12 Best Spanish-Language Movies on Netflix

Esteemed auteurs from Spain to Argentina (see: Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Lucrecia Martel, to name a few) have been crafting celebrated, internationally-acclaimed Spanish-language films for decades. Most recently there was Cuarón's 2018 tour de force Roma, which made history as the first Mexican movie to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (along with netting Cuarón the prize for Best Director). Then a year later, Almodóvar's semi-autobiographical Pain and Glory earned Oscar nominations for Best International Feature and Best Actor (for its star Antonio Banderas). The Spanish-language cinematic oeuvre is vast, encompassing countries in Europe, Latin America, and South America—and now thanks to Netflix's continued global expansion, several notable movies have become more easily accessible. Below, 12 of the best Spanish-language films to stream now on Netflix.