Aquella película me hizo pensar.

Aquella is a demonstrative adjective meaning that, but specifically something felt to be farther away from the speaker, either physically or emotionally/in time.

In Spanish, the three main choices are:

• esta = this
• esa = that
• aquella = that over there / that one back then

So aquella película suggests that film with a bit more distance, for example:

• a film watched a long time ago
• a film not closely connected to the current conversation
• a film being contrasted with something nearer

Also, aquella must agree with película, which is:

• feminine
• singular

That is why it is aquella película, not aquel película or aquellos película.

Película has a written accent because the stress falls on the third-to-last syllable:

• pe-LÍ-cu-la

Words stressed on the third-to-last syllable in Spanish are called esdrújulas, and they always take a written accent.

So:

• película ✅
• pelicula ❌

Me means me as an object pronoun.

In Aquella película me hizo pensar, the structure is:

• Aquella película = the thing causing the action
• me = the person affected
• hizo pensar = made think

So literally, the sentence is something like:

• That film made me think

Here, me is the person the film caused to think.

This is very common with hacer + infinitive:

• Me hizo reír = It made me laugh
• Me hizo llorar = It made me cry
• Me hizo pensar = It made me think

Hizo is the preterite form of hacer for él/ella/usted.

The subject here is Aquella película, which is singular, so Spanish uses the third person singular:

• aquella película hizo

This tense is used because the sentence refers to a completed action in the past: the film had the effect of making the speaker think.

So:

• hizo = made

Also, hacer is irregular in the preterite:

• yo hice
• tú hiciste
• él/ella/usted hizo
• nosotros hicimos
• vosotros hicisteis
• ellos/ellas/ustedes hicieron

After hacer, Spanish usually uses the pattern:

• hacer + infinitive

So:

• me hizo pensar = it made me think

This is the normal, natural structure.

Using hacer que + subjunctive is generally not how Spanish expresses this idea here. The direct and idiomatic pattern is:

• hacer + person + infinitive

Examples:

• Me hizo sonreír = It made me smile
• Nos hizo esperar = It made us wait
• La noticia me hizo cambiar de opinión = The news made me change my mind

So me hizo pensar is exactly the expected structure.

It is in the infinitive because it follows hizo in the causative structure:

• hacer + infinitive = to make someone do something

So the pattern is:

• Aquella película
  • me
    • hizo
      • pensar

Literally:

• That film
  • me
    • made
      • think

The second verb stays in the infinitive after hacer.

Compare:

• Me hizo reír = It made me laugh
• Me hizo reflexionar = It made me reflect
• Me hizo pensar = It made me think

Because pensar can be used without a preposition when it means something like:

• to think
• to reflect
• to use your mind
• to reconsider things

So me hizo pensar often means:

• it made me reflect
• it made me think deeply

If you want to say think about something specific, Spanish often uses pensar en:

• Pensé en ti = I thought about you
• Me hizo pensar en mi infancia = It made me think about my childhood

So the difference is:

• me hizo pensar = it made me think / reflect
• me hizo pensar en algo = it made me think about something

Because object pronouns like me, te, lo, la, nos normally go before a conjugated verb.

So:

• me hizo pensar ✅
• hizo me pensar ❌

This is a basic Spanish pronoun rule.

With a conjugated verb + infinitive, Spanish often gives you two options when the pronoun belongs to the infinitive structure:

• me hizo pensar
• hízome pensar ❌ very old-fashioned / not modern
• hizo pensarme ❌ wrong for this meaning

In modern Spanish, the natural choice here is simply:

• me hizo pensar

Yes. That would also be correct.

The difference is mainly in distance or perspective:

• esa película = that film
• aquella película = that film over there / that film back then / that more distant film

In many situations, both are possible, and the difference is subtle. A speaker might choose aquella to sound a bit more reflective, distant, or specific.

So both can work, but aquella adds a stronger sense of distance.

Yes. Aquella película is the subject.

It is the thing doing the action of making:

• Aquella película = subject
• me = object pronoun
• hizo = verb
• pensar = infinitive complement

So the film is what caused the speaker to think.

A simple way to test it: What made me think?

• That film

So Aquella película is clearly the subject.

Usually yes, but the exact nuance depends on context.

In English, made me think can mean:

1. it literally caused me to start thinking
2. it made me reflect deeply
3. it made me reconsider something

Spanish me hizo pensar can carry those same ideas, especially reflect deeply.

So in real use, it often feels close to:

• It made me reflect
• It really got me thinking
• It made me think

The sentence is natural and idiomatic in Spanish.