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- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJosé Luis ManzanoFernando GuillénAndrea AlbaniPaco, and his Civil Guard father, relocate to Madrid, where an investigative reporter is determined to find the truth about Paco's involvement in the shooting of a drug dealer back in Bilbao, which lands Paco in a lot of trouble.
- DirectorDaniel MonzónStarsMarcos RuizBegoña VargasChechu SalgadoIntroverted Gerona 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.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJosé SacristánAntonio FerrandisClaudia GravyA bank employee, terrified by the crime wave in Madrid during the democratic transition, must cope despite numerous bad news.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsSimón AndreuTony FuentesBeatriz RossatA closeted banker, middle-aged and successful, falls madly in love with a poor but handsome 18-year-old student with devastating consequences for the young man. An updating of Death in Venice.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsSimón AndreuEmilio Gutiérrez CabaJosé FrancoObsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJavier EscriváJohn Moulder-BrownInma de SantisA rich, charismatic professor picks up a couple of young hitch-hikers in his car and invites them to spend the night at his mansion.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsPatxi AndiónAmparo MuñozSimón AndreuDiana, a young rich woman drives her luxurious car into a petrol station and begins an extra-marital affair with the virile stud, Juan who attends her to have a child.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsSue LyonChristopher MitchumJean SorelA nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsFernando Guillén CuervoDritan BibaPepón NietoA straight-laced Spanish man falls in love with a young foreigner.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJosé SacristánMaría Luisa San JoséJosé Luis AlonsoSex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray.
- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsCríspulo CabezasTimy BenitoEloi YebraA coming-of-age story in the vein of CITY OF GOD and KIDS - available for the first time in the U.S.!
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsPedro Mari SánchezQueta ClaverAsier HernándezA sexually conflicted young man is hired to take care of two orphaned siblings in a remote seaside mansion, and soon realizes that the ghosts of two former servants are trying to possess the children.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
- DirectorMike MalloyStarsFranco NeroJohn SaxonHenry SilvaA documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsGastone MoschinBarbara BouchetMario AdorfA former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsLino VenturaTino CarraroMarcel BozzuffiAn investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsFranco NeroRiccardo CucciollaGeorges WilsonAn architect jailed for a traffic violation discovers the grim reality of life behind bars, including corrupt staff and inmates, an inhuman judicial system, and the power of the Mafia.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiVincent GardeniaRenzo PalmerNico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliArthur KennedyGiampiero AlbertiniA tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianPino ColizziIsa DanieliA hunchbacked gangster is betrayed by his gang during a robbery, and plots his revenge with the help of his no-good brother.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonRenzo PalmerA hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsDaniele AstiBrigitte SkayGiuliano CesareoA group of neo-nazi youngsters, usual customers of a bar in the famous Milan public square, lives through one day of madness passing between assaults, rapes and homicides. Thanks to the testimony of one of the victims the four criminals will be assured to the Police justice
- DirectorRoberto InfascelliStarsEnrico Maria SalernoLee J. CobbJean SorelCommissioner Cardone arrives in a small town in North Italy, where he declares war to a criminal gang specialized in kidnapping of young rich boys; a war that may cost him both his job and his family.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiStarsMaurizio MerliRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliA detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFabio TestiIvana MontiMarcel BozzuffiSomeone is muscling in on the two brothers' cigarette smuggling into Italy at Naples. The police is tipped off, then Mickey's stable burns down, then the killing etc. starts. Luca responds.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMarc PorelRay LovelockAdolfo CeliFred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy, who are licenced-to-kill, undercover cops who thrive on living dangerously.
- DirectorGil CarreteroStarsManuel de BenitoÁngel AlcázarPaloma GilTwo adolescent drug dealers smuggle marijuana from Morocco and start selling it in Madrid. Reinvesting profits in harder drugs, their criminal activities escalate as one becomes a heroin addict. Relationships strained amid the turmoil.
- DirectorAlberto RodríguezStarsJuan José BallestaIride FontanaJavier BergerIt is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in South of Spain. Tano.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsFranco NeroMartin BalsamMarilù ToloIn a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.
- DirectorZbynek BrynychStarsSusanne UhlenJan KoesterEllen UmlaufMunich at night: Robert Susmeit, a 16-year-old teenager who is jealously obsessed with his mother Hilde, traces her and her latest lover at a mundane apartment building where he kills the man in the heat of the moment at a swimming pool. His fatal outburst is secretly witnessed by Moni Dingeldey, a girl of the same age as his. Fascinated by the shaken and devastated strange boy who she hopes to be a soul-mate, she hides Robert in her mother's apartment. Meanwhile, a crowd of policemen and reporters frantically comb through the building in search a murderer whose identity is known only to Robert's parents who are searching as well...
- DirectorRafael Villaseñor KuriStarsAna MartínArmando SilvestreArsenio CamposSam and Memo are two young men addicted to drugs and car racing.
- DirectorRenato SavinoStarsGino MilliCristina BusinariEmilio LocurcioA story of a modern day neo-Nazi youth gang that meets in a place decorated with swastikas and a poster of the "Führer". The members of this gang are all bored teenagers from rich families.
- DirectorMassimo FelisattiSergio GriecoStarsAntonio SabatoPierre MarfurtCesare BarroA gang of young and ruthless bikers terrorizes the streets of Rome for no other reason than kicks and to kill their copious amounts of spare time.
