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Amazon Prime Video
71
6.6
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65
/10/
69
/14/
3.6
/1002/
84
/14/

Quilombo (1984)
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
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85
59
8.3
/4547/
80
/151/
81
/122/
4.2
/17819/
100
/4/

The Given Word (1962)
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.
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76
51
7.2
/1228/
77
/108/
79
/60/
3.8
/24191/

Our Dream (2023)
The life story of Claudinho e Buchecha, greatest icons and most successful duo of the Brazilian funk melody in all time, showing how the rhythm and poetry of the periphery conquered Brazil.
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Kanopy
69
45
7.1
/954/
65
/25/
68
/38/
3.7
/4573/
67
/223/

The Turning Wind (1962)
In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
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70
44
6.9
/1130/
74
/70/
68
/64/
3.5
/4336/

Zuzu Angel (2006)
Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.
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76
41
7.6
/873/
73
/21/
76
/30/
4.0
/4936/

The Guns (1964)
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
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75
38
7.5
/748/
77
/55/
75
/21/
3.8
/15227/

Same Old West (2025)
In the backlands of Goiás, Brazil, brutish men who cannot deal with their weaknesses are constantly abandoned by the women they love. Sad and bitter, these men turn violently against each other.
poster
74
38
6.6
/1146/
71
/122/
69
/86/
3.4
/4619/
100
/2/

The Man Who Challenged the Devil (2007)
After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
36
4.5
/3246/
62
/78/
55
/85/
3.0
/3732/
26
/19/
28
/19/
44
/9/

Lula, the Son of Brazil (2010)
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.
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Kanopy
62
35
5.8
/401/
60
/17/
50
/7/
2.8
/1369/
80
/15/
72
/4/

Memory House (2022)
An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little by little, he is approaching cows and oxen, transforming into an animal and returning to his ancestry.
poster
70
33
7.0
/420/
71
/20/
61
/23/
4.0
/3299/

Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber (1977)
This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.
poster
72
31
6.9
/427/
67
/14/
77
/17/
3.9
/3910/

The Woman of Everyone (1969)
Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents, and exerts intense allure on them, dominating them all with her erotic power.
poster
63
29
6.6
/719/
63
/39/
58
/16/
3.4
/2372/

I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011)
In a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's wife, but secrets from her past threaten to ruin them both.
poster
74
27
7.2
/248/
78
/22/
75
/11/
3.7
/3159/

Aunt Virginia (2023)
Aunt Virginia is a 70-year-old woman who has no children and has never been married, and ends up being convinced by her sisters, Vanda and Valquíria, to move to another city in order to take care of her parents. Taking place in just one day, the film follows Virginia's preparation to receive the sisters who are coming to her house to celebrate Christmas.
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61
27
5.5
/411/
69
/33/
51
/17/
3.6
/1985/

Rio Babilonia (1982)
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.
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26
7.1
/138/
76
/13/
71
/9/
4.0
/2450/

Garden of War (1969)
Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her film, but is arrested and meets a police torturer instead.
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Criterion Channel
71
24
7.0
/268/
60
/7/
66
/7/
3.6
/294/
88
/114/

My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
Arne Sucksdorff’s drama follows four homeless children—Jorginho, Rico, Lici, and Paulinho—struggling to survive in the Rio de Janeiro slums. They shine shoes, scavenge food, and pickpocket while dreaming of escape from the streets. When Rico, once escaped from a brutal institution in Caxambu, falls ill, he chooses to return there rather than die outside. A somber portrait of poverty and resilience, the film was selected for the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
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72
23
6.5
/179/
75
/10/
83
/8/
3.3
/3166/

Malês (2025)
Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the black population in the streets of Salvador against slavery in 1835. After the failure of the revolt, the protesters were harshly punished and repression against black people in Brazil increased.
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63
22
6.9
/291/
72
/7/
58
/19/
3.7
/2009/
45
/2/

Girls from ABC (2003)
Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.
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65
20
8.3
/96/
10
/1/
88
/4/
4.1
/1676/

Compasso de Espera (1969)
Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black family and friends, Jorge's situation serves as a springboard to a discussion about racial issues in Brazil.
poster
63
17
6.5
/140/
60
/14/
64
/7/
3.3
/2598/
Popcorn
60
/2/

A Vilã das Nove (2024)
Recently divorced, Roberta is living her best life, until she discovers that someone has turned her biggest secret into the plot of a soap opera — where she is the villain.
poster
64
16
7.7
/148/
40
/2/
62
/8/
3.9
/1022/

Tocaia no Asfalto (1962)
A gunman is hired to kill a corrupt politician. However, the agreement is canceled. Despite being a hired killer, the man takes his job seriously and prefers to go to the end.
poster
68
16
7.0
/539/
68
/18/
76
/9/
3.0
/765/

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)
A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
poster
51
14
5.1
/277/
43
/12/
50
/13/
3.0
/921/

