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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Biography from TMDB.
- September 25, 1949 (77)
- Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Writer, director, actor and producer
- 41 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
What are Pedro Almodóvar's films like?
Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 8 · Wry 4 · Earnest 27
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 11 · Dark 22
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 19
Gentle 8 · Charged 17 · Intense 14
A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 8
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 8
A split, not a type: Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 4
Casual 11 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 5
A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 23
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 10
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet18
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous18
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Pedro Almodóvar's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Pedro Almodóvar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
75 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 40 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
La bola negra(2026)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Short Cuts: Talons aiguilles de Pedro Almodovar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Bitter Christmas(2026)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Sirat(2025)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Room Next Door(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Mentiras pasajeras(2023)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Strange Way of Life(2023)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Icónica Chamorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Parallel Mothers(2021)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
It Snows in Benidorm(2020)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Human Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Pain and Glory(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Silence of Others (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
El Angel(2018)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Konbini Vidéo Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Zama(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Julieta(2016)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Late motiv (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Clan(2015)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Wild Tales(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
I'm So Excited!(2013)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Life Remote Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Skin I Live In(2011)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Last Summer of La Boyita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Broken Embraces(2009)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Cannibalistic Councillor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Headless Woman(2008)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Volver(2006)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Secret Life of Words(2005)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Holy Girl(2004)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Words in Progress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Bad Education(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
My Life Without Me(2003)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Talk to Her(2002)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Devil's Backbone(2001)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
All About My Mother(1999)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Live Flesh(1997)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
My Name Is Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Flower of My Secret(1995)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
God Save the Queens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Kika(1993)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Eurotrash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Mutant Action(1993)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
High Heels(1991)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
La mujer de tu vida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!(1989)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Law of Desire(1987)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Matador(1986)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all filmsTatuaje (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Dark Habits(1983)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Labyrinth of Passion(1982)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Rapture(1980)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Folle... Folle... ¡Fólleme Tín! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
A Man Called Autumn Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Tiempos de constitución (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Salomé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Sex Is Coming, Sex Is Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Complementos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Las tres ventajas de Ponte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Muerte en la carretera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Sea caritativo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Blancor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
El sueño, o la estrella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Homenaje (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
La caída de Sódoma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Two Whores, or a Love Story That Ends in a Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Film político (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
A Manual for Cleaning Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Queen of the Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 74 titles, 72 of them dated from 1974 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Volver (2006)
Highest rated
Wild Tales (2014)
Most popular right now
Parallel Mothers (2021)
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
an Oscar, 5 BAFTA Awards and 9 other major awards from 43 major nominations, 1987–2026.
- Cannes award, nominated ×2
- Venice award, won · Best Film
- Venice award, won
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best International Film
- Venice award, nominated · Best Film
- Venice award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
- Cannes award, nominated ×2
- Venice award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
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- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Film Not in the English Language
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated ×2
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Foreign Film
- Oscar, won · Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Oscar, nominated · Best Director
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Film not in the English Language
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Screenplay - Original
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Film not in the English Language
- BAFTA Award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay - Original
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Foreign Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
+1 other major body · 2 wins and 1 nomination
- Cannes award, won ×2
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Berlinale award, nominated
- Venice award, won · Best Screenplay
- Venice award, nominated
- Berlinale award, won · Best Feature Film
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Pedro Almodóvar's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 40; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up27
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved10
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 58/100 and the plot and story 50/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Pedro Almodóvar's work okay for kids?
Across up to 29 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Pedro Almodóvar work with?
People who share at least 2 of Pedro Almodóvar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Agustín Almodóvar shares the most, 34.
Directors
- Isabel CoixetShared titles: It Snows in Benidorm (2020), The Secret Life of Words (2005), My Life Without Me (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Isabel Coixet
- Lucrecia MartelShared titles: Zama (2017), The Headless Woman (2008), The Holy Girl (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Lucrecia Martel
Writers
- Julian LoyolaShared titles: The Clan (2015), Wild Tales (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Julian Loyola
- Jorge GuerricaechevarríaShared titles: Live Flesh (1997), Mutant Action (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Actors
- Antonio BanderasShared titles: Pain and Glory (2019), I'm So Excited! (2013), The Skin I Live In (2011), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Law of Desire (1987), Matador (1986), Labyrinth of Passion (1982)See all 8 shared titles with Antonio Banderas
- Julieta SerranoShared titles: Parallel Mothers (2021), Pain and Glory (2019), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Matador (1986), Dark Habits (1983), Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980)See all 7 shared titles with Julieta Serrano
- Penélope CruzShared titles: Parallel Mothers (2021), Pain and Glory (2019), I'm So Excited! (2013), Broken Embraces (2009), Volver (2006), All About My Mother (1999), Live Flesh (1997)See all 7 shared titles with Penélope Cruz
- Chus LampreaveShared titles: Broken Embraces (2009), Volver (2006), The Flower of My Secret (1995), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Matador (1986), What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984), Dark Habits (1983)See all 7 shared titles with Chus Lampreave
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- José SalcedoShared titles: Julieta (2016), I'm So Excited! (2013), The Skin I Live In (2011), Broken Embraces (2009), Volver (2006), Bad Education (2004), Talk to Her (2002), All About My Mother (1999), Live Flesh (1997), The Flower of My Secret (1995), Kika (1993), High Heels (1991) and 8 moreSee newest 12 of 20 shared titles with José Salcedo
- Alberto IglesiasShared titles: The Room Next Door (2024), Strange Way of Life (2023), Parallel Mothers (2021), Pain and Glory (2019), Julieta (2016), I'm So Excited! (2013), The Skin I Live In (2011), Broken Embraces (2009), Volver (2006), Bad Education (2004), Talk to Her (2002), All About My Mother (1999) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Alberto Iglesias
- José Luis AlcaineShared titles: Strange Way of Life (2023), Parallel Mothers (2021), Pain and Glory (2019), I'm So Excited! (2013), The Skin I Live In (2011), Volver (2006), Bad Education (2004), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)See all 9 shared titles with José Luis Alcaine
- Ángel Luis FernándezShared titles: Law of Desire (1987), Matador (1986), What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984), Dark Habits (1983), Labyrinth of Passion (1982)See all 5 shared titles with Ángel Luis Fernández
Producers
- Agustín AlmodóvarShared titles: Bitter Christmas (2026), Sirat (2025), The Room Next Door (2024), Mentiras pasajeras (2023), Strange Way of Life (2023), Parallel Mothers (2021), It Snows in Benidorm (2020), Pain and Glory (2019), El Angel (2018), Zama (2017), Julieta (2016), The Clan (2015) and 22 moreSee newest 12 of 34 shared titles with Agustín Almodóvar
- Esther GarcíaShared titles: Sirat (2025), The Room Next Door (2024), Mentiras pasajeras (2023), Strange Way of Life (2023), Parallel Mothers (2021), It Snows in Benidorm (2020), Pain and Glory (2019), El Angel (2018), Zama (2017), Julieta (2016), The Clan (2015), Wild Tales (2014) and 11 moreSee newest 12 of 23 shared titles with Esther García
- Bárbara PeiróShared titles: The Room Next Door (2024), Parallel Mothers (2021), Pain and Glory (2019), Julieta (2016), I'm So Excited! (2013), The Skin I Live In (2011)See all 6 shared titles with Bárbara Peiró
- Diego PajueloShared titles: The Room Next Door (2024), Parallel Mothers (2021), Pain and Glory (2019), Julieta (2016), I'm So Excited! (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Diego Pajuelo
Mixed roles
- Gael García BernalShared titles: Zama (2017), Bad Education (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Gael García Bernal
