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1. Marighella (2019)
155 min | Action, Drama, History
Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
Director: Wagner Moura | Stars: Seu Jorge, Bruno Gagliasso, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Humberto Carrão
Votes: 56,057
2. Bacurau (2019)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima
Votes: 30,713
3. Aquarius (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama
Clara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão
Votes: 20,770 | Gross: $0.29M
4. Neighboring Sounds (2012)
Unrated | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Ana Rita Gurgel, Caio Almeida, Maeve Jinkings, Dida Maia
Votes: 8,753 | Gross: $0.03M
5. The Second Mother (2015)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
Director: Anna Muylaert | Stars: Regina Casé, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila
Votes: 16,727 | Gross: $0.38M
6. The Man Who Copied (2003)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Brazilian photocopier operator falls in love with a girl who lives in an opposite house and spends his evenings looking at her through his binoculars.
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani, Pedro Cardoso
Votes: 11,249 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2004)
87 min | Adventure, Comedy
Éder is arrested when he confesses to killing a man. Duca, Éder's nephew, is only 15, but decides to prove his uncle's innocence, since he is sure that his uncle is assuming the crime in order to get his girlfriend out of prison.
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Darlan Cunha, Sophia Reis, Lázaro Ramos, Deborah Secco
Votes: 2,977
8. 2 Filhos de Francisco: A História de Zezé di Camargo & Luciano (2005)
132 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
Director: Breno Silveira | Stars: Ângelo Antônio, Dira Paes, Márcio Kieling, Thiago Mendonça
Votes: 6,255
9. Se Eu Fosse Você (2006)
108 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Publicist Claudio and homemaker/choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they don't understand or respect each other's feelings or viewpoints. Claudio sees Helena as a ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Filho | Stars: Tony Ramos, Glória Pires, Thiago Lacerda, Glória Menezes
Votes: 5,786
10. Se Eu Fosse Você 2 (2009)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.
Director: Daniel Filho | Stars: Glória Pires, Tony Ramos, Isabelle Drummond, Cássio Gabus Mendes
Votes: 3,214
11. Amarelo Manga (2002)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama
Short stories revolving around a bar and a hotel in Recife, unveil a mosaic of exotic characters living in the Brazilian underground.
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Leona Cavalli, Dira Paes
Votes: 2,447
12. Tattoo (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
The romance between a 18-year-old soldier and the cultural ringleader of an anarchist cabaret.
Director: Hilton Lacerda | Stars: Maria de Jesus Baccarelli, Jesuíta Barbosa, Ariclenes Barroso, Arthur Canavarro
Votes: 2,173
13. 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: 554
14. The Edge of Democracy (2019)
TV-14 | 121 min | Documentary, History
Political documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, Sergio Moro
Votes: 15,734
15. The Great Mystical Circus (2018)
105 min | Drama
Follows a century in the lives of the Knieps, an Austrian family of circus owners.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Nuno Lopes, Mariana Ximenes, Dawid Ogrodnik
Votes: 636
16. Entranced Earth (1967)
111 min | Drama
In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha
Votes: 3,582
17. Pendular (2017)
108 min | Drama, Romance
The loving relationship between a sculptor and a dancer.
