The Best Carlos Santos Movies, Ranked
50 credits from 1919 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Valet (2022) comes out on top with a score of 69. The biggest box office hit is I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019) with $12.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Carlos Santos Movies
The 6 highest-rated films Carlos Santos is credited on. The Valet (2022) leads with 69, followed by The Chalk Line (2022) at 67. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 The Valet 2022 · Comedy -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 The Chalk Line 2022 · Mystery -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 Vacation Friends 2021 · Adventure -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 42 There's Something Wrong with the Children 2023 · Mystery -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 37 Vacation Friends 2 2023 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 33 Cheaper by the Dozen 2022 · Adventure
Biggest Carlos Santos Box Office Hits
Carlos Santos's films have made $58.1M worldwide in total. I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019) is the biggest hit at $12.8M, ahead of Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission: Save the Planet (2008) ($12M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2019 · Comedy $12.8M - 2
Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission: Save the Planet 2008 · Fantasy $12M - 3
Brain Drain 2009 · Romance $9.87M - 4
Even the Rain 2010 · History $7.31M $518K dom. - 5
Smoke & Mirrors 2016 · History $3.05M - 6
Chilangolandia 2021 · Comedy $1.72M - 7
Imagine 2012 · Drama $1.05M - 8
Last Call, Rio! 2023 · Comedy $790K - 9
Orange Honey 2012 · Romance $415K - 10
The Crack: Inception 2019 · Thriller $370K
The Best Carlos Santos Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Carlos Santos has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 12 films, and Imagine (2012) is the pick of them.
- Drama 12 films Imagine 2012 · as Irritated Driver
- Comedy 10 films The Valet 2022 · as Javier Movie Echo Score: 69
- Romance 6 films Brain Drain 2009 · as Potro
- Thriller 4 films The Crack: Inception 2019 · as Germán Areta
- History 4 films Even the Rain 2010 · as Alberto / Bartolomé de las Casas
- Action 2 films Vacation Friends 2 2023 · as Maurillio Movie Echo Score: 37
- Mystery 2 films The Chalk Line 2022 · as Eduardo Olivares Movie Echo Score: 67
- Adventure 2 films Vacation Friends 2021 · as Maurillio Movie Echo Score: 60
- Fantasy 2 films Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission: Save the Planet 2008 · as Botijola
The Best Carlos Santos Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Carlos Santos's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Carlos Santos Movies
The most recent films Carlos Santos is credited on, newest first — starting with Winner Takes the Cake (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Winner Takes the Cake 2025 · Director -
La canción 2025 · Balmaseda -
Cava 2024 · Thriller -
Love All Over Your Face 2024 · Comedy -
Like or Die 2023 · Director - Vacation Friends 2 2023 · Maurillio
- Last Call, Rio! 2023 · Kiko
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Last Wishes 2023 · Julián - There's Something Wrong with the Children 2023 · Thomas Huerta
- The Chalk Line 2022 · Eduardo Olivares
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Everybody Does It 2022 · Alejo - The Valet 2022 · Javier
The Best Carlos Santos Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Carlos Santos films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Carlos Santos movie?
The Valet (2022) is the best-rated Carlos Santos film, with a Movie Echo Score of 69, ahead of The Chalk Line (2022) (67) and Vacation Friends (2021) (60). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Valet: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Carlos Santos movie?
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019) made the most at the box office, with $12.8M worldwide, followed by Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission: Save the Planet (2008) with $12M. Together, Carlos Santos's films with box office figures have made $58.1M.
What is the best Carlos Santos drama movie?
Imagine (2012) is the best-rated of Carlos Santos's drama films. In other genres: The Valet (comedy), Brain Drain (romance) and The Crack: Inception (thriller).
What is the newest Carlos Santos movie?
The newest film on Carlos Santos's filmography is Winner Takes the Cake (2025), directed by Carlos Santos.
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