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1. The Mission (1986)
PG | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 65,765 | Gross: $17.22M
2. The Emerald Forest (1985)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez
Votes: 11,011 | Gross: $24.47M
3. Ironweed (1987)
R | 143 min | Drama
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 9,934 | Gross: $7.39M
4. Before Night Falls (2000)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Giovani Florido
Votes: 26,395 | Gross: $4.22M
5. 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: 17,370 | Gross: $17.04M
6. 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: 21,974 | Gross: $0.21M
7. 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: 9,248
8. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
R | 189 min | Drama, Romance
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, ... See full summary »
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 3,543 | Gross: $1.34M
9. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans (the film shares the same name as Evans's famous 1994 autobiography).
Directors: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen | Stars: Robert Evans, Eddie Albert, Peter Bart, Charlie Bluhdorn
Votes: 7,974 | Gross: $1.43M
10. AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Documentary
The Award is the highest honor for a career in film and celebrates an individual whose career has greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture.
Stars: Carole Bayer Sager, George Stevens Jr., Jack Nicholson, Gregory Peck
Votes: 50
11. El pasado (2007)
114 min | Drama, Romance
A couple decides to split after 12 years together. The man (Bernal) find it easy to move on, but difficult to prevent his ex from hounding him, or the new women in his life.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Analía Couceyro, Ana Celentano, Mariana Anghileri
Votes: 2,257
12. Lucio Flavio (1977)
118 min | Crime, Drama
History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Reginaldo Faria, Ana Maria Magalhães, Milton Gonçalves, Paulo César Peréio
Votes: 876
13. My Hindu Friend (2015)
Unrated | 124 min | Drama
Diego is a film director very close to death, surrounded by people who are having trouble dealing with his current tempestuous mood. Chances are he won't survive, but if he does, that means he needs to relearn how to live.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Selton Mello
Votes: 594
14. Words with Gods (2014)
133 min | Drama
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words ... See full summary »
Directors: Guillermo Arriaga, Hector Babenco, Álex de la Iglesia, Bahman Ghobadi, Amos Gitai, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Warwick Thornton | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Demián Bichir, Richa Chadha, Inma Cuesta
Votes: 478
15. The Venice Project (1999)
86 min | Drama
In this drama, the future of art is examined from two vantage points: the years 1699 and 1999. Roland (Dennis Hopper) is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister, Countess Camilla Volta (Lauren Bacall) , lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Dennis Hopper, Linus Roache, Ben Cross
Votes: 221
16. 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: 1,873 | Gross: $0.32M
17. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 119
18. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
19. Foolish Heart (1998)
130 min | Drama
Juán returns to his native Buenos Aires after 20 years to visit his dying father and tries to find Ana, his old flame.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Walter Quiroz, Xuxa Lopes
Votes: 329
20. O Rei da Noite (1975)
97 min | Drama
In 1940s São Paulo, a bohemian guy engages in love affairs with two daughters of a friend of his mother's, but ends up marrying an ill-humored woman with whom he quarrels all the time.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Paulo José, Marília Pêra, Vick Militello, Isadora de Farias
Votes: 241
21. Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People (2007)
77 min | Documentary, Biography
This revealing documentary about the Brazilian sex symbol goes deep into her career as she pivoted from dancer to singer to adult film star.
Director: Toni Venturi | Stars: Rita Cadillac, Luís Andrade, Hector Babenco, Leleco Barbosa
Votes: 80
22. 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
23. Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2019)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
"I have already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it." So said the filmmaker Hector Babenco to Bárbara Paz when he realized he did not have much time left. She... See full summary »
Director: Bárbara Paz | Stars: Hector Babenco, Regina Braga, Willem Dafoe, Paulo José
Votes: 531
24. Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A look at the personal life and public career of New York artist Julian Schnabel.
Director: Pappi Corsicato | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Laurie Anderson, Hector Babenco, Jean Michel Basquiat
Votes: 292 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Instinct (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short
A psycho-sexual thriller about Isabelle, a lonely gallery owner who meets a dangerously seductive performance artist and discovers they have more in common than expected. Will Isabelle ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Alice Arida | Stars: Christine Kellogg-Darrin, Jordan Monaghan, Andrew Ableson, Stefan Byrd
Votes: 84
26. Um Filme de Cinema (2017)
111 min | Documentary
An abandoned tumbledown theater in the Brazilian outback is the initial setting of a film about cinema, with testimonials from filmmakers such as Béla Tarr, Gus Van Sant, Jia Zhangke, Karim Ainouz, Ken Loach and Lucrecia Martel.
