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1. El fusilamiento de Dorrego (1908)
Short, History
The director Mario Gallo made the first film with an argument from Argentina, although the opinions of scholars are not coincident as to their temporal order.
Director: Mario Gallo | Stars: Salvador Rosich, Eliseo Gutiérrez, Roberto Casaux
2. Nobleza gaucha (1915)
60 min | Drama, History, Western
A licentious patron takes a beautiful stand to his palace in Buenos Aires, after abducting her. When the gaucho who wants to go to rescue her, the field owner uses a corrupt commissary to falsely accuse him of a thief.
Directors: Humberto Cairo, Ernesto Gunche, Eduardo Martinez de la Pera | Stars: Arturo Mario, María Padín, Celestino Petray, Orfilia Rico
Votes: 87
3. Santa (1918)
40 min | Drama, Short
The first version of Gamboa's novel about an innocent young girl who is betrayed by the man she loves and must become a prostitute after her family rejects her.
Director: Luis Peredo | Stars: Elena Sánchez Valenzuela, Alfonso Busson, Ricardo Beltri, Clementina Pérez de Rebolledo
Votes: 27
4. The Grey Automobile (1919)
223 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gang terrorize Mexico City's high society in 1915. Murder, kidnapping and robbery are their trademarks. One police inspector (Cabrera) follows the gang's crimes and eventually sends them to jail.
Director: Enrique Rosas | Stars: Joaquín Coss, Juan de Homs, Manuel de los Ríos, María Teresa Montoya
Votes: 235
5. Limit (1931)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Three people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.
Director: Mario Peixoto | Stars: Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira
Votes: 2,876
6. Muñequitas porteñas (1931)
73 min
A girl who sometimes mistreats her father, leaves her home and leaves her boyfriend, seduced by an adventurer who starts her as a tango singer. The father is jailed after shooting the ... See full summary »
Director: José A. Ferreyra | Stars: Antonio Ber Ciani, Julio Bunge, Floren Delbene, Arturo Forte
Votes: 15
7. Ganga Bruta (1933)
82 min | Drama
A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he falls in love with an innocent girl.
Director: Humberto Mauro | Stars: Durval Bellini, Dea Selva, Lu Marival, Décio Murilo
Votes: 448
8. Godfather Mendoza (1934)
85 min | Drama, War
During Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza (Del Diestro) survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Bustillo Oro, Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Alfredo del Diestro, Carmen Guerrero, Antonio R. Frausto, Luis G. Barreiro
Votes: 608
9. The Woman of the Port (1934)
76 min | Drama
Rosario (Palma) becomes a prostitute after losing her father and discovering her boyfriend had a liaison with another woman. In Veracruz, Rosario lives above a sordid cabaret "selling her ... See full summary »
Directors: Arcady Boytler, Raphael J. Sevilla | Stars: Andrea Palma, Domingo Soler, Francisco Zárraga, Joaquín Busquets
Votes: 429
10. Let's Go with Pancho Villa (1936)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, War
The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Antonio R. Frausto, Domingo Soler, Manuel Tamés, Ramón Vallarino
Votes: 816
11. Out on the Big Ranch (1936)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A "comedia ranchera", where two good friends fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Tito Guízar, René Cardona, Esther Fernández, Lorenzo Barcelata
Votes: 182
12. Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)
75 min | Musical, Comedy
Two producers have difficulties convincing a Casino owner to present their musical revue, with the biggest names in Brazilian radio and theater, until his main attraction is canceled, and he desperately agrees.
Director: Adhemar Gonzaga | Stars: Jaime Costa, Barbosa Júnior, Pinto Filho, Oscarito
Votes: 68
13. La vuelta al nido (1938)
77 min | Drama
Enrique, a gray office worker who lives a marriage already without passion begins to rethink his life when he receives an anonymous who says that his wife deceives him.
Director: Leopoldo Torres Ríos | Stars: José Gola, Amelia Bence, Cielito, Julio Renato
Votes: 64
14. Prisioneros de la tierra (1939)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
By 1915, a contractor traveling to Posadas looking for new staff. Among the music and drinks in a bar and shipped to the mill. He is accompanied by a drunken doctor and his daughter. In the mill, injustices and cruelties are accentuated.
