Submissions from Portugal to the Academy Awards to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film Category
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1. The Domain (2019)
166 min | Drama
The chronicle of a Portuguese family that owns one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus.
Director: Tiago Guedes | Stars: Albano Jerónimo, Sandra Faleiro, Ana Vilela da Costa, Miguel Borges
Votes: 1,498
92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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2. Pilgrimage (2017)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama
A remarkable imagining of the historic voyages of 16th-century explorer and writer Fernão Mendes Pinto, one of the first Europeans to sail to and travel the Orient-- India, Japan, and ... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Cláudio da Silva, Cassiano Carneiro, Pedro Inês, Catarina Wallenstein
Votes: 212
91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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3. 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
90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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4. Letters from War (2016)
105 min | Drama
Based on António Lobo Antunes's novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer, to his wife while he was serving in Angola between 1971 and 1973, ... See full summary »
Director: Ivo Ferreira | Stars: Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova, Ricardo Pereira, João Pedro Vaz
Votes: 798
89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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5. Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, Romance
Continuation of the Arabian Nights stories by the structure were adapted to modern life in Portugal in three innings and the third chapter "The Owners of Dixie" has three chapters.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Joana de Verona
Votes: 1,572 | Gross: $0.01M
88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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6. What Now? Remind Me (2013)
Unrated | 164 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Joaquim Pinto, who has been living with HIV for more than two decades, looks back at his life in cinema, at his friendships and loves, at the mysteries of art and nature - while undergoing an experimental drug treatment.
Director: Joaquim Pinto | Stars: Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel, Serge Daney, Raúl Ruiz
Votes: 445
87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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7. Lines of Wellington (2012)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, History, War
On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Sarmiento | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich
Votes: 1,570
86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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8. Blood of My Blood (2011)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rita Blanco, Anabela Moreira, Cleia Almeida, Rafael Morais
Votes: 2,036
85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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9. José and Pilar (2010)
117 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Nobel Prize Winner José Saramago and his feelings over his wife, his country and life, as a whole.
Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mendes | Stars: João Afonso, Àngels Barceló, Pilar del Río, Juan Echanove
Votes: 2,489
84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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10. Morrer Como Um Homem (2009)
Unrated | 134 min | Drama, Music
A transgender woman tries to erase any past history of herself as a male. Struggling with a young male lover and a problematic son.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Chandra Malatitch, John Jesus Romão, Ivo Barroso, Gonçalo Ferreira De Almeida
Votes: 1,262 | Gross: $0.00M
83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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11. Doomed Love (2008)
81 min | Romance
A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere ... See full summary »
Director: Mário Barroso | Stars: Rafael Morais, Tomás Alves, Rui Morisson, Ana Padrão
Votes: 277
82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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12. Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
Not Rated | 147 min | Music, Romance
Docu-drama about Portuguese social life in the countryside during the busy month of August
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho, Andreia Santos
Votes: 1,826
81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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13. Belle toujours (2006)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama, Music
38 years after their last encounter, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine in a concert. He follows her and sadistically takes out a slow and painful revenge.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Votes: 1,110 | Gross: $0.01M
80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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14. Alice (I) (2005)
102 min | Drama
In the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
Director: Marco Martins | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Guilherme, Ana Bustorff
Votes: 2,355
79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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15. Noite Escura (2004)
94 min | Drama, Crime
"Noite Escura" is a disturbing movie about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Cleia Almeida
Votes: 615
78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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16. The Miracle According to Salomé (2004)
97 min | Drama
An alternative, almost heretical, explanation for the Fátima apparition of Our Lady and related miracles.
Director: Mário Barroso | Stars: Nicolau Breyner, Ana Bandeira, Ricardo Pereira, Paulo Pires
Votes: 205
77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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17. Um Filme Falado (2003)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 2,091 | Gross: $0.01M
76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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18. O Delfim (2002)
88 min | Drama
Based on José Cardoso Pires' novel, O Delfim shows a rotten country, full of feudal lords who dominate its territory with dictatorship. One of them is Tomás da Palma Bravo, also known as O Delfim.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Rogério Samora, Alexandra Lencastre, Rui Morisson, Isabel Ruth
Votes: 371
75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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19. Camarate (2001)
100 min | Drama, History
Luisa, a Portuguese Supreme Court Judge, is given the Camarate File, the investigation of the accident that led to the death of Portuguese Prime-Minister and his accompanists on December ... See full summary »
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Maria João Luís, Virgílio Castelo, Filipe Ferrer, Cândido Ferreira
Votes: 171
74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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20. Tarde Demais (2000)
95 min | Drama
Tragic real life story about a group of Portuguese fishermen who get caught in the middle of a storm in the Tejo river (Lisbon) and struggle to survive.
