Portuguese / Brasilian movies wantlist
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1. Me You Them (2000)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Regina Casé, Lima Duarte, Stênio Garcia, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 1,871 | Gross: $0.32M
2. A Casa de Alice (2007)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in ... See full summary »
Director: Chico Teixeira | Stars: Carla Ribas, Berta Zemel, Vinicius Faria Zinn, Ricardo Vilaça
Votes: 673 | Gross: $0.06M
3. Mutum (2007)
95 min | Drama
Thiago lives with his family on an isolated farm in the arid backlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As the story unfolds and Thiago is forced to confront separations and betrayal within the ... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Kogut | Stars: Thiago da Silva Mariz, Wallison Felipe Leal Barroso, Maria Juliana Souza de Oliveira, Brenda Luana Rodrigues Lima
Votes: 564
4. Before the World Ends (2009)
104 min | Drama, Family
The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and ... See full summary »
Director: Ana Luiza Azevedo | Stars: Eduardo Cardoso, Murilo Grossi, Caroline Guedes, Bianca Menti
Votes: 319
5. The Best Things in the World (2010)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Mano has to deal with adolescence dilemmas and his family destruction, after his father leaves their house.
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Francisco Miguez, Denise Fraga, Fiuk, Zécarlos Machado
Votes: 1,659
6. The Other Side of the Street (2004)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired woman spends her days snooping everybody in her neighborhood as a police informant. When she thinks she sees a man murder a woman, but the death is seen as natural by the police, she decides to prove she was right.
Director: Marcos Bernstein | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, Laura Cardoso, Luiz Carlos Persy
Votes: 997
7. Angels of the Sun (2006)
92 min | Drama
In 2002, 12-year-old Maria, living in dire poverty with her family, is sold by her fisherman father to prostitute recruiter Seu Tadeu, who takes her to a low-class brothel in the Amazon ... See full summary »
Director: Rudi Lagemann | Stars: Antonio Calloni, Otávio Augusto, Darlene Glória, Vera Holtz
Votes: 1,130
8. Bicho de Sete Cabeças (2000)
74 min | Drama
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs... See full summary »
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos, Cássia Kis, Dani Nefussi
Votes: 6,378
9. Maids (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Nando Olival | Stars: Cláudia Missura, Graziella Moretto, Lena Roque, Olivia Araújo
Votes: 1,362
10. Goodnight Irene (2008)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Two 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.
Director: Paolo Marinou-Blanco | Stars: Robert Pugh, Nuno Lopes, Rita Loureiro, Amadeu Caronho
Votes: 188
11. The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012)
Unrated | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two filmmakers leave to Macao in an adventure of discovery of a city-labyrinth, multicultural and mysterious, where the memories of the childhood - featured memories by the lived reality in... See full summary »
Directors: João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata | Stars: Cindy Scrash, João Rui Guerra da Mata, João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria João Guerra da Mata
Votes: 567
12. Madame Satã (2002)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques
Votes: 3,157 | Gross: $0.20M
13. The Dead Girl's Feast (2008)
115 min | Drama
Santinho is a young man considered to be a saint after performing a miracle following his mother's suicide, in a riverside community in the Alto Amazonas.
