Brazilian Movies
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1. Elite Squad (2007)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 110,251 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 86,760 | Gross: $0.10M
3. 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: 4,371 | Gross: $0.13M
4. 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: 800,960 | Gross: $7.56M
5. Tainá: Uma Aventura na Amazônia (2000)
90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A brave and bold indian girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city, against animal traffickers in the Amazon forest.
Directors: Sérgio Bloch, Tania Lamarca | Stars: Marcos Apolo, Eunice Baía, Guilherme Briggs, Branca de Camargo
Votes: 452
6. Bus 174 (2002)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Crime
On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda | Stars: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Anonymous
Votes: 8,618 | Gross: $0.22M
7. Feliz Natal (2008)
100 min | Drama
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the country of Rio de Janeiro, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On the Christmas Eve he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he ... See full summary »
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Paulo Guarnieri, Graziella Moretto
Votes: 427
8. Bicho de Sete Cabeças (2000)
74 min | Drama
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs... See full summary »
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos, Cássia Kis, Dani Nefussi
Votes: 6,368
9. Lula, the Son of Brazil (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of a working-class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one of the most influential politicians in Brazil's history.
Directors: Fábio Barreto, Marcelo Santiago | Stars: Rui Ricardo Diaz, Glória Pires, Juliana Baroni, Cleo
Votes: 3,088
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: 42,314 | Gross: $5.60M
11. 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: 7,402 | Gross: $0.06M
12. 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: 3,154 | Gross: $0.20M
13. We 3 (2011)
TV-14 | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Three young people arrive from different parts of the country to go to college in Sao Paulo. On their first day there, a strange and intense attraction unites them. Together, they rent an ... See full summary »
Director: Nando Olival | Stars: Gabriel Godoy, Victor Mendes, Juliana Schalch, Sophia Reis
Votes: 743
14. Olga (2004)
141 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and... See full summary »
Director: Jayme Monjardim | Stars: Camila Morgado, Caco Ciocler, Luís Melo, Eliane Giardini
Votes: 3,645
15. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
PG | 110 min | Drama
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
Director: Cao Hamburger | Stars: Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Daniela Piepszyk, Paulo Autran
Votes: 6,657 | Gross: $0.76M
16. Xingu (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Three brothers embark on a journey that begins with a kinship with Brazil's indigenous tribes, to their creation of South America's largest national park.
Director: Cao Hamburger | Stars: João Miguel, Felipe Camargo, Caio Blat, Maiarim Kaiabi
Votes: 1,924
17. 360 (2011)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster
Votes: 17,463 | Gross: $0.10M
18. City of Men (2007)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Director: Paulo Morelli | Stars: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos
Votes: 16,296 | Gross: $0.31M
19. Som e Fúria: O Filme (2009)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the struggles of a small theatre company attempting to adapt a Shakespeare play.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Toniko Melo | Stars: Felipe Camargo, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Andrea Beltrão, Dan Stulbach
Votes: 119
20. Sound & Fury (2009)
Comedy, Drama
The lives of a Shakespearian theatre group and their personal struggles to organize the production of 'Hamlet'.
Stars: Andrea Beltrão, Felipe Camargo, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Dan Stulbach
Votes: 219
21. O Quatrilho (1995)
92 min | Romance, Drama
Two Italian-immigrant couples are part of a game that leads to treason and brings serious consequences to those who lose.
Director: Fábio Barreto | Stars: Glória Pires, Patricia Pillar, Alexandre Paternost, Bruno Campos
Votes: 1,552
22. Nina (2004)
85 min | Drama, Animation, Thriller
Psychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.
Director: Heitor Dhalia | Stars: Guta Stresser, Myrian Muniz, Juliana Galdino, Sabrina Greve
Votes: 1,002
23. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2009)
89 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
In São Paulo, the lonely forty and something year-old guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment and is addicted in her only companion, the cigarettes. She has... See full summary »
Director: Anna Muylaert | Stars: Glória Pires, Paulo Miklos, Alessandra Colassanti, Dani Nefussi
Votes: 627
24. Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil (1995)
100 min | Comedy, History
A hot blooded Spanish princess plots to conquer her enemies and become queen.
