferretería

Carmen Maura as Irene

Penélope Cruz as Raimunda

Chus Lampreave as Tía Paula

Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.

Labyrinth of Passion

1982

Spanish

6.1

♡ 6

92%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Luis Ciges as El Tintorero

Marta Fernández Muro as Queti

Antonio Banderas as Sadec

Cecilia Roth as Sexilia

An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.

Bad Education

2004

Spanish

7.4

♡ 26

88%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Gael García Bernal as Ángel / Juan / Zahara

Leonor Watling as Mónica

Pol Monen as Niño

Daniel Giménez Cacho as Padre Manolo

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

High Heels

1991

Spanish

7.0

♡ 6

61%

parent child relationship

Romance

singer

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Agustín Almodóvar as Cliente tienda de fotos

Santiago Segura as Público

Javier Bardem as Regidor T.V.

Bibiana Fernández as Susana

After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...

Parallel Mothers

2021

Spanish

7.1

♡ 28

96%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Milena Smit as Ana

Rossy de Palma as Elena

Penélope Cruz as Janis

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Teresa

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.

Matador

1986

Spanish

6.9

♡ 15

93%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Antonio Banderas as Ángel

Eva Cobo as Eva

Carmen Maura as Julia

Bibiana Fernández as Vendedora Flores

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.

Talk to Her

2002

Spanish

7.9

♡ 40

91%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Paz Vega as Amparo

Carmen Machi as Enfermera Jefe

Cecilia Roth as Invitada fiesta

Geraldine Chaplin as Katerina Bilova

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

Pain and Glory

2019

Spanish

7.5

♡ 77

96%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Penélope Cruz as Jacinta

Antonio Banderas as Salvador Mallo

Natalie Wood as Wilma Dean Loomis

Cecilia Roth as Zulema

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

The Room Next Door

2024

Spanish

6.8

♡ 24

80%

76%

Action

based on novel or book

Pedro Almodóvar Director

John Turturro as Damian

Alex Høgh Andersen as Fred

Julianne Moore as Ingrid

Tilda Swinton as Martha / Michelle

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

Julieta

2016

Spanish

7.1

♡ 18

84%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Inma Cuesta as Ava

Nathalie Poza as Juana

Emma Suárez as Julieta

Daniel Grao as Xoan

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988

Spanish

7.5

♡ 38

94%

Pedro Almodóvar Director

María Barranco as Candela

Antonio Banderas as Carlos

Kiti Mánver as Paulina Morales

Carmen Maura as Pepa

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

The Skin I Live In

Kika

The Flower of My Secret

Live Flesh

The Human Voice

All About My Mother

Volver

Labyrinth of Passion

Bad Education

High Heels

Parallel Mothers

Matador

Talk to Her

Pain and Glory

The Room Next Door

Julieta

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown