Movies like Carmen (2003)
The best movies like Carmen (2003) are Carmen (1983), Belle Époque (1992) and Mad Love (2001). If Carmen hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTalk to Her (2002)7.6/10 from 1,504 votes
- NewestDesire (2017)Released 2017
- In SpanishCarmen (1983)Also in Spanish
Carmen (1983)
While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelle Époque (1992)
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMad Love (2001)
The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEarth (1996)
A mysterious exterminator falls in love with two women who live in a distinctive wine-producing region in Spain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBroken 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: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSound 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...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEl Sur (1983)
A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLola Montès (1955)
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Heart in Winter (1992)
Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTake 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: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRead My Lips (2001)
She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Weakness of the Bolshevik (2003)
After getting into a minor traffic accident, Pablo attempts to make light of the situation by asking the driver of the other car, Sonsoles, out on a date. When she refuses and instead files an injury report, Pablo snaps and begins stalking her. He soon discovers that Sonsoles has a beautiful teenage sister, Maria, with whom Pablo is immediately infatuated -- a lust that soon turns dark. Can Pablo control his obsession, or will it consume him?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJamon Jamon (1992)
José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, his mom enlists Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter, to seduce Silvia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTalk to Her (2002)
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVolver (2006)
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBegin the Beguine (1982)
A Nobel prize winner returns to his natal city looking for his home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThis Is My Body (2001)
Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial director’s film. He learns that the role had previously been offered to a young man who committed suicide after an on-set affair – and events conspire to draw Antoine towards the same lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ander (2009)
A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Roma (2004)
Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Life Goes On (1965)
Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent policeman; her sanctimonious son, who spends his life studying and praying to atone for the sins of his family; and her two daughters, obsessed with wealth, who hate each other deeply.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Madrid, 1987 (2012)
In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCria! (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: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hanged Man (2009)
Two lovers break the law and struggle to stay together when carnal obsession causes tempers to flare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
The Beehive (1982)
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bride (2015)
Based on the famous play "Bodas de sangre" (Blood Wedding) by Federico García Lorca, La novia tells the story of a passionate love triangle. A bride leaves her groom, no longer able to withstand the surging desires of her lover, Leonordo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLovers: A True Story (1991)
A torrid affair between a recently discharged serviceman and an attractive widow leads to murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOriginal Sin (2001)
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDesire (2017)
Lucía and Ofelia, two sisters, finally meet after 7 years of cold relationships upon Lucia 's wedding. But when Juan, Lucia's husband, and Ofelia meet, they feel like a disruptive fantasy have enchanted their minds and bodies...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLive Flesh (1997)
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Carmen?
The closest matches to Carmen are Carmen (1983), Belle Époque (1992) and Mad Love (2001). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Carmen?
People who watched Carmen most often go on to Carmen (1983), Belle Époque (1992) and Mad Love (2001).
What is the highest-rated movie like Carmen?
Talk to Her (2002), rated 7.6/10 by 1,504 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Carmen?
Desire (2017) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Carmen?
Yes: Carmen (1983), Belle Époque (1992) and Mad Love (2001).
How are movies similar to Carmen chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Carmen, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.