Director: Carla Camurati | Stars: Marieta Severo, Antonio Abujamra, Thales Pan Chacon, Ludmila Dayer
Votes: 1,405
25. 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: 1,949
26. Brazilian Aquarelle (2000– )
60 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Felipe Kannenberg, Edson Celulari, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Thiago Lacerda
Votes: 81
27. A Casa de Alice (2007)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in ... See full summary »
Director: Chico Teixeira | Stars: Carla Ribas, Berta Zemel, Vinicius Faria Zinn, Ricardo Vilaça
Votes: 672 | Gross: $0.06M
28. The Other Side of the Street (2004)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired woman spends her days snooping everybody in her neighborhood as a police informant. When she thinks she sees a man murder a woman, but the death is seen as natural by the police, she decides to prove she was right.
Director: Marcos Bernstein | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, Laura Cardoso, Luiz Carlos Persy
Votes: 996
29. Blindness (2008)
R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Yûsuke Iseya
Votes: 75,191 | Gross: $3.07M
30. 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: 9,233
31. Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (2011)
TV-MA | 131 min | Biography, Drama
After the adoptive daughter of a stable family leaves them for a new life as a prostitute, she rises to become a popular performer among her clients, and details her routine in her blog.
Director: Marcus Baldini | Stars: Deborah Secco, Cássio Gabus Mendes, Drica Moraes, Fabiula Nascimento
Votes: 7,977
32. 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: 21,924 | Gross: $0.21M
33. Brida (1998– )
Stars: Othon Bastos, Leonardo Vieira, Rubens de Falco, Carolina Kasting
Votes: 11
34. Gabriela (1983)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1925, Nacib (Marcello Mastroianni) is the owner of a bar in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. He meets Gabriela (Sonia Braga) and hires her on as a cook. They ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart
Votes: 1,298
35. VIPs (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Crime, 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: 3,403
36. The Clown (2011)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Father and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Selton Mello, Paulo José, Larissa Manoela, Giselle Motta
Votes: 5,462
37. Billi Pig (2012)
98 min | Comedy
The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end up in the hands of a drug boss, whose ... See full summary »
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte | Stars: Selton Mello, Grazi Massafera, Milton Gonçalves, Otávio Müller
Votes: 337
38. Didi, o Caçador de Tesouros (2006)
86 min | Adventure, Family
Didi works as a butler at Pedro's father's house. While browsing an old photograph album, he and 10-year-old Pedro find an ancient map with the route to a treasure. They decide to search ... See full summary »
Directors: Paulo Aragão, Marcus Figueiredo | Stars: Livian Aragão, Renato Aragão, João Paulo Bienermann, Carlos Bonow
Votes: 310
39. Tanga (Deu no New York Times?) (1987)
90 min | Comedy
The dictator of a small Caribbean island receives the New York Times daily, sent by a nephew. Through the newspaper, he gets in touch with the world. Guerrilla groups try to neutralize this information system.
Director: Henfil | Stars: Chico Anysio, Zaqueu Bento, Ricardo Blat, André Carvalho
Votes: 55
40. Pluft, o Fantasminha (1962)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg.
Director: Romain Lesage | Stars: Arrelia, Norma Blum, Don Rossé Cavaca, Cláudio Cavalcanti
Votes: 30
41. Father's Chair (2012)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A man who has put his career ahead of everything else in life learns the value of family when his son goes missing.
Director: Luciano Moura | Stars: Wagner Moura, Lima Duarte, Mariana Lima, Brás Antunes
Votes: 1,557
42. Amor? (2011)
100 min | Drama
A mix of documentary and fiction in which actors and actresses interpret the testimony of real people.
