What are the best Spanish movies to improve my Spanish?

Spanish is a Romance language with about 500 million native speakers, the majority of which reside in Spain and America. It is also the world’s second most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese, and the fourth most spoken language overall, after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi. To learn Spanish seriously, you would need to gather as much exposure possible to the language besides insights about the culture. Learners at the beginning are not only intimidated about learning Spanish but to make matters worse, the thought of watching Spanish films disturbs their state of mind due to incomplete improper knowledge of Spanish. To add to this, it’s such a shame that some people continue building things around learner’s fear such as Spanish films are dull; made for ‘mature audiences only’, full of philosophical musings or are too metaphorical and need a lot of deep thinking; Still worse; when people talk that ‘Only pretentious people (and hipsters!) are into Spanish cinema’ or not safe for children. Like seriously; are you so immature? Trust me; these assumptions are completely baseless and vague. While some stereotypes may make sense, these do not hold true for all of Spanish cinema.

IMO don’t let these get to you and make you wary of watching a Spanish movie! Spanish cinema encompasses a wide variety of themes and ideas and there are bound to be some Spanish movies that you’d gladly watch over and over.

Besides imparting new vocabulary, Spanish movies can help you gain an intuitive sense of the rhythm and flow of actual spoken Spanish, as well as introduce you to the types of spoken Spanish that are seldom encountered in daily Spanish lessons or textbooks. Some street slang, subcultural terms, condensed sentences, and even some lovely poetic lines are included.

Furthermore, watching movies is a calming and pleasurable experience that will help you break the monotony of learning a new language. It’s a nice activity to incorporate into your Spanish study routine.

Before you jump over movies let’s also discuss some important perquisites

Choose a movie for your level. 

Don’t go straight to the new vague gems by La Mala Educación and El Cuerpo Godard if you’re a beginner. Remember that the way the Spanish language was used in the 1900s differs from how it is spoken now.

As a result, while some films may be considered classics of Spanish cinema, the vocabulary and phrases used in them may no longer be acceptable today.

I recommend that beginners watch simple films such as Children’s films, Action movies etecetra.

Action movies are perfect because even if you can’t really understand the dialogue, the action will give you a good understanding of what’s going on.

Also, don’t confuse Spanish and Spanish-Mexican films. Since there are significant variations between Mexican Spanish and Spanish spoken in Spain, the slang and phrases used differ as well.

Look for a movie with subtitles.

Look for movies with both English and Spanish subtitles if at all necessary. Keep in mind, however, that the English subtitles do not fit the Spanish dialogue word for word.

Spanish subtitles, on the other hand, can assist you in correctly spelling and assembling posts, which is crucial when studying new terms that you haven’t encountered before.

“Actively” watch the film.

By actively, I mean that you’d need a pen and paper or some other kind of writing instrument to jot down your thoughts.

Start by watching One Movie per Day

Here are a few movies for your 1st week you can start from. 

El Ciudadano Ilustre (The Distinguished Citizen)

I’m No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aquí)

Perdiendo el Norte (Off Course)

El hoyo (The Platform)

Vivir dos veces (Live Twice, Love Once)

Roma

Durante la tormenta (Mirage)q

Post 7 days, look for more movies here.

Despite its large number of speakers, Spanish does not feature prominently in scientific writing and technology, though it is better represented in the humanities and social sciences. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and it is also used as an official language by the European Union, the Organization of American States, the Union of South American Nations, the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States, the African Union and many other international organizations. Alongside English and French, it is also one of the most taught foreign languages throughout the world. In Spain and in some other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only español but also Castellano (Castilian), the language from the kingdom of Castile, contrasting it with other languages spoken in Spain such as Galician, Basque, Asturian, Catalan, Aragonese and Occitan. Spanish is the third most used language on internet websites after English and Russian.

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