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1. 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: 15,735
2. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça, Dinorah Brillanti
Votes: 3,334
3. 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
4. They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
120 min | Drama
Union leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Fernanda Montenegro, Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Bete Mendes
Votes: 1,824
5. Fados (2007)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Musical
A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Chico Buarque, Camané, Carminho, Carlos do Carmo
Votes: 824 | Gross: $0.13M
6. Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões (1981)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Four humble and goofy employees of a prominent circus, all of them with a natural comedic talent, rebel against their tyrannical boss and his unscrupulous illusionist assistant.
Director: J.B. Tanko | Stars: Renato Aragão, Dedé Santana, Mussum, Zacarias
Votes: 786
7. A Dona da História (2004)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities... What if she ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Filho | Stars: Marieta Severo, Débora Falabella, Antônio Fagundes, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 730
8. 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, Dawid Ogrodnik, Albano Jerónimo
Votes: 636
9. 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
10. Beyond Citizen Kane (1993 TV Movie)
93 min | Documentary
Details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group, the largest in Brazil, and discusses its influence, power and political connections.
Director: Simon Hartog | Stars: Leonel Brizola, Chico Buarque, Walter Clark, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Votes: 602
11. 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: 590
12. Budapest (2009)
113 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Carvalho | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Gabriella Hámori, Giovanna Antonelli, Roxana A. Balogh
Votes: 550
13. Vinicius (2005)
121 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about Brazilian songwriter and poet Vinicius de Moraes, showing his life, work, family, friends, and love-affairs.
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Ricardo Blat, M.S. Bom, Renato Braz
Votes: 526
14. The Oyster and the Wind (1997)
112 min | Fantasy, Drama
A fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter.
Director: Walter Lima Jr. | Stars: Lima Duarte, Fernando Torres, Leandra Leal, Floriano Peixoto
Votes: 464
15. Chico: Artista Brasileiro (2015)
70 min | Documentary
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Chico Buarque, Maria Bethânia, Lia Buarque, Adriana Calcanhotto
Votes: 429
16. Malandro (1985)
105 min | Comedy, Musical
In 1941, Brazilian government was aligned with Nazi movement, in spite of being against the popular desire. In Lapa (Rio de Janeiro), the rascal, pimp and smuggler Max Overseas explores the... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Edson Celulari, Claudia Ohana, Elba Ramalho, Fábio Sabag
Votes: 410
17. Uma Noite em 67 (2010)
85 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary which shows the greatness in the Festival de Música Popular Brasileira of 1967.
Directors: Ricardo Calil, Renato Terra | Stars: Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Edu Lobo
Votes: 403
18. CQC: Custe o Que Custar (2008–2015)
120 min | Comedy, News
The show is a Brazilian version of the "Caiga quien Caiga" of Argentina. A resume of the news of the week with comedy.
Stars: Marco Luque, Marcelo Tas, Oscar Filho, Felipe Andreoli
Votes: 376
19. Benjamim (2003)
109 min | Drama
Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the woman he loved was hiding with her guerilla... See full summary »
Director: Monique Gardenberg | Stars: Paulo José, Danton Mello, Cleo, Guilherme Leme
Votes: 325
20. Ed Mort (1997)
102 min | Comedy
A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.
Director: Alain Fresnot | Stars: Paulo Betti, Cláudia Abreu, Otávio Augusto, Ary Fontoura
Votes: 297
21. Cabra-Cega (2004)
107 min | Drama
A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.
Director: Toni Venturi | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Debora Duboc, Jonas Bloch, Michel Bercovitch
Votes: 282
22. Oscar Niemeyer: A Vida é um Sopro (2009)
90 min | Documentary
A documentary on the life, works and philosophy of a genius and a human being of unique "largesse d'esprit".
