My portuguese/brasilian film collection
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1. Adão e Eva (1995)
104 min | Drama
Catarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, setting up an elaborate charade to lure... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Leitão | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Karra Elejalde, Ana Bustorff
Votes: 486
2. Goodbye, Father (1996)
85 min | Drama
For a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. But dreams are sometimes just a way to avoid facing reality...
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Afonso Pimentel, João Lagarto, Laura Soveral, Natália Luiza
Votes: 586
3. Alice (I) (2005)
102 min | Drama
In the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
Director: Marco Martins | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Guilherme, Ana Bustorff
Votes: 2,355
4. Amo-te Teresa (2000 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Teresa and Miguel, of 35 and 15 years respectively, get involved. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. When ... See full summary »
Directors: Cristina Boavida, Ricardo Espírito Santo | Stars: Ana Padrão, Diogo Morgado, Maria João Abreu, Marcantonio Del Carlo
Votes: 611
5. Doomed Love (2008)
81 min | Romance
A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere ... See full summary »
Director: Mário Barroso | Stars: Rafael Morais, Tomás Alves, Rui Morisson, Ana Padrão
Votes: 277
6. Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (1992)
125 min | Drama, Romance
Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing. Shunned and exiled for crossing a line by ... See full summary »
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Ana Torrent, Jean-Pierre Cassel, João D'Ávila
Votes: 88
7. André Valente (2004)
75 min | Drama
"It's almost Christmas. I'd really love it if he arrives in time for Christmas with all the gifts I asked him to bring me. I hope he stays longer this time and that he doesn't get mad at my mother..."
Director: Catarina Ruivo | Stars: Leonardo Viveiros, Rita Durão, Dmitry Bogomolov, Pedro Lacerda
Votes: 65
8. Before Things Change (2003)
94 min | Drama
Director: Luís Fonseca | Stars: Monica Calle, Mónica Garnel, João Mota, Manuela de Freitas
Votes: 15
9. The Art of Stealing (2008)
103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two amateur thieves are hired to steal an extremely valuable Van Gogh painting from the abandoned farm of an Argentinian countess.
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Ivo Canelas, Enrique Arce, Flora Martínez, Nicolau Breyner
Votes: 1,103
10. Body Rice (2006)
120 min | Drama
Director: Hugo Vieira da Silva | Stars: Sylta Fee Wegmann, Alice Dwyer, André Hennicke, Luís Guerra
Votes: 163
11. A Caixa (1994)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Stories of various individuals living in a poor district of Lisbon are intertwined with the sad life of a blind street vendor whose only means of support is his elm box.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Glicínia Quartin, Ruy de Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda
Votes: 425
12. Call Girl (2007)
Unrated | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Maria (Soraia Chaves) a sensual call girl, is hired by Mouros (Joaquim de Almeida) to seduce Meireles (Nicolau Breyner), the Mayor of Vilanova, so that he can authorize a multinational to build a high quality resort. However, Madeira (Ivo Canelas) and Neves (Jose Raposo), PJ police detectives, discover the evidence of corruption and begin to investigate Meireles. Everything becomes even more ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: Soraia Chaves, Ivo Canelas, Nicolau Breyner, Joaquim de Almeida
Votes: 2,405
13. Camarate (2001)
100 min | Drama, History
Luisa, a Portuguese Supreme Court Judge, is given the Camarate File, the investigation of the accident that led to the death of Portuguese Prime-Minister and his accompanists on December ... See full summary »
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Maria João Luís, Virgílio Castelo, Filipe Ferrer, Cândido Ferreira
Votes: 171
14. Canaviais (2006)
13 min | Short, Drama
Director: Lourenço Henriques | Stars: Alfredo Brito, João Pedro Cascais, Nuno Homem de Sá, Diogo de Torres Henriques
Votes: 12
15. April Captains (2000)
123 min | Drama, History, War
Story 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.
Director: Maria de Medeiros | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 3,400
16. 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: 801,511 | Gross: $7.56M
17. Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996)
100 min | Drama
In the 1940s André escapes from prison and is forced to leave the country illegally. In Oporto some friends arrange him a man, Lambaça, who knows the border of Tras-os-Montes (village in ... See full summary »
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Paulo Pires, Sinde Filipe, Vítor Norte, Mário Moutinho
Votes: 278
18. Blood Curse (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
A prominent and respected family inherits a beautiful home in the country, nestled deep inside a tiny village.
Directors: Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra | Stars: Adriano Luz, Manuela Couto, Sara Carinhas, Afonso Pimentel
Votes: 1,784
19. How to Draw a Perfect Circle (2009)
122 min | Drama
Guilherme 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.
Director: Marco Martins | Stars: Rafael Morais, Joana de Verona, Beatriz Batarda, Daniel Duval
Votes: 901
20. Corrupção (2007)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A crime drama based on the life of a woman who lived for years with a man that was the head of a corruption network in the Portuguese football world.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Nicolau Breyner, Margarida Vila-Nova, António Pedro Cerdeira, Alexandra Lencastre
Votes: 837
21. Haircut (1995)
91 min | Drama
The film is set in Lisbon, and tells the story of a day in the life of Rita and Paulo, a Portuguese young couple of the '90s. The fast changing city around them makes them wish to break ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Sapinho | Stars: Carla Bolito, Marco Delgado, Francisco Nascimento, Orlando Sérgio
Votes: 256
22. The Crime of Father Amaro (2005)
100 min | Action, Drama
An young priest commits a crime when he falls in love with a beautiful and troubled woman.
Director: Carlos Coelho da Silva | Stars: Jorge Corrula, Soraia Chaves, Nicolau Breyner, Glória Férias
Votes: 2,644
23. O Delfim (2002)
88 min | Drama
Based on José Cardoso Pires' novel, O Delfim shows a rotten country, full of feudal lords who dominate its territory with dictatorship. One of them is Tomás da Palma Bravo, also known as O Delfim.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Rogério Samora, Alexandra Lencastre, Rui Morisson, Isabel Ruth
Votes: 371
24. Duma Vez por Todas (1987)
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Lisbon by night, through the eyes of a young woman who lives freely, and a neighbour who follows her everywhere, from a distance.
Director: Joaquim Leitão | Stars: Vicky de Almeida, Filipe Ferrer, Pedro Ayres Magalhães, Jasmim de Matos
Votes: 66
25. O Fio do Horizonte (1993)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Andréa Ferréol, Ana Padrão, Antonio Valero
Votes: 114
26. Noise (2008)
100 min | Drama
After the structural collapse at a construction site, Paulo loses his job because he denounces the situation to the authorities.
Directors: Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra | Stars: Filipe Duarte, Isabel Abreu, Lavínia Moreira, Luís Filipe Rocha
Votes: 149
27. Forget Everything I've Told You (2002)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragic-comedy over a dysfunctional Portuguese family. The story of six people who love, hate, split up and meet again - Messias, the husband, a dentist, almost magician; Felizbela, the ... See full summary »
Director: António Ferreira | Stars: Custódia Gallego, António Capelo, Amélia Corôa, Fernando Taborda
Votes: 256
28. Estômago (2007)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place ... See full summary »
Director: Marcos Jorge | Stars: João Miguel, Fabiula Nascimento, Babu Santana, Carlo Briani
Votes: 8,162
29. The Fascination (2003)
105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
O FASCÍNIO is an intriguing story about a family and a manor house (where some terrible crimes were committed in the past by a member of that family) adapted from a novel with the same title by Tabajara Ruas.
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Vítor Norte, Sylvie Rocha, José Fidalgo, Ana Moreira
Votes: 100
30. O Fatalista (2005)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A driver and his master drive around Portugal, having philosophical conversations throughout the journey. An adaptation of Denis Diderot's "The Fatalist and His Master".
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Rui Morisson, André Gomes, Rogério Samora, Carlos Costa
Votes: 159
31. Lovely Child (1990)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Maria is a sweet child. She hasn't father and doesn't like her mother. She has a boyfriend, A bandit who would like to change his class.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rita Blanco, José Wilker, Lídia Franco, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 103
32. Ganhar a Vida (2001)
115 min | Drama
During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris. Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, ... See full summary »
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga, Alda Gomes
Votes: 160
33. Um Funeral à Chuva (2010)
129 min | Comedy, Drama
Life is too sweet to cry.
