List of the best Carmen Maura movies: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown(1988), La Virgen negra(2008), Lisbon(1999), 25 Degrees in Winter(2004), Dark Habits(1984), Louis, the Child King(1993), Baton Rouge(1988), The Kids Are Back(2017), Ay, Carmela!(1990), What Have I Done to Deserve This?(1984), Al otro lado(2004), Pepi, Luci, Bom(1980) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
Spain
1988
88 Minutes
Carmen Maura Antonio Banderas Julieta Serrano María Barranco Rossy de Palma Fernando Guillén Kiti Manver Chus Lampreave Yayo Calvo Lotes Leon Ángel de Andrés López
boyfriend actress terrorist lawyer best friend playful offbeat amusing apartment airport street abandonment abduction missing persons pursuit mystery rescue 1980s
A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Venezuela
2008
86 Minutes
Sra. Isabel
Carmen Maura Julio Rodríguez Matheus Nachtergaele Angélica Aragón Carolina Torres Francisco Díaz Caridad Canelon Martín Peyrú César Suárez
La Virgen Negra (The Black Virgin) narrates the surprising changes in the lives of the people in a small fishing village after the appearance of a Black Virgin. In the authentic style of "... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|Argentina
1999
99 Minutes
Berta
Carmen Maura Federico Luppi Sergi López Antonio Birabent Laia Marull Miguel Palenzuela
salesman hitchhiker daughter husband son father tense dark suspenseful sultry spain madrid restroom highway lisbon, portugal car travel on the run family marriage
Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. ... See full summary »
Comedy
Belgium|France|Russia|Spain
2004
93 Minutes
Abuelita
Carmen Maura Jacques Gamblin Ingeborga Dapkunayte Raphaëlle Molinier Pedro Romero Lubna Azabal Valérie Lemaître Dominique Tack Maureen Leleux Bouli Lanners
An Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his wife. He ends up helping her to find her husband who had emigrated long before. They are joined ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Spain
1984
116 Minutes
Carmen Maura Chus Lampreave Cristina S. Pascual Julieta Serrano Marisa Paredes Mary Carrillo Lina Canalejas Manuel Zarzo Berta Riaza Will More Laura Cepeda
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Drama, History
France
1993
144 Minutes
Anne d'Autriche
Carmen Maura Maxime Mansion Paolo Graziosi Jocelyn Quivrin Hervé Briaux Brigitte Catillon Irina Dalle Serge Dupire Isabelle Gélinas Michèle Laroque
The title of this major French costume drama means "Louis, child-king", and indeed it's a fascinating fresco about the formative years of the young king Louis XIV, before he became the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
1988
94 Minutes
Isabel Harris
Carmen Maura Antonio Banderas Victoria Abril Ángel de Andrés López Laura Cepeda Noel Molina Rafael Diaz Aldo Grilo Francisco Guijar Pedro Díez del Corral
Poor gigolo tries to frame his rich mature mistress, but gets tangled in his own wiles.
Comedy
Mexico
2017
100 Minutes
Adelina
Carmen Maura Cecilia Suárez Irene Azuela Takato Yonemoto Erick Elías Esmeralda Pimentel Fernando Ciangherotti Francisco de la Reguera Diana Bovio Roberto Quijano Tina Romero
A retired couple will have to defend their home against an unpredicted menace: Their kids moving back.
Comedy, Drama
1990
103 Minutes
Carmen Maura Andrés Pajares Gabino Diego Maurizio de Razza José Sancho Mario Candia Miguel Rellan Edward Zentara Antonio Fuentes
vaudevillian husband mute person lieutenant officer prisoner passionate fiery moving tense spain backstage theater road spanish civil war nationalism loyalty song and dance survival false accusations
Spanish Civil War fascists arrest a vaudeville couple (Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares) and their sidekick (Gabino Diego) and order them to perform.
Comedy, Drama
1984
100 Minutes
Carmen Maura Ángel de Andrés López Verónica Forqué Gonzalo Suarez Chus Lampreave Juan Martinez Miguel Angel Herranz Amparo Soler Leal Luis Hostalot
wife husband son brother mother-in-law prostitute amusing dark outlandish madrid apartment family dysfunction accidental death homosexuality drug trafficking prostitution bad behavior wretched excess transformation 1980s
A Madrid housewife (Carmen Maura) tries to retain her sanity in a household full of difficult and odd relatives.
