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1. El Panda (2009)
Short
Director: Osvaldo Reis | Stars: Douglas Joseph Barbosa, Moara Costenaro, Breno Doe, Diuliani Dutra
Votes: 5
2.
Irmãos Freitas (2019– )
Episode:
First Round
(2019)
Drama, Sport
Luís have to win an american tournament in order to compete for the world championship. In the event, there will be a scout willing to take two fighters. Popó wants to be in the team, but no one support his decision.
Directors: Sergio Machado, Aly Muritiba | Stars: Daniel Rocha, Rômulo Braga, Claudio Jaborandy, Edvana Carvalho
Votes: 7
3. 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: 800,058 | Gross: $7.56M
4.
Irmãos Freitas (2019– )
Episode:
Knockdown
(2019)
Drama, Sport
After failures in the world championship, Popó and Luís find themselves out of luck and money, until entrepreneur Júlio Tavares decide to finance them.
Directors: Sergio Machado, Aly Muritiba | Stars: Daniel Rocha, Rômulo Braga, Claudio Jaborandy, Edvana Carvalho
Votes: 6
5. Diethnes Festival Kinimatografou Thessalonikis - 11+1 kinimatografistes (2007 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Dimitris Giatzouzakis | Stars: Kaige Chen, Evangelos Giovanis, Valeria Golino, Panikkos Hrysanthou
Votes: 9
6. News from a Personal War (1999)
57 min | Documentary
Documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped into a daily war that knows no winners.
Directors: Kátia Lund, João Moreira Salles | Stars: Nilton Cerqueira, Carlos Luis Gregório, Paulo Lins, Hélio Luz
Votes: 845
7. Irmãos Freitas (2019– )
Drama, Sport
Six-time world champion and Brazilian sports legend, Acelino "Popó" Freitas left behind his hometown of Salvador and differences with his brother, Luis Cláudio, the first great boxer in the family, to build a successful career.
Stars: Daniel Rocha, Rômulo Braga, Claudio Jaborandy, Edvana Carvalho
Votes: 96
8. At the Edge of the Earth (2001)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Machado | Stars: Olga Breno, Carlos Diegues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Brutus Pedreira
Votes: 120
9. 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: 42,265 | Gross: $5.60M
10. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán
Votes: 104,742 | Gross: $16.78M
11. Waiting for the Carnival (2019)
86 min | Documentary
A small village in the Brazilian outback is considered the nation's capital of jeans. It's also a microcosm that depicts modern day capitalism and its transgressions.
Director: Marcelo Gomes
Votes: 889
12. Un siècle d'écrivains (1995– )
Documentary
From 1995 through 2001,France 3 Tv presented a series of 257 hour long documentaries on authors of the 2oth century.
Stars: Bernard Rapp, Philippe Sollers, Jean-Claude Dauphin, François Marthouret
Votes: 28
13. Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute (1995 Video)
Documentary, Music
Direct from Brazil in his last recorded performance, Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) is joined by an international delegation of jazz giants to recreate his classic melodies in a beautiful... See full summary »
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Alex Acuna, Ron Carter, Gal Costa, Herbie Hancock
Votes: 27
14. Behind the Sun (2001)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
When ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 7,398 | Gross: $0.06M
15. Amazônia S.A. (2019)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary film about the Amazon Forest deforestation and its implication not only to the human rights of Indigenous and traditional peoples who live there, but also to the entire planet's ecosystem.
Director: Estevão Ciavatta | Stars: Alidra Akay, Rilliete Akay, Jorge Apiaka, Ezequiel Castagna
Votes: 42
16. Café de los maestros (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Musical
Interviews with the musicians and singers from Argentina's golden days of Tango.
Director: Miguel Kohan | Stars: Aníbal Arias, Ernesto Baffa, Emilio Balcarce, Oscar Berlingieri
Votes: 200
17. Socorro Nobre (1996)
23 min | Short, Documentary
After reading an article, an inmate in Salvador identifies herself with Franz Krajcberg and decides to write a letter to the Holocaust survivor.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Frans Krajcberg, Socorro Nobre
Votes: 90
18. Marisa Monte (1988 TV Movie)
Documentary, Music
Explores the work of young singer Marisa Monte and focuses on a live concert given in Teatro Villa-Lobo in Brazil.
Directors: Nelson Motta, Walter Salles | Stars: Marisa Monte, Ed Motta, Paulo Moura
Votes: 19
19. The Making of 'the Motorcycle Diaries' (2004 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary
Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Gael García Bernal, Alberto Granado, Aleida Guevara
Votes: 41
20. 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: 20,745 | Gross: $0.29M
21. Terra Estrangeira (1995)
110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother's native land. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger.
