Filming Location Matching "Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 138,576 | Gross: $30.00M
2. In from the Cold (2022)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Exposed as an ex-Russian spy, an American single mom must juggle family life and unique shape-shifting skills in a battle against an insidious enemy.
Stars: Margarita Levieva, Cillian O'Sullivan, Lydia Fleming, Charles Brice
Votes: 8,777
3. The Ministry of Time (2015–2020)
TV-MA | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A warrior from the 16th Century, the first female university student from the 19th Century, and a paramedic from the 21st Century join a secret agency to prevent people from changing Spanish history using time-traveling doors.
Stars: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Juan Gea, Francesca Piñón, Jaime Blanch
Votes: 5,257
4. Goya's Ghosts (2006)
R | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid
Votes: 31,300 | Gross: $1.00M
5. Cuéntame (2001–2023)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The evolution of a family from the last days of the Frankist dictatorship to the early 1980s.
Stars: Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, María Galiana, Pablo Rivero
Votes: 1,480
6. I Don't Like Driving (2022)
25 min | Comedy
A college professor in his forties decides to get his first driver's license.
Stars: Juan Diego Botto, Lucía Caraballo, David Lorente, Cindy Fuentes
Votes: 520
7. Lovers: A True Story (1991)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
1950s Madrid: After military service, Paco looks for work to save up and marry his fiancée. She rejects his sexual advances. So when he rents a room with a cute widow making advances, he caves in.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Enrique Cerro
Votes: 3,279 | Gross: $1.41M
8. Águila Roja (2009–2016)
90 min | Action, Adventure, History
A masked hero in the 17th century fights for justice for people who cannot do so themselves. He is only known by the name Águila Roja (Red Eagle). He is also searching for the people who killed his wife.
Stars: David Janer, Javier Gutiérrez, Santiago Molero, Guillermo Campra
Votes: 1,171
9. Holy Camp! (2017)
108 min | Musical
Rebellious teens María and Susana spend their summer in a Catholic camp. With music as their common denominator, teen rebellion and ecclesiastic order will collide, creating a hymn to freedom and first love.
Directors: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo | Stars: Macarena García, Anna Castillo, Belén Cuesta, Gracia Olayo
Votes: 4,280
10. The People Who Own the Dark (1976)
R | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of rich businessmen and military officers who are partying in an old castle are spared when a nuclear war ravages the earth. When they venture out into the nearest town to search ... See full summary »
Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Nadiuska, Alberto de Mendoza, Teresa Gimpera, Emiliano Redondo
Votes: 468
11. Las 13 rosas (2007)
129 min | Drama, History
The true story of 13 totally normal young women who suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made-up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez, Gabriella Pession, Marta Etura
Votes: 2,067
12. Compañeros (1998–2002)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives and interactions of a group of teenage students and their teachers in a Spanish high school.
Stars: Francis Lorenzo, Miguel Rellán, María Garralón, Manuel Feijóo
Votes: 593
13. Wolf (2004)
R | 125 min | Thriller
In the 1970s, Spanish dictatorship's secret service recruited a construction worker to infiltrate the Basque separatist underground and become a mole for the fascist state.
Director: Miguel Courtois | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Jose Coronado, Mélanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal
Votes: 3,636
14. Holy Goalie (2017)
95 min | Comedy
When the monks living at a small rural monastery face it being transformed into a hotel due to the lack of income, a newcomer monk convinces them that their only chance is to learn soccer ... See full summary »
Director: Curro Velázquez | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Alain Hernández, El Langui, Macarena García
Votes: 1,821
15. El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)
Unrated | 123 min | Biography, Drama
First part of the history of "El Lute", a delinquent who became notorious in Spain for his jail escapes in the 60's, converting himself in a popular legend.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril, Antonio Valero, Carlos Tristancho
Votes: 651
16. The Exorcist in the 21st Century (2012)
TV-PG | 80 min | Documentary
The Exorcist in the 21st Century takes the viewer into the unknown and sinister world of exorcism in the Catholic Church. We meet one of the few exorcists in Europe, the Vatican approved ... See full summary »
Director: Fredrik Horn Akselsen | Stars: José Antonio Fortea, Gabriele Amorth, Bernt Eidsvik, Juan Masia
Votes: 128
17. Tuno negro (2001)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Students of the university of Salamanca are brutally murdered by a black masked minstrel. Alex, an architecture student who has recently moved to Salamanca discovers a pattern behind the ... See full summary »
Directors: Pedro L. Barbero, Vicente J. Martín | Stars: Silke, Jorge Sanz, Fele Martínez, Patxi Freytez
Votes: 1,154
18. Dead Men Ride (1971)
103 min | Drama, Western
Roy escapes from a work camp and receives help from a miner. The miners are held hostage by the local boss Mr. Redfield. Roy starts to help the miners and also to settle some scores for a friend from the work camp.
