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Netflix
82
7.2
/55149/
73
/2610/
71
/764/
3.5
/242325/
94
/372/
94
/1444/
84
/55/
cc age 11+

In the Heights (2021)
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
poster
82
7.8
/8923/
73
/221/
73
/136/
3.9
/10713/
96
/79/
90
/341/
83
/27/

Bus 174 (2002)
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.
poster
82
8.5
/82951/
83
/3450/
81
/1131/
4.2
/91076/
93
/121/
95
/1590/
79
/30/
cc age 13+

Senna (2010)
The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.
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Kanopy
78
76
7.4
/13212/
73
/313/
70
/222/
3.8
/31033/
88
/72/
86
/357/
81
/8/

Black Orpheus (1959)
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
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Netflix
69
6.9
/267661/
71
/12567/
68
/6982/
3.5
/546647/
72
/149/
71
/5518/
63
/29/
cc age 6+

Rio (2011)
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.
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fuboTV
61
6.5
/7272/
64
/84/
62
/81/
3.2
/1615/
51
/87/
49
/253/
60
/30/

The White Countess (2005)
In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.
poster
61
6.3
/115230/
66
/4359/
61
/2109/
2.9
/83203/
59
/56/
43
/2227/
66
/13/
cc age 13+

Moonraker (1979)
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.
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Criterion Channel
81
59
7.4
/4076/
72
/87/
73
/68/
3.7
/6713/
94
/16/
100
/1/
82
/6/

Pamfir (2022)
When reformed ex-smuggler Pamfir returns home to his village on the Ukrainian border after working abroad for several years, he’s determined to earn an honest living and set a good example for his beloved teenage son Nazar. But in a town where corruption runs deep and crime and religion are inextricably linked, his plan is quickly thwarted when Nazar sets fire to the local church in a misguided effort to keep him at home. To pay for the damage, Pamfir must take on one last job for a crime syndicate operating a risky smuggling venture in a place where all the rules have changed.
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The Roku Channel
54
5.8
/2455/
61
/90/
56
/189/
3.0
/1970/
50
/14/
34
/40/
52
/5/

My Piece of the Pie (2011)
France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...
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Netflix
43
4.2
/1109/
54
/119/
51
/78/
2.0
/2957/
33
/6/
31
/3/
cc age 16+

Carnaval (2021)
Digital influencer Nina finds out about her boyfriend's betrayal and ends the relationship. So, she decides to travel with her friends to Salvador and enjoy the city's Carnival. During this period, they gain more followers and learn the true meaning of friendship.
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Amazon Prime Video
43
42
4.9
/8776/
56
/357/
54
/221/
2.5
/3729/
11
/9/
40
/184/

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.
poster
52
39
6.1
/3637/
62
/60/
55
/52/
3.1
/594/
31
/13/
71
/115/
27
/4/

Imagining Argentina (2003)
Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.
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Netflix
57
38
5.7
/1629/
61
/184/
67
/176/
2.5
/9202/
54
/10/
cc age 12+

Double Dad (2021)
While her mom is away, a teen sneaks out of the hippie commune where she lives and embarks on a life-changing adventure to discover who her father is.
poster
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32
5.5
/987/
60
/24/
54
/37/
3.0
/919/
36
/14/
55
/21/
52
/14/

Orfeu (1999)
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
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Netflix
65
27
6.4
/1039/
71
/25/
65
/11/
3.0
/8773/

Kang Mak (From Pee Mak) (2024)
Returning home with his friends, a soldier reunites with his wife, not knowing she's become a ghost. But her death's not the end of their love story.
poster
61
19
7.7
/133/
81
/10/
74
/9/
3.8
/721/
35
/79/
24
/444/

Fevereiros (2019)
A record on Brazilian samba school Estação Primeira de Mangueira's victory on the 2016 carnaval parade. Mangueira's parade that year was a homage to singer Maria Bethânia. The documentary also follows Bethânia on the celebrations of Our Lady of Purification, in Bahia, northeast of Brazil.
poster
51
15
3.8
/334/
61
/22/
51
/6/
2.7
/1501/

Fantastica (2018)
Belat, her mother Fec and adopted siblings Daks, Pepe and Junjun face the possibility of being evicted from their land as they struggle to save their carnival. Hoping to prevent the carnival from closing, they turn to Prince, a man from Belat`s past, for help. He promises to give them a hand if they first help him look for the lost princesses Rapunselya, Maulan and Ariella so they can save the magical land, Fantastica.
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?
6.8
/24/
100
/2/

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê (2010)
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is based on Afro-centric notions of beauty, in counterpoint to prevailing standards of beauty in Brazil, a country famous for slim supermodels and plastic surgery. Contestants for the title of Ebony Goddess dress in flowing African-style garments, gracefully performing traditional Afro-Brazilian dances to songs praising the beauty of black women.
poster
?
10
/1/

Suplicio (2016)
An unemployed man, overwhelmed by problems, attempts to jump from a ninth floor. A crowd gathers in the street trying to convince him of not ending his life.
poster
?
40
/1/

Rope Holders (2008)
A movie about the rope holders in Brazil's most famous party, the "carnaval" of Salvador, Bahia.
poster
21
?
3.1
/163/
10
/1/
24
/8/

Pi pi pil… pilleri (1982)
A crackpot inventor tests his newest invention, a pill that removes all sexual inhibitions, on unsuspecting guests and staff members at a health spa.
poster
?
5.5
/19/
10
/1/

