Pedro Almodovar
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Luis Ciges…
- A nympho pop singer and her bisexual buddy cruise the decadent nightlife of Madrid, encountering Almodovar's usual slate of deviants –…
- Dark Habits (1983)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Cristina Pascual
- Red–light denizen on the run, Cristina Pascual holes up in a bizarre, wildly improbable Convent of the Humble Redeemers, frequented by…
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
- Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
- Law of Desire (1986)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura
- Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
- Matador (1986)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martinez
- Almodovar breaks a few more screen taboos with this erotic black comedy about a bull–fighter and a smart female lawyer who share a morbid…
- Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
- Speedy sparkling slapstick from Almodovar, in which pregnant Carmen Maura is dumped by her boyfriend, harassed by his suicidal ex–wife and…
- Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down (Atame!) (1989)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril
- A mental patient kidnaps his sexy B–movie idol in the hope that she will fall in love with him. Teasingly politically unsound, Almodovar…
- High Heels (1991)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Victoria Abril
- Victoria Abril finds herself accused of murder while trying to fill the 'high heels' of her glamourous celebrity mum. At once ludicrous and enjoyable.
- Kika (1993)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Veronica Forque, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril
- A make–up artist juggles the dubious attentions of a porn stud, a philandering crime writer, and a trash TV journo. The perils of media…
- Flower of My Secret, The (1996)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Marisa Paredes
- An artistic maturing for the director of kitsch sex comedies like HIGH HEELS and KIKA, this is an introspective study of a successful authoress…
- Live Flesh (1997)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal
- Five aggrieved characters get wrapped in a sticky web of consequence after a fateful incident leaves one paralysed and another in jail.
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- All About My Mother (1999)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Cecilia Roth
- Almodovar's "celebration of mother and womanhood" has been hailed as something of a departure for the director, though in fact all of his (beloved)…
- Talk to Her (2002)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Javier Camara, Geraldine Chaplin, Rosalie Flores…
- With his fourteenth film, star Spanish director Almodovar marries his supreme style with an original, emotionally resonant story for what might just…
- Bad Education (Mala Educación, La) (2004)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Javier Camara
- Another fascinating work from Almodovar who, after TALK TO HER, again matches his renowned taste in decor with adventurous yet controlled…
- Volver (2006)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
- Formidable Spanish brand–name dir. Almodovar re–embracing what he knows best – womanhood – in a vibrant and tempestuous tale of…
- Broken Embraces (2009)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluís Homar…
- Typically juicy Almodovar number again features the gorgeous Penelope Cruz, here playing a mistress cast in the lead role of a movie her millionaire…
- Skin I Live In, The (2011)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes…
- Over twenty years after their last collaboration, a gracefully middle–aged Antonio Banderas returns for Spanish maestro Pedro Almodovar to play…
- I'm So Excited! (Los amantes pasajeros) (2013)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Javier Camara, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas…
- This campy, featherweight sex comedy set almost entirely on an aeroplane is but a mere footnote in the career of living legend, Pedro Almodovar.
- Julieta (2016)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Emma Suarez, Adriana Ugarte
- The complexities of a woman's past are unraveled after a chance encounter, in this loose adaptation of three short stories by Alice Munro. More…
- Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz…
- A more restrained, but no less pretty and witty outing for septuagenarian director Pedro Almodóvar, which narrates evocative vignettes from the life…