Director: Telmo Martins | Stars: Sílvia Almeida, Alexandre Barata, Tiago Carreira, Hugo Cesário
Votes: 349
34. Os Imortais (2003)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war. On ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Emmanuelle Seigner, Nicolau Breyner, Rogério Samora
Votes: 1,419
35. Inferno (1999)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Ten men,ten brothers in arms who fought together in the Portuguese Colony of Angola during the colonial war,gather together every year to dinner and remember those brave times of war...this... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Leitão | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Nicolau Breyner, Ana Bustorff, Cristina Câmara
Votes: 310
36. Jaime (1999)
111 min | Drama
A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: Saúl Fonseca, Fernanda Serrano, Joaquim Leitão, Sandro Silva
Votes: 1,240
37. La balsa de piedra (2002)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate ... See full summary »
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Federico Luppi, Icíar Bollaín, Gabino Diego, Ana Padrão
Votes: 661
38. Julgamento (2007)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1970, a man is tortured and murdered by the regime's secret police. Now nearly 40 years later, his friend, who had also been tortured, recognizes the man he deems responsible for the ... See full summary »
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Júlio César, José Eduardo, Alexandra Lencastre, Carlos Santos
Votes: 243
39. Kiss Me (2004)
120 min | Drama
This movie bring us a story about a woman named Laura (Marisa Cruz) that lives in a small portuguese town during the 50's. Tired of living in such a small town she travells to a bigger town... See full summary »
Director: António da Cunha Telles | Stars: Marisa Cruz, Manuel Wiborg, Nicolau Breyner, Clara Pinto Correia
Votes: 324
40. O Lugar do Morto (1984)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alvaro, a divorced journalist with a complicated love life, watches someone he doesn't know killing himself after a fight with a woman who he gave a lift. Intrigued by that mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: Ana Zanatti, Pedro Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Luís Lima Barreto
Votes: 226
41. Mal (1999)
85 min | Drama
This film about contemporary life in Lisbon concerns an Irish woman, Cathy, who dearly loves her Portugese lawyer husband Pedro. Though, unbeknownst to her, he engages in one tryst after ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Seixas Santos | Stars: Pauline Cadell, Rui Morisson, Alexandre Pinto, Alícia Gomes da Costa
Votes: 166
42. A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente Dos EUA (2003)
114 min | Comedy
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Alexandra Lencastre, Rita Blanco, Laura Soveral, Helena Vieira
Votes: 215
43. The Mutants (1998)
113 min | Drama
Three homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela, Helder Tavares
Votes: 651
44. Noite Escura (2004)
94 min | Drama, Crime
"Noite Escura" is a disturbing movie about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Cleia Almeida
Votes: 615
45. Two Drifters (2005)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama
Pedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner; Pedro drives home, dying en route in a crash. Another pair of lovers, Odete and Alberto, split over her desire to have a child. Pedro ... See full summary »
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira, Teresa Madruga
Votes: 1,349 | Gross: $0.02M
46. A Outra Margem (2007)
106 min | Drama
Ricardo is a drag queen. After a failed attempt of suicide, he has to come back to his roots and to relearn how to live with the inspiring help of his sister and, mostly, of his nephew Vasco, who has Down syndrome.
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Filipe Duarte, Maria d'Aires, Tomás Almeida, Horácio Manuel
Votes: 343
47. A Passagem da Noite (2003)
95 min | Drama
Mariana is a 17 year old girl, who, after being raped by drug addict, finds out she's pregnant and, in her path, discovers how difficult it can be entering adulthood.
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Leonor Seixas, João Ricardo, João Pedro Vaz, Maria João Falcão
Votes: 248
48. Sweet Nightmare (1998)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
To help a friend, Daniel Bricks, a young British engineer living in Portugal, goes to the country to inspect a water dam. On his way he meets Carolina, a sexy girl who could well be the ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fragata | Stars: Diogo Infante, Catarina Furtado, George Felner, Rui Ferreira
Votes: 380
49. Portugal S.A. (2004)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Jacinto Pereira Lopes is manager of a major economic and financial group, which the State returned to its former owner. Jacinto is married to Rosa, a poor but ambitious woman, but never ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Diogo Infante, Cristina Câmara, Henrique Viana, Ana Bustorff
Votes: 200
50. Who Are You? (2001)
112 min | Drama, History
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Patrícia Guerreiro, Suzana Borges, Rui Morisson, Rogério Samora
Votes: 242
51. Bird of Prey (2006)
25 min | Short, Drama
Director: João Nicolau | Stars: Hugo Leitão, Márcia Breia, Lia Ferreira, Manuel Mesquita
Votes: 107
52. Rasganço (2001)
93 min | Drama
A philosophy-obsessed serial rapist stalks a university campus in broad daylight.
