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1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,366
2. 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
3. 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
4. Erendira (1983)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Irene Papas, Claudia Ohana, Michael Lonsdale, Oliver Wehe
Votes: 680
5. 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: 555
6. Cinema Novo (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Cinema Novo is a movie-essay that investigates poetically the most important movement of Latin America cinema, through the thoughts of its main auteurs: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Glauber ... See full summary »
Director: Eryk Rocha | Stars: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Carlos Diegues, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Glauber Rocha
Votes: 439
7. Chico: Artista Brasileiro (2015)
70 min | Documentary
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Chico Buarque, Maria Bethânia, Lia Buarque, Adriana Calcanhotto
Votes: 429
8. 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
9. Blue Blood (2014)
119 min | Drama, Mystery
Twenty two years ago, an arid, volcanic and island paradise nestled in the middle of the South Atlantic, a nine year old boy, Pedro was separated from his sister, Raquel. Rosa, their mother... See full summary »
Director: Lírio Ferreira | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Caroline Abras, Sandra Corveloni, Rômulo Braga
Votes: 333
10. The Little Rebels (1955)
93 min | Drama
The world of juvenile delinquents seen through the eyes of a judge.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Robert Dalban, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Dora Doll
Votes: 293
11. 5x Favela: Agora por Nós Mesmos (2010)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Based on his segment Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver from 1962 in a film called Cinco Vezes Favela.
Directors: Cacau Amaral, Cadu Barcellos, Luciana Bezerra, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Wagner Novais, Luciano Vidigal | Stars: Vilson Almeida, João Carlos Artigos, Flavio Bauraqui, Zózimo Bulbul
Votes: 289
12. El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
This is the story of Arenas, a hypnotist who can put people into a trance and make them reveal their innermost secrets. He is a man of mystery, lonely and isolated, who suffers from ... See full summary »
Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Juliana Didone, Chico Díaz, Carla Quevedo
Votes: 218
13. Portugal S.A. (2004)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Jacinto Pereira Lopes is manager of a major economic and financial group, which the State returned to its former owner. Jacinto is married to Rosa, a poor but ambitious woman, but never ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Diogo Infante, Cristina Câmara, Henrique Viana, Ana Bustorff
Votes: 200
14. Les soleils de l'île de Pâques (1972)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.
Director: Pierre Kast | Stars: Norma Bengell, Françoise Brion, Jacques Charrier, Maurice Garrel
Votes: 186
15. 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
16. O Veneno da Madrugada (2005)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A small town is stirred by anonymous notes delivered during the night, telling the secrets of its inhabitants.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, Fábio Sabag, Jean Pierre Noher
Votes: 179
17. Cinco vezes Favela (1962)
92 min | Drama
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Directors: Miguel Borges, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Carlos Diegues, Marcos Farias, Leon Hirszman | Stars: Isabella, Flávio Migliaccio, Henrique Montes, Waldir Fiori
Votes: 171
18. Of Gods and the Undead (1970)
97 min | Drama
In the 1930's, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who had already been shot 7 times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Norma Bengell, Othon Bastos, Ítala Nandi, Nelson Xavier
Votes: 151
19. A Queda (1978)
120 min | Drama
This sequel to "Os Fuzis" follows the story of a hard working operator who dies on a work related accident due to the precarious conditions established in the place. But when his superiors ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier | Stars: Nelson Xavier, Leonidas Bayer, Carlos Alberto Baía, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 148
20. The Jew (1996)
91 min | Drama
Portugal, 1739, the reign of King João V, who tries to keep a delicate balance between the power of the Church and the interests of the Court. António José da Silva, nicknamed "the Jew", a ... See full summary »
Director: Jom Tob Azulay | Stars: Filipe Pinheiro, Dina Sfat, Mário Viegas, José Lewgoy
Votes: 136
21. Kuarup (1989)
119 min | Drama
From contemplation to awakening, from revolt to sacrifice, the inner journey of a young Jesuit priest, Nando, into the depths of the jungle, into the depths of himself. Amongst the Xingu ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Taumaturgo Ferreira, Fernanda Torres, Cláudio Mamberti, Umberto Magnani
Votes: 126
22. Étoiles et toiles (1982–1986)
Documentary
Stars: Frédéric Mitterrand, Jean-Luc Godard, Clint Eastwood, Raoul Coutard
Votes: 106
23. 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
24. Fábula de la Bella Palomera (1988)
78 min | Drama, Romance
Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Ney Latorraca, Claudia Ohana, Chico Díaz, Tônia Carrero
Votes: 77
25. Monsanto (2000 TV Movie)
Drama, Thriller
Rui Sequeira (Vitor Norte), a former fighter in the Colonial War, resident of a small village of Alentejo, celebrates another anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in the company of his ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Vítor Norte, Maria d'Aires, João Lagarto, Paula Neves
Votes: 75
26. Êsse Mundo é Meu (1964)
79 min | Drama
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.