Director: Mario Soffici | Stars: Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Roberto Fugazot, Homero Cárpena
Votes: 286
15. The Gaucho War (1942)
90 min | Drama, History, Western
The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.
Director: Lucas Demare | Stars: Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Sebastián Chiola
Votes: 193
16. Maria Candelaria (1944)
Approved | 76 min | Romance, Drama
In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. María Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Margarita Cortés
Votes: 1,220
17. O Cortiço (1945)
119 min | Comedy
Director: Luiz de Barros | Stars: Manoel Vieira, Miguel Orico, Manoel Rocha, Colé Santana
18. The Fugitive (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Directors: John Ford, Emilio Fernández | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 2,586
19. Inconfidência Mineira (1948)
Drama
Director: Carmen Santos | Stars: Rodolfo Mayer, Carmen Santos, Roberto Lupo, Oswaldo Loureiro
20. The Great Madcap (1949)
92 min | Comedy
A father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 1,412
21. The Young and the Damned (1950)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
Votes: 22,001
22. The Adventuress (1950)
101 min | Drama, Musical
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Gout | Stars: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 639
23. Siete muertes a plazo fijo (1950)
88 min | Comedy, Thriller
On New Year's Eve, a banker and his wife invite several friends to have dinner in their apartment. Suddenly, an astrologer makes an appearance and predicts seven of the present people will die in the next weeks.
Director: Manolo Alonso | Stars: Juan José Martínez Casado, Alejandro Lugo, Raquel Revuelta, Ernesto de Gali
Votes: 22
24. Caiçara (1950)
92 min | Drama
A beautiful woman with a tragic past marries the owner of a small shipyard in an island, and they set up residence in a poor village. Besides not being able to adapt to the place, the partner of her husband becomes hostile to her presence.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, John Waterhouse | Stars: Eliane Lage, Abilio Pereira de Almeida, Carlos Vergueiro, Mário Sérgio
Votes: 106
25. Susana (1951)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
An unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for very, very wayward girls and deceptively finds shelter in the kind home of a frighteningly nice and decent family. Little by little, ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Rosita Quintana, Fernando Soler, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, María Gentil Arcos
Votes: 2,278
26. Vento Norte (1951)
76 min | Drama
Director: Salomão Scliar | Stars: Roberto Bataglin, Patrícia Diniz, Manoel Macedo, Berta Scliar
Votes: 18
27. Terra É Sempre Terra (1951)
90 min | Drama
Director: Tom Payne | Stars: Marisa Prado, Abilio Pereira de Almeida, Mário Sérgio, Eliane Lage
Votes: 45
28. Simon the One-Eyed (1952)
101 min | Comedy
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Mesquitinha, Yara Aguiar, Rachel Martins, Carlos Araújo
Votes: 63
29. El (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker, Carlos Martínez Baena
Votes: 6,570
30. The Bandit (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
Director: Lima Barreto | Stars: Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico
Votes: 704
31. Song of the Sea (1953)
124 min | Drama
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Margarida Cardoso, Cacilda Lanuza, Ruy Saraiva, Aurora Duarte
Votes: 132
32. Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
82 min | Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin".
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro, Fernando Soto, Agustín Isunza
Votes: 1,643
33. Wuthering Heights (1954)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A partial retelling of Wuthering Heights in 19th century Mexico.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Irasema Dilián, Jorge Mistral, Lilia Prado, Ernesto Alonso
Votes: 1,376
34. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadne Welter
Votes: 5,889
35. Rio, 40 Degrees (1955)
100 min | Drama
A semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell peanuts at Copacabana, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and a soccer game. Various ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Modesto De Souza, Roberto Bataglin, Jece Valadão, Ana Beatriz
Votes: 860
36. Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
83 min | Drama, Music
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia, Maria Petar
Votes: 553
37. The House of the Angel (1957)
76 min | Drama
The House of the Angel focuses on the ruling class in 1920s Argentina, a deeply repressive society where political arguments were often settled by duels, and young women were expected to be totally ignorant of sex.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Elsa Daniel, Lautaro Murúa, Berta Ortegosa, Bárbara Mujica
Votes: 470
38. Toss Me a Dime (1958)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
Director: Fernando Birri | Stars: Guillermo Cervantes Luro, María Rosa Gallo, Francisco Petrone
Votes: 306
39. Estranho Encontro (1958)
87 min | Crime
Two pairs of mismatched lovers wind up in a dangerous situation when the younger partners of each relationship meet by accident.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Mário Sérgio, Andrea Bayard, Lola Brah, Luigi Picchi
Votes: 111
40. O Grande Momento (1958)
80 min | Drama
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
Director: Roberto Santos | Stars: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Myriam Pérsia, Vera Gertel, Jaime Barcellos
Votes: 144
41. Nazarin (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 6,453
42. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,255
43. The Young One (1960)
96 min | Drama
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, Key Meersman, Crahan Denton
Votes: 3,063
44. Arraial do Cabo (1960)
17 min | Documentary, Short
In the brazilian city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, fishermen struggle to sustain their community. A big industry installs in town, changing the way and the culture of this small village.
Directors: Mário Carneiro, Paulo César Saraceni
Votes: 58
45. Iguassu: The Devil's Throat (1960)
100 min | Drama
Four deserters from Paraguay War hide in an old drunkard's country seat. The latter has two daughters who are unhappy with their recluse lives.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Luigi Picchi, Odete Lara, Edla Van Steen, Fernando Baleroni
Votes: 49
46. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,541
47. The Turning Wind (1962)
78 min | Drama
In the State of Bahia, Brazil, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Antonio Pitanga, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy de Carvalho, Aldo Teixeira
Votes: 850
48. Barren Lives (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Votes: 2,909
49. Valparaiso (1963)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A travelogue of Valparaiso, Chile, a city built on steep hills. Life is a constant struggle against geography. Neighbourhoods are reached by series of ramps, staircases, and funicular ... See full summary »
Director: Joris Ivens | Star: Roger Pigaut
Votes: 1,319
50. Porto das Caixas (1963)
80 min | Drama
Irma can only think about getting rid of her cowardly dirty husband. She seeks out lovers not to commit adultery or for pleasure, but to find an accomplice to kill her husband.
Director: Paulo César Saraceni | Stars: Irma Álvarez, Reginaldo Faria, Paulo Padilha, Joseph Guerreiro
Votes: 152
51. Garrincha - Alegria do Povo (1963)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Heron Domingues, Garrincha
Votes: 289
52. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,660
53. Black God, White Devil (1964)
Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle
Votes: 5,353
54. 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: 737
55. Men and Women (1964)
93 min | Drama
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Norma Bengell, Odete Lara, Mário Benvenutti, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 641
56. Simon of the Desert (1965)
Not Rated | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Hortensia Santoveña
Votes: 10,833
57. The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
109 min | Drama
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Santos | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Jofre Soares, Maria Ribeiro, Maurício do Valle
Votes: 199
58. Now (1965)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary short about racism in the United States.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lena Horne
Votes: 759
59. São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
107 min | Drama
A man lives in conflict as he deals with his friends and love interests against the backdrop of São Paulo.
Director: Luiz Sérgio Person | Stars: Ana Esmeralda, Eva Wilma, Otelo Zeloni, Walmor Chagas
Votes: 989
60. Vereda de Salvação (1965)
100 min | Drama
In the poor Brazil's Northeast, rural laborers join in a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to ... See full summary »
Director: Anselmo Duarte | Stars: Raul Cortez, José Parisi, Lélia Abramo, Esther Mellinger
Votes: 75
61. Plantation Boy (1965)
90 min | Drama
In Brazil in the 1920s, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. His adaptation will be difficult and painful.
