41. Cell 211 ( Celda 211 )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Monzón
Actors: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Manuel Morón, Carlos Bardem, Luis Zahera
Plot: An expectant father with a beautiful young wife, takes a job as a guard at a maximum-security prison. Taking a tour of the facility prior to his first day, a riot ensues. Finding himself trapped in the prison under lock-down with no guards around, he is forced to portray himself as a new prisoner to avoid being killed as a prison guard. After making some smart decisions, he is taken under the wings of the rioters and prison gang leaders. He faces a race against time to settle the riot peacefully while trying to understand his place as he starts to align more with his new prisoners than the law.
42. Lovers of the Arctic Circle, The ( amantes del Círculo Polar, Los )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Julio Medem
Actors: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo, Nancho Novo, Peru Medem, Sara Valiente
43. Fantastic Woman, A ( Mujer Fantástica, Una )
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Actors: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
Plot: Marina works as a waitress by day and moonlights as a nightclub singer by night. All seems to be working out until the sudden death of her older boyfriend, an event that shakes her to the core.
44. Sin Nombre
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Actors: Karl Braun, Paulina Gaitan, Diana Garcia, Damayanti Quintanar, Guillermo Villegas
Plot: When a Honduran teenager reunites with her father with hopes of realizing her dream to reach America. The promise of a better life comes at a price.
45. Crime of Father Amaro, The ( crimen del padre Amaro, El )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carlos Carrera
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
46. Like Water for Chocolate
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alfonso Arau
Actors: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco, Yareli Arizmendi
Plot: A Hispanic woman has fallen madly in lve with a man who has a pre-arranged marriage to someone else.
47. Mondays in the Sun ( lunes al sol, Los )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Actors: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina, Enrique Villén, Laura Domínguez
48. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! ( ¡Átame! )
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma
Plot: A man just released from a mental hospital has only one thing on his mind: tracking down Marina, an adult film star he crossed paths with, in order to make her his wife. Since she's a bit reluctant, he ties her up - but what will be her ultimate decision?
49. mariachi, El
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez, Ramiro Gómez
Plot: A wandering man known as El Mariachi is mistaken for a hardened killer who carries his guns in a guitar case and is pursued by a drug lord and his henchmen.
50. Memories of Underdevelopment ( Memorias del subdesarrollo )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Actors: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz, Yolanda Farr
Plot: Following the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio Carmona Mendoyo watches as the rest of his family relocates to Miami. Alone, with the threat of invasion weighing heavily, Sergio turns his efforts to a playboy lifestyle, ultimately hoping to find a young woman to replace his ex-wife.
