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Álex de la Iglesia has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Day of the Beast.
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The Day of the Beast
1995 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 4%Prime Video · Included

The Ferpect Crime
2004 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 34%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Last Circus
2010 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 40%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Dance with the Devil
1997 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 40%Prime Video · Included

Witching & Bitching
2013 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 52%AMC+ · Included

The Baby's Room
2006 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 52%Tubi · Free w/ ads

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Álex Angulo, Santiago Segura, Armando De Razza

After finding an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, real estate agent Julia must face the wrath of the very peculiar inhabitants of the apartment building, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the money.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuña, María Asquerino

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Blanca Suárez, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi
His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Lionel Messi, Johan Cruijff, César Luis Menotti

A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Luis Varela

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang, Antonio de la Torre

She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross

When a group of young Spanish tourists travel to Venice for a bachelorette party, they are met by angry locals who are not keen on foreigners and soon they find themselves fighting for their lives.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Ingrid García Jonsson, Silvia Alonso, Goize Blanco

A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in need of a sacrifice.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Hugo Silva, Gabriel Ángel Delgado, Mario Casas

Juan and Sonia arrive at a large old house, an ideal place to raise their newborn son. When, one night before going to bed, they check the operation of the monitoring device installed in the baby's room, they discover that someone is sitting next to the crib.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Javier Gutiérrez, Leonor Watling, Sancho Gracia

Julián, a divorced man with financial problems, uses a cell phone application to share his car with strangers.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Blanca Suárez, Alberto San Juan, Rubén Cortada

Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Eduard Fernández, Megan Montaner, Miguel Ángel Silvestre

During a lunar eclipse, seven friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game in which they must share with each other the content of every message, email or phone call they receive throughout the evening.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Belén Rueda, Eduard Fernández, Juana Acosta

Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western movies have not been shot for decades. Julián Torralba and his partners, veteran film stuntmen, survive there, recreating pathetic action scenes for the pleasure of the few foreign tourists who visit the isolated region.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Sancho Gracia, Ángel de Andrés López, Carmen Maura

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling

Coslada, near Madrid, Spain, October 2015. Hundreds of extras are trapped in a huge stage where they pretend with hysterical joy that they are celebrating a party that will be broadcast on television on New Year's Eve. But more than a week later, the clash between several staff members threatens to prolong indefinitely such a maddening nightmare.
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · With Raphael, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto