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1. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 800,841 | Gross: $7.56M
2. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,446 | Gross: $1.34M
3. They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
PG-13 | 104 min | Animation, Drama, History
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.
Directors: Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Tony Ramos, Abel Ayala, Roberta Wallach
Votes: 568
4. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 12,956
5. Girls from Ipanema (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Romance
After her husband's disappearance, Maria Luiza opens a Bossa Nova club in defiance of her normally conservative demeanor.
Stars: Maria Casadevall, Pathy Dejesus, Mel Lisboa, Leandro Lima
Votes: 3,879
6. OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Another mission of world-known French secret agent leads him to exotic Brazil.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Rüdiger Vogler, Alex Lutz
Votes: 16,505 | Gross: $0.09M
7. River of Death (1989)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1965 a guide in the Amazon leads people to a lost city in search of a mad Nazi doctor.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Herbert Lom
Votes: 1,522 | Gross: $0.54M
8. Burnt Money (2000)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice
Votes: 6,849 | Gross: $0.24M
9. Reaching for the Moon (2013)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf, Marcello Airoldi
Votes: 3,569 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Four Days in September (1997)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History
Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Votes: 5,363 | Gross: $0.31M
11. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
106 min | Action, Comedy
In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the world sterile and repopulate it with his harem. UK spy, Susan Fleming, helps Kelly.
Directors: Henry Levin, Dino Maiuri | Stars: Mike Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 416
12. Deep Water (2006)
PG | 92 min | Documentary, History, Sport
A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
Directors: Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Donald Crowhurst, Ted Hynds, Robin Knox-Johnston
Votes: 3,303 | Gross: $0.27M
13. The War Is Over (1966)
121 min | Drama, War
A middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté
Votes: 2,440
14. The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill, Shaun Evans, Andrea Corr
Votes: 1,506 | Gross: $0.14M
15. Chico Xavier (2010)
124 min | Biography, Drama
A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.
Director: Daniel Filho | Stars: Natalia Soutto, Nelson Xavier, Ângelo Antônio, Matheus Costa
Votes: 1,942
16. OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Rio de Janeiro to investigate an organization developing a mysterious drug which is capable of completely controlling anyone injected with it.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Frederick Stafford, Mylène Demongeot, Raymond Pellegrin, Perrette Pradier
Votes: 433
17. Cinco vezes Favela (1962)
92 min | Drama
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Directors: Miguel Borges, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Carlos Diegues, Marcos Farias, Leon Hirszman | Stars: Isabella, Flávio Migliaccio, Henrique Montes, Waldir Fiori
Votes: 170
18. The Hustlers (1962)
100 min | Crime, Drama
This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the "cafajestes"). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady on a deserted beach. But things don't always happen as planned.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Norma Bengell, Hugo Carvana, Lucy de Carvalho, Germana de Lamare
Votes: 552
19. Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1966)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A womanizer suddenly finds a woman who makes him change the way he looks at women. He falls in love and believes she is, in fact, all women in one. Because of that, he faces an important ... See full summary »
Director: Domingos de Oliveira | Stars: Leila Diniz, Paulo José, Flávio Migliaccio, Joana Fomm
Votes: 468
20. Tropicália (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as tropicália, and the struggle its artists ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Machado | Stars: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso
Votes: 650
21. Mengele: The Final Account (1995)
52 min | Documentary
The warrant for the arrest of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death" Dr. Josef Mengele was a catalog of horror. A look back of the crimes and life of the SS Doctor who sent 400,000 people to the gas chambers in the pursuit of racial purification.
Director: Dan Setton | Stars: Ruth Elias, Marc Berkowith, Josef Kleinman, Lea Huber
Votes: 15
22. Anos Rebeldes (1992– )
296 min | Drama
Miniseries about Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s, when a politically-engaged student falls in love with a left-wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 ... See full summary »
Stars: Malu Mader, José Wilker, Cláudia Abreu, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 234
23. Friendly Fire (1998)
76 min | Drama
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends... See full summary »
Director: Beto Brant | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Helio Lahal, Zécarlos Machado, Cacá Amaral
Votes: 412
24. Banana Split (1988)
99 min | Comedy
In 1964, a group of young people from Rio de Janeiro spend a summer in Petrópolis, an uphill resort town, where they have a good time, including adventures and romance.
Director: Paulo Sérgio de Almeida | Stars: André Di Mauro, Myrian Rios, Tamara Taxman, Otávio Augusto
Votes: 48
25. Cárcere Privado (2012)
20 min | Short, History
Decio is hunted down by the military dictatorship and skulk himself in the apartment of Bianca, where he has to keep absolute silence when she goes out to work.
Directors: Oscar R. Júnior, Melissa Lipinski | Stars: Marcello Trigo, Gláucia Grígolo, Raul Ferreira, Luigi Cutolo
26. É Preciso Não Ter Medo: Relatos de Carlos Marighella (2005 Video)
31 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Silvia Luisa Melo, Tayra Vasconcelos | Stars: Takao Amano, Frei Beto, Clara Charf, Maria Aparecida de Aquino
Votes: 42
27. Cigano (2008)
16 min | Short, Drama
César is a black boy who ends up living with a white mid-class family in the 60s, causing distinct reactions among its members. The contact with a group of gypsies in town encourages him to leave home.
Director: Eduardo Mattos | Stars: Alcina Andreo, Lilian Blanc, Naruna Costa, Gabriela Hess
Votes: 15
28. Amor en campo minado (1987)
Drama
Director: Pastor Vega | Stars: Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llauradó, Omar Valdés, Lili Rentería
29. After the Fox (2000)
4 min | Musical, Short
Images of Brazilian beaches and boys are set to the music of Burt Bacarach.
Director: Duda Leite
Votes: 11
30.
New Discourses (2020– )
Marcuse's Subverting Forces in Transition
(2021 Podcast Episode)
151 min
James Lindsay discusses the third part of Herbert Marcuse's 1969 essay, "An Essay on Liberation."
Star: James Lindsay
31.
Invisible Wars (2021)
Episode:
The Superbug Era
(2021)
Documentary
Dr Norman Swan speaks with leading doctors and scientists from around the world sounding the alarm about superbugs, a microbial threat that many predict will be worse than the COVID-19 pandemic.
Director: Emma Watts | Stars: Mark Blaskovich, Thomas Borody, Matt Cooper, Christopher Coulter