Director: Júlia Murat | Stars: Raquel Karro, Rodrigo Bolzan, Neto Machado, Marcio Vito
Votes: 544
18. 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: 13,001
19. Elite Squad (2007)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 110,385 | Gross: $0.01M
20. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
R | 120 min | Drama
A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy
Votes: 17,360 | Gross: $17.04M
21. Invisible Life (2019)
R | 139 min | Drama
Kept apart by a terrible lie and a conservative society, two sisters born in Rio de Janeiro make their way through life each believing the other is living out her dreams half a world away.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Julia Stockler, Carol Duarte, Flávia Gusmão, António Fonseca
Votes: 9,674
22. Central Station (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira
Votes: 42,351 | Gross: $5.60M
23. 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: 3,570 | Gross: $0.04M
24. Carandiru (2003)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama
Stories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Enrique Diaz, Wagner Moura, Caio Blat, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 21,953 | Gross: $0.21M
25. Pixote (1980)
TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama
The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino
Votes: 9,243
26. Rat Fever (2011)
110 min | Drama
Zizo (Irandhir Santos) é um poeta inconformado e anarquista, que banca a publicação de seu tablóide. Em seu mundo próprio, onde o sexo é algo tão corriqueiro quanto fumar maconha, ele ... See full synopsis »
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Irandhir Santos, Juliano Cazarré, Matheus Nachtergaele, Tânia Granussi
Votes: 1,446
27. A Wolf at the Door (2013)
Unrated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journey to the dark cutting edge of desires, lies and wickedness of a love triangle, from the moment a child is mysteriously kidnapped.
Director: Fernando Coimbra | Stars: Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz, Fabiula Nascimento, Tamara Taxman
Votes: 5,166
28. Loop (II) (2020)
98 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Daniel (Gagliasso), a physicist, becomes obsessed with time travel in an attempt to save his murdered girlfriend.
Director: Bruno Bini | Stars: Bruno Gagliasso, Branca Messina, Bia Arantes, Nikolas Antunes
Votes: 294
29. Bicho de Sete Cabeças (2000)
74 min | Drama
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs... See full summary »
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos, Cássia Kis, Dani Nefussi
Votes: 6,379
30. 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: 5,373 | Gross: $0.31M
31. Madame Satã (2002)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques
Votes: 3,157 | Gross: $0.20M
32. Angels of the Sun (2006)
92 min | Drama
In 2002, 12-year-old Maria, living in dire poverty with her family, is sold by her fisherman father to prostitute recruiter Seu Tadeu, who takes her to a low-class brothel in the Amazon ... See full summary »
Director: Rudi Lagemann | Stars: Antonio Calloni, Otávio Augusto, Darlene Glória, Vera Holtz
Votes: 1,130
33. Venice (2019)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Gringa owns a brothel in Brazil's countryside. Blind and sick, her last wish is to go to Venice to ask for forgiveness to the only man she ever loved whom she abandoned years before.
Directors: Miguel Falabella, Hsu Chien Hsin | Stars: Carmen Maura, Dira Paes, Eduardo Moscovis, Carol Castro
Votes: 153
34. Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli
Votes: 1,951
35. The Clown (2011)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Father and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Selton Mello, Paulo José, Larissa Manoela, Giselle Motta
Votes: 5,471
36. Antonio das Mortes (1969)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 2,282
37. Barren Lives (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Votes: 2,912
38. Love for Sale (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, João Miguel
Votes: 2,112 | Gross: $0.01M
39. The Given Word (1962)
98 min | Drama
A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey
Votes: 3,941
40. All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)
102 min | Drama
Rich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio
Votes: 631
41. O Cheiro do Ralo (2006)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals--as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.
Director: Heitor Dhalia | Stars: Selton Mello, Paula Braun, Paulo Alves, Suzana Alves
Votes: 5,518
42. Loveling (2018)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Irene has only a few days to surpass the anxiety and discover a new strength before sending her eldest son away to the world.
Director: Gustavo Pizzi | Stars: Karine Teles, Otávio Müller, Adriana Esteves, Konstantinos Sarris
Votes: 1,679
43. Casa de Areia (2005)
R | 115 min | Drama
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge
Votes: 3,273 | Gross: $0.53M
44. The Movie of My Life (2017)
113 min | Drama
Young Tony decides to return to his hometown. There, he discovers his father has returned to France claiming to miss his friends and country of origin. Tony ends up becoming a teacher, and finds himself amid conflicts and inexperience.
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Selton Mello, Johnny Massaro, Bruna Linzmeyer
Votes: 2,059
45. Hour of the Star (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens... See full summary »
Director: Suzana Amaral | Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman, Fernanda Montenegro
Votes: 1,437
46. Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo (2009)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
A geologist is sent to an isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil to survey water sources, but begins to feel a a sense of abandonment and loneliness.
Directors: Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes | Star: Irandhir Santos
Votes: 1,180
47. The Bandit (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
Director: Lima Barreto | Stars: Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico
Votes: 704
48. Nise: The Heart of Madness (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist in Brazil who treated her patients with art instead of electroshock therapy.
Director: Roberto Berliner | Stars: Glória Pires, Luciana Fregolente, Simone Mazzer, Fabrício Boliveira
Votes: 2,587
49. Long Way Home (2018)
113 min | Drama
In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for ... See full summary »
Director: André Novais Oliveira | Stars: Grace Passô, Russo Apr, Rejane Faria, Hélio Ricardo
Votes: 813
50. João, o Maestro (2017)
117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
João Carlos Martins was a child with serious health problems. Because of this, he had a reclusive childhood. But one day, the piano came into his life. He arises as a stubborn boy who, in a... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Lima | Stars: Alexandre Nero, Davi Campolongo, João Pedro Germano, Rodrigo Pandolfo
Votes: 336
51. Pacarrete (2019)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Pacarrete, an old, crazy ballet dancer from Russas, Brazil, just wants to keep her dreams alive.
Director: Allan Deberton | Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, João Miguel, Zezita Matos, Soia Lira
Votes: 318
52. Araby (2017)
97 min | Drama
Andre is a young boy that lives in an industrial neighborhood in Ouro Preto, Brazil, near an old aluminum factory. One day he finds a notebook from one of the factory workers.
Directors: João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa | Stars: Aristides de Sousa, Murilo Caliari, Gláucia Vandeveld, Renata Cabral
Votes: 1,341 | Gross: $0.04M
53. The Man of the Year (2003)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Maiquel has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This little event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which Maiquel goes from nobody to hero to outlaw--all in 24 hours.
Director: José Henrique Fonseca | Stars: Murilo Benício, Cláudia Abreu, Natália Lage, Jorge Dória
Votes: 3,108
54. Me You Them (2000)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Regina Casé, Lima Duarte, Stênio Garcia, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 1,871 | Gross: $0.32M
55. The Guns (1964)
80 min | Drama
In an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Átila Iório, Nelson Xavier, Maria Gladys, Leonidas Bayer
Votes: 738
56. Baile Perfumado (1996)
93 min | Drama, Western
A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to take pictures of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian outlaw, kind of a tropical Robin Hood.
Directors: Paulo Caldas, Lírio Ferreira | Stars: Duda Mamberti, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Aramis Trindade, Chico Díaz
Votes: 507
57. Sertânia (2018)
97 min | Drama, Western
When bandits take Sertânia town, Antão gets wounded, arrested and left to die. The events are projected by fever dreams from Antão's delirious mind.
Director: Geraldo Sarno | Stars: Vertin Moura, Julio Adrião, Kecia Prado, Lourinelson Vladmir
Votes: 181
58. Gonzaga: From Father to Son (2012)
120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Brazilian popular singer Luiz Gonzaga and his son Gonzaguinha.
Director: Breno Silveira | Stars: Adélio Lima, Chambinho do Acordeon, Land Vieira, Júlio Andrade
Votes: 1,448
59. Chega de Saudade (2007)
95 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In an old-time dance hall (the "gafieira") in São Paulo, one evening is all it takes to meet different characters as they remember the past, live the present, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, naturally, dance.
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Tônia Carrero, Cássia Kis, Betty Faria
Votes: 504
60. The History of Eternity (2014)
121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The History of Eternity is a synesthetic essay about love, desires and dreams. The entire narrative takes place in the same village with approximately 40 inhabitants in a desert landscape, ... See full summary »
Director: Camilo Cavalcante | Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, Leonardo França, Débora Ingrid, Claudio Jaborandy
Votes: 548
61. The Kiss (1981)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the body in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. The opportunist scum photographer Amado Pinheiro ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Tarcísio Meira, Ney Latorraca, Lídia Brondi, Christiane Torloni
Votes: 444
62. My Own Private Hell (2018)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
In a bar called Inferninho, the staff dream of escape. A handsome sailor with a dream of finding home arrives.
