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Fernando Trueba has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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An Ideal Husband
1999
Drama · Comedy

Rushmore
1998
Comedy · Drama

Pillion
2025
Romance · Drama

Great Expectations
1998
Comedy · Drama

As Good as It Gets
1997
Drama · Comedy

Muriel's Wedding
1994
Comedy · Drama

Reality Bites
1994
Drama · Romance

Other People's Money
1991
Comedy · Drama

In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes. After a devastating loss in the family, Héctor gives himself to the greater cause of public health programs for the poor in Medellín to the consternation of the city's authorities.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Javier Cámara, Daniela Abad Lombana, Aída Morales

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca

During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
Dir. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba · With Mario Guerra, Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña
A struggling Miami art gallerist incurs the wrath of a mobster when he becomes accidentally engaged to his flighty ex-wife, but he falls in love with the woman's sister, so he invents a twin brother and plays both parts to satisfy the women.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah