Best dark & gritty Spanish movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
15 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.8. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Amores Perros (2000)
Movie · Spanish · 2h 34m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (2.7L votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningDark & gritty
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
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2. The Aerial (2007)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 39m · Science Fiction, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (5.0K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningCold & detachedDark & gritty
An entire city has lost its voice. Mr. TV, the owner of the city's only television channel, is carrying out a sinister plan to control all of the city's inhabitants.
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3. Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 50m · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (4.8K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious
Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.
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4. La Ciénaga (2001)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 41m · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (9.8K votes)
Slow-burnCold & detachedDark & grittyLow-stakes
Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of children and servants quietly expose the fractures of family life. Between idle days, gossip, and unspoken
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5. The Settlers (2023)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 41m · Drama, Western · IMDb 6.9 (7.1K votes)
MatureVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
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6. Afternoons of Solitude (2025)
Movie · Spanish · 2h 6m · Documentary · IMDb 7.1 (2.2K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningMatureDark & gritty
The life of the bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey during a day of bullfighting, from the moment he dresses up to the moment he undresses.
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7. Rapture (1980)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 50m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 6.8 (4.1K votes)
TwistySlow-burnDark & grittyMature
José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema.
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8. Ema (2019)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 47m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (10.1K votes)
MatureVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.
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9. Madeinusa (2006)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 40m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.9K votes)
Slow-burnMatureDark & grittyCold & detached
Madeinusa is a girl who lives in an isolated village in the mountains of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor, and seemingly odd custom: from Good Friday at three o’clock in the afternoon to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like.
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10. The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 48m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.9K votes)
Slow-burnMatureDark & grittySerious
As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men, through a simple glance, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not.
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11. The Towrope (2012)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 28m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (840 votes)
Slow-burnCold & detachedDark & grittySerious
In this poetic, richly allegorical debut by Colombian director William Vega, a teenage girl flees to a rundown inn after being driven from her home in the Andean highlands by civil war, as the violence engulfing the country creeps ever closer to her remote refuge. (TIFF)
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13. New Order (2020)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 28m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (11.3K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
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14. Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 22m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (7.0K votes)
MatureFunnyDark & gritty
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.
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15. We Are the Flesh (2016)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 19m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 4.7 (4.2K votes)
MatureSlow-burnDark & grittyCold & detached
After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.
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