Directors: Pedro Diogenes, Guto Parente | Stars: Yuri Yamamoto, Demick Lopes, Samya De Lavor, Rafael Martins
Votes: 333
63. Durval Discos (2002)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Muylaert | Stars: Ary França, Etty Fraser, Isabela Guasco, Marisa Orth
Votes: 1,265
64. Young Polacas (2019)
96 min | Drama, History
The story of the famous "Polacas", Jewish women deceived into prostitution in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1900's. Ricardo interviews Mrs. Mira, who struggles to bring back memories from her mother's past as a Polaca.
Director: Alex Levy-Heller | Stars: Jacqueline Laurence, Emílio Orciollo Netto, Lorena Castanheira, Thierry Tremouroux
Votes: 43
65. Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)
135 min | Drama
A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Rezende | Stars: Paulo Betti, Malu Mader, Othon Bastos, Michael Byrne
Votes: 514
66. O Homem que Virou Suco (1980)
97 min | Drama
São Paulo police mistakenly thinks a folk poet and singer is the same man who had stabbed his boss.
Director: João Batista de Andrade | Stars: José Dumont, Aldo Bueno, Rafael de Carvalho, Ruthinéa de Moraes
Votes: 392
67. Um Dia Com Jerusa (2020)
74 min | Drama
"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-... See full summary »
Director: Viviane Ferreira | Stars: Léa Garcia, Débora Marçal, Antonio Pitanga, Thaís Cabral
Votes: 64
68. A Máquina (2005)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karina has 2 dreams: to become an actress & to see the world. Antonio is in love with her. He promises to bring the world to "Nordestina", a village in the sticks of Brazil. This backwater ... See full summary »
Director: João Falcão | Stars: Paulo Autran, Gustavo Falcão, Mariana Ximenes, Lázaro Ramos
Votes: 618
69. Meteoro (2006)
117 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In the early 1960's, a group of people responsible for the construction of the Brasilia-Fortaleza road is abandoned in the middle of the jungle by the Brazilian government, after the military coup.
Director: Diego de la Texera | Stars: Lucci Ferreira, María Dulce Saldanha, Pietro Mário, Daisy Granados
Votes: 108
70. Que Bom Te Ver Viva (1989)
100 min | Drama, History
Half-documental independent film about torture against women in Brazilian military dictatorship. Ravache is both a nameless narrator and main character.
Director: Lúcia Murat | Stars: Irene Ravache, Criméia Almeida, Estrela Bohadana, Maria do Carmo Brito
Votes: 206
71. Homem Livre (2017)
84 min | Drama
After spending years in prison for a crime that shocked the country, a former rock star finds refuge in a humble evangelical church. All he wants is to be forgotten, but his past comes back to haunt him.
Director: Alvaro Furloni | Stars: Armando Babaioff, Flavio Bauraqui, Rosanne Mulholland, Thuany Andrade
Votes: 42
72. The Best Things in the World (2010)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Mano has to deal with adolescence dilemmas and his family destruction, after his father leaves their house.
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Francisco Miguez, Denise Fraga, Fiuk, Zécarlos Machado
Votes: 1,660
73. Good Luck (2014)
90 min | Drama
João is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There, he meets Judite and falls in love. The problem is that she does not have much time to live and they know it. This shall not prevent a great romance in the clinic.
Director: Carolina Jabor | Stars: Deborah Secco, João Pedro Zappa, Fernanda Montenegro, Cássia Kis
Votes: 755
74. Riocorrente (2013)
79 min | Drama
Marcelo is a journalist. Carlos is a former car-thief. Renata is a woman torn apart by two relationships as diverse as her desires. Exu is the ever becoming.
