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87
82
8.5
/7042/
83
/260/
81
/218/
4.3
/40090/
100

Isle of Flowers (1989)
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
poster
72
7.6
/12507/
77
/462/
75
/370/
4.0
/48680/
68
/31/
83
/123/
49
/15/

The Man Who Copied (2003)
A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.
poster
75
69
7.5
/4195/
76
/265/
71
/133/
4.1
/87986/
74
/39/

Basic Sanitation, the Movie (2007)
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
poster
74
64
7.2
/6013/
74
/242/
72
/184/
3.7
/25326/
79
/23/

The Clown (2011)
The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.
poster
68
49
6.8
/2325/
66
/87/
69
/86/
3.5
/10057/
70
/22/

Macunaima (1969)
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
poster
83
49
8.2
/2161/
83
/88/
82
/66/
4.1
/15279/
90
/4/

They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
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65
42
6.6
/1121/
61
/66/
66
/75/
3.5
/6504/

The Nutty Boy (1995)
The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.
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74
33
7.6
/549/
77
/25/
67
/18/
3.9
/4598/

All the Women in the World (1966)
When womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex. He falls in love, and believes she is in fact all women in one. Because of that, he has to face an important decision: to go on with his old life, or embrace this special relationship and become a monogamous man.
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73
31
7.3
/584/
74
/29/
71
/30/
3.8
/4945/
75
/2/

The Priest and the Girl (1966)
In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
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74
31
7.3
/567/
81
/32/
70
/15/
3.7
/2914/

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
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59
25
6.3
/605/
60
/27/
69
/43/
3.3
/1088/
40
/2/

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (2010)
Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.
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65
22
6.4
/303/
69
/12/
61
/12/
3.3
/1921/

King of the Night (1975)
In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with Aninha, he needs to get away from the girl and ends up getting involved with other women, including an obsessive relationship with a prostitute.
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70
17
6.8
/265/
77
/14/
65
/15/
3.6
/739/

Better Days Ahead (1989)
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
poster
60
16
6.1
/471/
56
/17/
56
/17/
3.4
/621/

The Dead Girl's Feast (2009)
The story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote riverine community of the upper Amazonas state, after performing a “miracle” upon the suicide of his own mother. The film seeks to be an intimate picture of those who are involved in this sect and of the infinite human capacity of “fabricating” faith and seeking some sense in the horrifying experience of death.
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60
15
6.3
/353/
56
/8/
54
/18/
3.4
/576/

Days of Nietzsche in Turin (2002)
A cinematographic essay, without dialogues, about the months Nietszche spent in Turin, Italy, with narration quoted by his original writings.
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70
11
7.5
/75/
60
/4/
75
/10/
3.6
/430/

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
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10
6.1
/832/
63
/15/
42
/12/
3.2
/385/
47
/1/

High Art (1991)
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
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5
5.9
/176/
55
/4/
54
/10/
38
/2/

O Vestido (2004)
Ulisses has failed in his professional life, but leads a happy life with his wife Ângela and their two daughters. Until the day he is introduced to Bárbara, a very beautiful woman living in Rio de Janeiro. Ângela becomes her friend and gives her the dress Ulisses had given her. From then on, marital problems arise, and he becomes increasingly attracted to Bárbara.
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10
/1/

Gaudêncio! O Centauro dos Pampas (1971)
A gang plans to carry out a major heist in a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. What they don’t know is that the city is home to the result of a mad scientist’s experiment — a man transformed into a superhero.
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7.1
/75/
70
/1/
36
/3/

Juventude (2008)
David, a man in his twillight years, lives all by himself and decides to invite two childhood friends for a day at his house in Petrópolis, where they spend hours talking about the past.
poster
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10
/1/

O Conjunto Arquitetônico do Pelourinho (1974)
N/A
poster
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7.5
/59/

Morte. (2002)
Couple prepare their "great voyage" in all details, not forgetting the flowers, music and luggage.
poster
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7.4
/17/
13
/3/
90
/4/

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (2023)
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!
poster
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7.0
/30/
35
/2/

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy (1989)
A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in Brazilian culture.
poster
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9.2
/8/
10
/1/

Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca (1987)
N/A
poster
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40
/1/

