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Movies like Piscina por la tarde

The best movies like Piscina por la tarde are Julieta (2016), May God Save Us (2016) and Cria! (1976). If Piscina por la tarde hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. May God Save Us (2016)

    Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Cria! (1976)

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

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. The Last Sunrise (2026)

    Ry, a college student with a chronic illness, escapes to Mallorca for the summer with her mother, where she unexpectedly falls for a local and begins to embrace living in the moment. But as her condition worsens and long-hidden family secrets come to light, everything she has found before summer's end is threatened.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)

    After interning her insane husband in a remote psychiatric hospital, book editor Helga Pato returns home by train, where she meets a mysterious man who identifies himself as a psychiatrist.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. The King of Havana (2015)

    Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other's arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Mr. Church (2016)

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. No Rest for the Wicked (2011)

    Madrid, the beginning of the century. One day, the police inspector Santos Trinidad coming home very drunk, is involved in a triple murder. But there is a witness who managed to escape and that could incriminate him. Santos undertakes an investigation to locate and eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Chacón a judge in charge of investigating the triple murder, meticulously advances in the search for the murderer. Santos and Chacon soon discover that what seemed a simple case of drug trafficking is actually something far more dangerous.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

    A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. All About My Mother (1999)

    Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Pain and Glory (2019)

    Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. El Sur (1983)

    A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Take My Eyes (2003)

    One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Veronica (2017)

    In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)

    Two speleologists, Esteban and Pedro, travel to a mountainous area located in northern Spain, near a small village, to study a newly discovered cave and determine if it is of scientific interest, while Gabi, Esteban's wife, awaits their return on a lonely road at the foot of the mountain.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Chinas (2023)

    In Madrid, Spain, Lucía and Xiang, two nine-year-old Chinese girls, meet at the beginning of the school year.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. 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. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Kings of the World (2022)

    Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano. Five boys who live on the streets of Medellín. Five kings with no kingdom, no law, no family, set out on a journey in search of the promised land. A subversive tale told through a wild and endearing clan, somewhere between reality and delirium. A journey to nowhere, where everything happens.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Piscina por la tarde?

The closest matches to Piscina por la tarde are Julieta (2016), May God Save Us (2016) and Cria! (1976). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Piscina por la tarde?

Start with Julieta (2016), the closest match to Piscina por la tarde.

What is the highest-rated movie like Piscina por la tarde?

All About My Mother (1999), rated 7.6/10 by 2,145 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Piscina por la tarde?

The Last Sunrise (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like Piscina por la tarde?

Yes: Julieta (2016), May God Save Us (2016) and Cria! (1976).

How are movies similar to Piscina por la tarde chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Piscina por la tarde, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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