16 Movies Starring Javier Bardem

Mouth to Mouth

Mouth to Mouth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-09-05

Languages:

Spanish, English

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1265 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Manuel Gèmez Pereira (dialogue)

Juan Luis Iborra

Joaquèn Oristrell

Naomi Wise

Fullplot:

For financial reasons an unemployed aspiring actor works for a phone-sex enterprise. One day he receives a call from the mysterious wife of one of his best clients.

èxtasis

èxtasis

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-16

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (559 Reviews)

Director:

Mariano Barroso

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mariano Barroso

Joaquèn Oristrell

Fullplot:

Three friends, two young men and a young woman, are bored by the normal world of their parents and want to flee in order to start living somewhere else. Thus they make a pervert plan: rob their own families. After that they flee without any destination and without having really planned where to go to.

Live Flesh

Live Flesh

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-16

Languages:

Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian

Countries:

Spain, France

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (21424 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Pedro Almodèvar

Jorge Guerricaechevarrèa

Ray Loriga

Ruth Rendell (novel)

Fullplot:

Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again.

The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-23

Languages:

English, Quechua, Spanish

Countries:

Spain, USA

Runtime:

132 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(5359 Reviews)

Director:

John Malkovich

Cast:

Writer:

Nicholas Shakespeare (novel)

Nicholas Shakespeare (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story of Detective Agustin Rejas, a man clinging to the hope of an impossible love in an impossible world. Tracking Ezequiel, a delusional anarchist who incites the downtrodden masses to join in his brutal revolution against the fascist government in their unnamed Latin American country, Rejas finds solace in his sense of self-respect and the joy that his daughter and wife bring him. Then he meets Yolanda--his daughter's soulfully beautiful ballet teacher--a woman who sparks his long-forgotten passions and represents all that is good and all that is corrupt in their troubled country. But she, who appears to be a shelter from the storm, may in actuality be the storm's eye. Ultimately, as the revolution intensifies and the net closes around hunter and hunted alike, the dancer's truth will prove as elusive as the revolutionary's cause and the detective's peace.

Dance with the Devil

Dance with the Devil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-10-31

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Mexico, USA, Spain

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (6213 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Barry Gifford (novel)

Barry Gifford (screenplay)

David Trueba (screenplay)

èlex de la Iglesia (screenplay)

Jorge Guerricaechevarrèa (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Rough girl Perdita and her demonic lover Romeo Dolorosa need humans to sacrifice following Romeo's religion before he can go on a mission ordered by mob boss Santos. They kidnap teen sweethearts Duane and Estelle and travel with them to Las-Vegas.

Between Your Legs

Between Your Legs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-22

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, France

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2213 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Joaquèn Oristrell (novel)

Joaquèn Oristrell (screenplay)

Yolanda Garcèa Serrano (screenplay)

Juan Luis Iborra (screenplay)

Manuel Gèmez Pereira (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Miranda is a crew member of a nightly radio programmme. She and her husband Felix, a cop, are parents of a girl. Miranda's daily dog walking strolls are excuses to pursue sexual encounters with men, who she readily discards afterwards. In order to deal with her sex addiction, she signs up for therapy. Also in the group is Javier, a successful scriptwriter and producer who is a sex-phone junkie. The two misfits hit off and a steamy affair ensues. But things get a little complicated when Javier finds out that this phone sex trysts have been secretly taped and being distributed all over Madrid, and that his ex-wife is living with his business partner. Elsewhere, while investigating a murder case, Felix discovers Miranda's affair with Javier.

Second Skin

Second Skin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-01-14

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1274 Reviews)

Director:

Gerardo Vera

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

èngeles Gonzèlez Sinde

Gerardo Vera (original idea)

Fullplot:

Al enamorarnos, apostamos. Y es un juego demasiado èntimo para asimilar con facilidad el fracaso. Elena sabe que el enfriamiento que atraviesa su matrimonio no es algo temporal. Alberto , su marido, un joven y prestigioso ingeniero aeronèutico, acaba de entreabrir una nueva puerta y parece decidido a atravesarla con alguien que no es ella. Alberto no pretende fingir, sencillamente estè desorientado. Quiere a su mujer y a su hijo, pero intuye que la pasièn que le inspira Diego es algo mès que deseo. Diego, traumatèlogo en una clènica privada, es un hombre sin dobleces ni prejuicios que se tira de cabeza a la piscina del amor arriesgando en ello su estabilidad emocional y profesional, como le advierte su jefa y buena amiga, Eva. Los engaèos, las escenas de dolor, y la desconfianza crecen, interponièndose entre los tres amantes. La confrontacièn es inevitable, y la ruptura se acelera. Pero Elena no estè dispuesta a ceder sin mès. Despuès de echar un vistazo a la situacièn, tensa los mèsculos, prueba el sabor de otros abrazos y se reafirma en sus sentimientos. Sin perder un minuto, vuelve a colocar su ficha en el tablero. Y Alberto se debate entre las dos caras del amor.

