Recently, the Spanish suspense film "Invisible Guest" that was screened in domestic theaters has a good reputation, with a Douban score of 8.7, and the page shows that it is "better than 97% of the suspense films", with more than 150,000 ratings. Such a hot discussion has once again aroused people's attention to Spanish films.
In fact, Spanish-language films have always been a force that cannot be ignored in the world film industry. Every year during the awards season, Spanish-language films can get a piece of hollywood's monopoly awards ceremony. What is even more gratifying is that Spanish films have always maintained a niche, independent, and deep creative style, rarely following the trend of superhero blockbusters or brainless romance films.
With the east wind of Spanish suspense films that have attracted much attention, I recommend a few films worth watching to everyone, and fans who love suspense crime films should not miss it.
The Dark Side (Colombia)
<h1>The Hidden Face (2011)</h1>
Douban score: 8.1
The girlfriend did not quit and disappeared for several months, the boyfriend took the new girlfriend home, but found that there are all kinds of strange phenomena in this house, is it suspicious of the ghost or the former girlfriend's undead? The answer is something you can't think of at all.
At first glance, the film is a small-budget horror film, especially the first part. But the follow-up is wonderful, starting with a girl testing whether her boyfriend is loyal, and playing with the elements of horror, love, and suspense very slippery.
The themes of secret room and psychological thriller movies are often the same, but this film has achieved a new breakthrough, which is unexpected, but I have to admit that the film is so exquisite.
This film involves a very classic question, can love stand the test? This question is thrown up in the second part of the film, and an extension question is raised at the end of the film, can human nature stand the test?
Female Corpse Mystery Case (Spain)
The Body (2012)
Douban score: 7.4
The rhythm is very tight, the plot is very weird and suspenseful, and the plot of this film is interlocked layer by layer, which is very exquisite. The clues of the movie are also very chaotic, a small morgue, actually arranged a magnificent suspense case, but also wonderful.
Like all suspense films, every supporting role cannot be ignored, and everyone has a story behind it. What you see at the beginning is just the ending paved with countless clues.
If you love this kind of film, from the point of view, the film is completely qualified, there is suspense, there is thriller, there is a sense of justice explosion, there is a sense of revenge after the pleasure. The rest, you have to go to the movie yourself to find out.
When You're Asleep (Spanish)
While You Sleep (2011)
Douban score: 7.3
When we were children watching horror movies, we were frightened by these shots of people under the bed, and this film carried forward this theme and created a crime film that was not scary, but full of atmosphere. The psychopathy of Spanish films is different from that of Japan, South Korea and the United States, and it is unique and well worth watching.
Julia's Eyes (Spain)
Julia's Eyes (2010)
The protagonist of this film, Julia, is suffering from blindness in her eyes, and her sister has been killed, and to investigate things in the invisible situation has itself cast a very mysterious and terrifying color on the film, and who is the blurred figure in the line of sight?
Buried Alive (Spain/USA)
Burried(2010)
Douban score: 7.8
The whole film is only completed by the protagonist in a confined space the size of a coffin, which can be called the least number of films, while this film does not lose any other big-hand works, which not only satirizes the government, but also creates a thrilling and suspenseful effect, and also brings a wonderful reversal, alternative flag.
Cell 211 (Spain/France)
Celda211(2009)
Douban score: 8.0
How does a prison worker, who is trapped inside a prison because of a riot by a prisoner who occupies a prison and does not know that he is a prison officer? There are countless prison break genres, and this kind of creativity is the first time to see it, and the reversal of the ending and the emotion of the movie also add a lot to the film.
Enigmatic Eyes (Argentina)
The Secret of His Eyes (2009)
Douban score: 8.3
As a suspense film, this film has an incomparably strong literary and artistic atmosphere, and the whole film is like the past and memories, telling the story, full of sentimentality and loneliness. Although there are no thrilling horror scenes in this film, many of its meanings make people more deeply thought-provoking, and the whole film is calm and still, which is an outstanding handwriting.
Another highlight is the 5-and-a-half-minute long shot that appears in the hour or so of the film. This shot took a total of 2 years from conception to realization, the actual shooting was 3 days, and the post-editing took 9 months, which is definitely eligible to enter the list of the longest shots in film history.
The film won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010.
Tetro (Italy/USA)
Tetro(2009)
Douban score: 7.6
The film is the work of the director of The Godfather, and the film is full of Latin American elements: family, relatives, searching. I have seen the shadow of the film in "Three Thousand Miles of Motherhood" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", and the film's literary depiction method and autobiographical effect are full of reality and psychedelic.
Death Video (Spain)
[Rec] (2007)
Douban score: 7.5
Pseudo-documentaries are an important part of suspense films, with shaky shots and first-person perspectives bringing a stronger real-life experience and impact, and death videos are one of the most classic representatives of this type of film. From the time the female reporter interviewed the fire brigade, the incident began to spiral out of control.
Time and Space Sin (Spain)
The Chronocrimes (2007)
Douban score: 7.2
Some say the movie is like "Horror Cruise", but the pattern is bigger. Xiaobian feels that the two of them are indeed very similar, but this picture is more terrible.
Suspense films rarely use the main narrative method to tell the story, and flashbacks and interludes are very common. Another common technique is the time-travel method used in this film. There are several space-times, several protagonists, and even these time-space and protagonists have to cross a little more, and you have no idea whether someone who appears at some time or somewhere is not the person you just saw.
This film is the best of this kind of film, there is no bells and whistles of emotional catharsis, like a bulldozer to push the plot in front of you, whether you can keep up, depends on whether your brain is fast enough.
LoneLy Castle (Spain/Mexico)
The Orphanage (2007)
Lonely Castle Thriller is known as one of the world's top ten thrillers, the film is based on the 123 wooden man game played with closed eyes, but it gives this game a very scary and thrilling meaning. The vertigo and climax of the ending are quite sublimated, and although the film is not dazzling, it does not lose the performance at all.
Pan's Labyrinth (Spain/Mexico)
The Labyrinth of Fauno (2006)
In the context of World War II, there are dark fairy tales in the dark politics and era, although this film is a fairy tale fantasy plot, but in contrast to the pure fairy tale, the film highlights a sad atmosphere of the times. The little girl protagonist is very cute and sensible, which adds a lot of color to this film.
Return (Spain)
Back(2006)
Almodóvar's film, although the plot is very painful, but the style of the film is dramatic, crazy. The father's aggression against his daughter and the death of his mother make the film itself a tragedy, but the style is more theory. Personally, it feels like One of Almodóvar's more peculiar works.
Sunflower Night (Spain/France)
The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
Corpses in the sunflower field, prehistoric caves found nearby, a combination of reality and fantasy, a terrifying atmosphere that haunts the film, and the plot is very intricate. The structure is huge and the plot is dark, giving people a strong sense of impact.
Infernal Affairs in the Workplace (Spain/Argentina)
The Method (2005)
Similar to the movie "The Ultimate Interview", the interview is of course not the most basic eloquence and ability, but the comprehensive quality of the individual, and even human nature. This film is the leader of the genre, and the elimination of interviewers and the distribution of new tasks make the film resemble a blizzard mountain and gripping.