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    Spanish Crime Movies

    The 40 most popular spanish crime movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Above & Below
    TMDB3.1

    Above & Below

    2026 · 1h 35m

    country: United States

    A group of friends set off for an unforgettable vacation. What begins as an adventure of partying and diving quickly turns into a nightmare when they are attacked by criminals in open waters.

    Just Play Dead
    TMDB2.9

    Just Play Dead

    2026 · 1h 37m

    country: United Kingdom

    A criminal mastermind plans to fake his death for insurance money while framing his wife's lover. His wife plots to kill him for real and take it all. Both race to outmanoeuvre each other in a deadly battle of wits.

    Aves de Corral
    TMDB2.3

    Aves de Corral

    2026

    country: Spain

    Juan plans to introduce his girlfriend Casilda during the weekend at the family home in the mountains. However, before arriving, Juan and his brother Santiago have to flee from a group of assassins who are chasing them by mistake. The killers belong to a criminal organization that includes Miki, who should never have been there, and Gus, a policeman infiltrated in the group who tries to take care of Miki. Meanwhile, Pinco, who should take Miki's place, enjoys the hospitality of the man in charge of the criminal organization, unaware of the problems that are coming their way.

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    TMDB3.8

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    2009 · 2h 32m

    country: Denmark

    Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

    The Gunman
    TMDB2.9

    The Gunman

    2015 · 1h 55m

    country: France

    Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

    Loving Pablo
    TMDB3.1

    Loving Pablo

    2017 · 2h 3m

    country: Bulgaria

    The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

    The Marked Woman
    TMDB2.8

    The Marked Woman

    2026 · 1h 49m

    country: Argentina

    When a woman is found in a shipping container with no memory of who she is, two detectives race to figure out her identity — and who wants her dead.

    Aftermath
    TMDB2.7

    Aftermath

    1994 · 30m

    country: Spain

    When the others leave for the night, the last mortician begins to fondle the corpses. He quickly moves to the corpse of a young woman who died in a car crash.

    Bad Education
    TMDB3.7

    Bad Education

    2004 · 1h 45m

    country: Spain

    When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

    Below Zero
    TMDB3.2

    Below Zero

    2021 · 1h 46m

    country: Spain

    When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.

    The Courier
    TMDB3.2

    The Courier

    2024 · 1h 42m

    country: Belgium

    After shrewdly seizing his chance to join a money-laundering scheme, a modest valet dives into a world of fast cash, fast cars — and an inevitable crash.

    Everybody Knows
    TMDB3.3

    Everybody Knows

    2018 · 2h 12m

    country: Spain

    Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

    The Tigers
    TMDB3.1

    The Tigers

    2025 · 1h 49m

    country: Spain

    Antonio and Estrella are diving siblings. He works in maritime works, she studies underwater life and assists him. Its precarious economy could improve after finding cocaine hidden in the hull of a ship anchored in Huelva.

    The Gentleman
    TMDB3.0

    The Gentleman

    2025 · 1h 29m

    country: Spain

    Aging ex-soldier Theo meets weekly with prostitute Olga to reminisce. After Olga's murder, Theo seeks bloody revenge, attracting attention of alcoholic cop Iborra and hitman Herodes.

    High Heels
    TMDB3.5

    High Heels

    1991 · 1h 54m

    country: Spain

    After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...

    Kraken. The Black Book of Hours
    TMDB3.1

    Kraken. The Black Book of Hours

    2026

    country: Spain

    Unai López de Ayala must immerse himself in the world of art collecting and forgery in order to find the legendary Black Book of Hours and save his mother, whom he had long believed to be dead

    El Angel
    TMDB3.7

    El Angel

    2018 · 1h 55m

    country: Argentina

    Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.

    The Invisible Guardian
    TMDB3.3

    The Invisible Guardian

    2017 · 2h 9m

    country: Germany

    When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the ‘invisible guardian’ of Basque mythology? Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, taking her back to the heart of the Basque country where she was born, and where she hoped never to return. Shrouded in mist and surrounded by impenetrable forests, it is a place of unresolved conflicts and a terrible secret from Amaia’s childhood that will come back to haunt her. Faced with the superstitions of the village, Amaia must fight the demons of her past to confront the reality of a serial killer on the loose. But as she is drawn deeper into the investigation, she feels the presence of something darker lurking in the shadows…

    To Steal from a Thief
    TMDB3.1

    To Steal from a Thief

    2016 · 1h 36m

    country: Argentina

    Valencia, Spain. On a rainy morning, six armed men in disguise assault a bank. But what seemed like an easy heist, quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.

    Marshland
    TMDB3.5

    Marshland

    2014 · 1h 44m

    country: Spain

    The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters – both detectives in the homicide division – to investigate the cases.

    Secret Agents
    TMDB2.8

    Secret Agents

    2004 · 1h 49m

    country: Spain

    From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...

    Operación Tiburón

    TMDB3.3

    Operación Tiburón

    1965 · 1h 35m

    country: Puerto Rico

    A popular singer is suspected of being involved with a notorious drug dealer, el Tiburón (the Shark). Meanwhile, a friend of the singer is recruited by Interpol to find the criminal's real identity.

