Cast: Pedro Almodóvar

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Pedro Almodóvar. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Chavela

2017 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Catherine Gund · Daresha Kyi

Cast Chavela Vargas · Pedro Almodóvar · Elena Benarroch · Miguel Bosé

Synopsis Singer Chavela Vargas gained a name for herself firstly in Mexico and later worldwide chiefly for her interpretation of traditional rancheras. These songs were mainly composed by men and mostly speak of unfulfilled love for women, world-weariness and loneliness. Chavela...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

La bola de cristal (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 90 min. · Spain

Direction Lolo Rico · Ernesto Quintana · Emilio Arribas

Cast Olvido Gara "Alaska" · Isabel Bauza · Miguel Ángel Valero · Javier Gurruchaga

Synopsis This program for kids was composed by four parts. The first part was titled "Los electroduendes" and was a puppet show for kids. This part was hosted by Isabel Bauza. The second part was titled "El librovisor" and it was...

7.3

4K votes

7.3

4K votes

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984 · Movie · 101 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Carmen Maura · Verónica Forqué · Luis Hostalot · Gonzalo Suárez

Synopsis Almodóvar has described his fourth film as a homage to Italian Neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekenetic child. The film, set in the towerblocks around Madrid, depicts female frustration and family breakdown.

7.1

15K votes

7.1

15K votes

6.5

143 votes

Direction Nathalie Labarthe

Cast Pedro Almodóvar · Antonio Banderas

Synopsis 40 years ago, 'Passions' labyrinth' was released, the film that united the roads of Pedro Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas. Since then they have made some of the most emblematic films of contemporary Spanish cinema and their faces and works are...

6.4

62 votes

6.4

62 votes

Maricón perdido (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 30 min. · Spain

Direction Bob Pop · Alejandro Marin

Cast Carlos González · Gabriel Sánchez · Candela Peña · Alba Flores

Synopsis TV Series (2021). 6 Episodes. Blending drama and comedy, the fiction is inspired in the life of the series' creator Roberto Enríquez (Bob Pop), starting with Roberto Enríquez in the 1980s, as an overweight teenager gay fan of musicals, followed...

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6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

Tequila: sexo, drogas y rock & roll

2022 · Documentary · 92 min. · Spain

Direction Álvaro Longoria

Cast Tequila · Ariel Rot · Alejo Stivel · Felipe Lipe

Synopsis Tequila. Sexo, Drogas y Rock and Roll is a documentary narrated by Cecilia Roth and with the participation of the survivors of the mythical rock band Tequila: Ariel Rot, Alejo Stivel and Felipe Lipe. The film tells the tale of...

6.3

185 votes

6.3

185 votes

6.0

347 votes

Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado

2024 · Documentary · 35 min. · Spain

Cast Pedro Almodóvar · Cristina Teva

Synopsis Cristina Teva moves into the Almodóvar universe with the director from La Mancha. In the offices of El Deseo, the journalist chats with Pedro who shares his vision on the issues surrounding his film "En la habitación de al lado"....

6.0

55 votes

6.0

55 votes

5.9

46 votes

Matador

1986 · Movie · 102 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Assumpta Serna · Antonio Banderas · Nacho Martínez · Eva Cobo

Synopsis This twisted, brave, funny film from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar takes an unflinching look at the link between sex, death, and religion. Antonio Banderas stars as Angel, a sensitive student of matador Diego (Nacho Martinez), whose goring at the horns...

5.6

6K votes

5.6

6K votes

5.6

58 votes

Labyrinth of Passion

1982 · Movie · 94 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Cecilia Roth · Imanol Arias · Helga Liné · Marta Fernández-Muro

Synopsis A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). When Riza Niro discovers that Sadec and his colleagues are after him,...

5.6

5K votes

5.6

5K votes

Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom

1980 · Movie · 80 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Carmen Maura · Olvido Gara "Alaska" · Eva Siva · Kiti Mánver

Synopsis Pepi is raped by the policeman who catches her growing marijuana in her apartment. She seeks revenge by getting his masochist wife to leave him.

5.4

13K votes

5.4

13K votes

La mujer de tu vida: La mujer feliz (TV)

1990 · Movie · 60 min. · Spain

Direction José Miguel Ganga

Cast Carmen Maura · Antonio Banderas · Mario Gas · Juan Luis Galiardo

Synopsis First episode of the Emilio Martínez-Lázaro and Fernando Trueba’s project, consisting of a series shot with cinematic style. All episodes are independent and have different actors, writers and directors. In this one, a bored bourgeois housewife runs into an innocent...

5.4

67 votes

5.4

67 votes

Direction Annie Leibovitz

Cast Amy Adams · Ben Affleck · Jessica Alba · Pedro Almodóvar

Synopsis The most ambitious portfolio in the 13-year history of Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, this year's homage to noir had its own dramatic imperatives.

4.4

42 votes

4.4

42 votes