This list of Madrid movies is not exhaustive, but it will give you a taste of how rich Spanish cinema is. And he just so happens to be my favourite director, so expect mucho amor for Almodóvar. It’s impossible to create a list of Madrileño cinema, or films set in Madrid, without heavily referencing the work of Pedro Almodóvar. Like London or Paris, it’s the beating heart of its country’s body of cinema. It’s not only Spain’s capital city but the epicentre of radical cultural movements, the home of Spain’s premier art collection and where most Spanish movies take their first baby breaths.
If you’re even slightly into Spanish cinema, you’ll have seen movies set in Madrid.
