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- DirectorTiago GuedesStarsAlbano JerónimoSandra FaleiroAna Vilela da CostaThe chronicle of a Portuguese family that owns one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus.
- DirectorMaria de MedeirosStarsStefano AccorsiMaria de MedeirosJoaquim de AlmeidaStory of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
- DirectorPatrícia SequeiraStarsInês Castel-BrancoPedro AlmendraInês RosadoThe story about the romance of Snu Abecassis and the former Portuguese prime minister Sá Carneiro.
- DirectorAntónio FerreiraStarsJoana de VeronaMiguel BorgesNuno NolascoInspired by the true story of the Portuguese King Dom Pedro who unearthed his beloved (Ines) to crown her queen after her death, this film recounts this unparalleled passion story over three eras.
- DirectorCristina PinheiroStarsNuno LopesNaomi BitonBeatriz BatardaAn 8-year old Portugees child fled with her parents to France in the early seventies. But the Portuguese terror travels along with her, with an alcoholic father and unloving mother.
- DirectorMarco MartinsStarsNuno LopesMariana NunesDavid SemedoAn unemployed boxer turned collection agency employee deals with the deplorable methods they have to use when collecting bad debts.
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesDaniel SchmidtStarsCarloto CottaCleo TavaresAnabela MoreiraA fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.
- DirectorSérgio TréfautStarsIsabel RuthLeonor SilveiraHugo BentesA beautiful and intense visual story about hunger, misery and exploitation in southern Portugal in the 1950's and about the growing rage and strength building up upon people. The Alentejo planes and the night smuggling scenes are beautifully shot on black and white.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsRita BlancoAnabela MoreiraCleia AlmeidaA regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
- DirectorMiguel NunesStarsMiguel NunesEdgar MoraisJoana de VeronaLisbon; after another blistering summer, Miguel finds himself in a deep jadedness. An improvised party erupts at his apartment awakening the memory of a passion.
- DirectorIvo FerreiraStarsGonçalo WaddingtonJoana SeixasHugo TouritaApril 1974 saw the fall of a long lasting dictatorship. The young democracy developed in the midst of much social and political turmoil. The armed wing of a leftist group changed the future of one family - the father disappears without trace, the mother denies their past, and the son grows up with unanswered questions. As a young man, Pedro is determined to reach for answers, aided by his apparently batty grandmother. Collecting clues and meeting people who would rather prefer to remain forgotten. His inner journey leads him Portugal to Spanish through the deserted roads of Alentejo. Pedro will find himself, but there is a price to pay.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsFernando LuísRita BlancoBeatriz Batarda"Noite Escura" is a disturbing movie about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
- DirectorPaolo Marinou-BlancoStarsRobert PughNuno LopesRita LoureiroTwo solitary men embark on a journey to find a missing woman, driven by friendship, a desire for freedom, and a wish to taste life to the fullest.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsDalila CarmoIvo CanelasAlbano JerónimoShaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.
- StarsFilipe DuarteMaria João BastosMarco D'AlmeidaLuis Bernardo Valenca, a 37 year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is reveling in Lisbon's luxurious high society. King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugal's smallest colony, São Tomé e Principe.
- DirectorLuís Filipe RochaStarsJoana BárciaFilipe DuarteMiguel Borges'Some things are deadlier than death itself'
- StarsVirgílio CasteloLeonor SilveiraSoraia ChavesThe show follows Mário Magalhães, a psychotherapist, through his weekly meetings with his patients, including his appointment with his own therapist.
- StarsMariana MonteiroSisley DiasJoão CraveiroA warrior from the XVI century, the first female university student from the XIX century and a nurse from the XXI century, join a secret agency to prevent people to change the Portuguese history by using time-traveling doors.
- DirectorRita Azevedo GomesStarsClara RiedensteinMarcello UrgegheIngrid CavenHis home is war. Her home is Portugal. Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten is determined to make her husband's family abode, an inhospitable castle on a cliff in northern Italy, into her home.
- DirectorRita Azevedo GomesStarsJosé Mário BrancoManuela de FreitasMiguel GonçalvesAn author writes a story entitled "O som da terra a tremer", and the story constantly entwines itself with his private life.
- DirectorTiago GuedesStarsMaria AbreuTónan QuitoMiguel BorgesThis is the story of a tall 10-year-old girl. She is working on a school project that aims to explain how the world works to her class. She is faced with difficult social and political questions that even adults struggle to answer.
- DirectorGonçalo Galvão TelesLuís Galvão TelesStarsIvana BaqueroAfonso PimentelAlbano JerónimoHow many seconds do you have left to live?
- CreatorNuno MarklStarsMiguel Moura e SilvaLaura DutraMiguel PartidárioThe turbulent life of a Portuguese teenager in 1986, surrounded by the greatest presidential election of his generation.
- StarsMiguel GuilhermeRita BlancoLuís GanitoThe life of a family during the last days of the "Estado Novo" (fascist regime installed in Portugal in 1933)
- StarsBruno NogueiraGonçalo WaddingtonMiguel BorgesThe two protagonists are both the producers and play themselves in this utterly unexpected thrill of a ride. As you start going deeper into the story you begin to realize you can't really trust in which reality is which in this meta-humorist approach.
- StarsFilipe DuarteCarla MacielIris CayattePolitical comedy series about the political advisers of the ministerial cabinets and the opposition and their connivance with economic and political interests that determine how decisions are made.
- StarsBeatriz BatardaAntónio DurãesAlbano JerónimoBeatriz Batarda plays Sara Moreno, a film and theater actress, known for the density of her dramatic roles and for the ease in crying in the characters she plays. With her father's illness, Sara fails to cry and is forced to accept the lead role in a soap opera, something that will transform her life completely.
- CreatorEdgar MedinaGuilherme MendonçaStarsAdriano LuzJani ZhaoAfonso PimentelInspector Humberto and his associate Alice investigating two consecutive young ladies suicide suspecting to be murder.
- DirectorLeonel VieiraStarsMiguel GuilhermeSara MatosCésar MourãoA New age remake of a Portuguese classic, Pátio das Cantigas shows the lives of a neighbourhood in the Old Lisbon, including their desires, happiness and sadness, always with a good humour.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsInês PatrícioJoão MariaCarolina SerrãoA young girl goes through a series of strange events after she is dumped by her boyfriend on her birthday and loses her job.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsRicardo TeixeiraJosé PimentãoRaquel Rocha VieiraIt's the summer of '75 in Sines, Portugal. Al Berto, the writer, embodies an entire moving generation. He and his friends exude youth, eccentricity and hope for the future - but right after the fall of Portugal's dictatorship system, the country is not yet ready for his love story.
- DirectorMargarida GilStarsMaria de MedeirosPedro Cabrita ReisCatarina WallensteinFrancisca, a beautiful 50-year-old widow (played by the esteemed Maria de Medeiros), prepared a peaceful future for herself. In an unexpected outburst, she grabs an opportunity for change and embarks on a sailboat called 'Hovering Over the Water'.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsRafael MoraisAna LopesRicardo BarbosaBiopic of the famous portuguese artist Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.
- DirectorMarco MartinsStarsRafael MoraisJoana de VeronaBeatriz BatardaGuilherme and Sofia, brother and sister, grow up sharing experiences and slowly discovering their sexuality. The thing that Sofia doesn't know is how far Guilherme will go to keep her inside his own perverse, dark and perfect circle.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsRita LoureiroJoão ReisMarcello UrgegheOn a day like any other, a woman leaves work and heads to a party in the outskirts of Lisbon. On her way there she sees a man ready to jump off a bridge. She stops the car and approaches the man, trying to save him.
- CreatorPandora da Cunha TellesRui Cardoso MartinsJosé de PinaStarsDaniela RuahMaria João BastosAfonso LagartoOn June 26, 1941, the German army invaded Russia. Maria João photographs Lisbon full of refugees arriving in Portugal. When her father-in-law Nicolau suffers an accident, he asks Maria João to help him manage the company.
- DirectorAna RochaStarsLúcia MonizSophia MylesRuben GarciaIn the London suburbs, Bela and Jota face serious difficulties when "social services" raise concerns about the safety of their three children. The 7-year-old daughter's deafness triggers a process in the system that seems to go on forever.
