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Movies Like Madrid, 1987

If you were moved by Madrid, 1987, will enjoy these picks that questions the purpose and weight of our choices while ensuring targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this a deeper look into what makes these stories stick.

Mood Breakdown
Runtime Cluster

Standard feature-length experiences.

Viewer Fit

Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

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Broken Embraces
7.1

Broken Embraces

2009

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

The Grandmother
5.9

The Grandmother

2022

Susana leaves her life in Paris, where she works as a model, and returns to Madrid to take care of her grandmother Pilar.

32 Malasana Street
6.5

32 Malasana Street

2020

Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment. They soon discover that they are not the only ones roaming its corridors.

The Flower of My Secret
6.8

The Flower of My Secret

1995

Middle-aged romance author Leo writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Ángel, a sensitive newspaper editor.

Lonely Planet
6.1

Lonely Planet

2024

At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.

Bad Education
7.4

Bad Education

2004

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school.

Licorice Pizza
7.0

Licorice Pizza

2021

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Sound of the Sea
5.9

Sound of the Sea

2001

A new literature teacher, Ulises, comes to a small town near the sea and falls in love with a young woman, Martina. This woman is loved by a rich businessman named Alberto but chooses Ulises. Soon after their marriage and the birth of their son, Ulises vanishes while fishing at sea. In the meanwhile Martina marries Alberto, but all is not what it seems...

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Mirage
7.4

Mirage

2018

During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

Tell Me What You Want
6.1

Tell Me What You Want

2024

After his father's death, Eric Zimmerman travels to Spain to oversee his company's branches. In Madrid, he falls for Judith and engage in an intense, erotic relationship full of exploration. However, Eric fears his secret may end their affair.

Julieta
7.0

Julieta

2016

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

Heartburn
6.0

Heartburn

1986

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

Lovers: A True Story
6.4

Lovers: A True Story

1991

A torrid affair between a recently discharged serviceman and an attractive widow leads to murder.

Venus
6.2

Venus

2022

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.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6.8

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Head in the Clouds
5.9

Head in the Clouds

2004

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.

Cria!
7.5

Cria!

1976

Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.

Goodbye Again
7.1

Goodbye Again

1961

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.

Matador
6.7

Matador

1986

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.

The Mother
6.0

The Mother

2003

A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Madrid, 1987 (2012): Drama themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of Madrid, 1987.

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