Portrait of Jaime Chávarri

Directing

Jaime Chávarri

Career

Active from 1967 to 2025, with a break from 2009 to 2018, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Disenchantment
The Disenchantment
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jaime Chávarri Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Spanish Cinema 3
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • European Cinema 2
  • Romantic Entanglements 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 60
She Walks in Darkness
She Walks in Darkness (2025)
GoodWatch score 60

as Txiki el Viejo

La manzana de oro
La manzana de oro (2023)

Writer, Director

Cerré los ojos y me hablaron las hormigas
Cerré los ojos y me hablaron las hormigas (2023)

as Julio

FOMO
FOMO (2021)

Thanks

2010s

2 titles · average score 56
Cuento Chino
Cuento Chino (2019)

as Paco

The Apostate
The Apostate (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

as Padre Quirós

2000s

5 titles · average score 58
Vampyros Lesbos
Vampyros Lesbos (2008)

Story

Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend
Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

Madrid 11-M: todos íbamos en ese tren
Madrid 11-M: todos íbamos en ese tren (2005)

Director

El año del diluvio
El año del diluvio (2004)

Director, Writer

Kisses for Everyone
Kisses for Everyone (2000)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

1990s

8 titles · average score 66
Tangos Are for Two
Tangos Are for Two (1998)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Additional Writing

Gran Slalom
Gran Slalom (1996)

Director

The Things of Love: Part 2
The Things of Love: Part 2 (1995)

Director

La mujer duende
La mujer duende (1994)

Director

After All These Years
After All These Years (1994)

Thanks

Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (1993)

Director, Writer

La intrusa
La intrusa (1993)

Director

Marathon
Marathon (1993)
GoodWatch score 64

Assistant Director

1980s

13 titles · average score 75
The Things of Love
The Things of Love (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

I'm the One You're Looking For
I'm the One You're Looking For (1989)

Director, Writer

The Impeccable Sinner
The Impeccable Sinner (1987)

as El cura

El río de oro
El río de oro (1986)

Writer, Director

Matador
Matador (1986)
GoodWatch score 82

as Priest

Bicycles Are for the Summer
Bicycles Are for the Summer (1984)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

What Have I Done to Deserve This?
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

as Cliente 'Striptease'

Bearn
Bearn (1983)

Director

Luis y Virginia
Luis y Virginia (1982)

Writer, Director

Cuentos para una escapada
Cuentos para una escapada (1981)

Writer, Director

Dedicated to...
Dedicated to... (1980)

Director, Writer

Erotic Stories
Erotic Stories (1980)

as Exhibicionista

1970s

12 titles · average score 64
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1978)
GoodWatch score 45

Writer

To an Unknown God
To an Unknown God (1977)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay, Director

The Disenchantment
The Disenchantment (1976)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

School Trip
School Trip (1976)

Director, Writer

The Spirit of the Beehive
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
GoodWatch score 85

Art Direction

Anna and the Wolves
Anna and the Wolves (1973)
GoodWatch score 70

Art Direction

A Chaste Spanish Man
A Chaste Spanish Man (1973)

Art Direction

Vampyros Lesbos
Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Cake of Blood
Cake of Blood (1971)
GoodWatch score 52

as Henry Clerval (segment "Victor Frankenstein")

El camino del cielo
El camino del cielo (1971)

Editor

Estado de sitio
Estado de sitio (1970)

Writer, Director

Ginebra en los infiernos
Ginebra en los infiernos (1970)

Director, Director of Photography

1960s

3 titles · average score 61
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés
Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés (1969)
GoodWatch score 61

as Spot Producer (uncredited)

El gran amante
El gran amante (1969)

Director, Screenplay

Run, Blancanieves, Run
Run, Blancanieves, Run (1967)

Director, Screenplay