- DirectorAntónio-Pedro VasconcelosStarsMaria do Céu GuerraJoão JesusFernanda SerranoAn 18 year old boy with a complicated life starts a criminal career but ends up on a rooftop of Lisbon. On the apartment below lives a recently widowed, lonely old lady. Against all odds and her family's will, they become each others best company.
- DirectorJoão TeixeiraStarsJoão JesusSusana ArraisAfonso Lagarto
- CreatorLuís AlvarãesElsa GarciaFernando VendrellStarsMaria João BastosSoraia ChavesVictoria GuerraThe series follows three women - Natália Correia, Snu Abecassis, Vera Lagoa - who became major players in the cultural revolution that preceded the fall of the dictatorship that ruled Portugal for more than 40 years. Based on true events.
- DirectorMargarida CardosoStarsBeatriz BatardaFilipe DuarteMonica CalleBased on the novel by Lidia Jorge.
- DirectorMargarida CardosoStarsIrene RavacheBeatriz BatardaGonçalo WaddingtonAfter her daughter's death, Rita returns to the African country of her childhood to investigate the death of Yvone Kane, a former political activist and guerrilla fighter. There, she becomes embroiled in a journey into the past of a land haunted by war and evil.
- DirectorMário BarrosoStarsMaria de MedeirosMarcello UrgegheJoão Pedro MamedeIn 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural, and family luxury in which she lives to escape with a chauffeur 26 years her junior.
- StarsRita LoureiroDinarte BrancoMadalena AlmeidaThe family Paixão runs a farm for wedding parties, but the business is not going well. While the love between the parents, Vanessa and Daniel appears to have ended, the grandparents, Luisa and Joaquim, seem inseparable; and the children, Rita and Marco, have completely distinct opinions about love.
- StarsAlbano JerónimoBruno NogueiraJessica AthaydeEvery week, 5 friends meet up for dinner. What they don't know however, is that they are fictional characters and the events of the dinner will be shaped by whatever 4 writers can come up within 2 hours, and not a second longer.
- CreatorBruno NogueiraStarsBruno NogueiraMiguel Esteves CardosoNuno MarklWriter Miguel Esteves Cardoso and comedian Bruno Nogueira discuss with themselves and guests different topics of the Portuguese society.
- DirectorFilipe MeloStarsAdriano LuzAntónio FonsecaMaria João PinhoOne night on Viva FM's late night show, host Vitor Lobo gets a phone call from an old friend.
- DirectorIvo FerreiraStarsMiguel NunesMargarida Vila-NovaRicardo PereiraBased 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, during the Portuguese Colonial War, a war between Portugal with its former overseas provinces.
- DirectorJoão MoreiraPedro SantoStarsAdriano LuzRogério SamoraJosé NetoThe famous character of YouTube, Bruno Aleixo books his own movie. In fact, Bruno decides to write an autobiography. He meets with friends so they can consider the ideas for the text.
- DirectorGonçalo WaddingtonStarsHugo FernandesTeresa SobralCarla MacielPatrick, 20, lives in Paris with his older boyfriend. He runs a teen porn website, which results in a prison sentence. Mário, 8, was kidnapped 12 years ago in Portugal. Patrick and Mário are the same person with two conflicting identities.
- CreatorPedro LopesStarsMiguel NunesMatt RippyStephanie VogtIn the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, João Vidal will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.
- CreatorRui Cardoso MartinsEdgar MedinaStarsMargarida Vila-NovaNuno LopesIvo CanelasAfter the murder of a local student, a small town judge faces an unexpected dilemma: now her actions can put her family at risk.
- DirectorCatarina VasconcelosStarsManuel RosaJoão MóraAna VasconcelosThe passing away of their mothers makes Catarina and her own father meet in an emotional place that is different from the one most fathers and daughters know.
- DirectorJoaquim PintoStarsInês de MedeirosIsabel de CastroBruno LeiteA story of initiation and struggle with adulthood: on vacation at the inn of an aunt by the sea, Miguel meets Luísa, fisherman João and Dr. Fernando, three characters that will mark the entrance of his first "stone in his pocket.