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- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJosé Luis ManzanoFernando GuillénAndrea AlbaniPaco, and his Civil Guard father, relocate to Madrid, where an investigative reporter is determined to find the truth about Paco's involvement in the shooting of a drug dealer back in Bilbao, which lands Paco in a lot of trouble.
- DirectorDaniel MonzónStarsMarcos RuizBegoña VargasChechu SalgadoIntroverted Gerona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJosé SacristánAntonio FerrandisClaudia GravyA bank employee, terrified by the crime wave in Madrid during the democratic transition, must cope despite numerous bad news.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsSimón AndreuTony FuentesBeatriz RossatA closeted banker, middle-aged and successful, falls madly in love with a poor but handsome 18-year-old student with devastating consequences for the young man. An updating of Death in Venice.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsSimón AndreuEmilio Gutiérrez CabaJosé FrancoObsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJavier EscriváJohn Moulder-BrownInma de SantisA rich, charismatic professor picks up a couple of young hitch-hikers in his car and invites them to spend the night at his mansion.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsPatxi AndiónAmparo MuñozSimón AndreuDiana, a young rich woman drives her luxurious car into a petrol station and begins an extra-marital affair with the virile stud, Juan who attends her to have a child.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsSue LyonChristopher MitchumJean SorelA nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsFernando Guillén CuervoDritan BibaPepón NietoA straight-laced Spanish man falls in love with a young foreigner.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsJosé SacristánMaría Luisa San JoséJosé Luis AlonsoSex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray.
- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsCríspulo CabezasTimy BenitoEloi YebraA coming-of-age story in the vein of CITY OF GOD and KIDS - available for the first time in the U.S.!
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsPedro Mari SánchezQueta ClaverAsier HernándezA sexually conflicted young man is hired to take care of two orphaned siblings in a remote seaside mansion, and soon realizes that the ghosts of two former servants are trying to possess the children.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
- DirectorMike MalloyStarsFranco NeroJohn SaxonHenry SilvaA documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsGastone MoschinBarbara BouchetMario AdorfA former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsLino VenturaTino CarraroMarcel BozzuffiAn investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsFranco NeroRiccardo CucciollaGeorges WilsonAn architect jailed for a traffic violation discovers the grim reality of life behind bars, including corrupt staff and inmates, an inhuman judicial system, and the power of the Mafia.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiVincent GardeniaRenzo PalmerNico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliArthur KennedyGiampiero AlbertiniA tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianPino ColizziIsa DanieliA hunchbacked gangster is betrayed by his gang during a robbery, and plots his revenge with the help of his no-good brother.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonRenzo PalmerA hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsDaniele AstiBrigitte SkayGiuliano CesareoA group of neo-nazi youngsters, usual customers of a bar in the famous Milan public square, lives through one day of madness passing between assaults, rapes and homicides. Thanks to the testimony of one of the victims the four criminals will be assured to the Police justice
- DirectorRoberto InfascelliStarsEnrico Maria SalernoLee J. CobbJean SorelCommissioner Cardone arrives in a small town in North Italy, where he declares war to a criminal gang specialized in kidnapping of young rich boys; a war that may cost him both his job and his family.