Director: Sérgio Ricardo | Stars: Antonio Pitanga, Léa Bulcão, Sérgio Ricardo, Luiza Aparecida
Votes: 73
27. Oblivious Memory (2016)
94 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Tony Ramos, João Miguel, Charles Fricks, Mariana Ximenes
Votes: 72
28. Ternos Caçadores (1969)
115 min | Drama
A family of four people (parents and two children, one of them still a kid) live by the sea. The father studies the migratory flights of birds. One day, there appears an escaped prisoner on... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Maureen McNally, Susan Strasberg, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 63
29. Mueda, Memoria e Massacre (1979)
80 min | Drama
On 16 June 1960 in Mueda, Mozambique, the Portuguese army executed six hundred inhabitants on the orders of the Portuguese governor. Since the country's independence, Mueda's residents ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Romao Canapoquele, Filipe Gunoguacala, Mauricio Machimbuco, Baltazar Nchilema
Votes: 63
30. Le maître du temps (1971)
70 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien, master of the time from a distant star who travels centuries to centuries, explores our planet. He finds himself on a Brazilian beach with his magic ring.
Director: Jean-Daniel Pollet | Stars: Duda Cavalcanti, Renato Coutinho, Uracy D'Oliveira, Montgomery da Silva
Votes: 44
31. S.O.S. Noronha (1957)
100 min | Adventure
On the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, in the middle of the Atlantic, a small base is a stopover for Aeropostale seaplanes, also a Brazilian penitentiary, where a revolt has broken out and threatens the survival of a few French
Director: Georges Rouquier | Stars: Jean Marais, Yves Massard, José Lewgoy, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 43
32. Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema (2003)
52 min | Documentary
The first cultural act of Mozambique's government right after independence, in 1975, was creating the National Institute of Cinema [NIC]. The new President, Samora Machel, had a strong ... See full summary »
Director: Margarida Cardoso | Stars: Licínio Azevedo, Camilo De Sousa, Ruy Guerra, Isabel Noronha
Votes: 41
33. Aos Pedaços (2020)
93 min | Drama
Eurico Cruz dawns angrily. A note, signed by an A. announces his death. When trying to find out who is threatening him, spaces, characters, his hatreds, loves and suspicions are mixed up.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Julio Adrião, Emílio de Mello, Simone Spoladore, Christiana Ubach
Votes: 36
34. Histoires extraordinaires (1981)
Stars: Martin LaSalle, Fanny Ardant, Josephine Chaplin, Jean-Claude Drouot
Votes: 28
35. The Beggars (1963)
82 min | Drama
In this comedy, a young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of finding a potential ... See full summary »
Director: Flávio Migliaccio | Stars: Vanja Orico, Oswaldo Loureiro, Ruy Guerra, Fábio Sabag
Votes: 21
36. As Aventuras de Um Detetive Português (1975)
98 min | Comedy
Elevator is abducted in order to force a cardinal who was in it to marry a couple in Brazil.
