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Carlos Bardem has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Cell 211.
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The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Dir. Daniel Monzón · With Alberto Ammann, Luis Tosar, Antonio Resines

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

Seville, Spain. Juan Santos, a convicted petty criminal, gets out of jail for a day to celebrate with Triana, his wife, the first communion of their daughter Estrella.
Dir. Paco Cabezas · With Mario Casas, Natalia de Molina, Ruth Díaz
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Dir. Rodrigo Plá · With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Alan Chávez
A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.
Dir. Francesco Munzi · With Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta, Fabrizio Ferracane

For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Dir. Andrea Di Stefano · With Benicio del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Brady Corbet
Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.
Dir. Daniel Calparsoro · With Àlex Monner, Begoña Vargas, Abraham Pérez Fernández

Seven years after his triumph in Cuba, Che winds up in Bolivia, where he tries to ignite the same revolutionary fires as before.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With Benicio del Toro, Carlos Bardem, Demián Bichir

Sara, Lucía, Sofía and Claudia are sisters, 4 modern women with very different personalities, who come together at their mother's funeral, after which they discover the man they've all called "dad" throughout their lives is not really their father. They embark on a quest to discover who their real fathers are, discovering more about themselves, their mother, and their lives.
Dir. Gabriela Tagliavini · With Blanca Suárez, Macarena García, Amaia Salamanca

The multigenerational epic follows two concurrent time periods: One, the story of young Eli McCullough after he is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849. The other, 60 years later, when we see a grown Eli struggle to maintain his family’s cattle empire during the turbulent Bandit Wars of South Texas. Based on Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed novel.
Dir. Brian McGreevy, Lee Shipman, Philipp Meyer · With Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland, Zahn McClarnon
An aspiring teen thieves learn what it takes to be successful pickpockets on the streets of Bogotá
Dir. Peter Webber · With Carlos Bardem, Natalia Reyes, Emiliano Pernia