Screenplay: Vicente Aranda

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Vicente Aranda. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Lovers: A True Story

1991 · Movie · 103 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

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

Synopsis 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 lodging. He is engaged to be married to Trini, his...

6.6

8K votes

6.6

8K votes

El Lute: Camina o revienta

1987 · Movie · 115 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Imanol Arias · Victoria Abril · Antonio Valero · Carlos Tristancho

Synopsis El Lute: Camina o revienta (1987) follows the true story of Eleuterio Sánchez, nicknamed "El Lute," a marginalized man wrongfully accused of murder in 1960s Spain. Forced into a life of crime and fugitivity, he evades relentless police pursuit while...

6.4

6K votes

6.4

6K votes

6.1

2K votes

Riders of the Dawn (TV Miniseries)

1990 · Series · 278 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Victoria Abril · Jorge Sanz · Fernando Guillén · Maribel Verdú

Synopsis Set in a spa hotel during the Spanish Civil War, Marian is the niece of the proprietress. When her mother dies, her hopes of owning the place are fullfilled. During the revolution in October 1936, her lover Martin joins some...

6.1

461 votes

6.1

461 votes

Mad Love

2001 · Movie · 108 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Pilar López de Ayala · Daniele Liotti · Rosana Pastor · Giuliano Gemma

Synopsis "Juana la Loca" (2001) tells the tragic story of Juana of Castile, a Spanish queen whose intense love for her husband, Philip the Handsome, leads to her emotional unraveling. Set in the 16th century, the film explores themes of power,...

6.1

15K votes

6.1

15K votes

Freedomfighters

1996 · Movie · 124 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Ariadna Gil · Victoria Abril · Ana Belén · Jorge Sanz

Synopsis **Libertarias (1996)** follows a young nun, María, who joins a group of anarchist Freedomfighters (1996) during the Spanish Civil War. As she witnesses the brutal realities of war and oppression, María abandons her convent life and embraces the revolutionary struggle...

5.7

8K votes

5.7

8K votes

5.6

869 votes

Brilliant Future

1965 · Movie · 93 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Germán Cobos · Serena Vergano · Josefina Güell · Arturo López

Synopsis This picture tells the story of a young poor boy with the upper class in Barcelona.

5.5

36 votes

5.5

36 votes

The Exquisite Cadaver

1969 · Movie · 108 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Carlos Estrada · Teresa Gimpera · Capucine · André Argaud

Synopsis A woman torments the man who murdered her lesbian lover.

5.3

223 votes

5.3

223 votes

Jealousy

1999 · Movie · 106 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Aitana Sánchez-Gijón · Daniel Giménez Cacho · María Botto · Luis Tosar

Synopsis A month before he's to marry Carmen, Antonio finds a photograph of a man with his arm on her shoulder. The photograph triggers jealousy: he questions Carmen, Carman's friend Cinta, and his friend Luis who introduced him to Carmen. Cinta...

5.3

3K votes

5.3

3K votes

The Blood Spattered Bride

1972 · Movie · 100 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Simón Andreu · Maribel Martín · Alexandra Bastedo · Dean Selmier

Synopsis A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.

5.3

518 votes

5.3

518 votes

5.2

10K votes

The People Who Own the Dark

1976 · Movie · 94 min. · Spain

Direction León Klimovsky

Cast Alberto de Mendoza · Maria Perschy · Teresa Gimpera · Nadiuska

Synopsis 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 for food and supplies, they find...

5.1

99 votes

5.1

99 votes

Left-Handed Fate

1965 · Movie · 84 min. · Spain

4.9

422 votes

4.9

422 votes

Intruso

1993 · Movie · 90 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Victoria Abril · Imanol Arias · Antonio Valero · Alicia Rozas

Synopsis In childhood and youth, the three were "the inseparables." Luisa married Ángel, then two years later, she left him to marry Ramiro. After ten years, Ángel reappears, back from South America, broke and ill. Luisa is overcome with sentimentality and,...

4.7

789 votes

4.7

789 votes

Asesinato en el Comité Central

1981 · Movie · 110 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Patxi Andión · Victoria Abril · Héctor Alterio · Conrado San Martín

Synopsis During a meeting in Madrid of the Central Committee of Spain’s Communist Party (PCE), there is a brief power outage. The lights are back on a few seconds later, but in that short span of time the Secretary General, Fernando...

4.6

462 votes

4.6

462 votes

Turkish Passion

1994 · Movie · 117 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Ana Belén · Georges Corraface · Sílvia Munt · Laura Mañá

Synopsis Turkish Passion (1994) follows Laura, a Spanish woman trapped in a dull marriage, who embarks on a passionate affair during a trip to Turkey. Swept away by the exotic allure of Istanbul and the intense love of a local man,...

4.6

8K votes

4.6

8K votes