    Pseudo
    TMDB4.0

    Pseudo

    2020 · 1h 30m

    country: Bolivia

    A taxi driver from La Paz, out of work and desperate for money, assumes the identity of a passenger — a photographer — and takes his next assignment, not knowing he is actually a hit-man whose next target is a top-ranked government official. He gets caught up in a terrorist operation where nobody is what they claim, including the source financing the assassination plot.

    Offering to the Storm
    TMDB3.2

    Offering to the Storm

    2020 · 2h 19m

    country: Germany

    Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest secrets of the Baztan valley. Part 3 in the Baztan Trilogy.

    Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
    TMDB3.3

    Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law

    1998 · 1h 37m

    country: Spain

    A former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.

    Mamántula
    TMDB2.1

    Mamántula

    2023 · 49m

    country: Germany

    Mamántula is the boy everyone wants, but also a giant spider transvesting as a human, fruit of a brief encounter in the Berlin Tiergarten, in an alternate past of brutalist saunas, endless subway corridors and detectives with raincoats and hats. Each of Mamántula's lovers are a new victim of his insatiable appetite for revenge and sperm; and each victim, one more thread of the web with which he intends to apprehend the entire planet. Will Golden Dick be able to stop him? Will a couple of lovebirds with police badges get him? Or will the gay community have to step in and take the law into their own hands?

    A Twelve-Year Night
    TMDB3.7

    A Twelve-Year Night

    2018 · 2h 2m

    country: Argentina

    Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.

    B
    TMDB3.5

    B

    2015 · 1h 20m

    country: Spain

    July 15, 2013 Luis Barcenas - Old party treasurer was transferred from prison to National Court to testify. Previously, he had denied everything. Today he will tell the truth.

    Virgin Rose
    TMDB2.4

    Virgin Rose

    2006 · 1h 40m

    country: Cuba

    Simón transports illegal immigrants to New York, leaving them to their fate. When he is discovered by the coastguard, a young sailor, named Andrés saves his life. But when Andrés falls for Marie—a young protegée of Simón's—conflict erupts.

    Open Windows
    TMDB2.5

    Open Windows

    2014 · 1h 41m

    country: France

    Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.

    The Paramedic
    TMDB3.0

    The Paramedic

    2020 · 1h 34m

    country: Spain

    Unable to face his new reality in a wheelchair, Ángel develops a deadly obsession with the woman who left him and unleashes a sinister revenge plot.

    Torrente 3: The Protector
    TMDB2.7

    Torrente 3: The Protector

    2005 · 1h 31m

    country: Spain

    A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.

    José María
    TMDB3.3

    José María

    1963 · 1h 30m

    country: Spain

    Biography of the famous bandit El Tempranillo, acting with impunity in Sierra Morena during the reign of Ferdinand VII.

    Infiesto
    TMDB2.9

    Infiesto

    2023 · 1h 36m

    country: Spain

    As the coronavirus upends their lives, two detectives doggedly pursue those responsible for an abduction they realize is part of a sinister pattern.

    Xtreme
    TMDB3.2

    Xtreme

    2021 · 1h 51m

    country: Spain

    Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.

    The Business
    TMDB3.1

    The Business

    2005 · 1h 36m

    country: United Kingdom

    During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mother's thug of a boyfriend gives him just the opportunity. After beating up the abusive beau, Frankie runs off to Spain, where he lands a job delivering a package to the dapper Playboy Charlie, a gangster who takes him under his wing. Working as Charlie's driver, Frankie is immersed in a world of fast cars and pretty women -- but all the excess could be his undoing.

    Cross the Line
    TMDB3.4

    Cross the Line

    2020 · 1h 32m

    country: Spain

    A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?

    Centauro
    TMDB3.0

    Centauro

    2022 · 1h 29m

    country: Spain

    Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.

    Narciso
    TMDB5.0

    Narciso

    2026 · 1h 41m

    country: Paraguay

    Paraguay, 1958. The charismatic Narciso returns from Buenos Aires with rock ’n’ roll in his veins. Under the suffocating military regime, his radio show becomes a music sensation and a symbol of freedom.

    Idle Mist
    TMDB4.5

    Idle Mist

    1998 · 28m

    country: Colombia

    When the darkness in a musician's dreams tears its way into his waking life, a series of brutal murders rocks the city and word spreads of a spectral form looming over the rooftops.

    About Spanish Crime Movies

    Spanish cinema

    Spanish cinema carries the surrealist streak of Buñuel through to Almodóvar's melodramas and a modern horror scene with real international reach. The post-Franco decades produced an unusually sharp break with what came before.

    Crime

    Crime films trace the machinery around lawbreaking — heists, syndicates, investigations, and the people worn down by all three. From film noir through the American gangster epic to modern procedurals, it's a genre that doubles as social commentary.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1963–2026
    Best reviewed
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (7.5)
    Often also
    Thriller, Drama, Action

    Common questions

    What are the best Spanish crime movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Above & Below, Just Play Dead, and Aves de Corral. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Spanish crime movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these movies?
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