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1. José and Pilar (2010)
117 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Nobel Prize Winner José Saramago and his feelings over his wife, his country and life, as a whole.
Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mendes | Stars: João Afonso, Àngels Barceló, Pilar del Río, Juan Echanove
Votes: 2,489
2. In Vanda's Room (2000)
Not Rated | 171 min | Drama
The film follows the daily life of Vanda Duarte, a heroin addict in Lisbon, and the community she lives in.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vanda Duarte, Lena Duarte, Zita Duarte, Manuel Gomes Miranda
Votes: 1,731
3. God's Comedy (1995)
170 min | Comedy, Drama
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Raquel Ascensão
Votes: 1,393
4. Disquiet (2010)
90 min | Drama
A room in Lisbon. A man dreams and establishes a theory to make it come true. This film is based on The Book of Disquiet , the posthumous work of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. It ... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Cláudio da Silva, Pedro Lamares, Ricardo Aibéo, Suzie Peterson
Votes: 478
5. Aniki Bóbó (1942)
71 min | Drama, Family
The story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River. A gang of very young kids has just accepted a new member, Carlitos, a shy boy who has "played it tough... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Nascimento Fernandes, Vital dos Santos, António Palma, Armando Pedro
Votes: 1,886
6. The Mutants (1998)
113 min | Drama
Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares
Votes: 651
7. Tabu (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes, Hortêncílio Aquina, Américo Mota
Votes: 7,422
8. Recollections of the Yellow House (1989)
122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor idiot, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Ruy Furtado, Teresa Calado
Votes: 1,418
9. The Spousals of God (1999)
150 min | Comedy
After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Rita Durão, João César Monteiro, Joana Azevedo, José Airosa
Votes: 780
10. Labor on the Douro River (1931)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Votes: 766
11. Belarmino (1964)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Interview with a has-been boxing champion «who could have been great», probing, and soul revealing.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Belarmino Fragoso, Jean Pierre Gebler, Maria Teresa de Noronha, Bernardo Moreira
Votes: 476
12. Jaime (1974)
35 min | Short, Documentary
A documentary about a deceased psychiatric patient, Jaime Fernandes.
Director: António Reis | Stars: Evangelina Gil Delgado, Jaime Fernandes
Votes: 229
13. Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
Not Rated | 147 min | Music, Romance
Docu-drama about Portuguese social life in the countryside during the busy month of August
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho, Andreia Santos
Votes: 1,824
14. Colossal Youth (2006)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
With the destruction of Fontainhas nearly complete, the old man Ventura wanders around a bleak housing project and the ruins of the slums, meeting with his kids and old friends.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta
Votes: 1,743
15. Ossos (1997)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Votes: 1,734
16. Blood (1989)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don't seem to remember their mother, and are very... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira, Inês de Medeiros, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 1,157
17. Down to Earth (1994)
110 min | Drama
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Inês de Medeiros, Isaach De Bankolé, Edith Scob, Pedro Hestnes
Votes: 1,099
18. Noite Escura (2004)
94 min | Drama, Crime
"Noite Escura" is a disturbing movie about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Cleia Almeida
Votes: 613
19. Arena (I) (2009)
15 min | Short, Drama
A young man under house arrest spends his time in the best way he can by making some tattoos. His relative peace is strangely disturbed when he's attacked and robbed by three kids from the ... See full summary »
Director: João Salaviza | Stars: Carloto Cotta, Rodrigo Madeira, Rafael Sardo, Cláudio Rosa
Votes: 598
20. Rafa (2012)
25 min | Short, Drama
Director: João Salaviza | Stars: Rodrigo Perdigão, Joana de Verona, Nuno Bernardo, Nuno Porfírio
Votes: 321
21. Vai~E~Vem (2003)
175 min | Comedy, Drama
João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau, Manuela de Freitas
Votes: 731
22. Veneno Cura (2008)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Raquel Freire | Stars: Margarida Carvalho, Sofia Marques, Sandra Rosado, Miguel Moreira
Votes: 105
23. Os Verdes Anos (1963)
91 min | Drama, Romance
19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Rui Gomes, Isabel Ruth, Ruy Furtado, Paulo Renato
Votes: 942
24. Ganhar a Vida (2001)
115 min | Drama
During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris. Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, ... See full summary »
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga, Alda Gomes
Votes: 160
25. A Janela (Maryalva Mix) (2001)
104 min | Comedy
Director: Edgar Pêra | Stars: Lúcia Sigalho, Manuel João Vieira, Nuno Melo, Miguel Borges
Votes: 152
26. O Cerco (1970)
111 min | Drama
A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl, who leaves her husband to search for her true identity. She doesn't quite know what she wants, but ... See full summary »
Director: António da Cunha Telles | Stars: Maria Cabral, Miguel Franco, Ruy de Carvalho, Mário Jacques
Votes: 134
27. Suicídio Encomendado (2007)
90 min | Comedy
Picture yourself at home... The phone rings and they try to sell you something - the usual idiots... Only this time they're selling you a suicide, your ordered suicide. This is what ... See full summary »
Director: Artur Serra Araújo | Stars: João Fino, José Wallenstein, Neuza, Eloy Monteiro
Votes: 138
28. Páre, Escute, Olhe (2009)
100 min | Documentary
Director: Jorge Pelicano | Stars: Abílio Ovilheiro, Pedro Couteiro, Acácio Amaral, Pedro Fernandes
Votes: 206
29. Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço (1970)
34 min | Short, Drama
The tribulations of two friends who, in despair, start begging from door-to-door, and are given a bundle including, literally, a pair of deadman's shoes.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Antónia Brandão, Carlos Ferreiro, Carlos Porto, Elsa Figueiredo
Votes: 143
30. The Two Soldiers (1979)
25 min | Short, Drama
Two former peasants, currently soldiers, traverse the region of Trás-os-Montes.
Director: João César Monteiro
Votes: 69
31. O Fantasma (2000)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid ... See full summary »
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Votes: 3,970 | Gross: $0.13M
32. The Murmuring Coast (2004)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Lidia Jorge.
Director: Margarida Cardoso | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Duarte, Monica Calle, Adriano Luz
Votes: 312
33. Jaime (1999)
111 min | Drama
A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: Saúl Fonseca, Fernanda Serrano, Joaquim Leitão, Sandro Silva
Votes: 1,239
34. Zona J (1998)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Tó is a black boy from Zona J, a tough neighborhood in Lisbon, and falls in love with a white girl, Carla. Tó dreams to live in Angola, where his parents were born, however the reality the two teens are in makes everything complicated.
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Félix Fontoura, Nuria Madruga, Milton Spencer, Edson Silva
Votes: 996
35. Efeitos Secundários (2011)
97 min | Drama
Director: Paulo Rebelo | Stars: Maria João Luís, Rita Martins, Nuno Lopes, Nuno Gil
Votes: 45
36. The Last Dive (1992)
88 min | Drama
Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing, giving him a hot meal and bringing him to ... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Fabienne Babe, Canto e Castro, Francesca Prandi, Rita Blanco
Votes: 336
37. The Other One (1981)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
Votes: 106
38. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1969)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: João César Monteiro | Star: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Votes: 162
39. 6 Bagatelas (2001 Video)
18 min | Short, Documentary
This short subject consists of six outtakes from the 2001 feature Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie about the editing sessions of Straub and Huillet on their film Sicilia.
Directors: Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas | Stars: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Votes: 96
40. Blood of My Blood (2011)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rita Blanco, Anabela Moreira, Cleia Almeida, Rafael Morais
Votes: 2,035
41. Change of Life (1966)
94 min | Drama
After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. He makes advances towards his sister-in-law, but she turns him down. ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Isabel Ruth, Maria Barroso, João Guedes
Votes: 445
42. Uma Abelha na Chuva (1972)
75 min | Drama
A married couple of rich and depressed noblemen destroy the lives of their servants out of spite.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Laura Soveral, João Guedes, Zita Duarte, Ruy Furtado
Votes: 279
43. O Pintor e a Cidade (1956)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A painter wanders around the city of Oporto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in the factories, children playing.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Star: António Cruz
Votes: 248
44. É na Terra não é na Lua (2011)
180 min | Documentary, History
Documentary about the ordinary life of an isolated civilization in the middle of the ocean, on Corvo Island.
Director: Gonçalo Tocha | Stars: Dídio Pestana, Gonçalo Tocha
Votes: 193
45. O Barão (2011)
105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The story of a vampire who terrorized the inhabitants of a mountainous region.
