GREAT DIRECTORS: PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
by dr-mutallimov | created - 24 Jun 2013 | updated - 24 Jun 2013 | PublicHere all Pedro Almodóvar films and points I give them. Films which I give point RANKED from best to worst.
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1. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,795 | Gross: $8.26M
7/10
2. I'm So Excited! (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas
Votes: 24,744 | Gross: $1.37M
3. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 165,666 | Gross: $3.19M
4. Broken Embraces (2009)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez
Votes: 42,659 | Gross: $5.01M
5. La concejala antropófaga (2009)
8 min | Short, Comedy
The story of genius dandelion in glasses about an aspiring writer obsessed with the desire to eat a man's legs.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Machi, Penélope Cruz, Marta Aledo
Votes: 1,344
6. Volver (I) (2006)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Votes: 107,415 | Gross: $12.90M
7. Bad Education (2004)
NC-17 | 106 min | Crime, Drama
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 63,388 | Gross: $5.21M
8. Talk to Her (2002)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling
Votes: 117,440 | Gross: $9.36M
9. Live Flesh (1997)
R | 103 min | Drama
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina
Votes: 33,681 | Gross: $1.54M
10. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym but as she struggles in her relationship with her husband, she finds her output becoming darker.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 12,755 | Gross: $1.16M
11. Kika (1993)
Unrated | 114 min | Comedy
Kika, a cute cosmetologist, prepares Ramon for funeral when he revives. He proposes to the much older Kika who has his dad as lover. Did Ramon's dad murder his mom? What about the escaped rapist and the PSYCHOlogist video reporter?
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Peter Coyote, Verónica Forqué, Victoria Abril, Àlex Casanovas
Votes: 15,037 | Gross: $2.09M
12. High Heels (1991)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé, Anna Lizaran
Votes: 17,425 | Gross: $1.71M
13. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
NC-17 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano
Votes: 31,905 | Gross: $4.09M
14. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 46,396 | Gross: $7.18M
15. Law of Desire (1987)
NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina
Votes: 14,063
16. Matador (1986)
NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo
Votes: 12,934 | Gross: $0.21M
17. Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido (1985 TV Short)
17 min | Short
A woman with a gypsy soul stealing food and underwear and trying to find a new love.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Josele Román, Bibiana Fernández, Sonia Hohmann, Carmen Espada
Votes: 358
18. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
The vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Gonzalo Suárez, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma
Votes: 11,117
19. Dark Habits (1983)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Will More, Laura Cepeda, Miguel Zúñiga
Votes: 8,370
20. Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). When Riza ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Marta Fernández Muro
Votes: 4,701
21. Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
Pepi is raped by the policeman who catches her growing marijuana in her apartment. She seeks revenge by getting his masochist wife to leave him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Félix Rotaeta, Alaska, Eva Siva
Votes: 5,896
22. Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! (1978)
90 min | Comedy
A poor girl works in a general store with a blind boyfriend playing guitar. He becomes famous and she also becomes blind.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Pedro Almodóvar, Carmen Maura, Kiti Mánver, Eva Siva
Votes: 156
23. Salomé (1978)
12 min | Short
One of the first creations of genius dandelion in sunglasses.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Isabel Mestres, Fernando Hilbeck, Agustín Almodóvar, Juan Lombardero
Votes: 563
25. Muerte en la carretera (1976)
8 min | Drama, Short
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Paloma Hurtado, Juan Lombardero, Pepe Maya, Miguel Ángel Requejo
Votes: 49
27. Tráiler de 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1976)
Short
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Star: Daniel Wilder
Votes: 57
31. La caída de Sódoma (1975)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Thirty men in cross-dress and makeup re-enact the moment in the Book of Genesis from the Bible, when Sodomites surround the house of Lot.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Votes: 52
32. Dos putas, o historia de amor que termina en boda (1974)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Votes: 58
33. Film político (1974)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Star: Pedro Almodóvar
Votes: 53
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