Movies Like Surcos

If you liked Surcos (1951), a drama movie directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
May God Save Us (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
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…
2
On the Fringe (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a mother with her daughter; and Teodora, a sick old woman who…
3
The Endless Trench (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to…
4
Goodbye (2019)
★ 7/10Also drama
Seville, Spain. Juan Santos, a convicted petty criminal, gets out of jail for a day to celebrate with Triana, his wife, the first communion of their daughter Estrella.
5
Parallel Mothers (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
6
Madrid, 1987 (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
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.
7
The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of…
8
Cria! (1976)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
9
Pain and Glory (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
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…
10
Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
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.
11
Mirage (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
12
LA BOLA NEGRA (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.
13
Operation Ogre (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural…
14
Biutiful (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a…
15
Kamchatka (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
In 1976, Argentina fell into the hands of a de facto government. Thousands of citizens are persecuted and kidnapped. This is the case of the parents of two children, who, knowing they are wanted, decide to hide.
16
Unknown Origins (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
In Madrid, Spain, a mysterious serial killer ruthlessly murders his victims by recreating the first appearance of several comic book superheroes. Cosme, a veteran police inspector who is about to retire, works on the…
17
Hot Milk (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a…
18
7 Virgins (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
It is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in the South of Spain. Tano, a teenager currently serving a sentence in a juvenile reform center, is given a 48-hour leave to attend his brother’s wedding.
19
Red Dawn (1990)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
20
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is…