Director: Raquel Freire | Stars: Ricardo Aibéo, Ana Teresa Carvalhosa, Isabel Ruth, Paula Marques
Votes: 232
53. Breathing Under Water (2000)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
What stops two people from being together? A third one. What stops one person from fighting for another? Nothing. Pedro lives in the suburbs, where he works with his father in a garage. ... See full summary »
Director: António Ferreira | Stars: Alexandre Pinto, Joana Costa, Joel Rodrigues, Mário Rodrigues
Votes: 171
54. Sapatos Pretos (1998)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In today's Alentejo, a story of love and death based in a real criminal case.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Ana Bustorff, Vítor Norte, João Reis, Teresa Madruga
Votes: 252
55. A Selva (2002)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Diogo Morgado, Karra Elejalde, Maitê Proença, Chico Díaz
Votes: 292
56. Sans Elle... (2003)
103 min | Drama
Director: Anna da Palma | Stars: Aurélien Wiik, Bérénice Bejo, Vítor Norte, Maria Emília Correia
Votes: 53
57. Sinais de Fogo (1995)
Drama, Romance
The film presents us with a reflection on the Spanish Civil War in the Portuguese society, At a time when Salazar ruled.
Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Diogo Infante, Ruth Gabriel, Marcantonio Del Carlo, José Airosa
Votes: 80
58. Twist of Fate (2009)
98 min | Drama
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Ana Padrão, Rui Morisson, Milton Lopes, Teresa Tavares
Votes: 70
59. Tarde Demais (2000)
95 min | Drama
Tragic real life story about a group of Portuguese fishermen who get caught in the middle of a storm in the Tejo river (Lisbon) and struggle to survive.
Director: José Nascimento | Stars: Vítor Norte, Adriano Luz, Nuno Melo, Carlos Santos
Votes: 177
60. Tentação (1997)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Father Antonio is a priest by vocation, committed and generous, dear people of Vila Daires a quiet village of the north. But Father Anthony is also a man, and Vila Daires is not as peaceful... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Leitão | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Cristina Câmara, Diogo Infante, Ana Bustorff
Votes: 525
61. Um Tiro no Escuro (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Vanessa Machado, Filipe Duarte, Ivo Canelas
Votes: 390
62. Tráfico (1998)
112 min | Comedy
Unexpected events occur in a single day: a boy makes his parents rich when he finds the hidden and forbidden treasure of the Earth; two priests close their church for lack of parishioners ... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Joaquim Oliveira, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Branca de Camargo
Votes: 210
63. Uma Vida Normal (1994)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.
Director: Joaquim Leitão | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, María Barranco, Anamar, Margarida Marinho
Votes: 131
64. Zona J (1998)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Tó is a black boy from Zona J, a tough neighborhood in Lisbon, and falls in love with a white girl, Carla. Tó dreams to live in Angola, where his parents were born, however the reality the two teens are in makes everything complicated.
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Félix Fontoura, Nuria Madruga, Milton Spencer, Edson Silva
Votes: 996
65. Love for Sale (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, João Miguel
Votes: 2,112 | Gross: $0.01M
66. Second Life (2009)
85 min | Drama
Nicholas celebrates his 40th birthday in his country house with some friends. He has everything he ever wished for, but on that night, he will end up dead in his swimming pool. From that ... See full summary »
Directors: Miguel Gaudêncio, Alexandre Valente | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Lúcia Moniz, Paulo Pires, Fátima Lopes
Votes: 783
67. El Contrato (II) (2009)
95 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Peter McShade is a hitman, whose contract involves killing the major mobster of the Iberian Peninsula, but nothing is what it seems.