Director: Walter Lima Jr. | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Sávio Rolim, Rodolfo Arena, Anecy Rocha
Votes: 97
62. Grande Sertão (1965)
92 min | Drama
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
Directors: Geraldo Santos Pereira, Renato Santos Pereira | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Sônia Clara, Jofre Soares, Milton Gonçalves
Votes: 54
63. Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo, Gaspar De Santelices
Votes: 1,460
64. Ukamau (1966)
75 min | Drama
While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Elsa Antequera, Néstor Cárdenas, Benedicta Huanca, Benedicta Mendoza
Votes: 252
65. A Grande Cidade ou As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe (1966)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Luzia comes from the backwoods of Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, in search of her fiancé. But soon she'll find out he has turned into a dangerous criminal and is being looked after by the police.
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: Leonardo Villar, Anecy Rocha, Antonio Pitanga, Joel Barcellos
Votes: 160
66. O Desafio (1966)
81 min | Drama
Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a journalist gets into a personal crisis, aggravated by his love affair with an industrialist's wife, ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo César Saraceni | Stars: Isabella, Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, Sérgio Britto, Luiz Linhares
Votes: 148
67. For the First Time (1967)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A traveling film projectionist brings the film Modern Times (1936) to a secluded village that has never seen a motion picture before.
Director: Octavio Cortázar
Votes: 273
68. Entranced Earth (1967)
111 min | Drama
In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha
Votes: 3,579
69. The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967)
112 min | Comedy
The metamorphoses of Juan Quin Quin, in turns bullfighter, guerrilla fighter and sacristan.
Director: Julio García Espinosa | Stars: Julito Martinez, Erdwin Fernández, Adelaida Raymat, Enrique Santisteban
Votes: 119
70. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A Cuban man cycles through his opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family moves to Miami.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés
Votes: 4,771 | Gross: $0.03M
71. Lucia (1968)
160 min | Drama
Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930s, and the 1960s.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Núñez, Adela Legrá, Eduardo Moure
Votes: 1,181
72. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Unrated | 260 min | Documentary, History, War
Divided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution ... See full summary »
Directors: Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: María de la Paz, Fernando E. Solanas, Edgardo Suárez, Julio Troxler
Votes: 1,188
73. The Red Light Bandit (1968)
92 min | Crime, Thriller
The story of a famous Brazilian criminal, called The Red Light Bandit because he always used a red flashlight to break in the houses during the night. Working alone, he also used to rape his female victims.
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Pagano Sobrinho, Luiz Linhares
Votes: 1,686
74. Three Sad Tigers (1968)
100 min | Drama
The drunken nights of several listless chancers in Chile's capital city build inexorably to violence.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Shenda Román, Nelson Villagra, Luis Alarcón, Jaime Vadell
Votes: 385
75. LBJ (1968)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Documentary
A montage of 1960s America, all focused on the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes: 322
76. Hanoi, martes 13 (1968)
Not Rated | 38 min | Short, Documentary
A short film which documents the lives of the people of Hanoi which took place on March 13.
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 183
77. The Deceased (1965)
90 min | Drama
Woman who is obsessed with death wants a first-class burial for herself, and even buys a luxury coffin beforehand.
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Gracindo, Ivan Cândido, Nelson Xavier
Votes: 496
78. Antonio das Mortes (1969)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 2,280
79. 79 primaveras (1969)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Documentary
An agit-prop documentary marking the death of Vietnamese nationalist leader Ho Chí Minh, using found footage to link his work to worldwide political movements including the Cuban revolution and resistance within the USA to the Vietnam war.
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 489
80. Macunaima (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Fantasy, Comedy
Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born fully grown, he discovers his life's purpose which leads him and his family and ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Stars: Grande Otelo, Paulo José, Jardel Filho, Dina Sfat
Votes: 2,093
81. La primera carga al machete (1969)
84 min | Drama
Both Spanish soldiers and Cuban peasants recall the bloody attack by machete-slicing Cubans in the late 19th century. The officers discuss the attack and the implications their defeat will ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Octavio Gómez | Stars: Adolfo Llauradó, José Rodríguez, Idalia Anreus, Eslinda Núñez
Votes: 126
82. El dependiente (1969)
87 min | Drama
Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams...and her family.
