# List of Spanish films of 2016

A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2016. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.

## Films

| Release | Release | Title(Domestic title) | Cast & Crew | Distribution label |
| JANUARY | 1 | The Academy of Muses(La academia de las musas) | Director: José Luis GuerínCast: Raffaele Pinto, Emanuela Forgetta, Rosa Delor Muns, Mireia Iniesta, Patricia Gil, Carolina Llacher | — |
| JANUARY | 29 | We Are Pregnant(Embarazados) | Director: Juana MacíasCast: Paco León, Alexandra Jiménez, Karra Elejalde | Buena Vista International |
| FEBRUARY | 19 | The Broken Crown(La corona partida) | Director: Jordi Frades [es]Cast: Rodolfo Sancho, Irene Escolar, Raúl Mérida [es], Eusebio Poncela, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, José Coronado | A Contracorriente Films |
| FEBRUARY | 26 | We Need to Talk(Tenemos que hablar) | Director: David SerranoCast: Hugo Silva, Michelle Jenner, Verónica Forqué, Óscar Ladoire [es], Ernesto Sevilla, Belén Cuesta | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| MARCH | 4 | To Steal from a Thief(Cien años de perdón) | Director: Daniel CalparsoroCast: Luis Tosar, Rodrigo de la Serna, Raúl Arévalo, José Coronado | Hispano Foxfilm |
| MARCH | 4 | Vulcania | Director: José SkafCast: Miquel Fernández [es], Aura Garrido, Ginés García Millán, José Sacristán, Ana Wagener, Silvia Abril, Jaime Olías, Rubén Ochandiano | Alfa Pictures |
| MARCH | 18 | El pregón | Director: Dani de la OrdenCast: Andreu Buenafuente, Berto Romero, Belén Cuesta, Jorge Sanz, Goyo Jiménez | DeAPlaneta |
| APRIL | 1 | Kiki, Love to Love(Kiki, el amor se hace) | Director: Paco LeónCast: Álex García, Natalia de Molina, Ana Katz, Belén Cuesta, Candela Peña, Luis Callejo, Luis Bermejo, Mari Paz Sayago [es], Alexandra Jiménez, David Mora [es] | Vértigo Films |
| APRIL | 1 | Finding Altamira(Altamira) | Director: Hugh HudsonCast: Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Golshifteh Farahani, Allegra Allen, Pierre Niney, Clément Sibony, Nicholas Farrell, Henry Goodman | Hispano Foxfilm |
| APRIL | 8 | Julieta(Julieta) | Director: Pedro AlmodóvarCast: Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Rossy de Palma, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| APRIL | 22 | Toro | Director: Kike MaílloCast: Mario Casas, Luis Tosar, José Sacristán | Universal Pictures |
| APRIL | 29 | The Tip of the Iceberg(La punta del iceberg) | Director: David CánovasCast: Maribel Verdú, Carmelo Gómez, Bárbara Goenaga, Fernando Cayo, Álex García, Ginés García Millán | Syldavia Cinema |
| APRIL | 29 | The Night My Mother Killed My Father(La noche que mi madre mató a mi padre) | Director: Inés París [es]Cast: Belén Rueda, Diego Peretti, María Pujalte, Fele Martínez, Patricia Montero [es], Eduard Fernández | Festival Films |
| MAY | 6 | The Olive Tree(El olivo) | Director: Icíar BollaínCast: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs [ca] | eOne Films |
| MAY | 6 | Nacida para ganar [es] | Director: Vicente Villanueva [es]Cast: Alexandra Jiménez, Victoria Abril, Cristina Castaño | Sony Pictures |
| MAY | 6 | Tini: The Movie(Tini: El gran cambio de Violetta) | Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini [es]Cast: Martina Stoessel, Jorge Blanco, Adrián Salzedo [es] | Buena Vista International |
| MAY | 20 | The One-Eyed King(El rei borni) | Director: Marc Crehuet [es]Cast: Alain Hernández, Miki Esparbé, Betsy Túrnez, Ruth Llopis | — |
| JUNE | 3 | Our Lovers(Nuestros amantes) | Director: Miguel Ángel Lamata [es]Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Michelle Jenner, Fele Martínez, Amaia Salamanca, Gabino Diego | Filmax |
| JUNE | 3 | Politics, an Instruction Manual(Política, manual de instrucciones) | Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Betta Pictures |
| JUNE | 3 | The Cliff(Acantilado) | Director: Helena Taberna [es]Cast: Goya Toledo, Daniel Grao, Juana Acosta, Ingrid García-Jonsson | Alfa Pictures |
| JUNE | 10 | Night Tales(Rumbos) | Director: Manuela Burló Moreno [es]Cast: Pilar López de Ayala, Carmen Machi, Ernesto Alterio, Karra Elejalde, Miki Esparbé, Nora Navas, Fernando Albizu | Sony Pictures |
| JUNE | 17 | Koblic [es](Capitán Kóblic) | Director: Sebastián BorenszteinCast: Ricardo Darín, Inma Cuesta, Oscar Martinez | DeAPlaneta |
| JULY | 29 | Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island(Zipi y Zape y la isla del Capitán) | Director: Oskar Santos [es]Cast: Elena Anaya, Teo Planell, Toni Gómez, Fermí Reixach [es], Jorge Bosch [es], Carolina Lapausa, Máximo Pastor, Iria Castellano | Buena Vista International |
| AUGUST | 12 | At the End of the Tunnel(Al final del túnel) | Director: Rodrigo GrandeCast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Clara Lago, Federico Luppi, Javier Godino | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| AUGUST | 19 | Boy Missing(Secuestro) | Director: Mar Targarona [es]Cast: Blanca Portillo, Antonio Dechent, Vicente Romero, Josep Maria Pou, Macarena Gómez, José Coronado, Nausicaa Bonnín | Sony Pictures |
