List of the best Javier Bardem movies: The Sea Inside(2004), Biutiful(2010), Live Flesh(1997), Before Night Falls(2000), Vicky Cristina Barcelona(2008), Goya's Ghosts(2006), The Dancer Upstairs(2002), Love in the Time of Cholera(2007), Loving Pablo(2017), The Roads Not Taken(2020), No Country for Old Men(2007), Everybody Knows(2018) ... ...
Biography, Drama
Spain|France|Italy
2004
125 Minutes
Ramón Sampedro
Javier Bardem Belén Rueda Lola Dueñas Mabel Rivera Celso Bugallo Clara Segura Joan Dalmau Alberto Jiménez Tamar Novas Francesc Garrido Josep Maria Pou
patient lawyer friend quadriplegic emotional gripping inspiring spain ocean courtroom injury court battles love right-to-die love sacrifice 2000s
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Romance, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2010
147 Minutes
Uxbal
Javier Bardem Maricel Álvarez Eduard Fernández Diaryatou Daff Taisheng Chen Luo Jin Hanaa Bouchaib Guillermo Estrella George Chibuikwem Chukwuma
single father criminal child wife terminally ill person spaniard bleak powerful heartwarming barcelona, spain sweatshop household big city neighborhood crime mental illness terminal illness immigrants fatherhood redemption
A man dying of cancer tries his best to leave the world on his own terms.
Drama
Spain|France
1997
103 Minutes
David
Javier Bardem Francesca Neri Liberto Rabal Ángela Molina José Sancho Penélope Cruz Pilar Bardem Álex Angulo
ex-convict paraplegic wife police officer prostitute dark disturbing spain prison orphanage adultery addiction sex wheelchair basketball revenge love transformation 1990s
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA|Mexico
2000
132 Minutes
Reinaldo Arenas
Javier Bardem Olivier Martinez Andrea Di Stefano Johnny Depp Sean Penn Michael Wincott Najwa Nimri Hector Babenco Olatz Lopez Garmendia Vito Maria Schnabel Jerzy Skolimowski
poet rebel lover gay/lesbian dark gritty cuba prison new york city revolution exile poverty revenge homosexuality communism discovery fall 1970s
The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Spain|USA
2008
96 Minutes
Juan Antonio
Javier Bardem Patricia Clarkson Penélope Cruz Kevin Dunn Rebecca Hall Scarlett Johansson Chris Messina Carrie Preston Pablo Schreiber Zak Orth Abel Folk
ladies' man american painter tourist ex-wife amusing playful emotional barcelona, spain apartment love triangle party art forbidden love temptation 2000s
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Drama, History
USA|Spain
2006
117 Minutes
Brother Lorenzo
Javier Bardem Natalie Portman Stellan Skarsgård Randy Quaid José Luis Gómez Michael Lonsdale Blanca Portillo Mabel Rivera Unax Ugalde Craig Stevenson Julian Wadham
francisco goya priest muse merchant dark powerful gripping spain art deception torture betrayal spanish inquisition father/daughter relationship rivalry 15th century
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Drama
Spain|USA
2002
133 Minutes
Agustin Rejas
Javier Bardem Juan Diego Botto Laura Morante Elvira Mínguez Alexandra Lencastre Oliver Cotton Abel Folk Marie-Anne Berganza
detective terrorist dancer daughter father tense engaging sultry latin america dance studio apartment political unrest terrorism romantic dilemma dance deception investigation discovery quest love
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Romance, Drama
USA|Mexico|UK
2007
138 Minutes
Florentino Ariza
Javier Bardem Giovanna Mezzogiorno Benjamin Bratt John Alberto Leguizamo Catalina Sandino Moreno Liev Schreiber Laura Harring Héctor Elizondo Fernanda Montenegro
poet lover father grandfather niece doctor passionate melodramatic emotional colombia bedroom church bathtub household sex romance family loveless marriage heartbreak class distinctions
Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.