Director: Matheus Nachtergaele | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Juliano Cazarré, Jackson Antunes, Ednelsa Sahdo
Votes: 455
14. A Máquina (2005)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karina has 2 dreams: to become an actress & to see the world. Antonio is in love with her. He promises to bring the world to "Nordestina", a village in the sticks of Brazil. This backwater ... See full summary »
Director: João Falcão | Stars: Paulo Autran, Gustavo Falcão, Mariana Ximenes, Lázaro Ramos
Votes: 618
15. Latitude Zero (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Lena owns a forgotten bar next to a highway where the trucks zip by but rarely stop. She is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover, Colonel Mattos, of the São ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Venturi | Stars: Debora Duboc, Claudio Jaborandy
Votes: 161
16. Baixio das Bestas (2006)
80 min | Drama, Horror
A man gets obsessed by a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Fernando Teixeira, Caio Blat, Matheus Nachtergaele, Dira Paes
Votes: 1,267
17. Rio, I Love You (2014)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Third installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature-film is made of 10 stories of romance set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Directors: Vicente Amorim, Guillermo Arriaga, Stephan Elliott, Nadine Labaki, Fernando Meirelles, José Padilha, Carlos Saldanha, Im Sang-soo, Paolo Sorrentino, John Turturro, Andrucha Waddington, César Charlone | Stars: Basil Hoffman, Emily Mortimer, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruna Linzmeyer
Votes: 2,239
18. An Extremely Nutty Teacher (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After studying in the capital, the teacher Cate returns to her small town in Minas Gerais to teach at primary school in the early 40's. Her way of teaching students delights and irritates ... See full summary »
Directors: Andre Alves Pinto, César Rodrigues | Stars: Paolla Oliveira, Chico Anysio, Suely Franco, Joaquim Lopes
Votes: 251
19. Cão Sem Dono (2007)
82 min | Drama
In Porto Alegre, the unemployed Ciro has a dull life in a simple apartment with a nameless stray dog that he had found on the streets. Ciro is supported by his parents and works every now ... See full summary »
Directors: Beto Brant, Renato Ciasca | Stars: Júlio Andrade, Luiz Carlos V. Coelho, Marcos Contreras, Janaína Kremer Motta
Votes: 462
20. I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011)
100 min | Drama
The photographer Cauby moves and settles down in a small town in the countryside of Pará. When he meets the model Lavínia, who is the wife of Pastor Ernani, they have a torrid love affair. ... See full summary »
Directors: Beto Brant, Renato Ciasca | Stars: Camila Pitanga, Gustavo Machado, Zécarlos Machado, Gero Camilo
Votes: 675
21. Two Women (2009)
100 min | Drama
A psychiatrist married to a financial executive is intrigued by a young call girl prone to panic attacks and they begin circling each other.
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Virgílio Castelo, Débora Monteiro, Marcello Urgeghe
Votes: 110
22. Perdido por Cem (1973)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Artur, in Lisbon for his holidays, wanders aimlessly, and is picked-up by Rui, a young man who is into marketing and advertising. Joana is in Lisbon for holidays, but also trying to escape ... See full summary »
Director: António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Stars: José Cunha, Marta Leitão, José Nuno Martins, Ana Maria Lucas
Votes: 25
23. António, Um Rapaz de Lisboa (2002)
116 min | Drama
Director: Jorge Silva Melo | Stars: Manuel Wiborg, Lia Gama, Sylvie Rocha, Paulo Claro
Votes: 62
24. Histórias de Alice (2016)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Oswaldo Caldeira | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Ana Moreira, Diana Costa e Silva, Filipe Duarte
Votes: 15
25. O Anjo da Guarda (1998)
100 min
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Eugénia Bettencourt, Márcia Breia, Canto e Castro, Dalila Carmo
Votes: 12
26. Paixão (2012)
75 min | Drama
When João Lucas meets Maria and follows her home, he would have never guessed that she would lock him in a room without letting him out.
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Carloto Cotta, Sandra Faleiro, Vítor Andrade, Ana Brandão
Votes: 58
27. Adriana (2004)
102 min | Drama
Adriana looks for a man who do beget a child and thus ensure the seed on the island she lives with her father.
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Ana Moreira, Isabel Ruth, Bruno Bravo, José Airosa
Votes: 55
28. O Capacete Dourado (2007)
83 min | Drama
The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing cars.
Jota (Eduardo Frazão) stands out ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jorge Cramez | Stars: Eduardo Frazão, Ana Moreira, Rogério Samora, Alexandre Pinto
Votes: 156
29. Venus Velvet (2002)
17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Venus Velvet is a story of love that lasts no longer than the brief period before the fall of a comet; a love story set against the background of the possibility of the world's ending.
Director: Jorge Cramez | Stars: Ricardo Aibéo, Ana Brandão, Ana Moreira, Cláudio da Silva
Votes: 45
30. Em Nome do Pai (2002)
17 min | Drama, Short
Storyline In the suburb of Sao Paulo, this banal love story takes place. A common family, father, mother, two children, the dog, and - - the hidden!
