21st Century Spanish-Language Films You Can Stream Right Now

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By Edgardo

We all know that one of the most important aspects to learning a language is exposure.  However, if you're not living in a country that speaks the language you're trying to learn natively, exposing yourself to native speakers can be incredibly tricky!

Luckily, in the age of Netflix and Amazon, you can immerse yourself in language through movies, and there are many wonderful 21st century films that will help you strengthen your Spanish!  We encourage all of our novice and intermediate Spanish learners to stream the following films, and then complete the crossword below to test your knowledge.

 

#1 También la Lluvia (Even the Rain)

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Theme: Activism / Post-colonial themes / Bolivian Current Affairs
Year: 2011
Level: Novice- Intermediate
Available on: Netflix

#2 Volver

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Memory / Spanish culture / Family drama
Year: 2006
Level: Intermediate
Available on: Amazon

#3 Coco

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Animated film/ Mexican culture / Day of the Dead
Year: 2017
Level: Novice-Intermediate
Note: You can choose to watch it in Spanish
Available on: Netflix

#4 Y tu mamá también

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Road movie / adolescence and maturity / friendship and sexuality / Mexican culture
Year: 2001
Level: Intermediate
Available on: Netflix

#5 Relatos Salvajes

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Vignette ensemble / Dark humor / Argentinian culture
Year: 2014
Level: Novice-Intermediate
Available on: Amazon

#6 El secreto de sus ojos

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Crime- mystery drama / Memory / Argentinian culture
Year: 2009
Level: Intermediate
Available on: Amazon

Once you watch the films, fill out this crossword to test your knowledge!

ACROSS

5  Lo que se pone en el altar para los familiares que ya no están.

7  diminutivo de bomba... Apodo del personaje de Ricardo Darín en Relatos Salvajes

9  enfermedad de la que sufre Luisa en Y tu mamá también

12  ¿Cómo se aparece la madre de Raimunda en Volver?

15  apellido del fraile español que lucha por los derechos de los indígenas: Fray Bartolomé de las ...

16  ¿De qué enfermedad sufre la tía Paula en Volver ?

17  lo que le pone la cocinera en la comida al hombre grosero en Relatos salvajes

18  Luisa es .... que Tenoch y Jano. Tiene más años que ellos.

19  lo que Benjamín escribe al final cuando añade la letra "a"... (see 13 down)

20  El país en el que se celebra el día de los muertos... También donde se desarrolla la película Y tu mamá también

21  Paula también es la ... de Raimunda (see 11 down)

22  ¿Qué es lo que Miguel quiere hacer?

24  de lo que están hechos los personajes muertos en Coco

25  ceremonia para decir a una persona "hasta que la muerte nos separe"

DOWN 

1  El más fiel acompañante de Miguel es un...

2  El instrumento preferido de Miguel en Coco

3  ¿en qué país sucede También la lluvia?

4  Lo que hace y vende la familia de Coco

6  ¿En qué país se desarrolla la película Volver?

8  nombre de la playa secreta en Y tu mamá también

10  profesión de Ricardo Darín en El secreto de sus ojos

11  Raimunda es la ... de Paula 

13  durante la película El secreto de sus ojos, lo que escribe Benjamín

14  La película Coco se trata de la celebración del Día de los .... en México

23  por lo que luchan los indígenas de Cochabamba en También la lluvia

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