# List of films set in Madrid

In the history of motion pictures, many films have been set in Madrid or a fictionalized version thereof.
The list that follows is sorted by the year the film was released.

## 1940s

* The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (Edgar Neville, 1944)
* The Crime of Bordadores Street (Edgar Neville, 1946)

## 1950s

* Furrows (José Antonio Nieves Conde, 1951)
* Death of a Cyclist (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955)
* Uncle Hyacynth (Ladislao Vajda, 1956)
* Tip on a Dead Jockey (Richard Thorpe, 1957)
* Red Cross Girls (Rafael J. Salvia, 1958)
* El Pisito (Marco Ferreri, 1959)

## 1960s

* The Delinquents (Carlos Saura, 1960)
* Atraco a las tres (José María Forqué, 1962)
* The Executioner (Luis García Berlanga, 1963)
* The Pleasure Seekers (Jean Negulesco, 1964)
* La ciudad no es para mí (Pedro Lazaga, 1966)

## 1970s

* La cabina (Antonio Mercero, 1972)
* La escopeta nacional (Luis García Berlanga, 1978)
* Black Brood (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 1977)
* Solos en la madrugada (José Luis Garci, 1978)
* Ogro (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1979)

## 1980s

* Opera prima (Fernando Trueba, 1980)
* Pepi, Luci, Bom (Pedro Almodóvar, 1980)
* Navajeros (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1980)
* Maravillas (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 1981)
* Deprisa, deprisa (Carlos Saura, 1981)
* The Beehive (Mario Camus, 1982)
* Colegas (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1982)
* Labyrinth of Passion (Pedro Almodóvar, 1982)
* Bicycles Are for the Summer (Jaime Chávarri, 1984)
* What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Pedro Almodóvar, 1984)
* The Hit (Stephen Frears, 1984)
* Law of Desire (Pedro Almodóvar, 1987)
* Hostages in the Barrio (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1987)
* Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, 1988)
* Esquilache (Josefina Molina, 1989)
* Going South Shopping (Fernando Colomo, 1989)

## 1990s

* The Ages of Lulu (Bigas Luna, 1990)
* Lovers (Vicente Aranda, 1991)
* Prince of Shadows (Pilar Miró, 1991)
* High Heels (Pedro Almodóvar, 1991)
* Dream of Light (Víctor Erice, 1992)
* The Fencing Master (Pedro Olea, 1992)
* Kika (Pedro Almodóvar, 1993)
* Outrage! (Carlos Saura, 1993)
* Madregilda (Francisco Regueiro, 1993)
* The Worst Years of Our Lives (Emilio Martínez Lázaro, 1994)
* Todo es mentira (Álvaro Fernández Armero, 1994)
* Running Out of Time (Imanol Uribe, 1994)
* The Day of the Beast (Álex de la Iglesia, 1995)
* Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (Agustín Díaz Yanes, 1995)
* Mouth to Mouth (Manuel Gómez Pereira, 1995)
* Stories from the Kronen (Montxo Armendáriz, 1995)
* África (Alfonso Ungría, 1996)
* Thesis (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996)
* Taxi (Carlos Saura, 1996)
* Live Flesh (Pedro Almodóvar, 1997)
* Open Your Eyes (Alejandro Amenábar, 1997)
* Martín (Hache) (Adolfo Aristarain, 1997)
* Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law (Santiago Segura, 1998)
* Mensaka (Salvador García Ruiz, 1998)
* Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Julio Medem, 1998)
* Barrio (Fernando León de Aranoa, 1998)
* Spanish Fly (Daphna Kastner, 1998)
* A Time for Defiance (Antonio Mercero, 1998)

## 2000s

* What You Never Knew (Juan Vicente Córdoba, 2000)
* Asfalto (Daniel Calparsoro, 2000)
* Fill Me with Life (Josecho San Mateo, 2000)
* El Bola (Achero Mañas, 2000)
* Sex and Lucia (Julio Medem, 2001)
* Common Wealth (Álex de la Iglesia, 2000)
* The Weakness of the Bolshevik (Manuel Martín Cuenca, 2003)
* Bulgarian Lovers (Eloy de la Iglesia, 2003)
* Chill Out! (Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso, 2003)
* Tiovivo c. 1950 (José Luis Garci, 2004)
* Héctor (Gracia Querejeta, 2004)
* Princesses (Fernando León de Aranoa, 2005)
* Dark Blue Almost Black (Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, 2006)
* 13 Roses (Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2007)
* Mataharis (Icíar Bollaín, 2007)
* Boystown (Juan Flahn, 2007)
* Touch the Sky (Marcos Carnevale, 2007)
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
* Blood in May (José Luis Garci, 2008)
* The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, 2009)

## 2010s

* Lope: The Outlaw (Andrucha Waddington, 2010)
* Every Song Is About Me (Jonás Trueba, 2010)
* The Last Circus (Álex de la Iglesia, 2010)
* No Rest for the Wicked (Enrique Urbizu, 2011)
* Diamond Flash (Carlos Vermut, 2011)
* The Sleeping Voice (Benito Zambrano, 2011)
* Extraterrestrial (Nacho Vigalondo, 2011)
* I'm So Excited (Pedro Almodóvar, 2013)
* The Wishful Thinkers (Jonás Trueba, 2013)
* Stockholm (Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2013)
* Magical Girl (Carlos Vermut, 2014)
* Beautiful Youth (Jaime Rosales, 2014)
* Truman (Cesc Gay, 2015)
* May God Save Us (Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2016)
* The Fury of a Patient Man (Raúl Arévalo, 2016)
* Perfect Strangers (Álex de la Iglesia, 2017)
* Verónica (Paco Plaza, 2017)
* Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar, 2019)
* The August Virgin (Jonás Trueba, 2019)
* The Goya Murders (Gerardo Herrero, 2019)
* The Plan (Polo Menárguez, 2019)

## 2020s

* The Rhythm Section (Reed Morano, 2020)
* 32 Malasana Street (Albert Pintó, 2020)
* Unknown Origins (David Galán Galindo, 2020)
* Sounds Like Love (Juana Macías, 2021)
* The Vault (Jaume Balagueró, 2021)
* The Grandmother (Paco Plaza, 2021)
* Venus (Jaume Balagueró, 2022)
* Manticore (Carlos Vermut, 2022)
* Ramona (Andrea Bagney, 2022)
* All the Names of God (Daniel Calparsoro, 2023)
* One Night with Adela (Hugo Ruiz, 2023)
* Something Is About to Happen (Antonio Méndez Esparza, 2023)
* Birth (Pau Teixidor, 2024)
* The Other Way Around (Jonás Trueba, 2024)
* Daniela Forever (Nacho Vigalondo, 2024)
* The Red Virgin (Paula Ortiz, 2024)
* Anathema (Jimina Sabadú, 2024)
* Goodbye Madrid (Diego Corsini, 2024)
* Ask Me What You Want (Lucía Alemany, 2024)