Director: Edgar Pêra | Stars: Marina Albuquerque, Marcos Barbosa, Vítor Correia, Leonor Keil
Votes: 321
46. Horse Money (2014)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama
"The time is now, a numbing and timeless present of hospital stays, bureaucratic questioning, and wandering through remembered spaces... and suddenly it is also then, the mid '70s and the ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Ventura, Vitalina Varela, Tito Furtado, Benvindo Tavares
Votes: 1,952
47. Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, Romance
Continuation of the Arabian Nights stories by the structure were adapted to modern life in Portugal in three innings and the third chapter "The Owners of Dixie" has three chapters.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Joana de Verona
Votes: 1,572 | Gross: $0.01M
48. Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
The final trilogy of adaptation of Arabian Nights story by the structure in Portugal modern life between 2013-2014 in three chapters.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Américo Silva, Amar Bounachada, Lionel Franc
Votes: 1,281 | Gross: $0.00M
49. Fragile as the World (2001)
90 min | Drama, Romance
An impossible love. Two young people in love. Vera and John can't find a space nor time, nor identity in this life that can solve this love. Apparently everything is beneficial to them, ... See full summary »
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes | Stars: Maria Gonçalves, Bruno Terra, Sophie Balabanian, Carlos Ferreira
Votes: 354
50. Acto da Primavera (1963)
94 min | Drama
Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, since and according to a 16th text.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Nicolau Nunes Da Silva, Ermelinda Pires, Maria Madalena, Amélia Chaves
Votes: 289
51. Domingo à Tarde (1965)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Reflections on life and death through the eyes of a medicine doctor, researcher on blood deseases, under the anguish of consulting a terminally ill young woman.
Director: António de Macedo | Stars: Isabel de Castro, Ruy de Carvalho, Isabel Ruth, Alexandre Passos
Votes: 101
52. Batrachian's Ballad (2016)
11 min | Documentary, Short
"Once upon a time, before people came along, all the creatures were free and able to be with one another", narrates the voiceover. "All the animals danced together and were immeasurably ... See full summary »
Director: Leonor Teles
Votes: 327
53. Montanha (2015)
88 min | Drama
A visually intense and poetic coming-of-age film portrays the fourteen-years-old David who is forced to become the man of the house while his grandfather lives his last days in hospital.
Director: João Salaviza | Stars: David Mourato, Maria João Pinho, Rodrigo Perdigão, Cheyenne Domingues
Votes: 494
54. The Nothing Factory (2017)
Not Rated | 177 min | Drama, Musical
One night, a group of workers discover their factory is being dismantled by the same administration that runs it. Quickly, the labourers organize themselves in order to occupy the plant.
Director: Pedro Pinho | Stars: José Smith Vargas, Carla Galvão, Njamy Sebastião, Joaquim Bichana Martins
Votes: 916
55. Damned Summer (2017)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Music
Idling afternoons, drugs, heartbreaks, psychedelic moods immersed in music. An adrenaline rush with Lisbon as the backdrop of a drifting youth.
Director: Pedro Cabeleira | Stars: Pedro Marujo, Lia Carvalho, Ana Valentim, Daniel Viana
Votes: 327
56. Ashore (2018)
80 min | Documentary
Ashore portrays the life of a singular fisherman in an ancient riverfront community near Lisbon. Divided between the quiet solitude of the river and the family ties that wash him ashore, ... See full summary »
Director: Leonor Teles
Votes: 170
57. A Canção de Lisboa (1933)
85 min | Comedy, Musical
After flunking in medical school, the young and bohemian Vasco need to trick his aunts, the main financers of his studies, preventing them to know that he is not a doctor.
Director: José Cottinelli Telmo | Stars: Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa, António Silva, Teresa Gomes
Votes: 1,526
58. Terra de ninguém (2012)
72 min | Documentary
A documentary encounter with the presence, history, and memories of an itinerant mercenary, this confrontational debut by Salomé Lamas is an intimate experience at once absorbing and terrifying.
Director: Salomé Lamas | Star: Paulo de Figueiredo
Votes: 164
59. Listen (II) (2020)
73 min | Drama
In the London suburbs, Bela and Jota face serious difficulties when "social services" raise concerns about the safety of their three children. The 7-year-old daughter's deafness triggers a process in the system that seems to go on forever.
Director: Ana Rocha | Stars: Lúcia Moniz, Sophia Myles, Ruben Garcia, Kiran Sonia Sawar
Votes: 2,086
60. Maria Papoila (I) (1937)
105 min | Comedy
A humble country girl moves to the city to work as a maid, eventually finding love and adventure.
Director: José Leitão de Barros | Stars: Mirita Casimiro, António Silva, Eduardo Fernandes, Alves da Costa
Votes: 90
61. Pôr do Sol (2021–2022)
Comedy
Love, passion, mystery, and betrayal mark the days of the Por do Sol estate. The Bourbon family from Linhaca owns the Por do Sol estate, but not everything is rosy.
Stars: Gabriela Barros, Diogo Amaral, Marco Delgado, Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Votes: 2,018
62. O Crime de Aldeia Velha (1964)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Set in a little remote village, where everyone is very religious and primitive, "O Crime de Aldeia Velha" (The crime of Aldeia Velha) tells the story of Joana, the most beautiful girl in ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Guimarães | Stars: Barbara Laage, Rogério Paulo, Mário Pereira, Rui Gomes
Votes: 99
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