De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker relatively unknown outside of Spain, despite a prolific and successful career in his native country. He is best remembered for having portrayed urban marginality and the world of drugs and juvenile delinquency in the early 1980s, and his films serve as an archive of the Spanish marginality of this era. Is other words, his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as "quinqui cinema". His films are an example of commitment to the immediate reality; they were made with honesty and great risk, against the conformist outlook of most movies of its time. Many of this films also deal with the theme of homosexuality.
No One Heard the Scream
(Director)
Murder in a Blue World
(Screenplay)
Murder in a Blue World
(Director)
No One Heard the Scream
(Screenplay)
The Cannibal Man
(Director)
The Cannibal Man
(Screenplay)
The Priest
(Director)
Forbidden Love Game
(Director)
Overdose
(Director)
Overdose
(Screenplay)
Bulgarian Lovers
(Director)
Bulgarian Lovers
(Screenplay)
El Pico 2
(Screenplay)
El Pico 2
(Director)
The Glass Ceiling
(Director)
The Glass Ceiling
(Screenplay)
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
(Director)
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
(Screenplay)
Something Bitter in the Mouth
(Screenplay)
Fantasía... 3
(Director)
Something Bitter in the Mouth
(Director)
Hidden Pleasures
(Screenplay)
Confessions of a Congressman
(Screenplay)
Afraid to Go Out at Night
(Director)
The Minister's Wife
(Screenplay)
Cuadrilátero
(Director)
The Other Bedroom
(Screenplay)
Confessions of a Congressman
(Director)
Afraid to Go Out at Night
(Screenplay)
Turn of the Screw
(Screenplay)
The Other Bedroom
(Director)
Turn of the Screw
(Director)
Pals
(Director)
The Creature
(Director)
Hidden Pleasures
(Director)
Pals
(Screenplay)
The Minister's Wife
(Director)
Navajeros
(Screenplay)
Navajeros
(Director)
Forbidden Love Game
(Writer)
Fantasía... 3
(Writer)