Carnival on Mars (1955)
A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet.
poster
?
60
/2/

Imperatriz do Carnaval (2001)
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poster
?
7.7
/9/

La Matinée (2007)
This is the story of a group of veteran musicians joined by two young artists to perform together after more than 20 years of inactivity in the Uruguayan carnival scene. In addition to demonstrating their talent, this film provides a look at their personal lives, lives that have always revolved around the magic of the carnival (Which lasts just a month per year), but that inevitably must make room for their daily life, far from show business and public recognition.
poster
?
4.7
/106/
40
/2/
36
/3/

Naked Amazon (1954)
A group of explorers travels the unexplored regions of the Amazon.
poster
?
6.0
/37/
20
/2/
20
/1/

Love, Carnival and Dreams (1972)
On Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a photographer, with whom she has an affair.
poster
66
?
6.7
/110/
75
/4/
51
/8/
3.5
/305/

República dos Assassinos (1979)
In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.
poster
50
?
5.2
/107/
40
/3/
55
/2/
3.1
/310/
44
/3/

Shake, Rattle and Roll 9 (2007)
This ninth installment in the classic horror series offers up a trio of spine-chillers from the Philippines. In Christmas Tree, a rampaging Christmas tree is out for blood as it terrorizes a family during the holidays; next, in Bangungot, three people in a love triangle find themselves ensnared in a supernatural nightmare. Finally, a teenage Goth band is cursed by a temptress's lethal spell in Engkanto.
poster
39
?
5.2
/261/
21
/6/
43
/7/

Takhti (1997)
Ali Hatami's film on the life of Iranian wrestling champion Takhti remains unfinished. Another director is assigned by the I.R. Intelligence Ministry to finish the project. The new director wants to carry out research on the life of the champion, and it would seem that he will have to solve numerous problems before he can finish the job.
poster
?
8.4
/16/
100
/1/
63
/3/

The Next Samba (2017)
A year of hard work, thousands of people involved, the choice of a great samba, the death of their official vocalist for 17 years, lots of sweat, tears and love, made Carnival 2016 extremely special. Behind the scenes of the biggest samba school on the planet, Estação Primeira de Mangueira, after 14 years without winning the contest, the entire universe created for Mangueira's parade, which is an international carnival icon, was documented for the first time, from the first step to the title of best samba school in 2016.
poster
?
1.9
/14/
10
/1/
50
/2/

Trágico carnaval (1991)
N/A
poster
?
6.4
/31/
50
/1/

Inside Hélio Oiticica (2012)
Hélio Oiticica was one of the artists that most united reflection with artistic creation. His ideas and propositions, expressed not only in texts but also in statements and interviews, revolutionized art and culture, transforming him into one of the most important Brazilian artists of the 20th century. Foregoing voiceover narration and expert analyses, the film allows Oiticica himself to narrate his life and expound upon his art in his own words, and in extremely rare archival audio and visual material.
poster
46
?
4.1
/915/
30
/1/
44
/9/
71
/3/

Sabor tropical (2009)
Sex-charged journalist Brian is chosen by an online publication to travel to Panama and document one of Latin America s premier festival celebrations Carnaval de Las Tablas. Dangers lurk for foreigners, and caught up in the carnival madness, Brian's outgoing manners suddenly place him in situations of both desperation and violence. Things are not what he expected when Brian sets out to meet his online hook-ups. A surprising relationship ensues and his fluid sexuality flows with a jagged edge in this tropical, rum soaked drama.
poster
?
7.9
/9/

Samba de Santo: Resistência Afro-Baiana (2020)
Three carnival blocks, born in candomblé terreiros in Bahia, are the center of this documentary: Ilê Aiyê, Cortejo Afro and Bankoma. Through work, centenary groups, the film explores black culture, its dances, its fabrics and its ancestry.
poster
51
?
5.1
/264/
41
/7/
58
/5/

Bedlam My Love (1972)
An old couple reviews their lives together, from the first time they met and got married since the present, through good and bad moments...
poster
?
4.6
/26/
10
/1/
18
/4/

Kiko en Lala (2019)
Born with two-different personalities in one body, Kiko and Lala struggle as they fight for their right to love.
poster
?
7.1
/33/
10
/1/
54
/5/

The King of the Candle (1982)
Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.
poster
52
?
5.7
/471/
45
/4/
55
/4/

Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by Henry Levin, the film also features Jane Wyman, Jill St. John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby, Henny Backus, Wally Brown, Gardner McKay and Jose Greco.
poster
67
?
6.1
/169/
81
/6/
60
/3/

Donaire y Esplendor (2017)
In the traditional carnival of the small town called Las Tablas, there are two rival streets: Up Street and Down Street. A young couple, after an unexpected encounter at the airport, fall hopelessly in love.
poster
?

É o Boi (2024)
"É o Boi" is a documentary that narrates the origins, portrays the present and discusses the perspectives of carnival in the city of Porto Ferreira/SP. Celebrating a tradition that already is already 90 years old, the film is mainly made up of images taken during the Porto Ferreira's carnival and interviews with people who fight daily to keep this unique and at the same time typically Brazilian cultural manifestation alive. Made over almost a decade, "É o Boi" also portrays critical moments of this carnival in the countryside of São Paulo, including disagreements with public authorities that almost led to the carnival being banned and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the organization of celebrations.
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