Spanish films about evil geniuses

List of the best Spanish films about evil geniuses according to the audience: The Invisible Guardian, Extraterrestrial, Pet, The Tip of the Iceberg, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Outlaws, Ma Ma, Spy Time, The Last Circus, Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, crime
CountrySpain, Germany
Duration02:21

When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the ‘invisible guardian’ of Basque mythology? Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, taking her back to the heart of the Basque country where she was born, and where she hoped never to return. Shrouded in mist and surrounded by impenetrable forests, it is a place of unresolved conflicts and a terrible secret from Amaia’s childhood that will come back to haunt her. Faced with the superstitions of the village, Amaia must fight the demons of her past to confront the reality of a serial killer on the loose. But as she is drawn deeper into the investigation, she feels the presence of something darker lurking in the shadows…

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
CountrySpain
Duration01:35

Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller
CountrySpain, USA
Duration02:23

A man imprisons the woman he's still obsessed with after years apart, then finds the tables turned on him.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller
CountrySpain

A large, multinational Company is badly shaken when three of its employees commit suicide. Sofía Cuevas, one of the company’s top executives, is chosen to prepare an in-house report to try and shed some light on the events.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
CountrySpain, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Portugal
Duration02:16

Toby, a cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
CountrySpain

Introverted Girona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:59

After finding a lump in one of her breasts, Magda goes to visit her doctor who gives her bad news: she needs a mastectomy, preceded by severe chemo treatments. While she ponders this ill fortune at a soccer game where her son Dani participates, she attracts the attention of talent scout Arturo, who is looking for talented young players to enroll them in the junior leagues.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountrySpain
Duration01:56

Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition but, moreover, he becomes the target of a series of thugs led by Vázquez, a dangerous criminal who has just escaped from jail. Also he discovers that his father has a double identity. He is not a farmer engaged in the production of cold meat – as Adolfo has believed all his life, but Anacleto, a secret agent who is a bit down and the man who locked Vázquez up in jail thirty years ago. Adolfo will have to leave his comfort zone and work with his father, the person that Adolfo get on worse with in the world to survive the revenge of Vazquez and while, between shootouts and chases, trying to get his girlfriend back.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, comedy, drama
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:47

The journey of Javier, the obese Sad Clown, starts during his childhood in the midst of the Spanish civil war in 1937. His father, one of Spain’s most prominent jesters, is detained and tortured by the fascist regime.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:50

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySpain
Duration02:21

Nearly twenty years after the events of "The Girl of Your Dreams", in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy
CountrySpain, USA
Duration01:42

A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain
Duration01:22

The tentative romance between a gentle Madrid labourer and a working single mother becomes a struggle for survival when the woman’s violent boyfriend returns from prison, in the gritty, suspenseful debut feature from Spanish actor Raúl Arévalo.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySpain
Duration01:35

In 2012 the comet Rose crossed the skies of the city of Barcelona and its magic that night caused 346 love stories flourish. An atmosphere of dreams, hopes and desire mixed to give a special connection between people. From these stories six are the stars of the film. A dinner among friends with a love of life is coupled with a first time for miles. An encounter that can change their lives and revive old ties that clash with the discovery of a baby on the way. In parallel, the struggle between friendship and love strikes the last story, a clandestine love between gay athletes who have to make a tough decision.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountrySpain

One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations living together in a city too big to be alone.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror
CountrySpain, France

Inspired by real events, the story centers around a family in the 70s who settles in the Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña where their new house will become the worst of their nightmares.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryFrance, Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration01:52

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountrySpain
Duration01:03

Carlos, a bank executive, begins his morning routine by taking his kids to school. As he starts the car he receives an anonymous phone call informing him that there's a bomb under his seat. A stranger's voice tells him that he only has a few hours to gather together a large amount of cash: if he doesn't, his car will blow up.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountrySpain

Marcos Vela is a prestigious gastronomic journalist who accepts the request of an independent publisher to write an article on the recent emergence of the Clandestine Restaurants.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecartoon, history
CountrySpain, Netherlands

Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good friend, buys a lottery ticket and promises Buñuel that he will pay for his next movie if he wins the prize.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountrySpain, France

When an engineer learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is distracted by Spain's World Cup Final. With thousands of soccer fans cheering in the streets, and security forces closing in, the crew have just minutes to pull off the score of a lifetime.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySpain

The protagonist is a young woman, Joan Prats suffering from agnosia, a strange, primary visual disease that is one of the neuropsychological disorders of perception. Although her eyes and ears are in perfect condition, her brain is not able to correctly interpret the stimuli it receives. Joan is the only person to know an industrial secret left behind by her late father and becomes the victim of a sinister plan to extract this information. Her captors plan to use her sensory condition to help extract the information that they so desperately want.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genredrama, adventure, history
CountrySpain
Duration01:47

Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:44

Manuel is a crooked politician who enjoys the lifestyle that kickbacks afford. He eats at fancy restaurants, parties with his friends on yachts, and provides a very luxurious lifestyle for his family. Manuel brazenly bribes, extorts, and pays off anyone who threatens to expose the activities of his inner circle. When he is singled out to take the fall for a case of fraudulent government contracts, rather than admit to any wrongdoing, Manuel decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that puts many lives at risk.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySpain
Duration01:35

J. is depressed. E. lives peacefully. S. tries to get back with his wife. G. resorts to anxiolytics. P. plays seduction games. María and Sara exchange their husbands. L. calls his lover in a peculiar way.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime, history
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:10

Barcelona, ​​Spain, 1921. A tough cop from Madrid arrives in the city to locate, under the suspicious scrutiny of corrupt local police officers, a significant amount of military weaponry stolen from a train, allegedly by revolutionary anarchists.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
CountryGermany, Italy, Austria, Spain
Duration01:30

Lilli is traveling to India, to solve a mystery.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountrySpain
Duration01:34

Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade...