Tinnitus (2023)
Marina Lenk is an experienced synchronized diver. However, an attack of Tinnitus — an unbearable ringing sound in the ears — drags her from the top of her game to the edge of madness.
poster
65
14
6.8
/287/
60
/10/
62
/12/
3.5
/1149/
67
/1/

The Manor of Araucaima (1986)
In an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent pilot, the Haitian servant, the mercenary guardian and the Machiche, a mature and dominant female. A young model arrives there to unleash all kinds of passions.
poster
63
14
7.0
/205/
51
/5/
59
/6/
3.7
/994/

The Big City (1966)
In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.
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Amazon Prime Video
52
14
5.3
/255/
52
/28/
55
/20/
2.9
/876/
44
/1/

For Sale or Rent (2013)
A once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their high standard of living, but the proximity to the slums disrupts business.
poster
62
11
6.2
/133/
60
/4/
60
/7/
3.3
/781/

When Carnaval Comes (1972)
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.
poster
68
10
6.8
/73/
60
/2/
78
/4/
3.4
/725/

A Day with Jerusa (2020)
"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-year-old lady, eyewitness to the daily life on Bixiga, a neighborhood filled with ancestral memories. On Jerusa's birthday, while she waits for her family's arrival, the encounter between her deepest memories and Silvia's mediumship allows them to travel through time and realities common to their ancestry.
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Netflix
50
9
4.2
/165/
51
/18/
49
/8/
3.0
/538/
cc age 15+

Wedding Games (2023)
When Alex and Eva choose to exchange vows at the very spot they first crossed paths, a series of hilarious missteps derails their journey to the altar.
poster
?
10
/1/

Colagem (1967)
The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
poster
67
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2.9
/33/
72
/4/
90
/1/
3.4
/290/
79

Coisa de Novela (2025)
An estranged grandmother reconnects with her granddaughter after a difficult diagnosis and asks her for help to accomplish the dream of going to Rio de Janeiro and being on a telenovela.
poster
?
100
/1/

Premonição (2011)
N/A
poster
?
5.8
/28/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Sol Sobre a Lama (1963)
A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market.
poster
?
30
/1/

A Força do Gigante (2022)
The 1948 South American Championship, won by Vasco, the first continental world champion. In the absence of period records, radio commentary was recreated, and the highlights were animated. The trajectory of CR Vasco da Gama up to that point: the fight against racism, São Januário as the country's main sports and social arena, and the culture dominated by Vasco fans.
poster
?
7.4
/12/

Lenita - Traces of a Lady (2023)
A deck of cards discovered at an antiques fair reveals the eccentric past of a famous Arabian horse breeder, the photographer and filmmaker Lenita Perroy.
poster
?
70
/1/

Bom Dia, Eternidade (2006)
N/A
poster
?
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
?
30
/2/
80
/1/

Os Escravos de Jó (2020)
N/A
poster
54
?
6.5
/117/
37
/4/
70
/5/

Eternamente Pagu (1987)
Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.
poster
?
7.2
/27/
10
/1/
50
/2/

República da Traição (1970)
European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will change their plans.
poster
?
6.2
/14/
10
/1/

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável (1974)
On a farm in rural Brazil in the 18th century, a new overseer arrives. He falls in love with one of the enslaved women, Mestiça, beloved by all the men. When a pair of silver earrings disappears from the farm and the overseer orders the leader of the enslaved women arrested, Mestiça decides to take revenge.
poster
50
?
5.3
/149/
10
/1/
90
/1/

The Fifth Monkey (1990)
When Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a hallucination of four chimpanzees. Once he recovers, he is shocked to find the four chimpanzees waiting for him at home, and, believing them to be special, decides to take them to the city in order to sell them.
poster
?
7.0
/40/
80
/1/
43
/3/

Na Boca do Mundo (1979)
A black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of Atafona. His biggest ambition is to stash enough money to leave to a big city with his fiancee, a mix-raced girl who sells fresh crabs to locals and wishes for a better life. When a rich white woman from the high society arrives to spend a few days away after ending a failed marriage, Antônio soon bonds with her and begins to change his plans.
poster
?
8.6
/69/
70
/1/
83
/3/

The Coup d'État Factory (2022)
Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV Globo. Two Brazilian journalists in the UK reveal the manipulative tactics of these organisations.
poster
?
6.1
/72/
65
/4/
30
/4/

The Passenger: Adult Secrets (2006)
A coming of age story about a boy in RIo de Janeiro, Brazil who, after his father's death, finds out about his family and where he came from.
poster
?
7.0
/84/
70
/1/
53
/3/

Bahia (1976)
The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen from her shortly after arrival, Otalia swiftly meets up with a group of charming and helpful friends.
poster
?
7.5
/33/
57
/3/

Cangaceiros de Lampião (1967)
On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one.


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