Director: Júlio Maria Pessoa | Stars: Elias Andreato, Leonardo Miggiorin, Antonio Roberto, Denise Weinberg
Votes: 142
31. Feliz Natal (2008)
100 min | Drama
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the country of Rio de Janeiro, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On the Christmas Eve he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he ... See full summary »
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Paulo Guarnieri, Graziella Moretto
Votes: 427
32. We 3 (2011)
TV-14 | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Three young people arrive from different parts of the country to go to college in Sao Paulo. On their first day there, a strange and intense attraction unites them. Together, they rent an ... See full summary »
Director: Nando Olival | Stars: Gabriel Godoy, Victor Mendes, Juliana Schalch, Sophia Reis
Votes: 743
33. Capitães da Areia (2011)
96 min | Adventure
About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
Directors: Cecília Amado, Guy Gonçalves | Stars: Jean Amorim, Ana Graciela, Roberio Lima, Israel Gouvea
Votes: 1,048
34. O Caminho das Nuvens (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A man and his family travel 3200km (1984 miles) by bicycle, from the State of Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in search of a job.
Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Wagner Moura, Cláudia Abreu, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Manoel Sebastião Alves Filho
Votes: 1,215
35. Amarelo Manga (2002)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama
Short stories revolving around a bar and a hotel in Recife, unveil a mosaic of exotic characters living in the Brazilian underground.
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Leona Cavalli, Dira Paes
Votes: 2,447
36. The Clown (2011)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Father and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Selton Mello, Paulo José, Larissa Manoela, Giselle Motta
Votes: 5,468
37. Reflections of a Blender (2010)
80 min | Comedy, Thriller
Elvira's blender tells her story with her husband, Onofre, who's gone missing, and makes reflections about life.
Director: André Klotzel | Stars: Ana Lúcia Torre, Germano Haiut, Selton Mello, Fabiula Nascimento
Votes: 1,031
38. Ainda Orangotangos (2007)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The film tells the story of sixteen people in the hottest day of the year in the city of Porto Alegre.
Director: Gustavo Spolidoro | Stars: Karina Kazue, Lindon Satoru Shimizu, Artur Pinto, Kayodê Silva
Votes: 184
39. O Grão (2007)
88 min | Drama
The elderly Perpétua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful ... See full summary »
Director: Petrus Cariry | Stars: Leuda Bandeira, Veronica Cavalcanti, Nanego Lira, Kelvya Maia
Votes: 71
40. A Dog's Will (2000)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Follows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
Director: Guel Arraes | Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga
Votes: 16,913
41. Conception (2005)
96 min | Drama
A group of bored well-off young adults come up with anarchic concept of Conceptionism, that promotes absolute looseness when it comes to sex and drugs, but total rejection of money and ego. However, their movement won't last long.
Director: José Eduardo Belmonte | Stars: Juliano Cazarré, Milhem Cortaz, Murilo Grossi, Gabrielle Lopes
Votes: 382
42. No Dia dos Meus Anos (1992)
65 min | Drama
Presents, cake, good friends, and a cute birthday song!
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Jessica Weiss, João Lagarto, André Costa, Madalena Rodrigues
Votes: 34
43. Mustang (2000 TV Movie)
85 min | Crime, Thriller
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Vítor Norte, Hugo Bettencourt, Philippe Leroux, Rita Ribeiro
Votes: 82
44. North Atlantic (2010)
15 min | Short, Drama
An isolated air traffic controller in a small island of the Azores archipelago is contacted by a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift over the North Atlantic.
Director: Bernardo Nascimento | Stars: Clive Russell, Baltazar, Grant Masters, Guilherme Mendonça
Votes: 356
45. The Suspect (2000)
25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The "Train Killer" is on the loose; and a young traveller on a train ride growingly begins to suspect that the actual murderer is amongst the other 3 occupants of his cabin. (Language: Portuguese (Portugal; Duration: 24.39 minutes)
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro | Stars: Dora Bernardo, João Catarino, Mafalda Vilhena, Paulo Raposo
Votes: 315
46. A Sombra dos Abutres (1998)
90 min | Drama
Two simple, unassuming, apolitical men have their lives changed forever when they find themselves hunted by agents of the ruling dictatorship.
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Vítor Norte, Diogo Infante, José Eduardo, José Wallenstein
Votes: 117
47. A Bomba (2002)
90 min | Action, Comedy
A group of innocent hostages is left to his own death facing a clockwork bomb, while the whole country watches them on the TV.