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain, France, Italy, Argentina, Germany
Duration02:01

Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
CountrySpain

In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySpain

After her husband dies, Carmina keeps it a secret until a check that he had been expecting comes in.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genreaction, comedy, adventure
CountrySpain

Agents from diverse Spanish local police forces are called to form a special team.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySpain

After a magical night together, Adri voluntarily turns himself into the psychiatric institution where Carla lives.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountrySpain, Portugal
Duration02:08

Based on the incredibly true story of a Spanish man with Multiple Esclorosis 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.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller
CountrySpain

A hit man receives the assignment to kill a woman. But what seems as another job complicates when he is about to execute her, but does not. He will have to go after those who gave him the contract, for, in his profession, those who do not comply with their duty end up dead. But the question remains, why did he not kill the woman?

Markimdb: 5.1
Genredrama, history
CountrySpain
Duration01:45

This colourful feature debut from experienced producer Luis Miñarro offers an almost hallucinatory look at the world of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of an ungovernable Spain for two years around 1870. This intriguing episode is transformed into a plea for beauty, creativity and joy. The film functions as a metaphor for contemporary Spain and its ongoing state of crisis.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountrySpain, Cuba
Duration01:32

While Havana is full of zombies hungry for human flesh, official media reported that the disturbances are caused by dissidents paid by the United States. Panic seizes all until Juan comes to the rescue: he discovers he can kill the undead destroying his brain, and decides to start a small business under the slogan "We kill your loved ones."

Markimdb: 5.3
Genredrama
CountrySpain
Duration01:28

Blog is the surprising tale of a group of teenagers, 15 year-old middle-upper class girls who are well educated, smart, sensitive and savvy. A group of youngsters with a secret plan and a shared purpose, something they believe to be an absolute goal and a universal truth: the need to experience strong emotions to set them apart from the rest.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountrySpain
Duration01:47

Diego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to others' pain. He has switched off from his work, his partner and his commitment as a father. Over the course of a disturbing meeting, Diego is threatened with a gun. Hours later, he can only remember the sound of a bang and the strange feeling of having being hit with something more than a bullet. Diego has to take an irreversible decision which will affect his own life and that of his loved ones.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredocumentary
CountrySpain
Duration01:36

In October 2007, Pasqual Maragall was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Once past the initial blow, he and his family embarked on a crusade against the disease. From the very first step, this film has grown into an extraordinary testament. With intelligence, sincerity and an infectious spirit, Maragall allows a portrait to be painted of not only himself, but also his family and his doctors, in order to leave behind a lasting document of his personal fight.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany, China
Duration01:43

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, crime, detective, anime
CountryJapan, Italy, United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain

Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genreaction, adventure, history
CountrySpain

A summit of the highest level will be held at the village, to be attended by the major powers of the time: France, England, Portugal and the pope himself. Although these countries have forced the encounter with the excuse of seeking peace between the Spanish and Lusitanian, the real motives are to attack the Kingdom of Spain. To ensure the success of the plot, in which the Marquise de Santillana will be a key, they hire a bloody Cossack to end with Águila Roja ("Red Eagle"). Our hero manages to beat the villain in the fight but his son Alonso is injured and that leads Águila Roja to abandon the struggle for justice and throw away the katana. Thus, both the town as the King and the kingdom are at the mercy of traitors ...

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountrySpain, Canada
Duration01:54

Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Belgium, Spain
Duration01:41

Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last minute for the start of the Vendée Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, Yann is forced to stop in Cape Verde to repair his broken center-board. Back in the race, Yann discovers a stowaway on board, a Senegalese teenager named Moussa. Faced with the risk of disqualification because of Moussa’s presence, Yann hesitates… Their encounter leads to the most unforgettable round-the-world race ever.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySpain

Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, crime
CountrySpain, USA

A radio host is kidnapped on air and forced to tell secrets about his past.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
CountryUSA, South Korea, Spain, Japan, Mexico

Two years after the events of "Change Your Mind", Steven (now 16 years old) and his friends are ready to enjoy the rest of their lives peacefully. However, all of that changes when a new sinister Gem arrives, armed with a giant drill that saps the life force of all living things on Earth. In their biggest challenge ever, the Crystal Gems must work together to save all organic life on Earth within 48 hours.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy
CountrySpain

An apprentice hit man who wants to surpass his mentor, two friends whom everyone except themselves sees as a couple, a Real Madrid football player about to embark on an acting career, a serial killer with a heart who finds his soul mate and a corrupt landowner cornered when a “parcel” arrives at his door make up these five self-contained stories, ranging from romantic comedy to drama, as well as terror, dark humour and thriller.

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Genremelodrama, drama
CountryItaly, Spain, Romania, USA

Two young lovers change the lives of their parents forever when the parents learn from the joyful experience of their kids, and allow themselves to again find their love.




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