# List of Spanish films of 2006

A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2006. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.

## Films

| Release | Release | Title (Domestic title) | Cast & Crew |
| JANUARY | 5 | Life and Color(Vida y color) | Director: Santiago Tabernero [es]Cast: Junio Valverde [es], Silvia Abascal, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Carmen Machi, Joan Dalmau [es], Nadia de Santiago, Andrés Lima |
| JANUARY | 13 | My Quick Way Out(Volando voy) | Director: Miguel AlbaladejoCast: Borja Navas, Fernando Tejero, Mariola Fuentes, Àlex Casanovas [es], Mar Regueras, José Luis García Pérez |
| JANUARY | 27 | Blessed by Fire(Iluminados por el fuego) | Director: Tristán BauerCast: Gastón Pauls |
| FEBRUARY | 3 | Una rosa de Francia | Director: Manuel Gutiérrez AragónCast: Jorge Perugorría, Álex González, Broselianda Hernández [es], Ana Celia de Armas |
| FEBRUARY | 10 | Wounded Animals [es](Animales heridos) | Director: Ventura PonsCast: José Coronado, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón |
| FEBRUARY | 24 | Melissa P. | Director: Luca GuadagninoCast: María Valverde, Geraldine Chaplin |
| MARCH | 17 | Volver | Director: Pedro AlmodóvarCast: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave |
| MARCH | 17 | Gisaku | Director: Baltasar Pedrosa [es] |
| MARCH | 24 | Rough Winds(Los aires difíciles) | Director: Gerardo HerreroCast: José Luis García Pérez, Cuca Escribano [es], Carme Elías, Pilar Castro, Roberto Enríquez, Andrés Gertrúdix, Alberto Jiménez, Antonio Dechent |
| MARCH | 24 | The Idiot Maiden(La dama boba) | Director: Manuel Iborra [es]Cast: Silvia Abascal, José Coronado, Macarena Gómez, Roberto Sanmartín [es], Verónica Forqué, Juan Díaz, María Vázquez, Paco León, Antonio Resines |
| MARCH | 31 | Dark Blue Almost Black(Azuloscurocasinegro) | Director: Daniel Sánchez ArévaloCast: Quim Gutiérrez, Marta Etura, Antonio de la Torre, Héctor Colomé [es], Raúl Arévalo, Eva Pallarés [es], Ana Wagener, Manuel Morón [es], Roberto Enríquez |
| MARCH | 31 | Madeinusa | Director: Claudia LlosaCast: Magaly Solier, Carlos de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, Ubaldo Huamán [es] |
| APRIL | 7 | Welcome Home(Bienvenido a casa) | Director: David TruebaCast: Pilar López de Ayala, Alejo Sauras, Ariadna Gil, Juan Echanove, Julián Villagrán, Jorge Sanz, Javivi Gil Valle, Concha Velasco, Juana Acosta, Carlos Larrañaga, Vicente Haro |
| APRIL | 7 | Tirant lo Blanc(Tirante el Blanco) | Director: Vicente ArandaCast: Casper Zafer, Esther Nubiola, Leonor Watling, Ingrid Rubio, Rafael Amargo [es], Jane Asher, Charlie Cox, Sid Mitchell, Jay Benedict, Victoria Abril, Giancarlo Giannini |
| MAY | 5 | Crossing the Border(Un franco, 14 pesetas) | Director: Carlos IglesiasCast: Carlos Iglesias, Javier Gutiérrez, Nieve de Medina, Isabel Blanco [es] |
| MAY | 19 | The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni(La vida perra de Juanita Narboni) | Director: Farida BenlyazidCast: Mariola Fuentes, Salima Benmoumen, Lou Doillon, Chete Lera, Mariana Cordero, Concha Cuetos [es], Rosario Pardo [es], Victoria Mora |
| MAY | 26 | Rosario Tijeras | Director: Emilio Maillé [es]Cast: Flora Martínez, Unax Ugalde, Manolo Cardona |
| JUNE | 9 | Love in Self Defense(Amor en defensa propia) | Director: Rafa RussoCast: Ana Fernández, Gustavo Garzón, Andrés Gertrúdix, Manuel Morón, Ginés García Millán, Carlos Kaniowsky, Bárbara Goenaga |
| JUNE | 23 | The Education of Fairies(La educación de las hadas) | Director: José Luis CuerdaCast: Ricardo Darín, Irène Jacob, Bebe, Víctor Valdivia |
| JUNE | 30 | The Bicycle(La bicicleta) | Director: Sigfrid Monleón [es]Cast: Pilar Bardem, Sancho Gracia, Bárbara Lennie, Javier Pereira, Alberto Ferreiro [es] |
| JULY | 7 | Los managers [es] | Director: Fernando Guillén CuervoCast: Enrique Villén, Fran Perea, Paco León, Manuel Tafallé [es] |
| JULY | 14 | Tu vida en 65' [es] | Director: Maria RipollCast: Javier Pereira, Tamara Arias, Oriol Vila [es] Marc Rodríguez [ca], Nuria Gago, Jeff Pollack, Ivan Massagué |
| AUGUST | 25 | The Night of the Sunflowers(La noche de los girasoles) | Director: Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo [es]Cast: Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo, Manuel Morón [es], Mariano Alameda [es], Vicente Romero, Walter Vidarte, Cesáreo Estébanez [es] |
