Movies like The Devil's Backbone
If The Devil's Backbone's mix of spain, orphanage and spanish civil war (1936-39) stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Devil's Backbone's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Pan's Labyrinth
2006 · Directed by Guillermo del Toro · 118 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Guillermo del Toro · Also a Spanish-language fantasy film · From the same decade (2000s)
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost…
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The Orphanage
2007 · Directed by J. A. Bayona · 105 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: orphanage, gothic horror · Also a Spanish-language horror film · From the same decade (2000s)
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
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The Endless Trench
2019 · Directed by Aitor Arregi · 148 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: spanish civil war (1936-39), political repression · Also a Spanish-language drama
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out.
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The Skin I Live In
2011 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 120 min7.5
Why you'll like itWith Marisa Paredes · Also a Spanish-language drama
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.
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Mirage
2018 · Directed by Oriol Paulo · 129 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: spain · Also a Spanish-language thriller
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
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The Sixth Sense
1999 · Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 107 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: ghost, ghost child · Also thriller and drama
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
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The Photographer of Mauthausen
2018 · Directed by Mar Targarona · 111 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: spanish civil war (1936-39) · Also a Spanish-language drama
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of…
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Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 · Directed by Issa López · 83 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: ghost · Also a Spanish-language fantasy film
When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.
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Piggy
2022 · Directed by Carlota Pereda · 99 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: spain · Also a Spanish-language horror film
A bullied overweight teenager sees a glimpse of hope when her tormentors are brutally abducted by a mesmerizing stranger.
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Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Directed by Neil Jordan · 123 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gothic horror · Also horror and drama
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
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Who Can Kill a Child?
1976 · Directed by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
A couple of English tourists arrive at the island of Almanzora, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, where they discover that there are no adults in a small fishing village, only some children who stare at them and…
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32 Malasana Street
2020 · Directed by Albert Pintó · 105 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Spanish-language drama
Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment.