Search: Directed by Alejandro Amenabar

Open Your Eyes (1997)

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The audacity of Open Your Eyes matches its imagination.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

A love rat tries to cope after being disfigured in an accident.
The Others (2001)

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The less you see, the more you believe. Chilean born writer/director Alejandro Amenabar, who is still in his twenties, knows this.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

Nicole Kidman stars in this ghost story about an isolated mansion on the island of Jersey at the end of the war.
Regression (2015)

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Amenabar would need to regress his audience back to the early Eighties for this to have any sort of suspense.

Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5

A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.
The Sea Inside (2004)

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Bardem's performance is astonishing, not so much in his ability to mimic a wasted body, but by capturing the essence of a lively intelligence.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5

True story of a quadriplegic Spanish poet who fights for the right to die.
Tesis (1996)

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For a first movie, Tesis has an astounding confidence. The performances of Torrent and Martinez are focused and electric.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

A student, researching violence in film for a thesis, discovers an active cell of snuff moviemakers.
While At War (2019)

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The deeper into the film we get, and the closer the realities of the war become to Unamuno, the more Amenábar and his co-writer Alejandro Hernández lean into the melodrama.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Drama about author Miguel de Unamuno and his stance towards the fascist coup d’état.