| SEPTEMBER | 1 | Alatriste | Director: Agustín Díaz YanesCast: Viggo Mortensen, Javier Cámara, Eduardo Noriega, Juan Echanove, Unax Ugalde, Elena Anaya, Ariadna Gil, Francesc Garrido, Blanca Portillo, Eduard Fernández, Enrico Lo Verso |
| SEPTEMBER | 15 | Salvador | Director: Manuel HuergaCast: Daniel Brühl, Tristán Ulloa, Leonor Watling, Ingrid Rubio, Leonardo Sbaraglia |
| SEPTEMBER | 29 | Go Away from Me(Vete de mí) | Director: Víctor García LeónCast: Juan Diego, Juan Diego Botto, Cristina Plazas, Rosa María Sardá, Esperanza Roy and José Sazatornil "Saza" |
| SEPTEMBER | 29 | The Distance(La distancia) | Director: Iñaki DorronsoroCast: Miguel Ángel Silvestre, José Coronado, Federico Luppi, Belén López, Lluís Homar |
| SEPTEMBER | 29 | Lola(Lo que sé de Lola) | Director: Javier Rebollo [es]Cast: Michaël Abiteboul, Lola Dueñas, Carmen Machi, Lucienne Deschamps |
| OCTOBER | 6 | The Borgia(Los Borgia) | Director: Antonio HernándezCast: Lluís Homar, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, María Valverde, Paz Vega, Ángela Molina |
| OCTOBER | 6 | Doghead(Cabeza de perro) | Director: Santiago AmodeoCast: Juan José Ballesta, Adriana Ugarte, Julián Villagrán, Álex O'Dogherty [es], Juanma Lara [es], Ana Wagener, Jimmy Roca, Jorge Roelas [es] |
| OCTOBER | 11 | Pan's Labyrinth(El laberinto del fauno) | Director: Guillermo del ToroCast: Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Álex Angulo, Ariadna Gil |
| OCTOBER | 20 | My Name Is Juani(Yo soy la Juani) | Director: Bigas LunaCast: Verónica Echegui, Dani Martín, Laya Martí |
| OCTOBER | 27 | Nobody's Perfect(Va a ser que nadie es perfecto) | Director: Joaquín OristrellCast: Fernando Tejero, Santi Millán, José L. García Pérez |
| NOVEMBER | 10 | Goya's Ghosts(Los fantasmas de Goya) | Director: Miloš FormanCast: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård |
| NOVEMBER | 10 | Fiction(Ficció) | Director: Cesc GayCast: Eduard Fernández, Javier Cámara, Montse Germán, Carme Pla, Àgata Roca |
| NOVEMBER | 10 | The Birthday | Director: Eugenio MiraCast: Corey Feldman, Jack Taylor, Erica Prior |
| NOVEMBER | 17 | Dementia(Trastorno) | Director: Fernando Cámara [es]Cast: Najwa Nimri, Ingrid Rubio, Pep Munné [es], Cristina Higueras [es] |
| NOVEMBER | 24 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer(El perfume, historia de un asesino) | Director: Tom TykwerCast: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman |
| DECEMBER | 1 | Summer Rain(El camino de los ingleses) | Director: Antonio BanderasCast: Alberto Amarilla, María Ruiz, Félix Gómez, Raúl Arévalo, Fran Perea, Marta Nieto, Mario Casas, Antonio Garrido, Antonio Zafra [es], Berta de la Dehesa, Víctor Pérez, Cuca Escribano [es], Lucio Romero, Pepa Aniorte [es] |
| DECEMBER | 1 | Isi/Disi, alto voltaje [es] | Director: Miguel Ángel Lamata [es]Cast: Santiago Segura, Florentino Fernández, Gran Wyoming, Kira Miró, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, "El Sevilla" |
| DECEMBER | 22 | Cándida | Director: Javier FesserCast: Cándida Villar [es] |

## Box office

The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2006, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2006 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Admissions | Domestic gross (€) |
| 1 | Alatriste | Hispano Foxfilm | 3,130,710 | 16,489,511.68 |
| 2 | Volver | Warner Bros. | 1,903,583 | 10,120,241.88 |
| 3 | Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Warner Bros. | 1,346,853 | 7,156,755.31 |
| 4 | The Borgia (Los Borgia) | Ensueño Films | 1,244,590 | 6,598,611.19 |
| 5 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (El perfume, historia de un asesino) | Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales | 1,184,849 | 6,499,507.51 |
| 6 | The 2 Sides of the Bed (Los 2 lados de la cama) ‡ | Disney | 854,957 | 4,461,257.17 |
| 7 | Nobody Is Perfect (Va ser que nadie es perfecto) | Sony | 497,366 | 2,653,625.17 |
| 8 | Salvador (Salvador Puig Antich) | Warner Bros. | 481,341 | 2,598,866.32 |
| 9 | My Name Is Juani (Yo soy la Juani) | Manga Films | 433,951 | 2,340,311.50 |
| 10 | Los managers [es] | Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales | 401,317 | 2,044,113.47 |
| ‡: 2005 theatrical opening |||||