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Stories Set in Madrid — top stories

Almodóvar's hometown-studio, heist mints, Prado shadows and movida nights — Madrid never sleeps, on screen or off. These ten span the capital's many moods; filter the city's stories by era on StoryTerra's map.

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10 famous stories set in Madrid

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Browse 42 books, 137 movies, 10 TV shows and 2 games set in Madrid.

Money Heist

Money Heist

tvshow

To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion -…

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 2017
The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

Universal Pictures-The Kennedy/Marshall Company-Ludlum Entertainment-Motion Picture BETA Produktionsgesellschaft-Bourne Again-KanZaman Services-Peninsula Films-Studio Babelsberg
movie

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar an upgrade to Project Treadstone in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new…

Setting: London, England; Madrid, Spain; Tangier, Morocco; New York, USATime Period: 2000s
Ferdinand

Ferdinand

20th Century Fox-Davis Entertainment-Blue Sky Studios-20th Century Fox Animation
movie

Ferdinand a little bull prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around snorting and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong his temperament remains…

Setting: Spain; Madrid, SpainTime Period: 1930s
All About My Mother

All About My Mother

Renn Productions-France 2 Cinéma-El Deseo-Vía Digital-Canal+
movie

Following the tragic death of her teenage son Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend an outspoken transgender sex…

Setting: Madrid; Barcelona, SpainTime Period: 1990s
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

El Deseo-Laurenfilm
movie

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 1980s
The Vault

The Vault

Telecinco Cinema-Think Studio-Saban Films-Ciudadano Ciskul-El Tesoro de Drake AIE
movie

When an engineer learns of a mysterious impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is…

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 2010
Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes

Les Films Alain Sarde-Las Producciones del Escorpion-Lucky Red-Canal+ España-Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)
movie

A very handsome man finds the love of his life but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 1990s
Morat: Balas Perdidas

Morat: Balas Perdidas

Amazon Studios-Clac Vídeo-Universal Music Spain
movie

Morat the band with the highest amount of tickets sold in LATAM and Spain in the past years offered an unforgettable concert on December 15th at Wizink Center in Madrid as a final clasp of its mythical "Balas Perdidas…

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 2021
Parallel Mothers

Parallel Mothers

El Deseo-TVE
movie

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis middle-aged unrepentant and happy; Ana a teenager remorseful and frightened.

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 2021
The Day of the Beast

The Day of the Beast

Canal+ España-Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)-Iberoamericana Films Produccion
movie

The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible a death metal salesman from Carabanchel and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal…

Setting: Madrid, SpainTime Period: 1990s

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