Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "social-issues-in-brazil"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Dom (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Victor, a police officer who dedicated his life to fight the narcotraffic war and to help his son Pedro, a drug addict who became one of the most wanted criminals in Brazil.
Stars: Gabriel Leone, Flávio Tolezani, Mariana Cerrone, Raquel Villar
Votes: 2,782
2. 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: 9,241
3. 7 Prisoners (2021)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
To provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.
Director: Alexandre Moratto | Stars: Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro, Lucas Oranmian, Vitor Julian
Votes: 9,223
4. Under Pressure (2017– )
60 min | Drama, Thriller
A medical drama series portraying patient-doctor dramas in a substandard hospital in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.
Stars: Júlio Andrade, Marjorie Estiano, Bruno Garcia, Pablo Sanábio
Votes: 690
5. 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: 8,624 | Gross: $0.22M
6. Executive Order (2020)
103 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian near future in Brazil, an authoritarian government orders all citizens of African descent to move to Africa - creating chaos, protests, and an underground resistance movement that inspires the nation.
Directors: Lázaro Ramos, Flávia Lacerda | Stars: Alfred Enoch, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge, Adriana Esteves
Votes: 2,422
7. Aruanas (2019–2021)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.
Stars: Débora Falabella, Taís Araújo, Leandra Leal, Thainá Duarte
Votes: 268
8. Nise: The Heart of Madness (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist in Brazil who treated her patients with art instead of electroshock therapy.
Director: Roberto Berliner | Stars: Glória Pires, Luciana Fregolente, Simone Mazzer, Fabrício Boliveira
Votes: 2,586
9. September Mornings (2021– )
TV-14 | 35 min | Drama
The life of a trans woman who has just gained her independence takes an unexpected turn when an unknown son she had with a woman ten years ago shows up out of the blue.
Stars: Liniker, Thomas Aquino, Gustavo Coelho, Clodd Dias
Votes: 874
10. Justiça (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
The daily routine at a Brazilian court, including the people who work there: lawyers, judges and accused.
Director: Maria Ramos | Stars: Fátima Maria Clemente, Carlos Eduardo, Maria Ignez Kato, Elma Lusitano
Votes: 288
11. Killer Ratings (2019)
351 min | Documentary, Crime
The true-life story of Brazilian TV host Wallace Souza, who was accused of literally killing for ratings, and using his crime TV show to cover up the grizzly truth.
Stars: Willace Souza, Thomaz Vasconcelos, Marlucia Souza, Divanilson Cavalcanti
Votes: 1,951
12. Second Call (2019–2021)
40 min | Drama
'Second Call' focuses on the resilience stories of teachers and students in a complex public education system.
Stars: Débora Bloch, Thalita Carauta, Paulo Gorgulho, Hermila Guedes
Votes: 368
13. Intervenção, É Proibido Morrer (2021)
90 min | Drama
Larissa competed for the Rio Military Police in search of the ideal of "protecting the citizen".
Director: Caio Cobra | Stars: Juliane Araújo, Lazuli Barbosa, Aline Borges, Rainer Cadete
Votes: 431
14. Unidade Básica (2016– )
Drama
Inspired by real cases, the series takes place in a Basic Health Unit, and brings stories of overcoming and challenges faced by two physicians who have different views on the performance in the UBS.
Stars: Caco Ciocler, Ana Petta, Carlota Joaquina, Vinícius de Oliveira
Votes: 42
15. 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: 892
16. Estamira (2004)
121 min | Documentary
Documentary about Estamira, a 63-year-old woman who's been working for over 20 years at a landfill in Rio de Janeiro. Schizophrenic, but very charismatic, she's the leader of a small ... See full summary »
Director: Marcos Prado | Star: Estamira
Votes: 746
17. Juízo (2007)
90 min | Documentary
In Rio de Janeiro, over many days, the director Maria Ramos witnesses and films the judgment of several teenagers accused of stealing, trafficking and murdering. Underage youths are ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Ramos
Votes: 279
18. Cabeça de Nêgo (2020)
86 min | Drama
The universe of a public school in the northeastern state of Ceará is explored in its potential for social revolution.
Director: Déo Cardoso | Stars: Lucas Limeira, Nicoly Mota, José Ilton Rodrigues Neto, Jeff Pereira
Votes: 209
19. Under Pressure (2016)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Over a tense day in the emergency hospital, we follow the surgeon's work Evandro and staff in three cases that require risk surgery: a drug dealer, a military police officer and a rich ... See full summary »
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Júlio Andrade, Josie Antello, Andrea Beltrão, Marjorie Estiano
Votes: 370
20. Your Turn (2019)
93 min | Documentary
Young Brazilians make history in this radical document. Initially they are fighting for education, then their subversive actions take on a new dimension.
Director: Eliza Capai | Stars: Marcela Jesus, Lucas 'Koka' Penteado, Nayara Souza
Votes: 356
21. Time Was Endless (2016)
85 min | Drama
Anderson, a young indigenous man, with 20 years of age, clashes with archaic traditions and ends up leaving the community where he lives and going to Manaus.
Directors: Sergio Andrade, Fábio Baldo | Stars: Anderson Tikuna, Rita Carelli, Begê Muniz, Emanuel Aragão
Votes: 108
22. Landless (2019)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
An insight into the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement's everyday routine, which is divided up between tilling the land, political activism and talk of what a better future might look like.
