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Alejandro Amenábar has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Others.
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The Others
2001 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%AMC+ · Included

Thesis
1996 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 2%AMC+ · Included

Open Your Eyes
1997 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 14%Max · Included

Agora
2009 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 20%Netflix · Included

Regression
2015 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 75%Peacock · Included

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, James Bentley

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego

Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · With Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis