| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1997 |
| Abre los ojos | Alejandro Amenábar | Penélope Cruz, Eduardo Noriega, Fele Martínez, Najwa Nimri | Thriller | Remade as Vanilla Sky |
| Airbag | Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Karra Elejalde, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Alberto San Juan, Maria de Medeiros, Francisco Rabal, Rosa María Sardà | Road movie comedy | It was a blockbuster |
| Amor de hombre | Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra | Loles León, Andrea Occhipinti | Gay drama | |
| La Buena Estrella | Ricardo Franco | Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú, Jordi Mollà | Drama | Goya Awards winner, screened at Cannes |
| Carne trémula | Pedro Almodóvar | Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Francesca Neri, Ángela Molina, José Sancho | Film noir | Based on a Ruth Rendell's novel |
| Carreteras Secundarias | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro | | Drama | Set in 1974 |
| The Chambermaid on the Titanic | Bigas Luna | Olivier Martinez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Romane Bohringer | Drama | French language; a French-Spanish-Italian co-production |
| Chevrolet | Javier Maqua | | | Entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Comanche Territory | Gerardo Herrero | | | Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Cosas que dejé en La Habana | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Jorge Perugorría, Federico Luppi, Cecilia Roth, Juan Diego Botto | Comedy drama | About the lives of Cuban people in Madrid |
| Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health | Manuel Gómez Pereira | Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Penélope Cruz, Gabino Diego | Comedy | |
| Martín (hache) | Adolfo Aristarain | Eusebio Poncela, Federico Luppi, Cecilia Roth, Juan Diego Botto | Drama | Co-production with Argentina, but set in Spain |
| Perdita Durango | Alex de la Iglesia | Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, James Gandolfini | Black Comedy -Drama | Spoken in English. Filmed n México and USA. Barry Gifford novel |
| Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí | Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso | Jordi Mollà, Pepón Nieto, Esperanza Roy, Mariola Fuentes | Gay comedy | |
| Secretos del corazón | Montxo Armendáriz | Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Silvia Munt | Drama | Academy Award nominee, Berlin Award |
| Tren de sombras | José Luis Guerín | Jessica Andrieu, Anne Céline Auche, Marc Montserrat | Experimental | A tribute to images, silent films |