Films and TV shows that feel like La bien pagá by Miguel de Molina

A proud, bitter, defiant lament: a woman (sung by a flamboyant male voice) tells a lover who has used and discarded her that accounts are settled, with wounded dignity and sharp irony.

1. Volver (2006): Almodóvar's women-centered melodrama carries the same proud Spanish lament and sung emotion.
2. Bad Education (2004): Almodóvar's story of Franco-era repression and queer identity, with a cabaret and copla spirit.
3. High Heels (1991): Songs on stage, broken bonds and wounded pride mix in a copla-soaked melodrama.
4. Belle Époque (1992): Sunlit Spanish period charm with love games and an ironic, sensual view of passion.
5. Pain and Glory (2019): A memory-soaked Spanish tale of past loves, old wounds and artistic pride.
6. The 13 Roses (2007): Postwar Madrid under Franco, with women's dignity against repression.
7. Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001): A long-running Spanish family drama through the Franco years, where the era's songs echo throughout.
8. Cabaret (1972): Stage glamour and defiant performers in a repressive, darkening society.