Director: Nicolau Breyner | Stars: Pedro Lima, Cláudia Vieira, Vítor Norte, Sofia Aparício
Votes: 597
68. A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera (2009)
122 min | Drama
Lourenço is the son of Francisco Figueiredo, a soccer coach in the beginning of a very promising career. Everything goes well: Francisco's team is in the Portuguese Cup final and Lourenço ... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Leitão | Stars: Alex, Angi Almeida, Vanessa Almeida, Sandra Alves
Votes: 376
69. Morrer Como Um Homem (2009)
Unrated | 134 min | Drama, Music
A transgender woman tries to erase any past history of herself as a male. Struggling with a young male lover and a problematic son.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Chandra Malatitch, John Jesus Romão, Ivo Barroso, Gonçalo Ferreira De Almeida
Votes: 1,262 | Gross: $0.00M
70. Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica (2006)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
Ana Catarina returns home to marry a man she doesn't know. A terrible coincidence happens when, on the same day, the young woman becomes a widow and an orphan, which leaves her heir to a fortune and coveted by the aristocrats in the region
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Bianca Byington, Cucha Carvalheiro, José Raposo, Rogério Samora
Votes: 135
71. Lusitania Illusion (2010)
65 min | Documentary, History
Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to ... See full summary »
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Rüdiger Vogler, Christian Patey, Annabella
Votes: 137
72. Mal Nascida (2007)
117 min | Drama
Lúcia is misbegotten, unloved and the eternal widow of her own father.
A cry of rage in bodily form, she is mad, maltreated and humbled.
She wears mourning in remembrance of her mothers crime... See full synopsis »
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Anabela Moreira, Márcia Breia, Fernando Luís, Gonçalo Waddington
Votes: 132
73. 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
74. The Actor's Work (2011)
84 min | Documentary
Throughout a year's work, a group of ten actors and a film director will work together on the creation of the characters and on the structure of the plot of a new film to come. Long ... See full summary »
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rafael Morais, Rita Blanco, Nuno Lopes, Anabela Moreira
Votes: 45
75. Lá Fora (2004)
107 min | Drama
José Maria, a stock broker has been watching Laura, a news anchor for a while, without her knowledge. A TV show will bring them together, and the attraction is evident.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Alexandra Lencastre, Rogério Samora, Maria João Abreu, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 111
76. Tudo Isto É Fado (2004)
102 min | Crime, Romance, Comedy
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: Ângelo Torres, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Danton Mello, Carlos Santos
Votes: 169
77. The Murmuring Coast (2004)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Lidia Jorge.
Director: Margarida Cardoso | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Duarte, Monica Calle, Adriano Luz
Votes: 312
78. Pulsação Zero (2002)
83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Chasing Life (Pulsação Zero) is an action/comedy about 25 year old lovable loser Alex who, when his life hits rock bottom and decides to end it all, shares his dogs euthanasia poison just ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fragata | Stars: Helder Mendes, Adelaide de Sousa, Miguel C., Adriano Carvalho
Votes: 244
79. Sorte Nula (2004)
85 min | Mystery, Crime
Alberto is planning the ultimate romantic escape, but before he can catch the airplane he will endure the creepiest day of his life.
Director: Fernando Fragata | Stars: Helder Mendes, António Feio, Rui Unas, Isabel Figueira
Votes: 1,453
80. Lazos de sangre (1994)
100 min | Drama
Lina and Mariana run an orphanage, looking for Lina's father. They end up finding Alberto living with Júlia. Without informing that Maria Lina is their daughter, they try little by little to find out why he abandoned her, and plan revenge.
