Movies & SeriesWild Tales
Damián Szifron, 2014
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My take
“A completely wild film that pulls you right in. Six stories about people who finally snap, and you can't look away.”
NiklasUpdated 21 Oct 2026 Love it
- Six short stories, each one tighter than most full-length films
- Dark, very funny and impossible to predict
- Oscar-nominated, BAFTA winner, produced by Pedro Almodóvar
Fair warning
- Violent in places, so not one for a cosy family evening
- Spanish original: pick subtitles or the dubbed version before you press play
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The longer story
Wild Tales
Relatos salvajes, Argentina 2014, in Germany Wild Tales – Jeder dreht mal durch! Six stories with nothing in common but one idea: people who reach their limit and snap. A plane full of strangers who all wronged the same man. A road-rage duel on an empty desert road. A wedding that goes completely off the rails.
Why I Recommend It
A completely wild film that pulls you right in. Every story starts in normal life and escalates with a straight face, until you don't know whether to laugh or look away. Mostly you laugh.
The key insight: everyone has a breaking point, and it's usually something small.
Good to Know
- Written and directed by Damián Szifron, produced by Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar
- With Ricardo Darín, Érica Rivas and Leonardo Sbaraglia, 121 minutes
- Premiered in competition at Cannes in 2014 and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
- Won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language
- More than 3.9 million tickets sold in Argentina, one of the country's most-watched films ever
Who It's For
Anyone who likes dark comedy and films you keep talking about afterwards. Watch it with friends, not with your parents.