List of the best Luis Bunuel movies: Viridiana(1961), That Obscure Object of Desire(1977), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972), The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz(1955), Tristana(1970), Diary of a Chambermaid(1964), The River and Death(1955), Daughter of Deceit(1951), A Woman Without Love(1952), The Exterminating Angel(1962), The Phantom of Liberty(1974), Nazarín(1959) ... ...
Drama
Spain|Mexico
1961
90 Minutes
Director
Silvia Pinal Francisco Rabal Fernando Rey Margarita Lozano Victoria Zinny Teresa Rabal Jose Manuel Martin Luis Heredia
nun mother superior uncle beggar benefactor shocking raw unrestrained disheartening spain estate seduction corruption religion guilt sex temptation fall forbidden love transformation
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Drama
France|Spain
1977
103 Minutes
Director
Fernando Rey Carole Bouquet Ángela Molina Julien Bertheau Milena Vukotic Andre Weber
dancer wealthy man mother daughter dwarf brutal charming outlandish spain france train abuse breakup culture clash infatuation sexual repression temptation rivalry wretched excess love
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
Comedy
France|Italy|Spain
1972
100 Minutes
Director
Fernando Rey Delphine Seyrig Stéphane Audran Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Frankeur Bulle Ogier
ambassador husband wife sister wealthy man wealthy woman creative dreamy intricate mansion inn highway family home class distinctions wealth ambition paranoia quest 1970s
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Comedy
Mexico
1955
91 Minutes
Director
Ernesto Alonso Miroslava Rita Macedo Carlos Martínez Baena Leonor Llausás
sadist wealthy man governess mother police officer young woman creepy amusing outlandish mexico hospital mansion park murder plot childhood trauma sadism obsession frustrated desire sexual taboo temptation
The delirious journey of a mental disordered man, who is obsessed in making the perfect crime.
Drama
Spain|Italy|France
1970
98 Minutes
Director
Catherine Deneuve Fernando Rey Franco Nero Jesus Fernandez Lola Gaos Vicente Soler
orphan nobleman artist guardian dark emotional household city toledo, spain may-december romance love exploitation illness amputation death love growing up fall revenge 1890s
Shortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.
Drama
France|Italy
1964
97 Minutes
Director
Jeanne Moreau Michel Piccoli Georges Geret Francoise Lugagne Jean Ozenne Daniel Ivernel Gilberte Geniat Bernard Musson Jean-Claude Carrière Claude Jaeger Dominique Sauvage
maid husband wife father driver young girl creepy suspenseful tense france household countryside abduction rape murder deception sex mystery transformation 1930s
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.
Drama
Mexico
1955
91 Minutes
Director
Columba Domínguez Miguel Torruco Joaquín Cordero Jaime Fernández Victor Alcocer Silvia Derbez José Elías Moreno Carlos Martínez Baena Alfredo Varela Humberto Almazán
In a backward village where members of two rival families have kept killing each other for generations, a young doctor is expected to avenge his father.
Drama
Mexico
1951
80 Minutes
Director
Fernando Soler Alicia Caro Lily Aclemar Nacho Contla Amparo Garrido Álvaro Matute Rubén Rojo Fernando Soto
After discovering he's being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Upon leaving, his wife confesses that their daughter Martha is actually not Quintin'd daughter... See full summary »
Drama
Mexico
1952
90 Minutes
Director
Rosario Granados Tito Junco Julio Villarreal Joaquín Cordero Xavier Loya Elda Peralta Jaime Calpe Eva Calvo Miguel Manzano
After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is ... See full summary »
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Italy
1962
92 Minutes
Director
Silvia Pinal Jacqueline Andere José Baviera Enrique Rambal Augusto Benedico Luis Beristáin Antonio Bravo Claudio Brook César del Campo Lucy Gallardo
nobleman wife servant doctor dying person brother offbeat witty mansion salon church dinner party trapped food suicide catholic church incest piano transformation fall
In Venice,during the Inquisition,Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo,is falsely accused of treason out of pure malice by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno.
Comedy
1974
104 Minutes
Director
Jean-Claude Brialy Monica Vitti Milena Vukotic Claude Piéplu Michel Piccoli Julien Bertheau Adriana Asti Paul Frankeur Paul Le Person Bernard Verley Adolfo Celi
aunt father nurse prefect police officers monks disturbing frenetic outlandish shocking spain hotel police station incest execution sex police corruption wretched excess forbidden love 20th century
Chance encounters lead to a man who sells postcards, to a sniper, to monks playing poker and to guests at a dinner party.
Drama
1959
94 Minutes
Director
Francisco Rabal Rita Macedo Marga López Jesús Fernández Ignacio López Tarso Luis Aceves Castañeda Ofelia Guilmáin Noé Murayama Rosenda Monteros Ada Carrasco Antonio Bravo
priest prostitute sister horse trader thief prisoner bleak dreamy disturbing dark mexico slum countryside road village church pilgrimage crisis of faith mental illness religious persecution
A cleric (Francisco Rabal) puts aside his priest's garb, goes on a pilgrimage and harbors a murderous prostitute.