| AUGUST | 26 | Heroes Wanted [es](Cuerpo de élite) | Director: Joaquín Mazón [es]Cast: María León, Andoni Agirregomezkorta [es], Miki Esparbé, Sílvia Abril | Hispano Foxfilm |
| SEPTEMBER | 2 | The Open Door(La puerta abierta) | Director: Marina Seresesky [es]Cast: Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez, Asier Etxeandía, Lucía Balas, Elvira Mínguez, Paco Tous | Pirámide Films |
| SEPTEMBER | 2 | At Your Doorstep(Cerca de tu casa) | Director: Eduard CortésCast: Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Adriana Ozores, Lluís Homar, Iván Massagué | A Contracorriente Films |
| SEPTEMBER | 2 | The Chosen(El elegido) | Director: Antonio ChavarríasCast: Hannah Murray, Alfonso Herrera, Henry Goodman | Filmax |
| SEPTEMBER | 9 | The Fury of a Patient Man(Tarde para la ira) | Director: Raúl ArévaloCast: Antonio de la Torre, Ruth Díaz, Luis Callejo, Manolo Solo, Alicia Rubio, Raúl Jiménez, Font García | eOne Films |
| SEPTEMBER | 9 | Guernica(Gernika) | Director: Koldo SerraCast: María Valverde, James D'Arcy, Jack Davenport | Betta Pictures |
| SEPTEMBER | 23 | Smoke & Mirrors(El hombre de las mil caras) | Director: Alberto RodríguezCast: Eduard Fernández, José Coronado, Marta Etura, Carlos Santos | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| SEPTEMBER | 23 | Neruda | Director: Pablo LarraínCast: Mercedes Morán, Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco | Wanda Visión |
| SEPTEMBER | 30 | The Reconquest(La reconquista) | Director: Jonás TruebaCast: Francesco Carril [d], Itsaso Arana, Pablo Hoyos, Candela Recio, Aura Garrido | Cine Binario |
| SEPTEMBER | 30 | El tiempo de los monstruos | Director: Félix SabrosoCast: Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Carmen Machi, Julián López, Pilar Castro | Splendor Films |
| OCTOBER | 7 | A Monster Calls(Un monstruo viene a verme) | Director: J.A. BayonaCast: Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Liam Neeson, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin | Universal Pictures |
| OCTOBER | 7 | J: Beyond Flamenco(Jota de Saura) | Director: Carlos Saura | Sherlock Films |
| OCTOBER | 16 | Ozzy | Director: Alberto Rodríguez, Nacho La Casa | Buena Vista International |
| OCTOBER | 21 | The Next Skin(La próxima piel) | Director: Isaki Lacuesta, Isa CampoCast: Àlex Monner, Emma Suárez, Sergi López, Bruno Todeschini | Betta Pictures |
| OCTOBER | 28 | May God Save Us(Que Dios nos perdone) | Director: Rodrigo SorogoyenCast: Antonio de la Torre, Roberto Álamo, Andrés Gertrúdix | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| OCTOBER | 28 | 7 años | Director: Roger Gual [es]Cast: Paco León, Àlex Brendemühl, Juan Pablo Raba, Juana Acosta, Manuel Morón [es] | Netflix |
| NOVEMBER | 4 | 100 Meters(100 metros) | Director: Marcel BarrenaCast: Dani Rovira, Karra Elejalde, Alexandra Jiménez | Filmax |
| NOVEMBER | 11 | The Distinguished Citizen(El ciudadano ilustre) | Director: Gastón Duprat, Mariano CohnCast: Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva [es], Andrea Frigerio | A Contracorriente Films |
| NOVEMBER | 11 | The Furies(Las furias) | Director: Miguel del Arco [es]Cast: Pere Arquillué [ca], Gonzalo de Castro, Elisabet Gelabert [ca], Bárbara Lennie, Carmen Machi, José Sacristán, Mercedes Sampietro, Alberto San Juan, Macarena Sanz, Emma Suárez | Wanda Visión |
| NOVEMBER | 11 | Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot(No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas) | Director: Maria RipollCast: Verónica Echegui, Álex García, David Verdaguer, Alba Galocha [gl] | Sony Pictures |
| NOVEMBER | 25 | The Queen of Spain(La reina de España) | Director: Fernando TruebaCast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Ana Belén, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Loles León, Arturo Ripstein, Jorge Sanz, Rosa María Sardá, Santiago Segura, Cary Elwes, Clive Revill, Mandy Patinkin | Universal Pictures |
| NOVEMBER | 25 | The Death of Louis XIV(La muerte de Luis XIV) | Director: Albert SerraCast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick d'Assumçao, Marc Susini, Irène Silvagni, Bernard Belin, Jacques Henric, Vincenç Altaió | Capricci Cine |
| DECEMBER | 2 | 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines(1898: Los últimos de Filipinas) | Director: Salvador CalvoCast: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes, Karra Elejalde, Carlos Hipólito, Ricardo Gómez, Eduard Fernández | Sony Pictures |
| DECEMBER | 2 | A Stroke of Luck(Villaviciosa de al lado) | Director: Nacho G. Velilla [es]Cast: Carmen Machi, Leo Harlem, Carlos Santos, Boré Buika [es], Arturo Valls, Antonio Pagudo, Jorge Asín, Macarena García, Corina Randazzo [es] | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| DECEMBER | 7 | María (and Everybody Else)(María (y los demás)) | Director: Nely RegueraCast: Bárbara Lennie, Julián Villagrán, Pablo Derqui | Avalon |
| DECEMBER | 16 | The Lighthouse of the Orcas(El faro de las orcas) | Director: Gerardo OlivaresCast: Maribel Verdú, Joaquín Furriel | Wanda Visión |