Director: Camila Freitas | Stars: Natalina Vó Cândida, Wilmar P.C. Fernandes, Valtenir Gomes, Elizabett Conceição
Votes: 221
23. Auto de Resistência (2018)
104 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Rio de Janeiro police killings praticed as so-called "self-defense acts". The film follows people who deal with those deaths in their daily lives, showing how ... See full summary »
Directors: Lula Carvalho, Natasha Neri
Votes: 111
24. Cine Marrocos (2018)
76 min | Documentary
Homeless, immigrants and refugees occupy an abandoned cinema and reenact scenes from classic movies shown there 60 years before. Facing the threat of eviction, they go on a journey from life to fiction, from three to two dimensions.
Director: Ricardo Calil | Stars: Georgina Castro, Ivo Müller
Votes: 40
25. Slavery 21st Century (2021– )
Documentary
The documentary examines the conditions that characterize the work analogous to slavery in Brazil of the 21st century.
Stars: Celso Amorim, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Leonardo Sakamoto
Votes: 5
26. Transamazonica (2017)
150 min | Documentary, Adventure
Environmental destruction. Economic degradation. Cultural dissolution. Though these topics dominate the media, they are often ignored in the one place where they wreak the greatest damage: ... See full summary »
Stars: Reza Pakravan, Phillippa Stewart
Votes: 7
27. Cidade Invisível (2017)
Drama
The fictional miniseries presents the silenced dramas of workers subjected to modern slavery in the Brazilian Amazon.
Stars: Patricya Travassos, André de Biase, Tulio Starling, Cláudio Pimentel
Votes: 21
28. Curral (2020)
87 min | Drama
Curral is a political drama set in the rural Brazilian city of Gravatá. During the mayoral elections, the population is divided between the Blue and Red parties, two political oligarchies ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Brennand | Stars: Thomas Aquino, José Dumont, Rodrigo García, Mayara Millane
Votes: 146
29. Marielle: The Crime That Shook Brazil (2020)
50 min | Documentary, Crime
The life and death of city councilor Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes, murdered on the night of March 14, 2018, in Rio de Janeiro.
Stars: Monica Benicio, Luyara Franco, Katy Perry, Marília de Castro Neves
Votes: 212
30. Não Toque em Meu Companheiro (2020)
Documentary
The history of mobilizing of a group of 110 employees from Caixa Econômica Federal bank over the course of a year, after being unfairly dismissed in 1991 under the Fernando Collor de Mello government.
Director: Maria Ramos
Votes: 15
31. Crackland (2020)
87 min | Documentary
"Crackland" is the result of an extensive research done by political scientist Heni Ozi Cukier about the incessant battle between Latin America's largest city and its CRACKLAND.
Director: Edu Felistoque
Votes: 23
32. Proibido Nascer no Paraíso (2021)
78 min | Documentary
For 17 years, women from Fernando de Noronha-PE have been forced to leave home to have their babies. The film follows the saga of three pregnant women from traditional families from pregnancy to childbirth.
Director: Joana Nin
Votes: 10
33. Uma Gota de Esperança (2021)
44 min | Documentary
A mother discovers that her child has a deficiency that causes her own breast milk to intoxicate him. But the discovery comes too late to prevent the loss of neurons.
Director: Emerson Penha | Star: Larissa Carvalho
34. Histories of Hunger in Brazil (2018 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History | Completed
Histories of Hunger in Brazil is a documentary that sets a timeline of hunger in the country. From Colonial Brazil, where the seeds of social inequalities were planted, to the recent public... See full summary »
Director: Camilo Tavares
Votes: 11
35. Quero Ir Para Los Angeles (2019)
Short, Drama
Maria is a young African-Brazilian who decides to travel to Los Angeles. But for the poor some places are even more far.
Director: Juh Balhego | Stars: Manuela Miranda, Pâmela Manica, Bruno Cardoso, Paula Souza
Votes: 8
36. Mães do Brasil (2021 TV Special)
Documentary
With the stories of Aline Souza, Elaine Torres, Eulária de Jesus, Liane Pereira, Loanda Rufino and Rosimeire Miranda, the special highlights the prominence of mothers in the Brazilian favelas.
Stars: Eulária de Jesus, Rosimeire Miranda, Liane Pereira, Loanda Rufino
37. 40M² (2020– )
Documentary
A portrait of life during the pandemic made by those who live in the poorest neighborhoods of São Paulo. Two hundred short films united to form four thematic episodes.
38. 2021: o Ano que não Começou (2021)
43 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Fernando Acquarone | Stars: Rutger Bregman, Peter Diamandis, Thomas Friedman, Scott Galloway
39. Leningrado, Linha 41 (2017)
Short, Documentary
The history of the Leningrado settlement in Natal, whose community still fights for the right for housing and dignity, in a fully secreted area, where its only connection with the city is the bus line 41.
Director: Dênia Cruz
40. Intolerância.doc (2016)
Documentary
The film gets into the underworld of crimes involving homophobia, soccer organized fans, and gangs in Sao Paulo city. It shows the team's work routine of DECRADI, the only unit specialized ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna Lira
Votes: 15