Director: Walter Carvalho | Stars: Karim Aïnouz, Hector Babenco, Júlio Bressane, Salvatore Cascio
Votes: 80
27. The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986 TV Special)
195 min | News
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 283
28. Pixote, in memoriam (2007)
77 min | Documentary
A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco" (1981). Twenty years after his assassination ... See full summary »
Directors: Felipe Briso, Gilberto Topczewski | Stars: Hector Babenco, Caco Barcellos, Nick Cave, Fernando Ramos da Silva
Votes: 51
29. Carandiru: The Series (2005– )
Drama
A doctor volunteers to carry out AIDS prevention work at the largest prison in Latin America, Carandiru, in São Paulo. There he lives with reality behind the bars, which includes violence, ... See full summary »
Stars: Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, José Trassi, Ivan de Almeida, Ailton Graça
Votes: 81
30. Amélia (2000)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
Fictional story based on Sarah Bernhard's visit to Brazil in 1905. The actress, experiencing a personal and professional crisis, is encouraged by her personal Brazilian maid Amélia to ... See full summary »
Director: Ana Carolina | Stars: Marília Pêra, Béatrice Agenin, Camila Amado, Pedro Bismark
Votes: 212
31. 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
32. O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973)
99 min | Documentary
About the Brazilian formula one racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi at the height of his popularity and the beginning of his career.
Directors: Roberto Farias, Hector Babenco | Stars: Emerson Fittipaldi, Juse Fittipaldi, Wilson Fittipaldi, Francisco Rosa
Votes: 52
33. Besame Mucho (1987)
108 min | Drama
The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Ramalho Jr. | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Christiane Torloni, José Wilker, Glória Pires
Votes: 115
34. Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
Rare documents and details of the film's story. From its initial option to its critical reception and legacy. Director David Weisman, who also produced "Kiss of the Spider Woman", comes off... See full summary »
Director: David Weisman | Stars: Mauro Alice, Hector Babenco, Patricio Bisso, Mara Borba
Votes: 24
35. Roda Viva (1986– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Paulo Caruso, Augusto Nunes, Matinas Suzuki, Rodolpho Gamberini
Votes: 34
36. There Is No Direction (2005)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Sarah Bertrand | Stars: Denys Arcand, Hector Babenco, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Votes: 64
38. Era Uma Vez Iracema (2005)
46 min | Documentary
Director: Jorge Bodanzky | Stars: Hector Babenco, Edna de Cássia, Fernando Meirelles, Paulo César Peréio
Votes: 11
39. 34-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival (2012 TV Special)
130 min
Moscow International Film Festival (Russian: Moskóvskiy myezhdoonaródniy kinofyestivál; abbreviated as MIFF), is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959... See full synopsis »
Stars: Jon Alpert, Hector Babenco, Jean-Marc Barr, Andrey Batt
Votes: 17
40. Signé croisette (1993– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Ken Loach, Catherine Deneuve, Sylvester Stallone, Laurie MacDonald
41. Vídeo Show (1983–2019)
Documentary, Game-Show, Reality-TV
Video Show shows the backstage of television, with information and entertainment. In an irreverent way, it shows everything that happens on and off the scene.
Stars: Miguel Falabella, Roberto Jabor, Renata Xavier, Otaviano Costa
Votes: 98
42. Academy Foundation Oral History Project (2016 Video)
Documentary
Stars: Suzana Amaral, Hector Babenco, Fernanda Montenegro, Nelson Pereira dos Santos
43. Braços Cruzados, Máquinas Paradas (1979)
76 min | Documentary
São Paulo, 1978. Three slates vie for leadership of the Metalworkers' Union of São Paulo, the largest in Latin America, with 300,000 members, and chaired by a "pelego" (aligned with the ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Gervitz, Sergio Toledo | Star: Othon Bastos
Votes: 36
44. Material Bruto (2014)
History
Stars: José Carlos Avellar, Hector Babenco, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Laís Bodanzky
45.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson
(1994)
91 min | Documentary
The American Film Institute fetes curmudgeonly actor and sometimes director Nicholson and screens clips of his best-known, best-loved works.
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Kathleen Turner, Sean Penn
Votes: 200
46.
Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
Episode:
Cérémonie de clôture du 42ème festival de Cannes
(1989)
News
Director: André Flédérick | Stars: Hector Babenco, Claude Beylie, Renée Blanchar, Bertrand Blier
47.
Carandiru: The Series (2005– )
Episode:
Love Story I
(2005)
Drama
Directors: Hector Babenco, Márcia Faria | Stars: João Miguel, Roberto Alencar, Luis Miranda, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
48.
Carandiru: The Series (2005– )
Episode:
Love Story II
(2005)
Drama
Directors: Hector Babenco, Márcia Faria | Stars: João Miguel, Roberto Alencar, Luis Miranda, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
49.
CQC: Custe o Que Custar (2008–2015)
Episode:
Episode #1.24
(2008)
Comedy, News
Directors: Diego Barredo, Juan Jose Buezas | Stars: Marcelo Tas, Rafinha Bastos, Marco Luque, Danilo Gentili
50.
CQC: Custe o Que Custar (2008–2015)
Episode:
Episode #2.14
(2009)
Comedy, News
Directors: Diego Barredo, Juan Jose Buezas | Stars: Marcelo Tas, Rafinha Bastos, Marco Luque, Danilo Gentili