Director: Pál Erdöss | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Silvia Munt, Micaela Cardoso, Anabela Teixeira
Votes: 10
81. Crónica dos Bons Malandros (1984)
82 min | Comedy
Living in expeditions, a gang of friendly Malandro Lisboetas is one day contacted by mysterious Italian (from the Mafia, it is assumed) to steal part of the Lalique Collection, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Museum.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Nuno Duarte, João Perry, Lia Gama, Maria do Céu Guerra
Votes: 188
82. A Filha (2003)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Ricardo Monteiro is a successful television producer specialising in reality shows. He is 45 years old and he has just received an award for the most popular television show of the year, ... See full summary »
Director: Solveig Nordlund | Stars: Nuno Melo, Joana Bárcia, Margarida Marinho, Cecília Guimarães
Votes: 139
83. 4 Copas (2008)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Diana is a teenager who is looking for true love, the kind of love she recognizes on her father's, Gabriel, relationship with her stepmother, Madalena. However, Diana finds out that ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Mozos | Stars: Rita Martins, Margarida Marinho, Filipe Duarte, João Lagarto
Votes: 205
84. Duplo Exilio (2001)
101 min
Director: Artur Ribeiro | Stars: John Gardner, Joana Seixas, Diana Costa e Silva, Manny de Dilva
Votes: 18
85. Recollections of the Yellow House (1989)
122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor idiot, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Ruy Furtado, Teresa Calado
Votes: 1,418
86. Peixe-Lua (2000)
124 min | Drama
Director: José Álvaro Morais | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Marcello Urgeghe, Ricardo Aibéo, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 65
87. Quaresma (2003)
95 min | Drama
David, married with a daughter, is about to leave Portugal with his family, but first has to stop by his home village for his grandfather's burial. There he meets his cousin's wife Ana, who intrigues him.
Director: José Álvaro Morais | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Cary, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo
Votes: 89
88. The Jester (1987)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.
Director: José Álvaro Morais | Stars: Fernando Heitor, Paula Guedes, Luís Lucas, Carlos Farinha
Votes: 153
89. Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude (2002)
80 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Based on a the short story "Low Flying Aircraft" by J.G. Ballard and set in a near future where humans are dying breed. Judite and André flee to a semi-abandoned apartment complex to protect their mutant child from certain death.
Director: Solveig Nordlund | Stars: Margarida Marinho, Miguel Guilherme, Rui Morisson, Rita Só
Votes: 292
90. O Fantasma (2000)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid ... See full summary »
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Votes: 3,973 | Gross: $0.13M
91. Happy Birthday! (1997)
14 min | Drama, Short
Chico wakes up on his 30th birthday to the sound of his girlfriend singing "Happy Birthday" to him on his answering machine. When sexy boy Joao wakes up in bed next to him, he realizes that this is not his typical birthday.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: João Rui Guerra da Mata, Eduardo Sobral
Votes: 250
92. 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: 21,948 | Gross: $0.21M
93. 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: 42,344 | Gross: $5.60M
94. Linha de Passe (2008)
113 min | Drama, Sport
A story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams.
Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas | Stars: Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira, Geraldo Rodrigues
Votes: 2,909
95. Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
Not Rated | 147 min | Music, Romance
Docu-drama about Portuguese social life in the countryside during the busy month of August
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho, Andreia Santos
Votes: 1,826
96. The Face You Deserve (2004)
108 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Francisco, behave! I Know it's your birthday, you are thirty now, it's carnival, you've dressed as a cowboy for the school party and you are surrounded by kids you hate. But that's no ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: José Airosa, Gracinda Nave, Sara Graça, Miguel Barroso
Votes: 461
97. Os Famosos e os Duendes da Morte (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A Bob Dylan fan who goes by the name Mr. Tambourine passes his time in the Brazilian countryside by looking at photographs and movies on the Internet that seem to feature the same mysterious woman.
Director: Esmir Filho | Stars: Áurea Baptista, Ismael Caneppele, Tuane Eggers, Henrique Larré
Votes: 769
98. José and Pilar (2010)
117 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Nobel Prize Winner José Saramago and his feelings over his wife, his country and life, as a whole.
Director: Miguel Gonçalves Mendes | Stars: João Afonso, Àngels Barceló, Pilar del Río, Juan Echanove
Votes: 2,489
99. Maria and the Others (2004)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Synopsis Maria, an executive from Oporto, lives in the search of the right man for her. On the other hand, her two friends, Joana, a doctor that has fallen in love to a co-worker, and ... See full summary »
Director: José de Sá Caetano | Stars: Catarina Furtado, Ana Brito e Cunha, Isabel Abreu, São José Lapa
Votes: 94
100. COMPLEXO: Parallel universe (2010)
80 min | Documentary, Drama
How is it to survive in the most dangerous slum in Rio de Janeiro?
Director: Mário Patrocínio
Votes: 238
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