Pedro Almodóvar
Known for: Directing
Born: September 25, 1949
Place of birth: Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (born September 25, 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors, glossy décor and LGBT themes. Desire, passion, family and identity are among Almodóvar’s most prevalent themes. His films enjoy a worldwide following and he has become a major figure on the stage of world cinema. He founded Spanish film production company El Deseo S.A. with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar who has produced almost all of Pedro’s films. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.
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Filmography
96 movies · 18 TV shows, newest first
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La bola negra
2026
6.0
Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro Almodovar
2026
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Cara al Show con Marc Giró
2026
6.3
Bitter Christmas
2026
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Pedro x Javis
2025
6.9
Sirāt
2025
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A Free Man
2025
5.5
Alaska Revelada
2024
9.0
Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado
2024
6.7
The Room Next Door
2024
5.2
La Revuelta
2024
6.5
Fleeting Lies
2023
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Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
7.9
Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha
2023
6.3
Strange Way of Life
2023
2.0
Icónica Chamorro
2023
1.0
Beau geste
2023
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El viaje de Julieta
2023
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Making Parallel Mothers
2022
9.5
We Are Cinema
2021
6.8
Parallel Mothers
2021
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Directors on Directors
2021
3.3
La Noche D
2021
5.6
It Snows in Benidorm
2020
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The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
2020
6.7
The Human Voice
2020
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Pongamos que hablo de
2020
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The Making of Pain and Glory
2020
4.0
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
7.4
Pain and Glory
2019
8.0
The Silence of Others
2019
5.3
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
7.4
El Angel
2018
7.5
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018
6.6
Zama
2017
6.9
Chavela
2017
7.0
Julieta
2016
6.8
Late motiv
2016
6.8
The Clan
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
7.9
Wild Tales
2014
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Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
5.7
I'm So Excited!
2013
8.0
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012
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The Making of The Skin I Live In
2012
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The Making of All About My Mother
2012
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Life Remote Control
2011
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Frenesí en la gran ciudad
2011
7.5
The Skin I Live In
2011
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Brunes et Blondes
2010
6.0
Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
2010
5.0
50 años de... Canciones
2009
6.4
The Last Summer of La Boyita
2009
4.5
Wandering Heart
2009
7.2
Broken Embraces
2009
6.2
The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009
6.3
The Headless Woman
2008
6.3
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
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The Making of Volver
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
7.5
Volver
2006
7.0
The Secret Life of Words
2005
7.0
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
6.9
Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!
2005
5.1
El Calentito
2005
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Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
2004
6.6
The Holy Girl
2004
5.5
Words in Progress
2004
7.4
Bad Education
2004
6.1
My Life Without Me
2003
7.6
Talk to Her
2002
7.6
All About My Mother
1999
7.0
Live Flesh
1997
6.5
My Name Is Shadow
1996
6.8
The Flower of My Secret
1995
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God Save the Queens
1995
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Lo + plus
1995
6.4
Kika
1993
6.5
Eurotrash
1993
6.3
Mutant Action
1993
7.0
High Heels
1991
6.2
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
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Pictures of Europe
1990
6.0
La mujer de tu vida
1990
6.8
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
7.4
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
7.1
Law of Desire
1987
6.7
Matador
1986NR
Tatuaje
1985
7.1
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984
6.6
Dark Habits
1983
6.0
Labyrinth of Passion
1982
6.3
Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980
6.7
Rapture
1980
4.2
Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín!
1978
5.5
A Man Called Autumn Flower
19785.0
Tiempos de constitución
1978
4.0
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1978
5.5
Salomé
1978
7.0
Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming
1977
NR
Las tres ventajas de Ponte
1977
NR
Complementos
1977
7.0
Muerte en la carretera
1976
7.0
Sea caritativo
1976
10.0
Blancor
1975
8.0
El sueño, o la estrella
1975
8.0
Homenaje
1975
9.0
La caída de Sódoma
1975
6.5
Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding
19748.0
Film político
1974
7.0
The Oscars
1953
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Around Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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A Manual for Cleaning Women
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Queen of the Falls
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