Crime, Biography, Drama
Spain|Bulgaria
2017
128 Minutes
Producer
Javier Bardem Penélope Cruz Peter Sarsgaard Julieth Restrepo Lillian Blankenship David Valencia David Ojalvo Óscar Jaenada Ricardo Niño Pedro Calvo
pablo escobar drug lord journalist woman cia agent american police captain police officer brutal charming confident crafty engaging fiery incredible intense intricate powerful raw uneasy
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Drama
UK|Sweden|USA|Poland|Spain
2020
85 Minutes
Leo
Javier Bardem Elle Fanning Salma Hayek Branka Katic Laura Linney Milena Tscharntke Aaron Joshua Griffin Stevens
father daughter emotional passionate dense intense uneasy touching new york city mental breakdown hallucinations alternate reality existential crisis fall love growing up discovery transformation rise 2010s
A day in the life of Leo and his daughter, Molly, as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico
2007
122 Minutes
Anton Chigurh
Tommy Lee Jones Ethan Coen Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Woody Harrelson Kelly Macdonald Garret Dillahunt Tess Harper Barry Corbin Stephen Root Rodger Boyce
hunter serial killer sheriff wife veteran chilling dark creepy texas countryside motel police station gas station murder drug trafficking assassination investigation pursuit mystery 1980s
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Spain|France|Italy|Argentina|Germany
2018
133 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Javier Bardem Ricardo Darín Eduard Fernández Inma Cuesta Bárbara Lennie Elvira Mínguez Ramón Barea Carla Campra Sergio Castellanos Sara Sálamo
mother daughter sister kidnapper kidnapped child thrilling gripping argentina spain hometown kidnapping wedding dark secrets darkness financial scheme investigation rescue 2010s
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Javier Bardem Ed Harris Michelle Pfeiffer Domhnall Gleeson Brian Gleeson Stephen McHattie Kristen Wiig Jovan Adepo
young woman husband stranger guest wife child bleak disturbing creepy intense victorian house bedroom estate countryside terror male aggression instincts fandom egoism surrealism
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Drama
USA
2016
131 Minutes
Miguel Leon
Charlize Theron Javier Bardem Adèle Exarchopoulos Jean Reno Jared Harris Sibongile Mlambo Ebby Weyime Hopper Penn
doctor spokeswoman patient spaniard staff member nurse passionate brooding intense liberia hospital bedroom office camp car medicine helping others affair lust work-life balance
In the midst of African social horror, a love between two volunteers fades out and reborn again.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
UK|USA|Turkey
2012
143 Minutes
Silva
Daniel Craig Judi Dench Javier Bardem Ralph Fiennes Naomie Harris Bérénice Marlohe Ben Whishaw Albert Finney Rory Kinnear Ola Rapace Helen McCrory
james bond secret agent terrorist commanding officer associate sexy woman spectacular intense witty united kingdom turkey china espionage secret identity terrorism government secrets pursuit adventure rescue 2010s
James Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Australia|UK|Canada
2017
123 Minutes
Captain Armando Salazar
Johnny Depp Espen Sandberg Geoffrey Rush Javier Bardem Brenton Thwaites Kaya Scodelario Orlando Bloom Kevin R. McNally Golshifteh Farahani Stephen Graham Keira Knightley
pirate ghost soldier civilian prisoner charming quirky intense pirate ship island prison house cave beach pirates ghosts vengeance danger survival power
Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle. They're determined to kill every pirate at sea...notably Jack.
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
140 Minutes
Felipe
Julia Roberts James Franco Javier Bardem Richard Jenkins Viola Davis Billy Crudup Mike O'Malley Tuva Novotny Luca Argentero Giuseppe Gandini Andrea Di Stefano
writer love interest healer monk ex-husband husband emotional lighthearted uplifting italy india household monastery restaurant bali divorce romance aspirations meaning of life new love
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
Romance, Drama
USA
2012
112 Minutes
Father Quintana
Ben Affleck Olga Kurylenko Rachel McAdams Javier Bardem Charles Baker Romina Mondello Tatiana Chiline Jeff Anderson Cassidee Vandalia
After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2013
117 Minutes
Reiner
Michael Fassbender Penélope Cruz Cameron Diaz Javier Bardem Brad Pitt Bruno Ganz Rosie Perez Sam Spruell Toby Kebbell Edgar Ramírez Ruben Blades
lawyer lover drug dealer fiancé nightclub owner gritty uneasy hedonistic mexico amsterdam hotel texas border drug smuggling cocaine trade bad behavior drug trade wretched excess revenge rivalry
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Spain|UK|France
2015
115 Minutes
Felix
Sean Penn Idris Elba Ray Winstone Mark Rylance Javier Bardem Jasmine Trinca Peter Franzén Daniel Adegboyega
assassin former lover businessman assailant victim englishman brooding dark intense london rio de janeiro bedroom office street car assassination attempt escape running retirement past loves
A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
Canada|Hungary|USA
2021
Minutes
Stilgar
Timothée Chalamet Josh Brolin Jason Momoa Oscar Isaac Javier Bardem Zendaya Dave Bautista Stellan Skarsgård Charlotte Rampling Rebecca Ferguson David Dastmalchian
Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2004
120 Minutes
Tom Cruise Jamie Foxx Jada Pinkett Smith Mark Ruffalo Peter Berg Bruce McGill Irma P. Hall Barry Shabaka Henley Richard T. Jones Klea Scott Bodhi Elfman
assassin cab driver fbi agent witness intense suspenseful los angeles cab street assassination death deception violence pursuit escape 2000s
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.