Director: Leonel Vieira | Stars: Diogo Infante, António Melo, Fernanda Serrano, Maria d'Aires
Votes: 272
48. Em Câmara Lenta (2012)
71 min | Drama
Salvador knew Constança and Santiago. he did not know but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constança did not know Laurence. Only Santiago knew Laurence, Constance and ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Rui Morisson, João Reis, Maria João Pinho, Maria João Luís
Votes: 55
49. Veneno Cura (2008)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Raquel Freire | Stars: Margarida Carvalho, Sofia Marques, Sandra Rosado, Miguel Moreira
Votes: 105
50. A Vida Queima (2011)
Drama
Director: Raquel Freire | Stars: Margarida Almeida, Suzana Branco, Ana Brandão, Nicolas Brites
Votes: 9
51. Lobos (2007)
100 min | Drama
Joaquim left the house of his brother. The niece supplicates runs behind him. There was a crime with unclear outlines and an escape from the house where it all happened. They sleep in abandoned houses and love each other.
Director: José Nascimento | Stars: Nuno Melo, Catarina Wallenstein, Francisco Nascimento, Maria João Luís
Votes: 53
52. Repórter X (1987)
102 min | Crime
Director: José Nascimento | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Paula Guedes, Jorge Silva Melo, Suzana Borges
Votes: 41
53. Daqui P'ra Frente (2007)
97 min | Drama
Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of love and how we must learn to cherish it against all odds in the pursuit of happiness.
Director: Catarina Ruivo | Stars: Edgar Morais, Adelaide de Sousa, António Pedro Figueiredo, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 82
54. A Mulher Polícia (2003)
90 min | Drama
A young woman and her son runaway from their hometown to escape civil war. Nothing is left from the world they knew and the only thing they have is each other.
Director: Joaquim Sapinho | Stars: Amélia Corôa, Ludovic Videira, Maria Silva, Miguel Romeira
Votes: 114
55. This Side of Resurrection (2011)
116 min | Adventure, Drama
Inês finds out her brother came back from Australia. She wants to be a surfer like him so she runs away from home. Rafael surfs at Guincho like he wants to die. Surfing no longer matters to... See full summary »
Director: Joaquim Sapinho | Stars: Joana Barata, Pedro Sousa, João Cardoso, Sofia Grilo
Votes: 129
56. Lavado em Lágrimas (2006)
106 min | Drama
A reporter conducting an interview on an old pigeon breeder becomes increasingly fascinated with the man's enigmatic niece.
Director: Rosa Coutinho Cabral | Stars: Rita Martins, João Cabral, Rafael d'Almeida, José Eduardo
Votes: 41
57. Cães Sem Coleira (1999)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Rosa Coutinho Cabral | Stars: Marco António, João Cabral, Vasco Campos, Camacho Costa
Votes: 6
58. Serenidade (1987)
105 min | Drama
Director: Rosa Coutinho Cabral | Stars: Rogério Samora, Guida Maria, Francisco Praia, Julie Sergeant
Votes: 10
59. A Metamorfose (2007)
27 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.
Director: Frederico Beja | Stars: Luís Veríssimo, Sandra Santos, Eloy Monteiro, Ana Maria Oliveira
Votes: 26
60. Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo (2009)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
A geologist is sent to an isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil to survey water sources, but begins to feel a a sense of abandonment and loneliness.
Directors: Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes | Star: Irandhir Santos
Votes: 1,180
61. A Fit of Rage (1999)
70 min | Drama
The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically engaged 30-year-old journalist.
Director: Aluizio Abranches | Stars: Alexandre Borges, Júlia Lemmertz, Ruth de Souza, Lineu Dias
Votes: 565
62. Fucking Different São Paulo (2010)
84 min | Drama
A collection of short movies by Brazilian film makers, made to break stereotypical opinions, and celebrate differences as well as create a little stir.
Directors: Herman Barck, Rodrigo Diaz Diaz, Joana Galvão, René Guerra, Felipe Hassum, Max Julien, Luciana Lemos, Sílvia Lourenço, Ricky Mastro, Gustavo Vinagre, Sabrina Greve, Elzemann Neves, Monica Palazzo | Stars: Mariana Barros, Cintia Bonsai, Deh Bonsai, Dree Bonsai
Votes: 21
63. A Tempestade da Terra (1997)
105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Fernando D'Almeida e Silva | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, João Grosso, Ângelo Torres, Eugénia Bettencourt
Votes: 27
64. O Funeral (1992)
18 min | Drama, Short
Director: Jorge António | Stars: Canto e Castro, Afonso Melo, Mena, Horácio Santos
66. Dribbling Fate (1998)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Sport
Life has moved too fast for Mane. at the age of 50 he watches the slow sacrifice of his ideals. His wife, Lucy, has locked him in to a daily routine. His work in a small commercial shop and... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Vendrell | Stars: Carlos Germano, Betina Lopes, Paulo Miranda, Manuel Estevão
Votes: 60
67. Cavaleiros De Água Doce (2001 TV Movie)
Drama
After the passing of one of his friends, João remember's the summer he had with his friends when he was 12 years old.