Drama
2004
84 Minutes
Comprised of three stories about children it addresses the problem of migration in three places on the planet: Mexico, Cuba and Morocco. Three stories about father absence and the need to get him back.
Comedy
1980
80 Minutes
Carmen Maura Eva Siva Alaska Félix Rotaeta Concha Gregori Kiti Manver
The lives of three different women converge in 1980s Madrid. Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar.
Comedy, Drama
Spain
2006
111 Minutes
Abuela Irene
Penélope Cruz Carmen Maura Chus Lampreave Lola Dueñas Blanca Portillo Yohana Cobo Carmen Machi Pilar Castro Antonio de la Torre
ghost mother daughter grandchild father bad father amusing quirky melodramatic shocking outlandish beauty salon apartment restaurant madrid funeral la mancha, spain death deception sexual abuse
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Documentary
Spain
2019
120 Minutes
Ana Pérez-Lorente Documentary Carmen Maura Julia Gutiérrez Caba David Trueba Fernando Trueba Antonio Resines Gracia Querejeta Carlos Boyero El Gran Wyoming José Coronado
Edwin Rousby was the first to showcase moving images in Spanish territory, in 1896, as part of a circus show. From that point on, Spain started crafting its own cinematic history, narrated here by living legend Antonio Resines.
Comedy, Drama
France
2015
83 Minutes
Isabelle Carré Carmen Maura Philippe Rebbot Nina Meurisse Camille Loubens Laurent Quere
Perrine plays at kids' birthdays to make ends meet. On her way to a party, she makes a man fall into a tip. The victim is taken to hospital in a coma. Perrine decides to do all she can to help him awake.
Comedy
2011
85 Minutes
Nicolas Maury Carmen Maura Jean-François Stévenin Amira Casar Clément Sibony Jarkko Niemi Jean-Luc Bideau Aurore Clément Kari Väänänen Outi Maenpaa Charlie Dupont
lover wrongly accused dead person widower death mail carrier amusing suspenseful hilarious town finland street city home paris injustice fear murphy's law gay couple crime
After breaking up with his Finnish lover, a French Jew (Nicolas Maury) returns home to Paris and the arms of his dysfunctional family right before Passover.
Comedy
2012
87 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Carmen Maura Dominique Lavanant Françoise Bertin André Penvern Jean-Baptiste Anoumon Axelle Laffont Paco Boublard Kamel Laadaili Aymen Saidi Soufiane Guerrab
old woman widow racist drug dealer drug addict daughter amusing hilarious heartwarming emotional cool paris ghetto loneliness racism drugs secret identity bitterness mother/daughter relationship love
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
1987
100 Minutes
Tina Quintero
Eusebio Poncela Carmen Maura Antonio Banderas Miguel Molina Manuela Velasco Bibi Andersen Nacho Martínez Helga Liné Fernando Guillén Germán Cobos Maruchi Leon
porn star director transsexual sister obsessed fan struggling actor madcap raw creative fascinating frightening madrid movie set lighthouse bedroom spain cliff love triangle polyamory pornography
One man (Antonio Banderas) plots the death of another to gain the love of a Spanish filmmaker (Eusebio Poncela), who lives with a transsexual sibling (Carmen Maura).
Drama
Spain
1981
98 Minutes
Begoña
Mercedes Sampietro Jon Finch Carmen Maura Victor Valverde Alicia Hermida José Manuel Cervino Mary Carrillo Agustín González Fernando Delgado Amparo Soler Leal
A woman nearing her forties, Andrea Soriana, has always pushed aside personal questions and romantic relationships in pursuit of professional success. Now a major illness forces her to ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Spain|Luxembourg
2002
95 Minutes
Julie-Marie Parmentier Stéphane Rideau Carmen Maura Tom Novembre Nathalie Richard Patrick Chesnais
The 20-year-old Juliette tries to come to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, despite a lack of support from the father of the child and from her mother.