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | Stars: Fernanda Torres, Fernando Alves Pinto, Alexandre Borges, Luís Melo
Votes: 1,922
22. João & Antônio (1992 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Beth Carvalho, João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paulo José
Votes: 5
23. 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: 30,650
24. 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: 211
25. Chico - O País da Delicadeza Perdida (1989 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Music
A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in Brazilian culture.
Directors: Nelson Motta, Walter Salles | Star: Chico Buarque
Votes: 20
26. Paris, I Love You (2006)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 74,532 | Gross: $4.86M
27. Mariner of the Mountains (2021)
95 min | Documentary, Romance
Based on the personal background of director Karim Aïnouz, follows an incredible journey through space and time.
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Votes: 540
28. Beyond the Trailer (2008– )
Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Grace Randolph, Zack Snyder, Tyler Perry, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 49
29. 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
30. Toll (2023)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Suellen, a toll booth attendant, uses her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches so that she can afford to send her son to a gay conversion workshop.
Director: Carolina Markowicz | Stars: Maeve Jinkings, Thomas Aquino, Erom Cordeiro, Isac Graça
Votes: 354
31. 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: 2,096 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Linha de Passe (2008)
113 min | Drama, Sport
A story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams.
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | Stars: Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira, Geraldo Rodrigues
Votes: 2,910
33. Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang (2014)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary of the life & filmmaking of Jia Zhang-Ke from the Brazilian Walter Salles. Reflections on transformation of Chinese society, towns, family, the cultural revolution and ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Salles | Star: Zhangke Jia
Votes: 275
34. Travelling with Che Guevara (2004)
121 min | Documentary
Director: Gianni Minà | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Zoraida Boluarte, Rodrigo de la Serna, Ricardo Díaz Mourelle
Votes: 93
35. Japão - Uma Viagem no Tempo (1986– )
120 min | Documentary
A mini-series documentary, divided into themes, describing Japan in order to understand the counterpoint between Japanese technology and its respect for its traditions.
Star: Eloy de Carlo
Votes: 14
36. 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: 3,147 | Gross: $0.20M
37. Leonera (2008)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
An incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Martina Gusmán, Guadalupe Rébora, Francisco Marquez, Roberto Maciel
Votes: 3,311 | Gross: $0.01M
38. 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: 1,869 | Gross: $0.32M
39. 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
40. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feelings about Cinema.
Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Kaige Chen, Michael Cimino, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Tsai Ming-liang, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raúl Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Kar-Wai Wong, Yimou Zhang | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Pegah Ahangarani, Anouk Aimée, Leonid Alexeenko
Votes: 5,447
41. El bonaerense (2002)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A young locksmith is forced to leave his home and family to join the Buenos Aires police force.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, Darío Levy, Hugo Anganuzzi
Votes: 2,140
42. Midnight (1998)
R | 75 min | Crime, Drama
On December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone.
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | Stars: Fernanda Torres, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Matheus Nachtergaele, Nelson Sargento
Votes: 768
43. Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
R | 159 min | Comedy, Drama
An acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Íker Sánchez Solano
Votes: 14,988
44. Wanderlust (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
A documentary on road movies and their effect on American culture.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Allison Anders, Jeanine Basinger, Robert Benton, Karen Black
Votes: 132
45. Nulle part ailleurs (1987–2001)
120 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
One of the best all time before-prime-time show in France especially the mythical conduction of the couple Antoine de Caune and Philippe Gildas...every night with high level french and ... See full summary »
Stars: Philippe Gildas, Guillaume Durand, Nagui, Valérie Payet
Votes: 105
46. Krajcberg - O Poeta dos Vestígios (1987)
45 min | Documentary, Drama
A touching documentary about artist Franz Krajcberg who moved from his home country to Brazil and started a life of environment activist.
Director: Walter Salles | Star: Frans Krajcberg
Votes: 13
47. From Afar (2015)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.
Director: Lorenzo Vigas | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla, Catherina Cardozo
Votes: 4,053 | Gross: $0.03M
48. VIPs (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
The life of a real conman and one of the biggest frauds in Brazil.
Director: Toniko Melo | Stars: Wagner Moura, Gisele Fróes, Emiliano Ruschel, Marcela Falci
Votes: 3,400
49. Sisters (2005)
100 min | Drama
Argentinian sisters Elena and Natalia, who were separated, meet again in Texas in 1984.
Director: Julia Solomonoff | Stars: Valeria Bertuccelli, Ingrid Rubio, Adrián Navarro, Nicolás Pauls
Votes: 326
50. Lower City (2005)
R | 98 min | Drama
Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.
Director: Sergio Machado | Stars: Alice Braga, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Maria Menezes
Votes: 4,365 | Gross: $0.13M