Spanish films by setting

Where 2,435 films and series are set. Titles are ranked by Spanish Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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Pick a region. Darker means more titles set there. The Canary Islands are in the box below the mainland, at their own scale.

ShapeRegionTitlesSharesTop 200Most looked-up filmMost looked-up series
Comunidad de Madrid41719.5% ↑Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley 1998La casa de papel 2017
Andalucía1392.0% ↓Ocho apellidos vascos 2014La promesa 2023
Cataluña1255.0%REC 2007Merlí: Sapere aude 2019
Galicia401.5%As bestas 2022Vivir sin permiso 2018
País Vasco401.5%La infiltrada 2024Patria 2020
Canarias290.0% ↓Maspalomas 2025Hierro 2019
Comunidad Valenciana171.0%Cien años de perdón 2016Alba 2021
Castilla-La Mancha112.0% ↑La piel que habito 2011La casa de papel 2017
Comunidad Foral de Navarra110.0%Silencio roto 2001Altsasu 2020
Islas Baleares100.0%Lucía y el sexo 2001Sicília sense morts 2022
Castilla y León81.5%Mientras dure la guerra 2019Valle salvaje 2024
Región de Murcia60.5%La chispa de la vida 2011Valle salvaje 2024
Aragón40.5%Las niñas 2020La caza 2019
Asturias40.0%Volver a empezar 1982Doctor Mateo 2009
Cantabria30.0%El viaje de Carol 2002none set here
La Rioja20.0%La ardilla roja 1993Gran Reserva 2010
Extremadura10.0%Aquel viejo molino 1946none set here
Set outside Spain1,60769.0% ↑La sociedad de la nieve 2023La casa de papel 2017
Share of allShare of the 200 most looked-up, greyed where a region has under ten titles

How this list is made

Placed by where the story is set, not where it was filmed. A title set in two regions counts in both.

Sources and methodology

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