Comedy, Western
Spain
2002
124 Minutes
Laura
Sancho Gracia Ángel de Andrés López Carmen Maura Eusebio Poncela Luis Castro Terele Pavez
Julián Torralba is a former movie stuntman in Almeria, Spain. He and several of his colleagues, who once made a living in American Westerns shot in Spain, now are reduced to doing stunt ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Spain
1998
130 Minutes
Jeanine Sauvagnac
Juliette Binoche Alexis Loret Carmen Maura Mathieu Amalric Pierre Maguelon Jeremy Kreikenmeyer
model half brother girlfriend father mother brooding melodramatic intense paris runway apartment bedroom countryside modeling pregnancy traumatic past personal revelation father/son relationship love growing up
A young man starts an affair with a woman - his brother's friend. Their relations are being tested because of obscure secrets hidden in the past.
Comedy
France
2010
90 Minutes
La mère
José Garcia Gilbert Melki Carmen Maura Arsène Mosca Jo Prestia Catalina Denis Alain Fromager Laurent Bateau
pimp banker police officer engaging amusing marseilles, france crime syndicate new identity prostitution fall
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2003
89 Minutes
Mère Emmanuelle
Gérard Depardieu Élodie Bouchez Carmen Maura Isaac Sharry Tsilla Chelton Estelle Larrivaz Anne Le Ny
doctor twin eerie dark paris france dark secrets discovery mystery 2010s
A priest who is also a doctor investigates the mysterious illness of a young nun who shares a dark secret with her twin sister who is a convicted child murderer.
Drama
France
2010
84 Minutes
Pilar
André Dussollier Emmanuelle Seigner Carmen Maura Valérie Dréville Bouli Lanners Christelle Tual Philippe Uchan Antonio Gil Martí nez
Horror, Comedy, Drama
Spain|France
2013
114 Minutes
Graciana
Hugo Silva Mario Casas Carolina Bang Carmen Maura Terele Pavez Secun de la Rosa Macarena Gómez Gabriel Delgado Jaime Ordóñez Santiago Segura Javier Botet
leader performers star gory amusing madcap on the run street band witchcraft jewelry escape
A gang of armed robbers finds a safe haven in a secluded village crammed with witches--only to encounter the bizarre, the unexpected, and the occult. Can they save themselves, and the rest of the world from the next witch apocalypse?
Drama
Israel|Belgium|France|Spain
2005
90 Minutes
Mrs. Breitberg
Natalie Portman Hanna Laslo Hiam Abbass Carmen Maura Makram J. Khoury Aki Avni Uri Klauzner Shredi Jabarin
Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
Comedy
France
2017
88 Minutes
Teresa
Thomas Solivéres Tanya Lopert Albert Delpy Carmen Maura Michela Moretti Jacques Boudet Claude Aufaure Liliane Rovère
French seniors enroll in summer camp.
Comedy
2010
104 Minutes
Concepción Ramirez
Fabrice Luchini Sandrine Kiberlain Natalia Verbeke Carmen Maura Lola Dueñas Berta Ojea Concha Galán Marie-Armelle Deguy Muriel Solvay Audrey Fleurot Annie Mercier
Drama
USA|Argentina|Spain|Italy
2009
127 Minutes
Alone
Vincent Gallo Maribel Verdú Alden Ehrenreich Klaus Maria Brandauer Carmen Maura Rodrigo de la Serna Leticia Brédice Mike Amigorena Sofía Gala Francesca De Sapio
teen boy estranged brother writer girlfriend brooding melodramatic offbeat argentina cruise ship apartment café concert hall hospital reunion writing self-destruction brother relationship sibling rivalry secrets quest
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
Comedy
France
2015
100 Minutes
Carmen
Didier Bourdon Lorànt Deutsch Lionnel Astier Denis Podalydès Elie Semoun Carmen Maura Annie Grégorio Armelle Pierre Ménès
"Saint-Far-la-Mauderne", a small village hit hard by the crisis and desertification. His last hope: revive the salmon smoking factory. Only problem, insurance require the presence of a ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Spain
1986
102 Minutes
Julia
Assumpta Serna Antonio Banderas Nacho Martínez Eva Cobo Julieta Serrano Chus Lampreave Carmen Maura Eusebio Poncela Bibi Andersen Luis Ciges Eva Siva
matador student mother model girlfriend lawyer shocking wild madrid bullring police station yard bullfighting father figure psychic phenomena murder cover-up sexual taboo forbidden love 1980s
A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It just a one flaw besides many others from several characters whom unsuspected collide.