Portugese Movies
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1. 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: 801,385 | Gross: $7.56M
2. The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
R | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother (a former surgeon) teaches her daughter, Francisca, anatomy, and how life and death are not to be feared. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Pesce | Stars: Kika Magalhães, Will Brill, Olivia Bond, Paul Nazak
Votes: 14,468 | Gross: $0.03M
3. 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: 42,336 | Gross: $5.60M
4. The Way He Looks (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Leonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.
Director: Daniel Ribeiro | Stars: Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano
Votes: 27,673 | Gross: $0.10M
5. Porto (2016)
R | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Jake and Mati are two outsiders in Porto who once experienced a brief connection. A mystery remains about the moments they shared, and in searching through memories, they relive the depths of a night uninhibited by the consequences of time.
Director: Gabe Klinger | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Lucie Lucas, Paulo Calatré, Françoise Lebrun
Votes: 2,281 | Gross: $0.02M
6. 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
7. Artificial Paradises (2012)
96 min | Drama
Two girlfriends visit a big Brazilian beach festival and decide to just let go. They enjoy the music, booze, drugs and on one steamy afternoon even each other. They also meet a young man and things can't be better. Can this paradise last?
Director: Marcos Prado | Stars: Nathalia Dill, Luca Bianchi, Lívia de Bueno, Bernardo Barreto
Votes: 3,672
8. Down to Earth (1994)
110 min | Drama
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Inês de Medeiros, Isaach De Bankolé, Edith Scob, Pedro Hestnes
Votes: 1,099
9. Road to Rio (1947)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard
Votes: 3,524 | Gross: $4.50M
10. Bacurau (2019)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima
Votes: 30,704
11. The Man from the Future (2011)
106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions ... See full summary »
Director: Cláudio Torres | Stars: Wagner Moura, Alinne Moraes, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Fernando Ceylão
Votes: 6,957
12. Tabu (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes, Hortêncílio Aquina, Américo Mota
Votes: 7,424
13. John From (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Bored by spending the summer in the city, 15-year-old Rita decides to take a fancy to her new neighbor, a photographer who is setting up an exhibit of his shots in Melanesia. What starts as... See full summary »
Director: João Nicolau | Stars: Julia Palha, Clara Riedenstein, Filipe Vargas, Adriano Luz
Votes: 544
14. The Portuguese Falcon (2015)
106 min | Action, Comedy, History
Follows Portugal's first fascist superhero: the ultra patriotic Captain Falcon!
Director: João Leitão | Stars: Gonçalo Waddington, David Chan Cordeiro, José Pinto, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 2,053
15. 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
16. The Train of Salt and Sugar (2016)
93 min | Adventure
A very dangerous train journey through war torn Mozambique. Civilian passengers are both protected and harassed by a troop of ill-disciplined soldiers on board to fight off a rebel army in ... See full summary »
Director: Licínio Azevedo | Stars: Matamba Joaquim, Melanie de Vales Rafael, Thiago Justino, António Nipita
Votes: 182
17. Shine Your Eyes (2020)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A Nigerian musician travels to Brazil to find his long lost brother.
Director: Matias Mariani | Stars: O.C. Ukeje, Indira Nascimento, Chukwudi Iwuji, Oula Alsaghir
Votes: 475
18. Aquarius (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama
Clara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão
Votes: 20,762 | Gross: $0.29M
19. 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: 12,265
20. Seven Years in May (2019)
Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Short
A man, whose character is based on that of the actor who plays him, contemplates the time he was brutalized by a gang of fake cops into revealing where in his house he had stashed some drugs, which he denied having.
Director: Affonso Uchoa | Stars: Rafael Dos Santos Rocha, Maicon Felipe, Leonardo Ferreira, Max Henrique
Votes: 203
21. 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: 110,341 | Gross: $0.01M
22. Vitalina Varela (2019)
124 min | Drama
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito
Votes: 2,471
23. 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: 21,944 | Gross: $0.21M
24. Two Irenes (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.
Director: Fabio Meira | Stars: Priscila Bittencourt, Isabela Torres, Marco Ricca, Susana Ribeiro
Votes: 834
25. 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: 9,240
26. Arms (2009 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama
At the end of the 19th century in Rio de Janeiro, a young man, who lives in favor of his parents' boss's house, falls madly in love with his wife's arms. She, in turn, notices the boy's ... See full summary »
Director: Adolfo Rosenthal | Stars: Celso Frateschi, Antonio Moraes, Ana Petta
Votes: 83
27. Hard Labor (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Young housewife Helena is on the verge of fulfilling a dream as she prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery store. She hires a maid, Paula, to take care of her house and ... See full summary »
Directors: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas | Stars: Helena Albergaria, Marat Descartes, Naloana Lima, Gilda Nomacce
Votes: 947
28. And They Say I Am the Crazy One (2019)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Young, intense, and authentic, Dani just wants a normal life. However, since she was a child, she has been misaligned with her world.
Director: Julia Rezende | Stars: Débora Falabella, Yara de Novaes, Gustavo Vaz, Cristina Pereira
Votes: 742
29. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça, Dinorah Brillanti
Votes: 3,330
30. Friendly Beast (2017)
98 min | Horror, Thriller
The tense survival tale is set over several late-night hours in a sparsely-peopled Brazilian restaurant. When an armed robbery interrupts an already-terse dynamic between boss and customer,... See full summary »
Director: Gabriela Amaral | Stars: Murilo Benício, Luciana Paes, Irandhir Santos, Camila Morgado
Votes: 1,880
31. Amazonia (2013)
G | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle.
Director: Thierry Ragobert | Stars: Martin Sheen, Isabelle Drummond, Lúcio Mauro Filho, Maria Jark
Votes: 1,108
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