1. The Wall (Le mur)
Prisoners await execution by firing squad when they are captured during the Spanish Civil War in this drama taken from the novella by Jean-Paul Sarte. Pablo is a loyalist jailed after he searches for his brother. An Irish mercenary and a Belgian physician are his cellmates. Flashbacks recall their lives before the war as they spend their last moments on Earth waiting for their date with death.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
2. The Fallen Sparrow
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
3. The 13 Roses (Las 13 rosas)
True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed without even a trace of evidence of any wrong doing.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. Head in the Clouds
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
It has an average vote of 5.927 on TMDB.
5. Madrid (Madrid)
Hans, a German director, is in Madrid to film a television production about the capital and the Civil War, 50 years after it occurred. Accompanied by Lucía, his editor, and Goyo, his cinematographer, he films shots of the modern city, searching for spaces and people related to its past. At the same time, he views materials related to the past. In this search, Hans questions the point of his project, and disagrees with his producers until he discovers a project that he is passionate about.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
6. Cardelinas (Cardelinas)
August 1936. After being separated from her family by the Falangists, Concha Monrás spends her last days in a prison cell. With her young cellmate Adela, she reconstructs her relationship with Ramón Acín and remembers his life as an artist, a pedagogue and a man.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
7. Mirror (Зеркало)
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
It has an average vote of 7.972 on TMDB.
8. The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
It has an average vote of 7.285 on TMDB.
9. Collin (Collin)
(Collin)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. The Anarchist's Wife (The Anarchist's Wife)
"The Anarchist's Wife" is the story of Manuela who is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He is deported to a concentration camp, and upon his release, continues the fight against nationalism in the French resistance. Years, pass without a word from him, but his wife never gives up hope of seeing him again.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
11. Fiesta (Fiesta)
A Jekyll-and-Hyde colonel toughens up a 17-year-old aristocrat for the Spanish Civil War.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
12. The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena)
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
13. Five Cartridges (Fünf Patronenhülsen)
It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five comrades a message which he divides up and secretes into in five cartridges. All five shells must reach the battalion in order for the message to be relayed. But Frenchman Pierre can’t bear the heat of the Sierra. When he leaves their hide-out to drink from a well he is hit by an enemy bullet.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
14. Land and Freedom
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
15. Carmen and the Reds (Frente de Madrid)
Javier Navarro, a Falangist, is ordered to infiltrate Republican Madrid to deliver a message to a member of the Fifth Column.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
16. The Other Tree of Guernica (El otro árbol de Guernica)
A group of children evacuated from Spain to Belgium are waiting for the Civil War end which will allow them to go back home.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
17. You're My Hero (Eres Mi Héroe)
Thirteen-year-old Ramon is on the verge of many adolescent discoveries -- and the confusion that goes along with them. Shy and awkward, he's moved from town to town throughout his childhood and believes that life is about winning and losing. But he soon learns it's all about survival. Like Ramon, Spain is in transition ; it's a time of social upheaval marked by change, illusion and struggle.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
18. Affliction
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
It has an average vote of 6.302 on TMDB.
19. Leica Story (Leica Story)
Robert is a war photographer who moves to an andalusian village after the Spanish Civil War, watching in the population a panorama of sadness and pain. Because of his arrival, stories that happened there in the past resuscitate.
20. Cunetas (Cunetas)
During the Spanish Civil War, a family of farmers must face the fascist threat. Tired of turning the other cheek, they will make an unexpected decision.