Director: Paulo Sacramento | Stars: Lee Taylor, Simone Iliescu, Roberto Audio, Vinicius Dos Anjos
Votes: 125
75. The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (2010)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.
Director: Sergio Machado | Stars: Mariana Ximenes, Paulo José, Othon Bastos, Vladimir Brichta
Votes: 571
76. Jules and Dolores (2016)
90 min | Comedy, History
Rio de Janeiro, 1983. in order to pay off his gambling debts and to please the love of his life, Peralta and his happy-go-lucky buddy Borracha decided to commit a striking heist. Curiously ... See full summary »
Director: Caito Ortiz | Stars: Paulo Tiefenthaler, Taís Araújo, Danilo Grangheia, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 640
77. The Trace We Leave Behind (2017)
90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young physician coordinating the transfer of patients between state-run hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro struggles with a mystery: a patient goes missing one night and completely ... See full summary »
Director: J.C. Feyer | Stars: Leandra Leal, Cláudia Abreu, Rafael Cardoso, Alice Wegmann
Votes: 397
78. Something Like That (2017)
81 min | Drama
Caio and Mari are two young adults whose relationship is beyond any definition. Throughout 10 years, the plot transits among 3 striking moments in which their desires are in conflict and their relationship is put to the test.
Directors: Mariana Bastos, Esmir Filho | Stars: Caroline Abras, André Antunes, Clemens Schick, Knut Berger
Votes: 147
79. Liquid Truth (2017)
87 min | Drama
A boy's parents accuse a swimming teacher of abusing one of his students.
Director: Carolina Jabor | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Marco Ricca, Malu Galli, Stella Rabello
Votes: 1,057
80. The Trial (2018)
140 min | Documentary, History
The Trial documents the trial of Dilma Rousseff, focusing on the defense team, who struggles to prove her innocence against a majority vote by a Congress riddled with corruption. A tale of ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Ramos | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Jair Bolsonaro, José Eduardo Cardozo, Eduardo Cunha
Votes: 1,476
81. Moon in Sagittarius (2016)
100 min | Adventure, Romance
It's a movie about a young couple traveling across the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, meeting new people, living different experiences and fighting old-fashioned values along the way. ... See full summary »
Director: Marcia Paraiso | Stars: Andréa Buzato, Manuela Campagna, Chico Caprario, Avito Correa
Votes: 65
82. Unremember (2018)
96 min | Drama
In 1979 a teenage girl emigrates back to Brazil from Paris, plunging her into the political and social storm of that country, and forcing her to confront the disappearance of her father many years earlier.
Director: Flávia Castro | Stars: Jeanne Boudier, Sara Antunes, Eliane Giardini, Julián Marras
Votes: 405
83. O Juízo (2019)
99 min | Drama, Mystery
A man facing several crisis in his life after losing his job and dealing with alcoholism decides to move to a farm, owned by his grandfather. Followed by his wife and child, the turmoil in ... See full summary »
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Carol Castro, Lima Duarte, Kênia Bárbara
Votes: 118
84. Three Summers (2019)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way as her employers are caught in major corruption scandals.
Director: Sandra Kogut | Stars: Regina Casé, Rogério Fróes, Gisele Fróes, Jéssica Ellen
Votes: 606
85. Reflections of a Blender (2010)
80 min | Comedy, Thriller
Elvira's blender tells her story with her husband, Onofre, who's gone missing, and makes reflections about life.
Director: André Klotzel | Stars: Ana Lúcia Torre, Germano Haiut, Selton Mello, Fabiula Nascimento
Votes: 1,031
86. Music for Bleeding Hearts (2019)
102 min | Romance
Three hearts about to break.
Director: Rafael Gomes | Stars: Caio Horowicz, Mayara Constantino, Victor Mendes, Ícaro Silva
Votes: 151
87. Crítico (2008)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
70 critics and filmmakers discuss cinema from the age old conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. From 1998 to 2007, Kleber Mendonça Filho has collected ... See full summary »
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Cláudio Assis, Sophie Avon, Karim Aïnouz, Hector Babenco
Votes: 212
88. Simonal (2018)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A spectacular rise and a hard fall. So it can be resumed the life of Simonal. Phenomenon of popularity in the 1960s, Simonal saw his meteoric career fall apart when he was accused of collaborating with the dictatorship.