Director: Tiago Guedes | Stars: Nuno Simões, João Cabral, Guilherme Duarte, Francisco Martins II
Votes: 62
68. Monsanto (2000 TV Movie)
Drama, Thriller
Rui Sequeira (Vitor Norte), a former fighter in the Colonial War, resident of a small village of Alentejo, celebrates another anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in the company of his ... See full summary »
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Vítor Norte, Maria d'Aires, João Lagarto, Paula Neves
Votes: 75
69. Vanitas (2004)
100 min | Drama
Nela Calheiros, a Portuguese designer on the peak of her career, falls for the daughter of one of her seamstresses, the mysterious Mila, and throws her into the world of fashion.
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Isabel Ruth, Joana Bárcia, Filipe Cochofel, Pedro Miguel Silva
Votes: 35
70. Quarta B (2005)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
What to do when drugs are found in a classroom of 10-year-old children? A parents' meeting will discuss such taboo in a very unconventional way: having a joint.
Director: Marcelo Galvão | Stars: Christiano Cochrane, Deto Montenegro, Antônio Destro, Malu Bierrenbach
Votes: 177
71. I Love You (1981)
R | 110 min | Drama
Man meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.
Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Sonia Braga, Paulo César Peréio, Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira
Votes: 682
72. Corisco & Dadá (1996)
112 min | Drama
Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his woman, following him and his gang. ... See full summary »
Director: Rosemberg Cariry | Stars: Chico Díaz, Dira Paes, Chico Alves, Bárbara Cariry
Votes: 127
73. So Hard to Forget (2010)
100 min | Drama
Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling ... See full summary »
Director: Malu De Martino | Stars: Ana Paula Arósio, Murilo Rosa, Natália Lage, Arieta Corrêa
Votes: 525
74. Amores Possíveis (2001)
Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
Fifteen year ago, Carlos went to the cinema to meet Júlia, his university colleague with whom he was in love. She never showed up. Carlos was left waiting in the lobby alone. While he waits... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Werneck | Stars: Murilo Benício, Carolina Ferraz, Emílio de Mello, Beth Goulart
Votes: 1,108
75. 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
76. Second Hand (2012)
110 min | Drama, Thriller
Jorge is a lonely writer of popular fiction. At night, he looks through lighted up windows at people in their homes and thinks, yes, they are happy. One day, chance, he thinks, takes him to... See full summary »
Director: Catarina Ruivo | Stars: Pedro Hestnes, Rita Durão, Luís Miguel Cintra, João Grosso
Votes: 20
77. Father's Chair (2012)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A man who has put his career ahead of everything else in life learns the value of family when his son goes missing.
Director: Luciano Moura | Stars: Wagner Moura, Lima Duarte, Mariana Lima, Brás Antunes
Votes: 1,557
78. As Três Marias (2002)
90 min | Drama
Woman uses her three daughters to avenge their father and brothers, killed by a jealous ex-fiancé.
Director: Aluizio Abranches | Stars: Marieta Severo, Júlia Lemmertz, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Luiza Mariani
Votes: 370
79. Cinerama (2010)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading them to kidnap the company's director in an act of despair.
Director: Inês Oliveira | Stars: Sofia Marques, Diogo Dória, Ricardo Aibéo, Bano Afonso
Votes: 22
80. Bem-Vindo a São Paulo (2004)
100 min | Documentary
The city of São Paulo, as seen through the lenses of 13 directors.