Director: Stefan Wohl | Stars: Raul Solnado, Jorge Dória, Mara Rúbia, Grande Otelo
Votes: 20
37. I Sell My Dreams (1992)
330 min | Musical
Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Fernando Guillén, Charo López, Álvaro de Luna
Votes: 17
38. O Homem que Matou John Wayne (2015)
70 min | Documentary
Ruy Guerra has an unexpected encounter with John Wayne. The confession of this metaphorical murder opens the filmmaker's Pandora's box and sews a poetic journey through the ideas of Guerra.
Directors: Bruno Laet, Diogo Oliveira | Stars: Julio Adrião, Chico Buarque, Michel Ciment, Gabriel García Márquez
Votes: 16
39. Saudade (IX) (2017)
77 min | Documentary
Director: Paulo Caldas | Stars: Karim Aïnouz, Arrigo Barnabé, Jules Elting, Adriana Falcão
Votes: 15
40.
Histoires extraordinaires (1981)
Episode:
La lettre volée
(1981)
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Pierre Vaneck, Michel Pilorgé, Henrique Viana, Rui Mendes
Votes: 14
41. Candango: Memórias do Festival (2020)
119 min | Documentary
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Director: Lino Meireles | Stars: Catarina Accioly, Fernando Adolfo, Cibele Amaral, Suzana Amaral
Votes: 13
42. Quatro Contra o Mundo (1970)
85 min | Comedy
Directors: Fernando Amaral, Silvio Autuori, Sérgio Ricardo, Stefan Wohl | Stars: Dóris Carvalho, Gigi da Mangueira, Germana de Lamare, Monah Delacy
Votes: 13
43.
El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
Episode:
O Travesseiro de Plumas
(2015)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy
Arenas suffers convulsions and hallucinations in Daria's bedroom. Darek presents himself as The Hypnotist.
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chico Díaz, César Troncoso, Bianca Comparato
Votes: 11
44.
El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
Episode:
O Portal de Chifre
(2015)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Fantasy
Arenas arrives at 'The Ivory Door,' where some of his deepest darkest dreams are revealed.
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chico Díaz, César Troncoso, Marilú Marini
Votes: 10
45.
El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
Episode:
O Espelho
(2015)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy
Arenas hypnotizes Domingas on his new show and her mysteries appear to be revealed. At the store, after hypnotizing Gregório, Darek learns about Castor's magic mirror and both hatch a plan for Arenas to look into it.
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chico Díaz, César Troncoso, Marilú Marini
Votes: 10
46. Marcados para Viver (1976)
88 min | Drama
Director: Maria Do Rosario | Stars: Valéria Amar, Tessy Callado, Louise Cardoso, Evelise
Votes: 9
47.
El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
Episode:
O Rei da Strombolia
(2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Arenas is arrested on suspicion of murder and inspector Renzo makes him an offer. Darek is in despair that Arenas is still alive and has escaped.
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chico Díaz, César Troncoso, Juliana Didone
Votes: 9
48.
El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
Episode:
Onde Sonham as Serpentes
(2015)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy
Arenas goes to Victor Corelli's house, where he begins to discover the truth. Darek hypnotizes him and imprisons him in the snake pit.
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chico Díaz, César Troncoso, Juliana Didone
Votes: 9
49.
El Hipnotizador (2015–2017)
Episode:
Valdemar
(2017)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy
Ruy tells Sartori he has persuaded a group of actors to act on a play by Edgar Allan Poe, which will remind the audience how dangerous hypnosis can be. Abril sees the death's-head moth and there is another death.
Director: Marco Dutra | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Carla Quevedo, Daniel Hendler, Luis Machín
Votes: 9
50. Benito Cereno (1969)
80 min | Drama
When Captain Amaso Delano approaches a three-masted ship in distress to offer his assistance.
Director: Serge Roullet | Stars: Ruy Guerra, Georges Selmark, Tamour Diop, Gino Turini
Votes: 8