Rafael Gil

Film director, screenwriter (1913–1986)

0.75body-of-work score · ranked #1147 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 22, 1913 · Madrid
Died
September 10, 1986 · Madrid
Nationality
Spain
Work
film director, screenwriter, journalist
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Rafael Gil
Emulajavi · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    I Was a Parish PriestLa guerra de Dios

    1953 · France / Spain · drama

    San Sebastián Golden Shell winner 1953

    0.751 citation

Complete filmography

All 67 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1939Let's Make the Impossible!
  • 1942Journey to Nowhere
  • 1942The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself
  • 1943Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree
  • 1943Huella de luz
  • 1944El clavo
  • 1944Lessons in Good Love
  • 1945The Phantom and Dona Juanita
  • 1945Thirsty Land
  • 1946The Prodigal Woman
  • 1947Don Quixote
  • 1947The Faith
  • 1947The Holy Queen
  • 1948La calle sin sol
  • 1948Mare Nostrum
  • 1949Adventures of Juan Lucas
  • 1949Just Any Woman
  • 1950Apollo Theatre
  • 1950Saturday Night
  • 1951Our Lady of Fatima
  • 1951The Great Galeoto
  • 1952From Madrid to Heaven
  • 1952The Song of Sister Maria
  • 1953I Was a Parish Priest
  • 1954He Died Fifteen Years Ago
  • 1954Judas' Kiss
  • 1955The Cock Crow
  • 1955The Other Life of Captain Contreras
  • 1956Miracle of the White Suit
  • 1956The Big Lie
  • 1959La casa de la Troya
  • 1959Luxury Cabin
  • 1960Litri and His Shadow
  • 1961Darling
  • 1961Green Harvest
  • 1962Queen of the Chantecler
  • 1962Rogelia
  • 1963The Blackmailers
  • 1964You and Me Are Three
  • 1965Currito of the Cross
  • 1965Pedrito de Andía's New Life
  • 1965Samba
  • 1966He's My Man!
  • 1966Road to Rocío
  • 1967Another's Wife
  • 1968Fruit of Temptation
  • 1968The Sailor with Golden Fists
  • 1969A Decent Adultery
  • 1969Blood in the Bullring
  • 1970The Locket
  • 1970The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself
  • 1971The Green Envelope
  • 1972La duda
  • 1972Nothing Less Than a Real Man
  • 1973The Guerrilla
  • 1974The King is the Best Mayor
  • 1975Death's Newlyweds
  • 1975Forget the Drums
  • 1975The Good Days Lost
  • 1976The Legion Like Women
  • 1977Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them
  • 1979Father Cami's Wedding
  • 1980And in the Third Year, He Rose Again
  • 1980Spoiled Children
  • 1982Old Shirt to New Jacket
  • 1983The Autonomines
  • 1984The Cheerful Colsada Girls