Director: Fabiano Maciel | Stars: Chico Buarque, Carlos Heitor Cony, Lúcio Costa, Eduardo Galeano
Votes: 244
23. Rio's Love Song (1994)
104 min | Drama
Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Catarina Abdalla, Karen Acioly, Carla Alexandar, Celso André
Votes: 244
24. Better Days Ahead (1989)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Marília Pêra, Paulo José, Zezé Motta, José Wilker
Votes: 231
25. Alvorada (2021)
90 min | Documentary
From an intimate point of view, the daily life of President Dilma Rousseff in her official residence, the Palácio do Alvorada, while awaiting the verdict of impeachment that ended up alienating the first woman president of Brazil.
Directors: Anna Muylaert, Lô Politi | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Jaques Wagner, Flávio Dino, José Eduardo Cardoso
Votes: 214
26. Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo (1973)
100 min | Comedy
Having come out recently from jail, a tramp decides to cheat a false millionaire, who only appears to be rich.
Director: Hugo Carvana | Stars: Hugo Carvana, Odete Lara, Paulo César Peréio, Valentina Godoy
Votes: 195
27. Tout le monde en parle (1998–2006)
210 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Thierry Ardisson, Laurent Baffie, Philippe Corti, Laurent Ruquier
Votes: 180
28. Estorvo (2000)
95 min | Drama
The journey of a middle-class amateur.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Bianca Byington, Susana Ribeiro, Leonor Arocha
Votes: 180
29. Golden Years (1986– )
275 min | Drama, Romance
Depicts the moral values of Rio de Janeiro's middle class in the 1950s as Lurdinha and Marcos fall in love at first sight, but her parents don't approve of the boy because his parents are ... See full summary »
Stars: Betty Faria, José de Abreu, Malu Mader, Felipe Camargo
Votes: 173
30. Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões: Rumo a Hollywood (2017)
99 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Since the ban on use of animals in circus shows, the Great Sumatra Circus faces a major financial crisis. Baron, who owns the circus, accepts unseemly proposals from the mayor to hold ... See full summary »
Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff | Stars: Renato Aragão, Dedé Santana, Roberto Guilherme, Letícia Colin
Votes: 158
31. Joanna Francesa (1973)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at Sao Paulo, and with him the frivolity of tea-parties ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Eliezer Gomes, Carlos Kroeber, Ney Santanna
Votes: 156
32. Água e Sal (2001)
117 min | Drama
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Galatea Ranzi, Joaquim de Almeida, Alexandre Pinto, Miguel Borges
Votes: 131
33. Fevereiros (2017)
75 min | Documentary
Mangueira is Brazil's most popular samba school. In 2016, it won the championship of the Carnival of Rio with a parade in homage to Maria Bethânia, the diva from Bahia, who has a 50-year ... See full summary »
Director: Marcio Debellian | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Mabel Velloso
Votes: 125
34. Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Almost fifty years ago, when she was very young and unknown, Mercedes Sosa broke the mould by drafting, together with other four young artists, the so-called "Manifesto del Nuevo Cancionero... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo H. Vila | Stars: Chico Buarque, Elba Bustelo, David Byrne, Luz Casenave
Votes: 120 | Gross: $0.00M
35. Quando o Carnaval Chegar (1972)
100 min | Musical
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds it isn't an easy task.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Chico Buarque, Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 113
36. O Homem que Engarrafava Nuvens (2009)
107 min | Documentary
Musical documentary chronicling the life and work of Humberto Teixeira: composer, lawyer, politician, and creator of copyright laws protecting Brazilian artists. Also known as "The Doctor ... See full summary »
Director: Lírio Ferreira | Stars: Ricardo Cravo Albin, Belchior, Maria Bethânia, Chico Buarque
Votes: 111
37. Amigo Secreto (2022)
131 min | Documentary
In 2019, the leakage of messages exchanged by authorities in Brazil undermines the credibility of Operation Lava Jato. A group of journalists follows the unfolding of the case, in a sequence of crises that puts Brazilian democracy at risk.