Director: José Nascimento | Stars: Vítor Norte, Adriano Luz, Nuno Melo, Carlos Santos
Votes: 177
73rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2000) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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21. The Mutants (1998)
113 min | Drama
Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares
Votes: 651
72nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1999) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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22. Anxiety (1998)
110 min | Drama
They are famous, weighed down by honour, celebrated, highly esteemed - aged and ancient. The father, in an attempt to save his son from becoming decrepit tries to drive his son to suicide. ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Leonor Silveira
Votes: 400
71st ACADEMY AWARDS (1998) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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23. Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
91 min | Biography, Drama
Manoel is an aging film director who travels with his film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France. In the process, he remembers his own youth.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Yves Gautier, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória
Votes: 824
70th ACADEMY AWARDS (1997) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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24. God's Comedy (1995)
170 min | Comedy, Drama
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Raquel Ascensão
Votes: 1,393
68th ACADEMY AWARDS (1995) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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25. Três Palmeiras (1994)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Lisbon, on a winter day in 1994, between six and fourteen o'clock. A forty-year-old woman despairs in the last eight hours preceding the birth of her first child.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Teresa Roby, Pedro Hestnes, Rita Lopes Alves, Alexandra Lencastre
Votes: 45
67th ACADEMY AWARDS (1994) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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26. Abraham's Valley (1993)
187 min | Drama
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Votes: 1,541
66th ACADEMY AWARDS (1993) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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27. O Dia do Desespero (1992)
75 min | Biography, Drama
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Teresa Madruga, Mário Barroso, Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória
Votes: 215
65th ACADEMY AWARDS (1992) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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28. Blood (1989)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don't seem to remember their mother, and are very... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira, Inês de Medeiros, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 1,157
64th ACADEMY AWARDS (1991) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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29. O Processo do Rei (1990)
91 min | Drama, History
At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança, was in possession of the throne and was an insane imbecile.... See full summary »
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Carlos Daniel, Aurelle Doazan, Antonino Solmer, Carlos Martins Medeiros
Votes: 79
63rd ACADEMY AWARDS (1990) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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30. The Cannibals (1988)
90 min | Musical, Drama, Fantasy
A drama following stories of characters from the Portuguese High Society.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Oliveira Lopes
Votes: 538
62nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1989) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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31. Hard Times (1988)
90 min | Drama
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Henrique Viana, Júlia Britton, Eunice Muñoz, Ruy Furtado
Votes: 105
61st ACADEMY AWARDS (1988) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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32. Ana (1982)
115 min | Drama
It is a sincere and naive film that combines the themes of nature-man, modernism-man in Rilke's poets with a local narrative.
Directors: Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis | Stars: Ana Maria Martins Guerra, Manuel Ramalho Eanes, Octávio Lixa Filgueiras, Aurora Alfonso
Votes: 146
58th ACADEMY AWARDS (1985) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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33. O Lugar do Morto (1984)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alvaro, a divorced journalist with a complicated love life, watches someone he doesn't know killing himself after a fight with a woman who he gave a lift. Intrigued by that mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: Ana Zanatti, Pedro Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Luís Lima Barreto
Votes: 226
57th ACADEMY AWARDS (1984) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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34. Sem Sombra de Pecado (1983)
104 min | Drama
A young man from a high-bourgeois family, Henrique receives mysterious phone calls from a woman at the barracks where he is serving in the military, which attracts him to meetings without consequences.
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Victoria Abril, Saul Santos, Armando Cortez, João Perry
Votes: 127
56th ACADEMY AWARDS (1983) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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35. Francisca (1981)
166 min | Biography, Drama
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Francisco Brás
Votes: 610
55th ACADEMY AWARDS (1982) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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36. Manhã Submersa (1980)
127 min | Drama
Estefãnia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move ... See full summary »
Director: Lauro António | Stars: Eunice Muñoz, Vergílio Ferreira, Canto e Castro, Jacinto Ramos
Votes: 116
53rd ACADEMY AWARDS (1980) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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