Best mind-bending Spanish movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
11 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.5. 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. Parallel Mothers (2021)
Movie · Spanish · 2h 3m · Drama · IMDb 7.1 (41.0K votes)
Slow-burnTwisty
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. Silvia Prieto (1999)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 33m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 6.8 (2.2K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesDialogue-drivenTwisty
After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Pepe (2024)
Movie · Spanish · 2h 2m · Drama · IMDb 6.1 (671 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyCold & detachedLow-stakes
A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn’t understand the perception of time. Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, tells his story with the overwhelming orality of these towns.
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10. Two Shots Fired (2014)
Movie · Spanish · 1h 44m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 6.1 (822 votes)
Slow-burnFunnyLow-stakesDialogue-driven
Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.
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11. 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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