Director: Leonardo Favio | Stars: Walter Vidarte, Graciela Borges, Nora Cullen, Fernando Iglesias 'Tacholas'
Votes: 560
83. Invasion (1969)
123 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of men led by an old man trying to stop an invasion of the city of Aquileia. The invaders are introducing a machinery for a mass invasion, but the invasion is absolute and impossible to define.
Director: Hugo Santiago | Stars: Olga Zubarry, Lautaro Murúa, Juan Carlos Paz, Martín Adjemián
Votes: 967
84. Blood of the Condor (1969)
70 min | Crime, Drama
The reaction of an indigenous community against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.
Director: Jorge Sanjinés | Stars: Marcelino Yanahuaya, Benedicta Mendoza, Vicente Verneros Salinas, Danielle Caillet
Votes: 623
85. El Topo (1970)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Western
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 31,388 | Gross: $0.04M
86. Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças (1970)
103 min | Drama
A Latin-American insurgent and a black leader join forces to free an African nation. But they'll have to face a German mercenary aided by an American agent and a Portuguese advisor, all working for a mysterious woman.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Rada Rassimov, Giulio Brogi, Gabriele Tinti, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 415
87. 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
88. A Very Crazy Asylum (1970)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A new priest comes to a Brazilian coastal town and builds an insane asylum. Eventually the whole population ends up in the asylum.
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Nildo Parente, Isabel Ribeiro, Arduíno Colassanti, Irene Stefânia
Votes: 150
89. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy
In 1594 in Brazil, the Tupinambás Indians are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman (Arduíno Colassanti) is captured by the ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Arduíno Colassanti, Ana Maria Magalhães, Eduardo Imbassahy Filho, Manfredo Colassanti
Votes: 1,174
90. Bang Bang (1971)
85 min | Comedy
The actor of a film being made lives without distinction his own personal reality and his character's fiction. As the involuntary object of chance and circumstance, he looks for a meaning ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Tonacci | Stars: Paulo César Peréio, Abrahão Farc, Jura Otero, José Aurélio Vieira
Votes: 364
91. El profe (1971)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teacher arrives to El Romeral, a little town where he must face many cons to teach, many persons who doesn't want that children be educate to continuing exploiting the people under their ambitious plans.
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Cantinflas, Marga López, Arturo de Córdova, Víctor Alcocer
Votes: 586
92. The Harder They Come (1972)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Wishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
Director: Perry Henzell | Stars: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman
Votes: 7,033
93. Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1972)
124 min | Biography, Drama, War
A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.
Director: Paul Leduc | Stars: Claudio Obregón, Eduardo López Rojas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Juan Ángel Martínez
Votes: 206
94. Câncer (1972)
86 min | Drama
This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and society.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Odete Lara, Hugo Carvana, Antonio Pitanga, Rogério Duarte
Votes: 146
95. El Chavo del Ocho (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a poor, homeless, fumbling boy and his friends in their humble neighborhood.
Stars: Ramón Valdés, Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Carlos Villagrán, María Antonieta de las Nieves
Votes: 12,756
96. The Holy Mountain (1973)
16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 48,040 | Gross: $0.06M
97. The Traitors (1973)
113 min | Drama
Film originally intended for revolutionary working class and leftist intellectuals. About the life of a union activist who began his struggle in the Peronist ranks during the '60s and corrupted in his rise to power.
Director: Raymundo Gleyzer | Stars: Víctor Proncet, Raúl Fraire, Susana Lanteri, Mara Lasio
Votes: 224
98. Little White Dove (1992)
125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor schoolgirl and a young man from a wealthy family have an affair.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Beatriz Lapido, Rodrigo Ureta, Mónica Díaz, Manuel Aranguiz
Votes: 240
99. 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
100. El Chapulín Colorado (1973–1979)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An accident-prone superhero seems to cause more problems than the villains he faces.
Stars: Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Carlos Villagrán, Ramón Valdés, Florinda Meza
Votes: 4,068
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