Director: João Jardim | Stars: Ângelo Antônio, Lília Cabral, Letícia Colin, Claudio Jaborandy
Votes: 58
43. Árido Movie (2005)
100 min | Drama
Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.
Director: Lírio Ferreira | Stars: Guilherme Weber, Giulia Gam, José Dumont, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 568
44. Meu Mundo em Perigo (2007)
92 min | Drama
Elias sees his world threatened when his ex-wife, an ex-junkie, asks for the guard of their son. Fito after enters in desperation to lose its father because of Elias. Isis, that is hiding ... See full summary »
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte | Stars: Rosanne Mulholland, Eucir de Souza, Milhem Cortaz, Wolney de Assis
Votes: 67
45. Falsa Loura (2007)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons.
Director: Carlos Reichenbach | Stars: Rosanne Mulholland, Cauã Reymond, Maurício Mattar, Djin Sganzerla
Votes: 464
46. 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: 729
47. Girl of Ipanema (1967)
90 min | Music, Romance
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and... See full summary »
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Márcia Rodrigues, Adriano Reys, Arduíno Colassanti, Jose Carlos Marques
Votes: 70
48. 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
49. Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo II (1991)
97 min | Comedy
Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Carvana | Stars: Hugo Carvana, Nelson Xavier, Otávio Augusto, Lutero Luiz
Votes: 50
50. Neighboring Sounds (2012)
Unrated | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Ana Rita Gurgel, Caio Almeida, Maeve Jinkings, Dida Maia
Votes: 8,748 | Gross: $0.03M
51. Once Upon a Time Veronica (2012)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama
A woman tries to make a life for herself in a violent Brazilian city.
Director: Marcelo Gomes | Stars: Hermila Guedes, W.J. Solha, João Miguel, Renata Roberta
Votes: 716
52. Her Own Destiny (2004–2005)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The baby daughter of a mother of five from a poor background is kidnapped, and the mother fights to get her back; as time passes, she rises to a better life with her remaining children.
Stars: Susana Vieira, Renata Sorrah, José Wilker, José Mayer
Votes: 889
53. Cartola, the Samba Legend (2007)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).
Directors: Lírio Ferreira, Hilton Lacerda | Stars: Paulo Autran, Chico Buarque, Sérgio Cabral, Carlos Cachaça
Votes: 216
54. Alô, Alô, Brasil (1935)
78 min | Comedy, Musical
A radio maniac fan who falls in love with a non-existent female radio singer, goes through the biggest woes and problems to find her.
Directors: João de Barro, Wallace Downey, Alberto Ribeiro | Stars: Almirante, Ary Barroso, Aurora Miranda, Carmen Miranda
Votes: 10
55. Stolen Dreams (2009)
85 min | Drama
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and ... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Werneck | Stars: Nanda Costa, Amanda Diniz, Kika Farias, Marieta Severo
Votes: 582
56. Cafuné (2005)
92 min | Drama, Romance
CAFUNÉ is about people who are starting their adult lives in the both violent and charming environment of the city of Rio de Janeiro. This scenery is viewed through the eyes of a young ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Vianna | Stars: Priscila Assum, Lúcio Andrey, Dilma Lóes, Roberto Maya
Votes: 61
57. Nove Crônicas para um Coração aos Berros (2012)
93 min | Drama, Romance
In a mosaic of human relationships and day-to-day situations, men and women of different ages feel a pressing need to reinvent themselves. As they cross each other's paths, they all are at a turning point in their lives.
Director: Gustavo Galvão | Stars: Simone Spoladore, Leonardo Medeiros, Júlio Andrade, Denise Weinberg
Votes: 55
58. Corpo (2007)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
A body. No clues. No suspects.
Directors: Rossana Foglia, Rubens Rewald | Stars: Regiane Alves, Rejane Arruda, Louise Cardoso, Chris Couto
Votes: 131
59. Time and the Wind (2013)
115 min | Drama, Romance, War
The history of Brazil's southern occupation and the Anna Terra descendants.
