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

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.
- 1I 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