María Ripoll is a Spanish film director from Barcelona, with an international background and eight feature films to her credit. The success of her film It's Now or Never has placed her as the highest-grossing female film director in Spanish history.
Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1964 (62)
- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Director and writer, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Known for
What are Maria Ripoll's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 0
Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
- Other1
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 Maria Ripoll's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Maria Ripoll'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
18 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
El fantasma de mi mujer(2026)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
También esto pasará (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Yo no soy esa(2024)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
A Private Affair(2022)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Guerra de likes(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Live Twice, Love Once(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Ahora o nunca(2015)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Traces of Sandalwood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Cromosoma Cinco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Your Life in 65 Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Utopia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Tortilla Soup(2001)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Twice Upon a Yesterday(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
El dominio de los sentidos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Kill Me Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Hidden Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 1987 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Ahora o nunca (2015)
Highest rated
Live Twice, Love Once (2019)
Most popular right now
A Private Affair (2022)
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· Live Twice, Love Once
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.
How do Maria Ripoll's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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.
Who does Maria Ripoll work with?
People who share at least 2 of Maria Ripoll's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nacho Ruiz Capillas shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Olga IglesiasShared titles: El fantasma de mi mujer (2026), Yo no soy esa (2024), Guerra de likes (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Olga Iglesias
Actors
- Ángela MolinaShared titles: Yo no soy esa (2024), A Private Affair (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Ángela Molina
- Anna GrasShared titles: Yo no soy esa (2024), Ahora o nunca (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Anna Gras
- Verónica EcheguiShared titles: Yo no soy esa (2024), No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Verónica Echegui
- Alejandro GarcíaShared titles: A Private Affair (2022), No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Alejandro García
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Nacho Ruiz CapillasShared titles: El fantasma de mi mujer (2026), Live Twice, Love Once (2019), No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016), Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)See all 4 shared titles with Nacho Ruiz Capillas
- Simon SmithShared titles: Yo no soy esa (2024), Guerra de likes (2021), No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016), Ahora o nunca (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Simon Smith
- Joan BorderaShared titles: El fantasma de mi mujer (2026), Yo no soy esa (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Joan Bordera
Producers
- Gustavo FerradaShared titles: El fantasma de mi mujer (2026), Live Twice, Love Once (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Gustavo Ferrada
- Diego Suarez ChialvoShared titles: Yo no soy esa (2024), No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Diego Suarez Chialvo
- Francisco RamosShared titles: No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016), Ahora o nunca (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Francisco Ramos