Tired of Hollywood? Discover our top 10 Spanish films to watch this Christmas

Who doesn't like to enjoy a good Christmas movie! This cold, wintry season is undoubtedly the best time to settle down with a blanket on the sofa, make popcorn and turn on the TV to enjoy a moment of fun and Christmas magic through the seventh art.

The different streaming platforms have already updated their catalogues to offer you the best titles related to Christmas. Sometimes it is difficult to choose from the endless lists of Netflix, Amazon or Disney Plus , but fear not because our Culture colleagues in Spain have carefully combed through what's on offer to present you with the very best of Iberian titles:

The story of Father Christmas has never been told so well. In 2019, Spanish director Sergio Pablos made Klaus, a Netflix-produced film that offers an alternative animated look at one of the biggest symbols of this time of year.

Through the experiences of its protagonist, a postman named Jesper who is assigned to an island in the Arctic Circle, he recounts the legend of Father Christmas. The film was made by Madrid's SPA using a two-dimensional digital animation technique. The result: a brilliant film that ended up winning an Oscar nomination and a Bafta for best film in the genre.

Some people already consider it a classic because The Day of the Beast is one of Spain's most awarded films. It won six Goya awards out of the 14 for which it was nominated, as well as several honours from the Film Writers' Circle, the Melies D'Or Award in Brussels and won the Brussels International Film Festival.

Although the film is more about the apocalypse through the experiences of a Basque priest played by Álex Angulo, it all takes place at Christmas, as the Antichrist was supposed to be born on 25 December 1995 in Madrid. The film is a