Leila Para Sempre Diniz (1976)
A documentary that presents home movies and several excerpts of known films of famous actress Leila Diniz. Friends of the late actress, tragic killed on a plane crash in 1972, discuss about her life, her work and her legacy in Brazilian culture.
poster
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4.9
/7/
10
/1/

Humor Amargo (1973)
Set of carioca sketches.
poster
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20
/1/

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
poster
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6.7
/25/

The Outsiders (1968)
N/A
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10
/1/

Nunc et Semper (1993)
N/A
poster
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5.3
/34/
70
/1/

O Mentiroso (1988)
The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.
poster
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6.0
/20/
10
/1/

A Difícil Viagem (1983)
Evandro Souza is an engineer and travels for the first time to the interior of the country, in the village of Barreira Pequé, on the banks of the Araguaia River. He begins to make friends with the natives of the region, like Marão, but what he did not expect was to be involved in a murder. Evandro was the only witness to the crime committed by Marão, however, when questioned, he does not know what to say. Until there is a meeting between Evandro, Marão and the local corporal.
poster
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5.6
/6/
40
/1/

Fraternidade (2004)
N/A
poster
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7.4
/18/
70
/1/
50
/1/

Zimba (2021)
The trajectory and artistic imagery of actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski (1908-1978), precursor of modern theater in Latin America and master of generations of Brazilian actors. The polyphonic montage builds on vast unpublished material, covering half a century of performances, teletheaters and interviews by Zimba, as he was known – before and after fleeing Poland, on the eve of the invasion of Warsaw – and recreates fragments of Wedding Dress , a play by Nelson Rodrigues which the Polish-Brazilian director won a revolutionary montage in 1943.
poster
59
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5.9
/157/
61
/5/
58
/6/

Manual for Love Stories (2004)
Laura and Alan fall in love, but have to deal with the strange death of Alan's wife and with a rival, Lilith, who wants to break their relationship. At the same time, a narrator gives lessons on how to make a love story movie, exposing all clichés on that kind of film.
poster
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6.3
/7/
10
/1/

João & Antônio (1992)
A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
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8.2
/9/
70
/1/
80
/1/

Bliss (2009)
Rodrigo and Suzana have started a relationship recently. He's seventy-two, she's sixty, and they are completely in love with each other. Together, they spend days in bed, talking, eating, laughing and making love.
poster
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6.8
/38/
10
/1/

A Culpa (1972)
Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided by Matilde's boyfriend Henrique, but after a while the three of them begin to recieve mysterious notes which suggest that their secret is in danger.
poster
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6.6
/80/

Edu, Coração de Ouro (1968)
A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had managed to make him fall in love, until he met with mysterious Tatiana.
poster
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6.5
/41/
75
/2/

Poeta de Sete Faces (2002)
Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work.
poster
68
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6.2
/107/
80
/3/
65
/2/
3.4
/243/

Pequenas Histórias (2007)
On the porch of a farm, a woman tells stories while cutting and sewing scraps of cloth, creating images that form a towel. There are four stories of humor and magic. The fisherman's wedding with Iara, a mermaid from the rivers. The altar boy of a church that sees the procession of souls. The encounter between a Santa Claus in a store and a street boy and the adventures of Zé Burraldo, a naive guy who always lets himself be carried away by others.
poster
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6.7
/57/
35
/2/

Bebel, Garota Propaganda (1967)
Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom.
poster
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7.3
/91/
60
/4/
62
/5/

The Naked Man (1968)
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
poster
55
?
6.1
/195/
46
/3/
45
/10/
3.4
/339/

The Brazilwood Man (1982)
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
poster
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7.7
/44/
85
/4/
74
/5/

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José (2017)
"All Paulos in the World" is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80 years-old.
poster
?
7.3
/11/
20
/1/

Domingos (2009)
A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his daily activities and artistic deeds.
poster
62
?
6.6
/211/
60
/7/
59
/12/

Two-Edged Knife (1989)
Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is cheating on him with his business partner and best friend, he decides to execute a perfect plan that involves murdering both and easily getting away with murder. However, Paulo's plans are about to be ruined due to some unpredictable factors involving powerful people, plenty of money, the kidnap of his son and a tenacious inspector following his steps.
poster
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7.3
/25/
80
/1/

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021)
Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark years of the dictatorship.


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