I’ve been planning a monthly Spanish film to gather, watch a film in Spanish, and then discuss en español, but due to COVID-19 that won’t be happening anytime soon.  Instead, I’m hosting an online version of Las Kikas Cine Club, which will include many of the films in the list below.

How to join this virtual film club:

1. Sign up to be part of Las Kikas Cine Club — our monthly virtual hangout where we’ll discuss a film each month — en español. By signing up, you’ll get an email reminder about the film to watch that month and an invite to our next online discussion. 

2. Reach out to a friend who speaks Spanish and ask them if they want to join in! Have them sign up above or just schedule time with your friend to chat after the film. Just share this blog post!

This post includes affiliate links, meaning if you purchase via these links I get a very, very small commission. This helps me create content like this and run this club and is especially helpful during this time. 

Here are 10 films I’ve selected that are available online for a small fee (between $2.99 and $3.99):

El Norte

1983, Dir. Gregory Nava, 140 min

English subtitles. 

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon 

“Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called "a Grapes of Wrath for our time." — via The Criterion Collection

Joven y Alocada

2012, Dir. Marialy Rivas, 95 min

English Subtitles

Rent for $2.99 on Amazon

“17-year-old Daniela, raised in a strict Evangelical family and recently unmasked as a fornicator by her shocked parents, struggles to find her own path to spiritual harmony.” — via IMDB

El ángel exterminador

1962, Dir. Luis Buñel, 93 min

English subtitles

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon or watch on The Criterion Channel

“A group of high-society friends are invited to a mansion for dinner and inexplicably find themselves unable to leave in Luis Buñuel's daring masterpiece The Exterminating Angel. Made just one year after his international sensation Viridiana, this film, full of eerie, comic absurdity, furthers Buñuel's wicked takedown of the rituals and dependencies of the frivolous upper classes.”—via Amazon 

La mujer sin cabeza

2008, Lucrecia Martel, 89 min

English subtitles  

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon

“A mysterious and intriguing tale of a woman who may have killed someone or something while driving on a dirt road.” — Amazon

Redes

1936, Dir. Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann, 59 min

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon or watch on The Criterion Channel

“An iconic product of the Mexican Revolution, Redes (1935) combines the talents of a master composer, Silvestre Revueltas, and a master cinematographer, Paul Strand.”—via Amazon

Pelo Malo

2014, Dir. Mariana Rondon, 93 min.

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon

English subtitles. 

“A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother. “ - via Amazon

Viaje

2015, Dir. Paz Fábrega, 69 min

English subtitles

Free on Amazon or rent for $3.99

“Pedro and Luciana meet at a party and end up spending the night together. The next day, he has to make a trip up to Rincón de la Vieja, a volcano area in Costa Rica, where he is working on his scientific thesis project. Since she's leaving on a trip soon, they may never see each other again... unless she goes along with him for the weekend. Viaje is about this first weekend together.”—via Amazon

Cría cuervos . . .

1976, Dir. Carlos Saura, 109 min.

English subtitles

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon or watch on the Criterion Collection

“Disturbed, eight-year-old Ana, living in Madrid with her two sisters, mourns the death of her mother, whom she conjures as a ghost.”—via Amazon

De Cierta Manera

1974, Dir. Sara Gómez, 72 min.

English subtitles

Watch for free on YouTube

“De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another) is a 1974 Cuban romantic drama film. Directed by Sara Gómez, the film mixes documentary-style footage with a fictional story that looks at the poor neighborhoods of Havana shortly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959.” — via YouTube

Cronos

1993, Dir. Guillermo del Toro, 92 min

English subtitles

Rent for $3.99 on Amazon or watch on The Criterion Collection

“Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with Cronos, a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesús happens upon an ancient golden device in the shape of a scarab, and soon finds himself the possessor and victim of its sinister, addictive powers, as well as the target of a mysterious American.” — via Amazon