- DirectorMario ImperoliStarsPiero SantiAnnarita GrapputoPaola SenatoreTony is the young member of an upper class Roman family; he lives a hectic double life, and under the guise of good student, he likes to persecute and kill prostitutes in the company of a couple of friends.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MauraGonzalo SuárezLuis HostalotThe vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsAlfredo LandaGuillermo MontesinosSantiago RamosA platoon of mismatched soldiers crosses the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is to fight on the village's patron-saint's day. In addition to ruining the nationals' celebration, they want to butcher the animal to feed their famished troops. They get caught in the procession and must go through a series of funny and not-so-funny incidents before they can return to their side.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsDyanik ZurakowskaJosé PalacioSergio MendizábalThis film is called Fantasia 3 because it contains three fairy tales. The second of the three is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsCarmen SevillaDean SelmierPatty ShepardMarta spends a few days alone while her husband is on a business trip. But she starts to get scared when she hears some mysterious steps every night on the top floor. Her neighbor will try to convince her that it is her husband's footsteps when he returns from work, but Marta does not believe it and begins to investigate.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsCarmen SevillaVicente ParraMaría AsquerinoA high-class escort witnesses her new neighbor trying to dispose of his wife's corpse. The husband then forces her to help him get rid of the body, and an unexpected relationship develops.
- DirectorFrancisco Lara PolopStarsDanilo MatteiJulia MartínezArturo López"El Rata" is released from prison after having served a sentence for "political" crimes during Franco's dictatorship. Now, on the street and with very few opportunities to work, he decides to commit a crime again.
- DirectorGilberto GazcónStarsValentín TrujilloAna Luisa PeluffoLyn MayThe life of an orphan boy in a big city, surrounded by poverty, crime and violence. As he grew up, he began a life of crime.
- DirectorJordi CadenaStarsJaime MorenoAlma MurielMarta MolinsObsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free, since depends on her pimp "Toni". But Gumer will persuade Charo to abandon Toni and form, along with other friends, a band to start businesses on their own.
- DirectorJulio Sánchez ValdésStarsJuan DiegoPatricia AdrianiJosé Luis Fernández 'Pirri'An adolescent delinquent takes the wife of his lawyer on the back of his stolen bike, for a tour of criminal activity.
- DirectorAchero MañasStarsJuan José BallestaPablo GalánAlberto JiménezAlfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.
- DirectorRicardo FrancoStarsAntonio ResinesMaribel VerdúJordi MollàRafael witnesses Marina, a woman with a glass eye, being attacked on the street by Daniel, whom she has known since childhood they both spent in the orphanage. Rafael rescues Marina from Daniel and takes her to his home, where a relationship develops between them. Marina is pregnant but Daniel doesn't want the child, so Rafael offers to be the father, being physically unable to sire his own. He and Marina stay together as a couple, then as a happy family. But once everything seems to be settled, Daniel--newly released from prison--shows up again.
- DirectorPedro OleaStarsQueta ClaverÁngel PardoCristina GalbóToni is a seventeen year old young man who comes to Madrid from a little village in search of work. A friend from the same village of Toni puts him in touch with Charo, "La Corea", a mature woman dedicated to facilitating contacts and boys to American men at the military base of Torrejón.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCristina Sánchez PascualWill MoreLaura CepedaA nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
- DirectorJosé Antonio de la LomaStarsÁngel Fernández FrancoBernard SerayBerta CabréEl Torete and El Vaquilla are two juvenile delinquents with numerous criminal records that coincide in the robbery of the same bank, deciding to be companions thereafter.
- DirectorJosé Antonio de la LomaStarsLinda HaydenJohn JustinSimón AndreuThe story of a female journalist and her boyfriend who inadvertently get involved with murder and mayhem and must run for their lives pursued by the Barcelona Mob.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsCarmen SevillaPaul NaschyHeinrich StarhembergA jewel heist goes wrong, resulting in several deaths. Naschy is left with the loot and he takes off with the the cash before the gang is supposed to meet back up. Gang leader Frank Brana sets out to track down the man and the jewels with the help of his gang.
- DirectorClaudio GiovannesiStarsFrancesco Di NapoliViviana ApreaMattia Piano Del BalzoA gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.
- DirectorJosé TruchadoStarsTony IsbertGloria HayworthEduardo BeaA rich young man, Albert, gets involved with sexually loose women and shady drug dealers.
- DirectorRamón FernándezStarsNadiuskaFernando Fernán GómezJosele RománA gang of criminals, composed entirely of young people, bases its unique fun on stealing from rich elders with the help of the charms of one of the members of the band, Pepi (Nadiuska). They are misunderstood young people looking for an assimilation of society.
- DirectorJosé Antonio de la LomaStarsSonia MartínezTeresa GiménezSusana SentísCrista, Berta and Sole, are three young people who feel exploited and discriminated by society.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsReginaldo FariaAna Maria MagalhãesMilton GonçalvesHistory of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies.
- DirectorJosé JoffilyStarsCassiano CarneiroLuciana RigueiraJoana FommBased on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote (1980).
- DirectorManuel Gutiérrez AragónStarsFernando Fernán GómezCristina MarcosEnrique San FranciscoMaravillas, a teenager of fifteen, lives with her father, an old unemployed photographer who steals money from his daughter for his little erotic vices. But Maravillas has the protection of their godparents, Jews of Sephardic origin. When an emerald disappears, the prime suspect will be the father of the girl.