Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 farce is a screwball comedy in candy colors: Carmen Maura plays Pepa, an actress reeling from a breakup, whose Madrid penthouse fills with strangers, police and a batch of gazpacho spiked with sleeping pills. Doors slam, people faint and the bright sets tell you who is in trouble before anyone speaks. If you enjoy classic Hollywood screwball, the rhythm will feel familiar even in Spanish. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and became the top-grossing Spanish film in the US up to that time.