Director: Jayme Monjardim | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Thiago Lacerda, Marjorie Estiano, Janaína Kremer Motta
Votes: 909
60. 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
61. Latitude Zero (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Lena owns a forgotten bar next to a highway where the trucks zip by but rarely stop. She is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover, Colonel Mattos, of the São ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Venturi | Stars: Debora Duboc, Claudio Jaborandy
Votes: 161
62. A Escada (1996)
5 min | Short
With little encouragement and very hesitant, a man begins to climb a ladder from a steep street. Atfer a couple of steps he begins to go all the way up by running, then suddenly he returns ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Barcinski | Star: Luciano Chirolli
Votes: 48
63. Between Valleys (2012)
80 min | Drama
Vicente is an economist, Caio's father, married to Marina, a dedicated dentist. He leads a normal life at home and at work until one loss after another leads him on an erratic journey ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Barcinski | Stars: Melissa Vettore, Ângelo Antônio, Daniel Hendler, Clayton Mariano
Votes: 81
64. Segundo Movimento para Piano e Costura (2011)
50 min | Drama
Director: Marco Del Fiol | Stars: Debora Duboc, Young Choi Ho, Claudio Jaborandy, Lulu Pavarin
Votes: 12
65. Filhas do Vento (2004)
85 min | Drama
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart. One of them headed for the big city, trying to secure a career as an actress. The other stayed to look after their father.
Director: Joel Zito Araújo | Stars: Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia, Milton Gonçalves, Taís Araújo
Votes: 120
66. As Vidas de Maria (2005)
76 min | Drama
Maria (Liberato) was born on April 21st 1960, the same date as the inauguration of Brazil's new capital, Brasília. The film shows parallels in the lives of both Maria and Brasília.
Director: Renato Barbieri | Stars: Ingra Lyberato, Sthefany Brito, Bruno Fatumbi Torres, Gustavo Melo
Votes: 26
67. Através da Janela (2000)
82 min | Drama
Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some changes in her son's behavior. At first,... See full summary »
Director: Tata Amaral | Stars: Laura Cardoso, Fransérgio Araújo, Ana Lúcia Torre, Leona Cavalli
Votes: 127
68. Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala (2008)
93 min | Drama
After his death, the patriarch of the lower-middle class Castilho family in São Paulo, starts appearing to his four sons to offer advice. The Castilho brothers form an eccentric Brazilian ... See full summary »
Director: Reinaldo Pinheiro | Stars: Hermes Baroli, Jonas Bloch, Milhem Cortaz, Dercy Gonçalves
Votes: 145
69. Tropicália (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as tropicália, and the struggle its artists ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Machado | Stars: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso
Votes: 651
70. Jorge Mautner: O Filho do Holocausto (2012)
93 min | Documentary
The documentary narrates the trajectory of Jorge Mautner after his parents - a Catholic Austrian from Yugoslavian origin and an Austrian Jew - flee Nazism in Germany during World War II and... See full summary »
Directors: Pedro Bial, Heitor D'Alincourt | Stars: José Roberto Aguilar, Susanne Bial, Elizabeth de Fiore, Ottaviano de Fiore
Votes: 60
71. No olho da rua (2010)
100 min | Drama
Director: Rogério Corrêa | Stars: Murilo Rosa, Gabriela Flores, Leandro Firmino, Pascoal da Conceição
Votes: 10
72. How to Be Single in Rio (1998)
95 min | Comedy
A shy journalist asks a womanizer friend for advice on how to seduce women. The lessons work so well that the "teacher" decides to write a book on the subject: The Single Man Manual.