Director: Aldo Florio | Stars: Fabio Testi, Charo López, José Calvo, Ben Carra
Votes: 363
19. November (2003)
104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives in Madrid intent on creating "a performance which is freer, straight from the heart, capable of making ... See full summary »
Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Óscar Jaenada, Ingrid Rubio, Javier Ríos, Juan Díaz
Votes: 4,462
20. The Outlaw (2010)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol
Votes: 1,101
21. Plenilune (1999)
119 min | Drama, Thriller
After a murder of a child, a cynical detective has a romance with the child's teacher.
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Adriana Ozores, Juan Diego Botto, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Votes: 504
22. Fort Yuma Gold (1966)
96 min | Drama, War, Western
Captured Confederate raider Gary Diamond agrees to work with the Yankees to prevent any further bloodshed by warning a Confederate regiment against attacking heavily defended Yankee Fort Yuma.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Dan Vadis, José Calvo, Ángel del Pozo
Votes: 571
23. The Young Rebel (1967)
M | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A highly fictionalized filming of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote".
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Gina Lollobrigida, José Ferrer, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 201
24. Suicide Commandos (1968)
98 min | War
World War 2 - a British commando squad is tasked with attacking the "secret" German airfield from which German fighters have been attacking bombers which are trying to stop German tanks from reinforcing the D Day defences.
Director: Camillo Bazzoni | Stars: Aldo Ray, Tano Cimarosa, Ugo Fangareggi, Luis Dávila
Votes: 166
25. Padre nuestro (1985)
91 min | Drama
On the day he learns he has a year to live, a Spanish Cardinal who has lived in the Vatican for 30 years learns he has a granddaughter, born without a father to his own illegitimate ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Regueiro | Stars: Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Victoria Abril, Amelia de la Torre
Votes: 145
26. Mi querida señorita (1972)
80 min | Romance, Drama
A 43-year-old woman living in a small town discovers that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?
Director: Jaime de Armiñán | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Julieta Serrano, Antonio Ferrandis, Enrique Ávila
Votes: 628
27. Josefina (2021)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Josefina depicts Middle Age Juan's love angle, Juan was a prison guard and the lady he loved's son Sergio was a prisoner in prison, and he loses his job because of his love.
Director: Javier Marco | Stars: Emma Suárez, Roberto Álamo, Miguel Bernardeau, Manolo Solo
Votes: 338
28. The Things of Love (1989)
98 min | Musical
In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Chávarri | Stars: Ángela Molina, Ángel de Andrés López, Manuel Bandera, María Barranco
Votes: 465
29. Chaval (2021)
29 min | Short, Crime
Pablo, a young man from the neighborhood, meets his friend Nestor at dawn. They both wait for the van to pick them up. Meanwhile, Pablo's mother doesn't stop calling him to come home.
Director: Jaime Olías | Stars: Mateu Bosch, Itzan Escamilla, Eva Llorach, Adrian Salcedo
Votes: 131
30. Amo tu cama rica (1992)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Pedro goes out searching for a girl, but the night doesn't seem to be good. While he is talking with a friend, he sees Sara breaking up with a boy. He goes after her, and they end up ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Pere Ponce, Ariadna Gil, Cassen, Lina Canalejas
Votes: 369
31. My Brother's Gun (1997)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Based on the powerful novel by Ray Loriga: The lives of a young man and girl are united under dramatic circumstances. He has just shot in the face a security guard who accused him of ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Loriga | Stars: Daniel González, Nico Bidasolo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 330
32. Beyond the Walls (1985)
118 min | Drama, Romance
In the middle of the Spanish Golden Age, a Castilian convent is about to be closed and the nuns residing there dispersed. Then, one of the sisters comes up with a saving idea that could ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Picazo | Stars: Carmen Maura, Mercedes Sampietro, Aurora Bautista, Assumpta Serna
Votes: 217
33. El caso Almería (1984)
110 min | Drama
A Spanish judge has the courage to look into a political murder.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Agustín González, Fernando Guillén, Muntsa Alcañiz, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 172
34. Bad Movie: The Movie (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two geeky video bloggers are sucked into a truly awful Z movie. On their return to the real world, they discover they have been pursued by the tropes of the trashy films they adore.
