Álex de la Iglesia

Directing

Álex de la Iglesia

Born 1965-12-04 · Bilbao, Spain

Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza (born December 4, 1965) is a Spanish film director. Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status thanks to their weird sense of humour.

Acting credits

Critic poster
7.9

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.

Critic

2008

Raphaelismo poster
8.0

Raphael is one of the most prolific, followed & adored spanish artists in the world. This documentary takes us across his childhood, early years, his home & family, glory, transplant and reinvention as singer & actor in 60 yrs of legacy.

Raphaelismo

2022

Spanish Movie poster
5.0

Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to comedy and a high reserve of surprises constitute the ingredients of this crazy comedy: Spanish Movie.

Spanish Movie

2009

Sad Hill Unearthed poster
7.0

Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of restoring the location of the last scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the mythical spaghetti western directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone in 1966.

Sad Hill Unearthed

2018

Why Horror? poster
5.9

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

Why Horror?

2014

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” poster
6.8

Spain, 1975. Franco's death opens the door to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years of relaxed censorship, it is abolished in 1977, and the “S” rating is created to protect viewers from films that may “offend their sensibilities.”

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

2024

The Critic poster
6.0

A portrait of film critic Carlos Boyero, one of the most followed and feared figures in Spanish cinema, surrounded by controversy and both love and hate.

The Critic

2022

El barman de las estrellas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El barman de las estrellas

2018

Sexo en el plató poster
5.8

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.

Sexo en el plató

2007

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar poster
7.8

How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Spanish television.

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar

2017

Heirs of the Beast poster
5.8

The story of the making and subsequent success of The Day of the Beast, the Spanish cult film directed by Álex de la Iglesia and released in 1995.

Heirs of the Beast

2016

24 cines por segundo poster
NR

Projectionists, film exhibitors and audiences explain their stories, their misfortunes, passion and selfless lifes; challenging time and conecting past, present and future. '24 Cinemas per Second' tries to show how films exhibition evolves as a consecuence of social changes and daily customs.

24 cines por segundo

2013

Wild Session poster
6.8

A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.

Wild Session

2019

Noin poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Noin

2003

Siniestro Total: Que parezca un accidente poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Siniestro Total: Que parezca un accidente

2014

El Roast de Santiago Segura. Amiguetes los justos poster
6.5

Eight friends get together to present the real Santiago Segura. They are going to tell everything, but the question is whether Segura is going to let El Gran Wyoming, Anna Simón, Kiko Rivera, Angie, Alex de la Iglesia, Silvia Abril, Carlos Areces and Jorge Sanz reveal their secrets.

El Roast de Santiago Segura. Amiguetes los justos

2014

Mi adorado Monster poster
NR

With humor, prolific director Víctor Matellano tells the story of one of the most iconic and problematic cult films of Spain's "fantaterror": Los resucitados by Arturo de Bobadilla. A story of ambition, frustration and the everlasting will of the most passionate cinephiles.

Mi adorado Monster

2021

¡Ay, Carmen! poster
5.3

The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a brilliant artist in her own right.

¡Ay, Carmen!

2018

The Dark Fantastic poster
NR

The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals, and interviews with directors he’s scored for. It celebrates his bold impact on cinema and invites viewers into a surreal fusion of music and storytelling.

The Dark Fantastic

2025

Flesh on Flesh poster
3.8

Documentary on Argentine actress and sex symbol Isabel Sarli, including clips from her films and interviews with her and other actors.

Flesh on Flesh

2008

La tragedia de Franco poster
3.8

Franco lives and will live forever in China.

La tragedia de Franco

2009

Behind the camera

Our Fault poster
7.4

Jenna and Lion's wedding brings about the long-awaited reunion between Noah and Nick after their breakup. Nick's inability to forgive Noah stands as an insurmountable barrier. He, heir to his grandfather's businesses, and she, starting her professional life, resist fueling a flame that's still alive. But now that their paths have crossed again, will love be stronger than resentment?

Our Fault

2025

Your Fault poster
7.1

The love between Noah and Nick seems unwavering despite their parents' attempts to separate them. But his job and her entry into college open up their lives to new relationships that will shake the foundations of both their relationship and the Leister family itself.

Your Fault

2024

Drawn Together poster
NR

Marfil Cortés, a daughter of a wealthy Spanish businessman, is kidnapped and released, leading her father to hire Sebastian Moore as a bodyguard. Despite initial clashes, they form an irremediable attraction, navigating a world where no one is who they say they are.

Drawn Together

2026

The Oxford Murders poster
6.0

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

The Oxford Murders

2008

The Oxford Murders poster
6.0

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

The Oxford Murders

2008

The Oxford Murders poster
6.0

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

The Oxford Murders

2008

The Last Circus poster
6.7

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

The Last Circus

2010

The Last Circus poster
6.7

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

The Last Circus

2010

The Day of the Beast poster
7.2

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.

The Day of the Beast

1995

The Day of the Beast poster
7.2

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.

The Day of the Beast

1995

The Chalk Line poster
6.4

After a couple finds a traumatized child of unknown origins, wife Paula must decipher the girl's strange behaviors to unlock her identity and dark past.

The Chalk Line

2022

Messi poster
7.5

His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.

Messi

2014

Venus poster
6.2

Lucía, a club dancer on the run, takes refuge in a sinister building on the outskirts of Madrid where her sister Rocío lives with her daughter Alba.

Venus

2022

The Bar poster
6.3

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

The Bar

2017

The Bar poster
6.3

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

The Bar

2017

The Bar poster
6.3

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

The Bar

2017

Witching & Bitching poster
6.4

A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in need of a sacrifice.

Witching & Bitching

2013

Witching & Bitching poster
6.4

A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in need of a sacrifice.

Witching & Bitching

2013

Dance with the Devil poster
6.5

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.

Dance with the Devil

1997

Dance with the Devil poster
6.5

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.

Dance with the Devil

1997

Veneciafrenia poster
6.0

When a group of young Spanish tourists travel to Venice for a bachelorette party, they are met by angry locals who are not keen on foreigners and soon they find themselves fighting for their lives.

Veneciafrenia

2022

Veneciafrenia poster
6.0

When a group of young Spanish tourists travel to Venice for a bachelorette party, they are met by angry locals who are not keen on foreigners and soon they find themselves fighting for their lives.

Veneciafrenia

2022

Veneciafrenia poster
6.0

When a group of young Spanish tourists travel to Venice for a bachelorette party, they are met by angry locals who are not keen on foreigners and soon they find themselves fighting for their lives.

Veneciafrenia

2022

800 Bullets poster
5.8

Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western movies have not been shot for decades. Julián Torralba and his partners, veteran film stuntmen, survive there, recreating pathetic action scenes for the pleasure of the few foreign tourists who visit the isolated region.

800 Bullets

2002