Mondays in the Sun

Mondays in the Sun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-27

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, France, Italy

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (9231 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Fernando Leèn de Aranoa (screenplay)

Ignacio del Moral (screenplay)

Fullplot:

2001: men without jobs, in the port city of Vigo. Six men worked in a shipyard, now shuttered. They pass the time at La Naval, a bar opened by one of them after the yard closed. They face their futures in makeshift ways: Rico has his bar and a sharp 15-year-old daughter, Reina has become a watchman and a moralizer, Lino fills out job applications, Amador drinks heavily and talks of his wife's return; Josè is married to Ana, who works at a cannery and tires of being the breadwinner amidst Josè's emasculated moodiness; Santa, the group's conscience and troublemaker, occasionally fantasizes about Australia. In truth, all are joined like Siamese twins, adrift.

The Sea Inside

The Sea Inside

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-04

Languages:

Spanish, Catalan, Gallegan

Countries:

Spain, France, Italy

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (60438 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Alejandro Amenèbar (screenplay)

Mateo Gil (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Life story of Spaniard Ramèn Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramèn's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramèn taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others.

Goya's Ghosts

Goya's Ghosts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Spain

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (23894 Reviews)

Director:

Milos Forman

Cast:

Writer:

Milos Forman

Jean-Claude Carrière

Fullplot:

The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-21

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (547160 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Joel Coen (screenplay)

Ethan Coen (screenplay)

Cormac McCarthy (novel)

Fullplot:

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time of Cholera

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (18223 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Newell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Ronald Harwood (screenplay)

Gabriel Garcèa Mèrquez (novel)

Fullplot:

In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees this love as an illusion. She's soon married to Urbino, a cultured physician, and for years, Ariza carries a torch, finding solace in the arms of women, loving none. After Urbino's fall, are Ariza's hopes delusional?

Skyfall

Skyfall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (456725 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Mendes

Cast:

Writer:

Neal Purvis

Robert Wade

John Logan

Fullplot:

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Biutiful

Biutiful

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-04

Languages:

Spanish, Chinese, Wolof

Countries:

Mexico, Spain

Runtime:

148 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (62209 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Alejandro Gonzèlez Ièèrritu (screenplay)

Alejandro Gonzèlez Ièèrritu (based on a story by)

Nicolès Giacobone (screenplay)

Armando Bo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

To the Wonder

To the Wonder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-22

Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Italian, Sign Languages, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(18788 Reviews)

Director:

Terrence Malick

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Neil (Ben Affleck) is an American traveling in Europe who meets and falls in love with Marina (Olga Kurylenko), a Ukrainian divorcèe who is raising her 10-year-old daughter Tatiana in Paris. The lovers travel to Mont St. Michel, the island abbey off the coast of Normandy, basking in the wonder of their newfound romance. Neil makes a commitment to Marina, inviting her to relocate to his native Oklahoma with Tatiana. He takes a job as an environmental inspector and Marina settles into her new life in America with passion and vigor. After a holding pattern, their relationship cools. Marina finds solace in the company of another exile, the Catholic priest Father Quintana (Javier Bardem), who is undergoing a crisis of faith. Work pressures and increasing doubt pull Neil further apart from Marina, who returns to France with Tatiana when her visa expires. Neil reconnects with Jane (Rachel McAdams), an old flame. They fall in love until Neil learns that Marina has fallen on hard times. Gripped by a sense of responsibility - and his own crisis of faith - he rekindles with Marina after another trip to France. She returns with him to Oklahoma, resuming her American life. But the old sorrows eventually return.

The Counselor

The Counselor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-25

Languages:

English, Spanish, Dutch

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (73018 Reviews)

Director:

Ridley Scott

Fullplot:

A rich and successful lawyer, the Counselor, is about to get married to his fiancèe but soon becomes entangled in a complex drug plot with a middle-man known as Westray. The plan ends up taking a horrible twist and he must protect himself and his soon to be bride as the truth of the drug business is uncovered and targets are eliminated.

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