Cinematography: José Luis Alcaine

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by José Luis Alcaine. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The South

1983 · Movie · 93 min. · Spain

Direction Víctor Erice

Cast Omero Antonutti · Sonsoles Aranguren · Icíar Bollaín · Lola Cardona

Plot "El Sur" ("The South") is the story of Estrella, a little girl from Southern Spain who has been uprooted to the North. Estrella maintains a sentimentalized attachment to the region...

7.8

14K votes

7.8

14K votes

Voyage to Nowhere

1986 · Movie · 134 min. · Spain

Direction Fernando Fernán Gómez

Cast José Sacristán · Fernando Fernán Gómez · Juan Diego · María Luisa Ponte

Plot Sstory of a family of commediants that work in the Spanish countryside during the 40's and 50's.

7.7

11K votes

7.7

11K votes

Después de... primera parte: No se os puede dejar solos

1981 · Documentary · 90 min. · Spain

7.6

403 votes

7.6

403 votes

La vieja memoria

1977 · Documentary · 175 min. · Spain

Direction Jaime Camino

Cast Dolores Ibárruri · Diego Abad de Santillán · Federica Montseny · Josep Tarradellas

Plot Jaime Camino conducted a number of interviews with historically siginificant people and combined them with contemporary documentary material. The result is an unbelievably vibrant and reliable picture of the political...

7.6

272 votes

7.6

272 votes

Andalucía es de cine (TV Series)

2003 · Documentary · 300 min. · Spain

7.5

35 votes

7.5

35 votes

Semana Santa

1992 · Documentary · 40 min. · Spain

7.5

65 votes

7.5

65 votes

Después de... segunda parte: Atado y bien atado

1981 · Documentary · 99 min. · Spain

7.4

321 votes

7.4

321 votes

Roma

2004 · Movie · 148 min. · Argentina

7.2

6K votes

7.2

6K votes

Would You Kill a Child? (Island of the Damned)

1976 · Movie · 100 min. · Spain

Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

Cast Lewis Fiander · Prunella Ransome · Antonio Iranzo · Miguel Narros

Plot A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.

7.2

12K votes

7.2

12K votes

Tasio

1984 · Movie · 95 min. · Spain

7.1

5K votes

7.1

5K votes

To Return

2006 · Movie · 116 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Penélope Cruz · Carmen Maura · Chus Lampreave · Lola Dueñas

Plot Three generations of women survive easterly wind, fire, madness, superstition and even death through goodness, lies and an unlimited vitality. They are: Raimunda, married to an unemployed worker, and her...

7.1

70K votes

7.1

70K votes

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988 · Movie · 89 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Carmen Maura · Antonio Banderas · Julieta Serrano · Rossy de Palma

Plot A woman's lover leaves her, and she tries to contact him to find out why he's left. She confronts his wife and son, who are as clueless as she. Meanwhile...

7.0

49K votes

7.0

49K votes

Paseo por los letreros de Madrid

1968 · Documentary · 27 min. · Spain

7.0

41 votes

7.0

41 votes

Pain and Glory

2019 · Movie · 108 min. · Spain

Direction Pedro Almodóvar

Cast Antonio Banderas · Asier Etxeandia · Penélope Cruz · Leonardo Sbaraglia

Plot A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

6.9

29K votes

6.9

29K votes

¡Ay, Carmela!

1990 · Movie · 102 min. · Spain

Direction Carlos Saura

Cast Carmen Maura · Andrés Pajares · Gabino Diego · Maurizio De Razza

Plot Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel...

6.8

11K votes

6.8

11K votes

Nobody's Life

2002 · Movie · 103 min. · Spain

Direction Eduard Cortés

Cast José Coronado · Adriana Ozores · Marta Etura · Roberto Álvarez

Plot Emilo Barrero (José Coronado) seems to be a successful man. An economist at the Bank of Spain, no less, as he likes to tell his father. He’s got the perfect...

6.8

8K votes

6.8

8K votes

Belle Epoque (The Age of Beauty)

1992 · Movie · 108 min. · Spain

Direction Fernando Trueba

Cast Fernando Fernán Gómez · Jorge Sanz · Penélope Cruz · Ariadna Gil

Plot The sultry Spanish countryside, 1931. The monarchy is ending, and the army and church reign supreme over Spanish life. In this tumultuous world, a young soldier Fernando (Jorge Sanz), decides...

6.7

23K votes

6.7

23K votes

6.6

19K votes

Lovers: A True Story

1991 · Movie · 103 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Jorge Sanz · Victoria Abril · Maribel Verdú · Enrique Cerro

Plot In Madrid, in the mid-1950s, Paco, a handsome young man from the provinces serving the last days of his military service, is in search of both a steady job and...

6.6

8K votes

6.6

8K votes