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Belén Rueda has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Orphanage.
Recurring themes

Kill for Me
2013
Drama · Thriller

Intruders
2015
Drama · Thriller

Retreat
2011
Horror · Drama

Black Butterfly
2017
Thriller · Mystery

The Good Doctor
2011
Drama · Thriller

Angel of Mine
2019
Drama · Thriller

1BR
2019
Thriller · Drama

The Witch in the Window
2018
Horror · Drama

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Dir. J. A. Bayona · With Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Dir. Oriol Paulo · With Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva, Belén Rueda

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

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.
Dir. Guillem Morales · With Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui
María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.
Dir. Pedro Solís · With Miriam Martín, Belén Rueda, María Temprado

Laura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle in the Congo. Neither the NGO she works for, nor the embassy, have news on her whereabouts until a photo appears of Sara in a mining town. Apparently, Sara is being held captive by The Hawk, the fearsome rebel leader who controls the mafias behind the prized mineral coltan.
Dir. Norberto López Amado · With Belén Rueda, Marian Álvarez, Manolo Cardona

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
In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.
Dir. Gustavo Hernández · With Eva De Dominici, Belén Rueda, Natalia de Molina

Madrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged women investigating paranormal events, are put to the test when their leader, Father Pilón, has an unpleasant encounter.
Dir. Carlos Therón · With Belén Rueda, Gracia Olayo, Toni Acosta

Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.
Dir. Inés París · With Belén Rueda, Diego Peretti, Eduard Fernández
Lucía is a woman for whom leading a model life and taking control of her life is the most important thing. Since she got married, she has focused all of her efforts on caring for her family, until achieving what for her is a perfect family. However, her entire world begins to collapse with the arrival of Sara, the girlfriend of her son; a young girl with great freedom and without mincing words who has a very different family from what Lucia always dreamed of as a political family. Now, Lucia must accept that the perfect family was not exactly what she thought.
Dir. Arantxa Echevarría · With Belén Rueda, Jose Coronado, Gonzalo de Castro

Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sebastián, a successful lawyer, leaves his ex-wife's condo, located on the seventh floor of an apartment building, to take his two children to school. While they run down the stairs, he uses the elevator. Once on the ground floor, Sebastián awaits the arrival of the children.
Dir. Patxi Amezcua · With Ricardo Darín, Belén Rueda, Luis Ziembrowski
Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about to enter her life and turn her world upside down.
Dir. Hatem Khraiche · With Clara Lago, Belén Rueda, Álex González

as Alba
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Dir. Daniel Calparsoro · With Belén Rueda, Javier Rey, Aura Garrido