Spanish Film Library

This library has our favourite Spanish language films and it is free for students of 'Spanish and Coffee'. Simply browse and request the film you want to watch, and your teacher will bring the DVD to your next lesson. :)

The Cell2009, 112min

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
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Chico & Rita2009, 112min

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
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Che - Part One2008, 118min

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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Che - Part Two2008, 101min

In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.
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Jamón Jamón1992, 95min

Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia falls pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis' mother is determined to break her son's engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.
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No2013, 88min

An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
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Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)1992, 123min

A visually delightful tale about a rural Mexican woman growing up in a dysfunctional family, this film was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for best foreign film. It is based on the novel by Laura Esquivel.
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I'm So Excited (Los Amores Pasajeros)2013, 90min

When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
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Chef's Special (Fuera de Carta)2008, 111min

Javier Cimara (Talk to Her) stars as Chef Maxi, a culinary genius/drama queen with too much on his plate.
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Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)2006, 119min

Guillermo del Toro skillfully combines the genres of fantasy, historical fiction and horror in this 2006 favourite.
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Love's a Bitch (Amores Perros)2000, 154min

The 2000 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu tells three distinct stories that have an event in common, a Mexico City car accident. Leading actors are Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Álvaro Guerrero, Goya Toledo and Emilio Echevarría.
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The Hidden Face (La cara oculta)2011, 95min

A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
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The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)2004, 116min

This 2004 Argentine film tells the based-on-real-life story of a young Che Guevara, who went on a long motorcycle trip across South America with close friend, Alberto Granado, in the early 1950s while taking a year off from medical school in Argentina. The film is based on memoirs from the trip. It stars Mexican actor Gael García Bernal. Guevara is the Cuban revolutionary whose image is well-recognized throughout Latin America.
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Talk to Her (Hable con Ella)2002, 116min

In this film written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, two men share an unusual friendship while their girlfriends are in comas.
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All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi Madre)1999, 105min

Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre tells the story of Manuela, a 40-ish single mother of a teenage son. The boy never knew his father, and we find out throughout the film how the father's absence has affected both the boy and the mother. A tragedy forces Manuela, played by Cecelia Roth, to leave her home in Madrid and seek the father. The relationships she makes or revives there form the heart of the movie.
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Maria Full of Grace (María, llena eres de gracia)2004, 101min

About a 17-year-old Colombian girl who becomes a drug mule, transporting drugs to the United States in her digestive system. It was filmed in both the United States and Colombia, where, you may notice, people address even family members and close friends as used.
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My father's House (La casa de mi Padre)2012, 85min

What Spanish popular comedic actor Will Ferrell has learned he learned for this 2012 comedy. Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna also star.
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Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)2009, 112min

Harry Caine is a successful writer but a man who writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years ago, Harry was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote, resulting in not only the loss of his sight, but of something much greater. However Harry Caine is a pseudonym and only a few people know Harry's real identity and of the life he led before the accident. Now Harry has decided to tell the moving and terrible story of his former self. A story of "amour fou", dominated by love, jealousy, treachery and fatality.
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Bad education (La Mala Educación)2004, 109min

Shot in film noir style, La mala educación tells the story of two Catholic schoolboys growing up in Spain in the 1960s. The boys, Ignacio and Enrique, fall in love and draw the jealous attention of a priest, Padro Manolo. The story weaves its way through the next two decades and includes vaguely autobiographical elements relating to Almodóvar.
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!)1990, 111min

This Pedro Almodóvar film tells the story of a former mental patient (Antonio Banderas) who is obsessed with a former porn star (Victorial Abril) addicted to heroin.
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Return (Volver)2006, 121min

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
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Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas)2000, 114min

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens")
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The skin I live in (La piel que habito)2011, 120min

A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
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And Your Mother Too (Y Tu Mamá También)2001, 106min

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
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Without name (Sin Nombre)2009, 96min

Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S...
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The Orphanage (El orfanato)2007, 105min

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
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The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)2009, 129min

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
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Bombón: The Dog (Bombón: El Perro)2004, 97min

In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.
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Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos)1997, 117min

A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
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The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)2004, 125min

The real-life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
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Sleep Tight (Mientras duermes)2011, 102min

You wake day after day to the comfort and security of your home. But how safe is it really?
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Innocent Voices (Voces inocentes)2004, 102min

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
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Chronicles (Crónicas)2004, 108min

A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo.
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The woman of my brother (La mujer de mi hermano)2005, 89min

Unable to get intimate with her husband of 10 years, a woman embarks on a steamy affair with his brother.
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[Rec]2007, 78min

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
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The eyes of Julia (Los ojos de Julia)2010, 118min

The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister.
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Wild Tales2014, 122min

A portmanteau film that crosses six stories, each focusing on patience and what pushes people over the edge in darkly hilarious Argentinean style. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.
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Julieta2016, 99min

Pedro Almodóvar directs this Spanish drama based on the short stories 'Chance', 'Soon' and 'Silence' from Alice Munro's book 'Runaway'. When recently widowed Julieta (Emma Suárez) discovers that her 18-year-old daughter Antía (Blanca Parés) has run away, she vows to put aside her grief for her late husband and do everything she can to find her daughter. The more she searches, however, the more Julieta realises she doesn't know Antía very well at all.
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Even The Rain (Y también la lluvia)2012, 104min

Obsessive idealist Sebastián has sworn to direct a film about one of the world s most iconic figures, Christopher Columbus. He is determined to overturn the myth of the arrival of Western Civilization in the Americas as a force for good. His film will show what Columbus set in motion: the obsession with gold, the taking of slaves, and the terrible violence visited on those Indians who fought back.
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La Lengua De Las Mariposas (Butterfly's Tongue)2012, 95min

For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Moncho's father is a Republican as is the aging teacher, Don Gregorio. As sides are drawn and power falls clearly to one side, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of coming of age.
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Undertow (Contracorriente)2010, 100min

UNDERTOW (CONTRACORRIENTE) is the haunting, bittersweet tale of a unique love-triangle set within a small Peruvian fishing village. A highly impressive feature debut from Javier Fuentes-León.
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The Crime of Padre Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro)2002, 120min

This 2002 Mexican hit starring Gael Garcia Bernal tells the story of a priest who falls into corruption.
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