Directors: Leon Cakoff, Daniela Thomas, Wolfgang Becker, Renata de Almeida, Maria de Medeiros, Hanna Elias, Amos Gitai, Mika Kaurismäki, Jim McBride, Tsai Ming-liang, Phillip Noyce, Andrea Vecchiato, Caetano Veloso, Yoshishige Yoshida | Star: Caetano Veloso
Votes: 101
81. Dina e Django (1981)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Solveig Nordlund | Stars: María Santiago, Luís Lucas, Benvinda Bento, Sinde Filipe
Votes: 24
82. A Rapariga dos Fósforos (1978)
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: Carlota Calazans, Margarida Carpinteiro, Orlando Costa, José Eduardo
83. Cisne (2011)
103 min | Drama
Vera is a singer in her thirties; she is back in Lisbon for the final performance of her concert tour. The heat and beauty of Lisbon makes one want to be happy. Pablo, the companion she ... See full summary »
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Nunes, Israel Pimenta, Sérgio Fernandes
Votes: 123
84. Two Brothers, My Sister (1994)
108 min | Drama
Lisboa, Portugal, mid-1990s. Three brothers, a young woman and two young men, are living together, careless of the future, or even the present. They love each other, but one day they go ... See full summary »
Director: Teresa Villaverde | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Marcello Urgeghe, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Laura del Sol
Votes: 201
85. O Rapaz do Trapezio Voador (2002)
97 min | Drama
Director: Fernando Matos Silva | Stars: José Airosa, Micaela Cardoso, Rosana Pastor, Adriano Luz
Votes: 14
86. Saltimbancos (1951)
98 min | Drama
Lives of circus performers in times of decay.
Director: Manuel Guimarães | Stars: Maria Olguim, Helga Liné, Artur Semedo, Jose Vitor
Votes: 70
87. Ne change rien (2005)
12 min | Short, Music
Ne Change Rien is a 2009 documentary directed by Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa. The documentary focuses on the French singer Jeanne Balibar in rehearsal and concert as seen through Costa's characteristically long, stark takes.
Director: Pedro Costa | Star: Jeanne Balibar
Votes: 84
88. Obrigação (2012)
58 min
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Anabela Moreira, Sónia Nunes, Francisco Torrão
Votes: 17
89. Ossos (1997)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Votes: 1,736
90. Retrato de Família (1991)
102 min | Drama
Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is hospitalised with a nervous breakdown, she decides to find out the reason and in doing so... See full summary »
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Maria de Medeiros, Paola Dominguín, Luísa Barbosa
Votes: 21
91. Elles (1997)
115 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
Five women, all near the wrong side of forty, face life's ups and downs together with laughter, tears, and sometimes irony. Their only imperative: live, love and live some more.
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson
Votes: 316
92. A Noiva (2000 TV Movie)
Drama, Romance
In Portugal, Laura, the wife of a military officer refused for a long time to believe in his husband's death. Against all odds she investigates on her own what happened in Guinea.
Directors: Luís Galvão Teles, Gonçalo Galvão Teles | Stars: Catarina Furtado, Diogo Morgado, Marco Delgado, Pedro Giestas
Votes: 39
93. Casino Oceano (1984 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Director: Lauro António | Stars: Maria do Céu Guerra, João Perry
Votes: 9
94. O Vestido Cor de Fogo (1985)
92 min | Drama
José Pereira, a young medical graduate, meets a young and ardent Maria Eugénia. The time is the eve of the Portuguese Revolution, on 24th April 1974 and only a short time elapses between ... See full summary »
Director: Lauro António | Stars: Acácia Thiele, Jorge Vale, Guida Maria, Mariana Rey Monteiro
Votes: 17
95. Ritual dos Pequenos Vampiros (1984 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Eduardo Geada | Stars: Virgílio Castelo, Duarte Nuno, João Franco, José Pataca
96. O Recado (1972)
110 min | Drama
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Maria Cabral, Francisco Nieto, Luís Filipe Rocha, José Viana
Votes: 36
97. Os Cornos de Cronos (1991)
109 min
Alexandre was trapped in the solitude of his apartment when he discovered that Margarida, a beautiful and cold technocrat, had ran away with a rich American to Switzerland, and took his son Vitor with her.
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Carlos Vereza, Inês de Medeiros, Mário Viegas, Paula Guedes
Votes: 18
98. O Visitante (1985)
30 min | Short
Director: Ana Luísa Guimarães | Stars: Suzana Borges, Amílcar Botica, Virgílio Castelo, Fernando Mora Ramos
99. Nuvem (1991)
95 min | Drama
Director: Ana Luísa Guimarães | Stars: Afonso Melo, Rosa Castro André, Guilherme Filipe, Diogo Infante
Votes: 44
100. Backlight (2010)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an uncharted lake in the middle of the desert where they all have the opportunity to save each other.
Director: Fernando Fragata | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Michelle Mania, Skyler Day, Scott Bailey
Votes: 2,298
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