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The best Spanish films & series
The best of Spanish cinema and television, in one place.
Spanish-language cinema and television has a taste for pressure — stories shaped by class friction, desire, and moral compromise. Whether it's the audacious mechanics of Money Heist, the privilege-and-secrets world of Elite, or the intimate confessions of Room in Rome, the works here push past comfortable. Stylish and emotionally direct, they rarely let their characters — or their audiences — off the hook.
Spanish films
Film
Red Latex
A docile man surrounded by controlling figures discovers exactly how far passivity can be pushed before it breaks.
Film
Entre sábanas
A one-night stand turns complicated when one of them asks to keep talking until morning.
Film
No One Will Hear Your Scream
While Argentina's World Cup matches grip the nation, a killer uses each fixture as cover for brutal murders.
Film
Dime lo que quieres (de verdad)
A couple of 16 years loses and rediscovers intimacy after new friends open a door to a forbidden world.
Film
Vengeance
A military hero's wife is murdered; a stroke of fate makes him a millionaire; revenge becomes his only purpose.
Film
The Marked Woman
A woman found with no memory, two detectives racing to identify her — and someone who still wants her dead.
Film
My Fault
A fiercely independent 17-year-old resists the luxury of the mansion her mother's new husband calls home.
Film
Room in Rome
Two women, one hotel room in Rome, one night — a physical encounter that goes somewhere neither expected.
Spanish series
Series
Rosario Tijeras (Mexico)
A vengeance-obsessed woman from the wrong side of the tracks pulls two well-off friends into her world.
Series
Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine
Berlin reassembles the gang in Seville around one target: an ambitious duke and a da Vinci he can't keep.
Series
Valeria
A writer in a creative and marital crisis finds clarity and refuge with her three closest friends.
Series
Elite
Three working-class students enter Spain's most exclusive school and the clash ends in tragedy.
Series
Money Heist
A mysterious Professor recruits eight robbers with nothing to lose for the biggest heist in history.
Series
Berlin
Berlin's Paris years: one night, a gang, and 44 million euros' worth of jewels there for the taking.
Series
El Señor de los Cielos
The life of Amado Carrillo Fuentes — how he became head of the Juárez cartel and earned the name Lord of the Skies.
Series
Al Fondo Hay Sitio
A family from the countryside inherits a house in Lima's most exclusive neighbourhood — and upends everything there.
Frequently asked
Where should I start with Spanish-language TV?
Money Heist is the natural entry point — a heist thriller built around an ensemble of eight robbers and a meticulous plan that keeps shifting. Once you're hooked, Elite offers a darker, school-set drama where class tension ends in crime.
Are these films and series from Spain, or from across Latin America?
Both. The collection includes Spanish productions alongside titles from Mexico (Rosario Tijeras), Argentina (No One Will Hear Your Scream), and Peru (Al Fondo Hay Sitio). Spanish-language storytelling varies widely in setting and tone; the language is the common thread.
What makes Spanish-language thrillers distinctive?
The best ones move fast and place their characters in situations with no clean exit. Vengeance and The Marked Woman are good examples — morally compromised protagonists, a brisk pace, and endings that don't let anyone fully off the hook.