Director: Maria Ramos | Stars: Mônica Bergamo, Jair Bolsonaro, Marco Aurélio de Carvalho, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Votes: 108
38. Life and Death Severina (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
The saga of Severino, a poor guy living in the back country of Northeast Brazil, leaving for the big city of Recife, in search of a better life.
Director: Walter Avancini | Stars: Tânia Alves, Aidil Araújo, Aguinaldo Batista, Márcia Cabral
Votes: 107
39. Étoiles et toiles (1982–1986)
Documentary
Stars: Frédéric Mitterrand, Jean-Luc Godard, Clint Eastwood, Raoul Coutard
Votes: 106
40. Palavra (en)cantada (2008)
86 min | Documentary
A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a special look at the relationship between poetry and music.
Director: Helena Solberg | Stars: Arnaldo Antunes, Maria Bethânia, Gustavo Black Alien, Chico Buarque
Votes: 104
41. Pitanga (2017)
90 min | Documentary
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political, and existential journey of actor Antonio Pitanga who, directed by great directors such as Glauber Rocha, Carlos Diegues, and Walter ... See full summary »
Directors: Beto Brant, Camila Pitanga | Stars: Antonio Pitanga, Camila Pitanga, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia
Votes: 103
42. República dos Assassinos (1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama
In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Tarcísio Meira, Sandra Bréa, Anselmo Vasconcelos, Silvia Bandeira
Votes: 97
43. Se Segura, Malandro! (1978)
110 min | Comedy
Man has a clandestine radio station in a shantytown, and broadcasts the swindles happening in the city, at the same time running absurd contests with preposterous prizes.
Director: Hugo Carvana | Stars: Hugo Carvana, Denise Bandeira, Claudio Marzo, Lutero Luiz
Votes: 96
44. Perdoa-me Por Me Traíres (1980)
101 min | Drama
Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a ... See full summary »
Director: Braz Chediak | Stars: Lídia Brondi, Sadi Cabral, Rubens Correia, Flávio Moreira da Costa
Votes: 95
45. Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume (2005)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Documentary about Brazilian singing star Maria Bethânia and her 40-year-old career. The film features her concerts and her family, including her famous brother, composer/singer Caetano Veloso.
Director: Georges Gachot | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Nana Caymmi, Miúcha, Chico Buarque
Votes: 91
46. A World Without Beethoven? (2020 TV Special)
90 min | Documentary
To gauge the significance of Beethoven's work, we pose the question: What would the world 'sound' like without it? Without his genius, would movie scores, jazz, concept albums and much more exist as we know it?
Director: Martin Roddewig | Stars: Sarah Willis, Thomas Angyan, Chico Buarque, Wynton Marsalis
Votes: 89
47. Morte e Vida Severina (1977)
85 min | Drama
The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.
Director: Zelito Viana | Stars: Tânia Alves, José Dumont, Stênio Garcia, Luiz Mendonça
Votes: 89
48. Mundo VIP (1996–2001)
50 min | News
50 minute weekly show covering show business from Hollywood movies, to Brazilian "novelas" and Portugal's film, theater and music scenes with interviews and reports made all over the world.... See full summary »
Stars: Felipa Garnel, Paulo Pires, Carlos Dias da Silva, Margarida Pinto Correia
Votes: 89
49. A Farra do Circo (2014)
94 min | Documentary
Featuring never-before-seen footage shot by Roberto Berliner in the 1980s, Ruckus at the Circus is film about the generation that built Circo Voador, the dream factory. From the Arpoador ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Berliner, Pedro Bronz | Stars: Bebel Gilberto, Regina Casé, Caetano Veloso, Pedro Cardoso
Votes: 83
50. My Uncle José (2021)
89 min | Animation, Drama
It begins in 1983 in Salvador city, with the attack against José, an ex-member of a left-wing political group. Meanwhile, his nephew Adonias is worried about an assignment his teacher has ... See full summary »
Director: Ducca Rios | Stars: Wagner Moura, Tonico Pereira, Lorena Comparato, Evelin Buchegguer
Votes: 77