Biography: Alejandro Amenábar |

Alejandro Amenábar was already a Spanish cinema sensation and garnering comparisons to Alfred Hitchcock before he notched his first English language hit with the slyly old-fashioned hriller The Others (2001). Raised in Spain after his Chile-based... more
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Cast: Alejandro Amenábar Rachel Weisz Michael Lonsdale Oscar Isaac   
Tags: Epic 
Length: 126min
A fourth century slave (Max Minghella) is confronted with his love for his intellectual alchemist master, Hypatia of Alexandria (Rachel Weisz), and the temptations of freedom spurred by the rise of Christianity in this historical epic from acclaimed...

Cast: Javier Bardem   
Tags: Psychological Drama Biopic Message Movie Drama 
Length: 125min
Two of the most talented figures in contemporary Spanish cinema -- actor Javier Bardem and director Alejandro Amenábar -- collaborate for this powerful drama, based on a true story. Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem) was a fisherman and part-time poet...

Cast: Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Eric Sykes Christopher Eccleston Fionnula Flanagan Renée Ashershon 
Tags: Gothic Film Horror Supernatural Horror Haunted House Film Period Film 
Length: 105min
Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar's first English-language production is a creepy period ghost story that continues in the vein of his earlier art house hit Open Your Eyes (1997). Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a devoutly religious mother of two...

Cast: Penélope Cruz   
Tags: Thriller Tech Noir Psychological Thriller 
Length: 117min
The line between dreams and reality become increasingly blurred after a womanizing playboy is nearly killed by a jilted lover in Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar's masterful sophomore effort Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). It would seem as if Cesar...

Cast: Eduardo Noriega   
Tags: Psychological Thriller Thriller 
Length: 125min
The debut feature from Spanish wunderkind Alejandro Amenábar (Open Your Eyes, The Others), Tesis is a hriller starring Ana Torrent as Ángela Márquez, a film student who, while researching for a thesis paper on violence in cinema, stumbles upon a...

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