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10 Best Spanish Language Movies by GoodScore

February 07, 2026 5 min read

Spanish-language cinema spans continents and centuries of storytelling tradition. These 10 films — ranked by GoodScore — are the best of the best.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
All About My Mother

All About My Mother

1999 · 1h 41m · Dir. Pedro Almodóvar

Comedy, Drama

85
GoodScore

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...

Amazon Prime Video
2
Y Tu Mamá También

Y Tu Mamá También

2001 · 1h 46m · Dir. Alfonso Cuarón

Drama, Romance

83
GoodScore

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.

Netflix
3
Wild Tales

Wild Tales

2014 · 2h 2m · Dir. Damián Szifron

Drama, Thriller, Comedy

80
GoodScore

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman...

Amazon Prime Video
4
Elite

Elite

2018 · Dir. Darío Madrona

Crime, Mystery, Drama

80
GoodScore

When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.

Netflix
5
Society of the Snow

Society of the Snow

2023 · 2h 23m

Drama, History

78
GoodScore

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

Netflix
6
Herod's Law

Herod's Law

1999 · 2h 3m · Dir. Luis Estrada

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

78
GoodScore

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a...

Netflix
7
El Infierno

El Infierno

2010 · 2h 28m

Action, Crime, Western

77
GoodScore

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

Netflix
8
Argentina 1985

Argentina 1985

2022 · 2h 21m · Dir. Santiago Mitre

Drama, History, Crime

76
GoodScore

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

Amazon Prime Video
9
Roma

Roma

2018 · 2h 15m

Drama

76
GoodScore

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

Netflix
10
100 Meters

100 Meters

2016 · 1h 48m · Dir. Marcel Barrena

Comedy, Drama

75
GoodScore

Based on the incredibly true story of a Spanish man with Multiple Sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man: 3,8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42 running. And he was told that he could not make 100 meters.

Netflix

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