## Box office

The five highest-grossing Spanish feature films in 2016, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2016 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Viewers | Domestic gross (€) |
| 1 | A Monster Calls (Un monstruo viene a verme) | Universal Pictures | 4,584,941 | 26,030,151.93 |
| 2 | Palm Trees in the Snow (Palmeras en la nieve) ‡ | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1,973,340 | 12,471,763.65 |
| 3 | A Stroke of Luck (Villaviciosa de al Lado) | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1,269,909 | 8,188,142.32 |
| 4 | To Steal from a Thief (Cien años de perdón) | Hispano Foxfilm | 1,078,360 | 6,634,694.12 |
| 5 | Heroes Wanted [es] (Cuerpo de élite) | Hispano Foxfilm | 1,074,455 | 6,305,470.70 |
| 6 | Kiki, Love to Love (Kiki, el amor se hace) | Vértigo Films | 1,089,475 | 6,277,684.58 |
| 7 | Spanish Affair 2 (Ocho apellidos catalanes) ‡ | Universal Pictures | 608,797 | 3,924,365.31 |
| 8 | Smoke & Mirrors (El hombre de las mil caras) | Warner Bros. Pictures | 417,001 | 2,601,906.99 |
| 9 | Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island (Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitán) | Buena Vista International | 472,726 | 2,510,130.34 |
| 10 | Julieta | Warner Bros. Pictures | 352,549 | 2,193,545.30 |
| ‡: 2015 theatrical opening |||||