Director: Leonardo Domingues | Stars: Fabrício Boliveira, Isis Valverde, Leandro Hassum, Caco Ciocler
Votes: 521
89. Dead Volume (2019)
80 min | Drama
A young teacher sensitizes herself to the strange case of Gustavo, the "MUTE".
Directors: Bruno Autran, Kauê Telloli | Stars: Daniel Infantini, Júlia Rabello, Fernanda Vasconcellos, Fernanda Viacava
Votes: 130
90. Joelma 23º Andar (1980)
80 min | Drama
The after-life journey of a young woman, the youngest in her spiritualist family, after she perishes in the disastrous Joelma building fire in 1974.
Director: Clery Cunha | Stars: Beth Goulart, Liana Duval, Carlos Marques, Ed Carlos
Votes: 103
91. Domingo (2018)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
January 1st, 2003. As Brazil celebrates President Lula's historic investiture, two middle-class provincial families from Rio Grande do Sul gather in an old, poorly maintained house, around ... See full summary »
Directors: Fellipe Barbosa, Clara Linhart | Stars: Clemente Viscaíno, Michael Wahrmann, Martha Nowill, Augusto Madeira
Votes: 205
92. Alice Júnior (2019)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
The first kiss of a transgender teenager.
Director: Gil Baroni | Stars: Anna Celestino Mota, Emmanuel Rosset, Thaís Schier, Surya Amitrano
Votes: 642
93. Sick, Sick, Sick (2019)
104 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An introspective young girl falls for the new boy in class, an outcast who is also a hemophiliac.
Director: Alice Furtado | Stars: Sílvia Buarque, Luiza Kosovski, Lourenço Mutarelli, Ismar Tirelli Neto
Votes: 167
94. Once There Was Brasilia (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A dystopian reflection on the current Brazilian political climate since the dismissal of President Rousseff, through two renegade characters waiting for redemption in the city of Brazilia.
Director: Adirley Queirós | Stars: Wellington Abreu, Marquim do Tropa, Andreia Vieira, Franklin Ferreira
Votes: 229
95. Excelentissimos (2018)
152 min | Documentary
During 2016, a film crew embeds inside the Brazilian Congress while lawmakers plot to overthrow the country's elected president, Dilma Rousseff.
Director: Douglas Duarte | Stars: Jair Bolsonaro, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, José Eduardo Cardozo, Eduardo Cunha
Votes: 189
96. We 3 (2011)
TV-14 | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Three young people arrive from different parts of the country to go to college in Sao Paulo. On their first day there, a strange and intense attraction unites them. Together, they rent an ... See full summary »
Director: Nando Olival | Stars: Gabriel Godoy, Victor Mendes, Juliana Schalch, Sophia Reis
Votes: 743
97. A Febre (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Justino, a 45-year-old Desana native, is a security guard at the Manaus harbor. As his daughter prepares to study medicine in Brasilia, Justino is taken over by a mysterious fever.
Director: Maya Da-Rin | Stars: Regis Myrupu, Rosa Peixoto, Johnatan Sodré, Edmildo Vaz Pimentel
Votes: 727
98. M-8 (2019)
84 min | Drama
Maurício joined the Federal University of Medicine. In his first anatomy class he meets M8.
Director: Jeferson De | Stars: Juan Paiva, Raphael Logam, Mariana Nunes, Giulia Gayoso
Votes: 776
99. 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: 470
100. A Frente Fria que a Chuva Traz (2015)
80 min | Drama
A group of playboys organize the last party of the year in a slum before the change in weather.
Director: Neville de Almeida | Stars: Bruna Linzmeyer, Johnny Massaro, Chay Suede, Michel Melamed
Votes: 284
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