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- DirectorWim WendersStarsRüdiger VoglerPatrick BauchauVasco SequeiraThe director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. Later they meet and Winter convinces Monroe of finishing the film.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateMiguel GomesMartinho CerqueiraSome of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateChico ChapasLuísa CruzContinuation 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.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVanda DuarteLena DuarteZita DuarteThe film follows the daily life of Vanda Duarte, a heroin addict in Lisbon, and the community she lives in.
- StarsAdriano LuzMaria João BastosRicardo PereiraFollows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsCrista AlfaiateAmérico SilvaAmar BounachadaThe final trilogy of adaptation of Arabian Nights story by the structure in Portugal modern life between 2013-2014 in three chapters.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVenturaVanda DuarteBeatriz DuarteWith the destruction of Fontainhas nearly complete, the old man Ventura wanders around a bleak housing project and the ruins of the slums, meeting with his kids and old friends.
- 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.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVanda DuarteNuno VazMariya LipkinaA suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
- DirectorAlain TannerStarsBruno GanzTeresa MadrugaJulia VonderlinnA Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.
- DirectorJorge QueirogaStarsNicolau BreynerRuben SilvaSofia GriloNine-year-old Paulo stumbles upon a photograph of Miguel, the grandfather he never met, sets out to track him down and eventually meets him, at which point the magic begins.
- DirectorRui ConstantinoStarsMarco CruzRui ConstantinoDaniel GarcíaSeven years ago a young man murdered his parents, was sent to a mental institute after his departure from it, he returns to his life surrounded by crime, with an insatiable desire for revenge.
- DirectorJosé Cottinelli TelmoStarsVasco SantanaBeatriz CostaAntónio SilvaAfter flunking in medical school, the young and bohemian Vasco need to trick his aunts, the main financers of his studies, preventing them to know that he is not a doctor.
- DirectorFernando LopesStarsLaura SoveralJoão GuedesZita DuarteA married couple of rich and depressed noblemen destroy the lives of their servants out of spite.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúFrancisco RibeiroWhen Mr. Elias discovers that his aunt, who lives in Brazil, comes to visit him, he decides to temporarily occupy the house of a wealthy neighbor who's away so that she doesn't discover that he's not as rich as he told her.
- DirectorPaulo RochaStarsRui GomesIsabel RuthRuy Furtado19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the shop he gets to know Ilda, a young housemaid and regular customer. Ilda is pretty, joyful, and modern, and Julio falls for her. The two young people, although very different from each other, embark on an idyll.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMaria MatosMilúThe unlikely love between Luisinha, a humble girl who lives on a small pension in Lisbon, and Daniel, a wealthy aristocrat who decides to fight for the girl who loves against the prejudices of his family.
- DirectorAntónio Lopes RibeiroStarsVasco SantanaFrancisco RibeiroLeonor MaiaFrancisco, salesman in a shoe store, is totally in love with Tatão, which sells perfume in the same street. But he is an amateur theater actor, as she hates theater and is a fan of cinema. Will this unlikely love endure?
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúMaria EugéniaAnastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.
- DirectorJorge Brum do CantoStarsÓscar de LemosMaria DomingasAntónio SilvaJoão Ratão is a Portuguese soldier in the Flandres battle-front,
- DirectorJosé Leitão de BarrosStarsMirita CasimiroAntónio SilvaEduardo FernandesA humble country girl moves to the city to work as a maid, eventually finding love and adventure.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsNascimento FernandesVital dos SantosAntónio PalmaThe story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River. A gang of very young kids has just accepted a new member, Carlitos, a shy boy who has "played it tough" by stealing a doll in a shop. Carlitos soon has a crush on Terezinha, the only girl in the group. The trouble is that Eduardo, the gang boss, is also in love with the pretty girl. And he will not allow any rival to challenge him.
- DirectorFrancisco RibeiroStarsMaria das NevesVasco SantanaAntónio SilvaThis classic of Portuguese cinema depicts the friendships and rivalries of the inhabitants of a square in downtown Lisbon, where exists a spirit of familiarity between neighbors.