Director: Rosane Svartman | Stars: Lília Cabral, Rosana Garcia, Fernando Gabeira, Cássia Linhares
Votes: 277
73. 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
74. Estamos Juntos (2011)
95 min | Drama
The plot centers on a young female doctor Carmen with a terminal disease. A feeling of urgency unconsciously leads her to live each moment of her life as it were the last. During this ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Venturi | Stars: Leandra Leal, Cauã Reymond, Lee Taylor, Nazareno Casero
Votes: 291
75. All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)
102 min | Drama
Rich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio
Votes: 630
76. The Age of the Earth (1980)
157 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
Four Third-World Christs try to stop the American industrialist John Brahms in Glauber Rocha's experimental film inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's murder.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira
Votes: 675
77. Romeo & Juliet ...Get Married (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A Romeo-and-Juliet kind of love affair. The difference here is what sets the two lovers apart: their soccer teams. Being a fan of Corinthians, Romeu has to fake he really likes Palmeiras, in order to gain Julieta's heart.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Luis Gustavo, Luana Piovani, Marco Ricca, Martha Mellinger
Votes: 1,115
78. Cinderela Baiana (1998)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Carla Perez (portrayed by Carla Fabianny as a child and by herself as an adult) lives with her father (Armindo Biao) and tuberculous mother (Juliana Calil) in a small, poor shack located ... See full summary »
Director: Conrado Sanchez | Stars: Carla Perez, Alexandre Pires, Perry Salles, Josevaldo Oliveira
Votes: 483
79. Descolados (2009)
390 min | Drama
Stars: Renata Gaspar, Marcelo Lourençon, Thiago Pinheiro, Luiz Gustavo
Votes: 56
80. 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: 1,821
81. Natimorto (2009)
92 min | Drama
A talent agent summons a young singer to Sao Paulo in order to present her to a renowned maestro. While they wait for the day of the audition, they stay in a hotel room where, over ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo Machline | Stars: Betty Gofman, Lourenço Mutarelli, Simone Spoladore
Votes: 168
82. Uma História de Futebol (1998)
20 min | Short, Sport
This movie tells the fictional account from Pelé's childhood as told by a childhood friend. The script is loosely based on testimonials from Aziz Adib Naufal.
Director: Paulo Machline | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, José Rubens Chachá, Eduardo Santos, Magda Miranda
Votes: 188
83. Vestido de Noiva (2006)
112 min | Drama
While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello.
Director: Joffre Rodrigues | Stars: Sandra Barsotti, Camilo Beviláqua, Maria Esmeralda, Ângela Fabri
Votes: 112
84. 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: 2,107 | Gross: $0.01M
85. A Mulher de Todos (1969)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents, and exerts intense allure on them, dominating them all with her erotic power.
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Helena Ignez, Jô Soares, Stênio Garcia, Paulo Villaça
Votes: 354
86. A Memória que me Contam (2012)
95 min | Drama
A group of friends who resisted Brazilian dictatorship face, along with their sons, the conflicts between past and present as one of theirs is passing away.
Director: Lúcia Murat | Stars: Clarisse Abujamra, Otávio Augusto, Eduardo Cravo, Ricardo Dantas
Votes: 253
87. The Foreign Eye (2006)
70 min | Documentary
Fantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors... See full summary »
Director: Lúcia Murat | Stars: Philippe de Broca, Michael Caine, Philippe Clair, Greydon Clark
Votes: 200
88. A Long Journey (2011)
95 min | Documentary
The true story of the director Lucia Murat's younger brother , Heitor, who is sent to London by his well to do family to avoid the possibility of joining his director/writer sister Ms. ... See full summary »
Director: Lúcia Murat | Star: Caio Blat
Votes: 115
89. Um Dia na Vida (2010)
94 min | Documentary
The documentary is a selection of images on network television that Coutinho recorded for 24 hours. It was never released in theaters because of issues related to copyright and image.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Sonia Abrão, Marcelo Adnet, Amaury Jr., Sandra Annenberg
Votes: 133
90. Actresses (2007)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev's A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he'll make her ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Louis Garrel, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 783
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