Directors: Francisco Rodríguez Prieto, Miguel Ángel Viruete | Stars: Miguel Ángel Aijón, Francisco Rodríguez Prieto, Natalia Bilbao, Agustín Jiménez
Votes: 248
35. Barbaric Years (1998)
111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two students are arrested for painting revolutionary graffiti on the university walls. They escape from the camp and flee with two American girls, disguised as rich young men who are ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Jordi Mollà, Ernesto Alterio, Hedy Burress, Allison Smith
Votes: 554
36. Battered Flesh (1978)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Berta has entered, once again, in prison accused of fraud. From the first moment she steps in the jail, she becomes the toy of all the veteran inmates. The number of conflicts in which she ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Aguirre | Stars: Esperanza Roy, Bárbara Rey, Tota Alba, Sandra Alberti
Votes: 103
37. Pascual Duarte (1976)
94 min | Drama
Early Spain of the 20th century. Bad luck, misery and tragedies are a trend in Pascual Duarte's family. But when the weight of the things are too heavy to bear, a reckless man who only ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Franco | Stars: José Luis Gómez, Diana Pérez de Guzmán, Paca Ojea, Héctor Alterio
Votes: 233
38. Los claros motivos del deseo (1977)
92 min | Drama
A morbid curiosity leads Andrea and her friends to spy on a couple of young people during their amorous outings. Javi, the boyfriend, feels bothered because that situation, but ignores that Andrea is attracted to him.
Director: Miguel Picazo | Stars: Cristina Ramón, Emilio Siegrist, Patricia Adriani, María Luisa Ponte
Votes: 28
39. Encrucijada para una monja (1967)
M/PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
During an uprising in the Belgian Congo, a convent of nuns are besieged and the Reverend Mother is killed and Sister Maria is raped. Returning to Belgium, Sister Maria finds out to her ... See full summary »
Director: Julio Buchs | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, John Richardson, Mara Cruz, Ángel Picazo
Votes: 26
40. El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free (1988)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Eleuterio escapes from prison, joins with his children and embarks on a journey with his family avoiding the hunt for the Civil Guard.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Imanol Arias, Jorge Sanz, Pastora Vega, Ángel Pardo
Votes: 297
41. Un rey en La Habana (2005)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
Mr. Arturo, an old rich Spanishman who arrives to Havana to marry Yoli, dies suddenly in bed. Yoli's family, afraid of losing all the money, convinces her ex-boyfriend Papito to go to Spain... See full summary »
Director: Alexis Valdés | Stars: María Isabel Díaz Lago, Carmen Machi, José Alias, Manuel Manquiña
Votes: 289
42. Goya, historia de una soledad (1971)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Goya's life in the most juicy dramatic stage of the painter's biography, when he is over forty years old and the first symptoms of his deafness are manifested. From her romantic ... See full summary »
Director: Nino Quevedo | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Irina Demick, Jacques Perrin, José María Prada
Votes: 41
43. Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco (2014 TV Movie)
99 min | History
Historic biopic about the plot to murder General Prim. The action takes place after the end of the Gloriosa revolution in 1868 and finishes with the proclamation of the king Amadeo I of Saboya.
Director: Miguel Bardem | Stars: Francesc Orella, Javier Godino, Pedro Casablanc, Daniel Grao
Votes: 129
44. Mi adúltero esposo ('In Situ') (1979)
92 min
Serafín has decided to pursue a private investigation. His client is Doña Tecla, who suspects that her husband, Juan, is unfaithful to her and wants him to be caught in flagrant adultery.
Director: Joaquín Coll Espona | Stars: Cassen, Esperanza Roy, Jesús Puente, Yolanda Ríos
Votes: 16
45. La forja de un rebelde (1990)
600 min | Biography, Drama, War
This series is based on the autobiographic trilogy of Arturo Barea, from his childhood in Madrid to his enrollment in the Moroccan army, his steps in the Spanish Civil War, until exile.
Stars: Antonio Valero, Carmen Rossi, Lydia Bosch, Paco Catalá
Votes: 66
46. Caso cerrado (1985)
115 min | Drama
Director: Juan Caño Arecha | Stars: Marisol, Patxi Bisquert, Encarna Paso, Isabel Mestres
Votes: 49
47. Soldadito español (1988)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Antonio Giménez Rico | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Juan Luis Galiardo, María Garralón, Luis Escobar
Votes: 103
48. El robobo de la jojoya (1991)
82 min | Comedy, Crime
Two brothers plan the robbery of a famous jewel, the eye of Nefertiti. But a policewoman and other guy want the gem as well and they coincide during the robbery. The bad guys kill a ... See full summary »
Director: Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Josema Yuste, Millán Salcedo, Esther Del Prado, Anabel Alonso
Votes: 428
49. Emilia, parada y fonda (1976)
94 min | Drama
Director: Angelino Fons | Stars: Ana Belén, Francisco Rabal, María Luisa San José, Juan Diego
Votes: 32
50. El río que nos lleva (1989)
116 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1946, an irishman joins a group of 'gancheros' (wood workers) while they drive wood thru the Tajo river, discovering human solidarity
Director: Antonio del Real | Stars: Tony Peck, Alfredo Landa, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Santiago Ramos
Votes: 119