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1. Supermax (2016)
45 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures, supernatural odds and their worst enemy: themselves.
Stars: Mariana Ximenes, Cleo, Ademir Emboava, Bruno Bellarmino
Votes: 330
2. 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: 801,567 | Gross: $7.56M
3. The Nightshifter (2018)
Not Rated | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.
Director: Dennison Ramalho | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Fabiula Nascimento, Bianca Comparato, Marcos Kligman
Votes: 2,550
4. 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
5. Reality Z (2020)
TV-MA | 306 min | Comedy, Horror
A zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.
Stars: Ravel Andrade, Harley Yeager, Carla Ribas, Ana Hartmann
Votes: 2,882
6. The Last Hangover (2018)
44 min | Short, Comedy
It's the morning after the Last Supper and the disciples are waking up hungover and wondering where their Messiah is.
Director: Rodrigo Van Der Put | Stars: Fábio Porchat, Gregório Duvivier, Antonio Tabet, Pedro Benevides
Votes: 2,426
7. The First Temptation of Christ (2019)
46 min | Comedy
Jesus, who's hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family.
Director: Rodrigo Van Der Put | Stars: Gregório Duvivier, Fábio Porchat, Antonio Tabet, Evelyn Castro
Votes: 3,541
8. Saint George (2016)
112 min | Crime, Drama
An unemployed boxer turned collection agency employee deals with the deplorable methods they have to use when collecting bad debts.
Director: Marco Martins | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Mariana Nunes, David Semedo, José Raposo
Votes: 2,107
9. Good Manners (2017)
PG | 135 min | Fantasy, Horror
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night changes their plans.
Directors: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas | Stars: Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo, Cida Moreira
Votes: 4,126 | Gross: $0.03M
10. 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: 42,345 | Gross: $5.60M
11. Astaroth (2020)
76 min | Horror
Shrouded by the mists of time, she has been forgotten - But there is always someone to remember. Gregório is a tattoo artist obsessed with Astaroth, a demonic entity lurking in the shadows with promises of desire.
Director: Larissa Anzoategui | Stars: Jacqueline Takara, Janderson Tucunduva, Monica Mattos, Ju Calaf
Votes: 76
12. Skinned (2021)
86 min | Drama, Thriller
Breno's neurotic and ruled life goes into an unhealthy spiral when Verônica, a beautiful shopkeeper, appears outside his apartment to offer him an invitation.
Director: André Borelli | Stars: Pablo Diego Garcia, Marcela Gibo
Votes: 64
13. The Cannibal Club (2018)
81 min | Comedy, Horror
Otavio and Gilda's elite life falls in danger when Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman, and the Club's leader.
Director: Guto Parente | Stars: Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro Domingues, Zé Maria
Votes: 1,023
14. Hard Paint (2018)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama
Set in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, the film focuses on a socially repressed young man who only comes out of his shell during chatroom performances, when he strips and smears neon paints on his lithe body.
Directors: Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon | Stars: Shico Menegat, Bruno Fernandes, Guega Peixoto, Sandra Dani
Votes: 1,169
15. Esteros (2016)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Two boyhood chums, separated soon after sexually awakening together, re-meet as young men with unspoken sexual tensions lying between them.
Director: Papu Curotto | Stars: Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada, Blas Finardi Niz
Votes: 4,881
16. Half Brother (2018)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama
Sandra's mother has been missing for days. Disoriented and without money, she asks Jorge, her distant half brother, for help, but after recording a homophobic aggression, he is being threatened to not release the images.
Director: Eliane Coster | Stars: Natalia Molina, Diego Avelino, Francisco Gomes, Dico Oliveira
Votes: 136
17. 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
18. 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: 943
19. Menarca (2020)
22 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
In a Brazilian village infested with piranhas, Nanã and Mel are fast growing into adolescence as they dream of ways of protecting themselves against a seemingly inescapable violence.
Director: Lillah Halla | Stars: Aldo Bueno, Amanda Dourado, Nathally Fonseca, Micheline Lemos
Votes: 207
20. Dissociative (2015)
9 min | Short, Thriller
This psychological thriller shows a girl with a personality disorder. Cris is not alone in her apartment and this leaves her scared, revealing a murderer that will conflict with her own identity.
Director: Rafael Zanesco | Stars: Fernanda Gomes, Lucas Matias, Juliana Sofia Lepera, Luciana Ultramari
Votes: 29
21. The Dead and the Others (2018)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
Drama about a boy who denies the call of his culture to become a shaman, when he hears his dead father's voice asking him to celebrate the funerary feast, so his spirit can depart to the village of the dead.
Directors: Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza | Stars: Henrique Ihjãc Krahô, Raene Kôtô Krahô, Douglas Tiepre Krahô, Iasmin Kropej Krahô
Votes: 840
22. Haircut (1995)
91 min | Drama
The film is set in Lisbon, and tells the story of a day in the life of Rita and Paulo, a Portuguese young couple of the '90s. The fast changing city around them makes them wish to break ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Sapinho | Stars: Carla Bolito, Marco Delgado, Francisco Nascimento, Orlando Sérgio
Votes: 256
23. 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: 446
24. Sycorax (2021)
20 min | Short, Drama
Mother of Caliban and imprisoner of Ariel, Sycorax remains offstage for the duration of The Tempest, dismissed by Prospero as an evil sorceress. In this collaboration between Lois Patiño ... See full summary »
Directors: Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro | Stars: Agustina Muñoz, Diana Diegues, Susana Abreu
Votes: 202
25. The Tsugua Diaries (2021)
102 min | Drama
Follows Crista, Carloto and João who are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden and share household routines, but they are not the only ones.
Directors: Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta, João Nunes Monteiro
Votes: 593
26. Friendly Beast (2017)
98 min | Horror, Thriller
The tense survival tale is set over several late-night hours in a sparsely-peopled Brazilian restaurant. When an armed robbery interrupts an already-terse dynamic between boss and customer,... See full summary »
Director: Gabriela Amaral | Stars: Murilo Benício, Luciana Paes, Irandhir Santos, Camila Morgado
Votes: 1,880
27. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,268
28. 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: 1,953
29. Land of My Dreams (2012)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Drama
After many years of separation, Bianca and her mother meet again in Porto. Together, they will hit the road with their strip show.
Director: Yann Gonzalez | Stars: Julie Brémond, Paula Guedes, Eurico Cardoso, Hugo Alfredo Gomes
Votes: 237
30. The Jester (1987)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.
Director: José Álvaro Morais | Stars: Fernando Heitor, Paula Guedes, Luís Lucas, Carlos Farinha
Votes: 153
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