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87
8.0
/5986/
81
/199/
80
/84/
3.9
/101415/
98
/116/
93
/67/
91
/31/

The Secret Agent (2025)
In Brazil in 1977, Marcelo, a technology specialist fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realizes the city is far from the refuge he seeks.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
7.9
/10397/
79
/302/
79
/227/
4.2
/43256/
94
/17/
93
/134/

Pixote (1980)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
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Kanopy
82
7.4
/21710/
78
/732/
74
/489/
4.0
/55779/
97
/114/
78
/70/
88
/22/

Aquarius (2016)
Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.3
/33390/
77
/2105/
76
/1096/
3.9
/157752/
93
/170/
84
/114/
82
/27/

Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.9
/29130/
82
/1740/
79
/966/
3.9
/103106/
93
/42/
90
/158/
71
/16/

The Way He Looks (2014)
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.
poster
Netflix
80
7.9
/5173/
79
/345/
81
/125/
4.1
/154983/

Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso (2025)
From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.
poster
84
80
8.2
/8072/
82
/297/
77
/235/
3.9
/14100/
93
/42/
90
/158/

I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011)
The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.1
/1348/
69
/62/
62
/36/
3.4
/6218/
89
/27/
79
/4/
82
/10/

Sócrates (2018)
After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/18915/
71
/393/
70
/323/
3.7
/19716/
86
/37/
81
/295/
80
/10/

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
poster
76
7.6
/24128/
78
/782/
75
/581/
4.1
/83208/
68
/81/
85
/350/
71
/28/

Carandiru (2003)
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
poster
77
73
7.5
/2416/
78
/150/
81
/54/
3.7
/60565/

Vitória (2025)
Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.
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Kanopy
72
6.7
/1640/
69
/104/
62
/74/
3.3
/5850/
83
/18/
66
/5/
77
/7/

Don't Call Me Son (2016)
Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both. But when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically. In her new film, director Anna Muylaert explores the mother-child relationship through the eyes of a rebellious son whose whole world unravels overnight.
poster
67
7.0
/3362/
77
/108/
68
/79/
3.8
/13043/
60
/43/
81
/62/
59
/17/

Madame Satã (2002)
In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.
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Kanopy
72
66
6.7
/4593/
67
/334/
65
/238/
3.5
/26802/
96
/47/
71
/18/
73
/11/

Good Manners (2017)
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.
poster
66
6.3
/3566/
66
/183/
65
/86/
3.3
/11648/
65
/20/
57
/16/
64
/11/

Futuro Beach (2014)
Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
5.8
/964/
56
/59/
56
/30/
3.3
/7446/
84
/56/
40
/5/
67
/14/

Medusa (2021)
By day, Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, and by night they form a vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her views of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
7.0
/3748/
75
/165/
66
/100/
3.6
/11089/
67
/39/
68
/31/
44
/8/

Reaching for the Moon (2013)
In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
poster
Netflix
78
62
7.4
/2537/
77
/167/
72
/91/
3.9
/30298/
97
/34/
68
/8/
82
/10/
cc age 15+

Mars One (2022)
A middle-class Black family in Brazil copes with the election of a far-right extremist president. The mother believes that she's cursed after an unexpected encounter, while her husband puts all of his hopes into their son's soccer career.
poster
72
62
6.5
/1919/
75
/324/
79
/287/
3.5
/28737/

Minha Vida em Marte (2018)
Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.
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70
62
6.9
/4612/
72
/208/
71
/241/
3.4
/18871/

Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop (2004)
Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.
poster
77
61
6.9
/6658/
79
/817/
77
/678/
3.8
/56549/
85
/2/

My Mom Is a Character (2013)
After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
poster
78
60
7.1
/3270/
81
/511/
81
/490/
3.8
/39752/
85
/2/

My Mom Is a Character 3 (2019)
Dona Hermínia will have to rediscover and reinvent herself because her children are forming new families. This supermom will have to deal with a new life scenario: Marcelina is pregnant and Juliano is getting married.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
59
5.9
/4059/
66
/418/
63
/252/
2.7
/42652/

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
poster
75
58
6.7
/3783/
75
/586/
76
/521/
3.6
/38336/
85
/2/

My Mom Is a Character 2 (2016)
Dona Hermínia is back, but now rich and famous since she is the host of her own successful TV show. However, the overprotective character will have to deal with her children's departures, as Marcelina and Juliano decide to move out. In counterpart, she will welcome, as a visitor, her sister Lúcia Helena, who's been living in New York.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
57
6.0
/3413/
66
/395/
62
/206/
2.7
/37473/

The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents de Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.
poster
Kanopy
84
57
7.2
/610/
85
/45/
69
/21/
3.9
/4314/
100
/9/
100

Bixa Travesty (2019)
A portrait of transgender musician and artist Linn da Quebrada, who uses her body and performances as weapons to fight sexism, homophobia, and racism.
poster
57
6.2
/8626/
62
/514/
65
/500/
3.1
/21749/
37
/40/

Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (2011)
Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name "Surfistinha" which means little surfer girl.
poster
Netflix
75
56
6.6
/2798/
75
/261/
80
/336/
3.0
/19427/
94
/12/
cc age 14+

Beyond the Universe (2022)
While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.
poster
60
56
6.6
/8949/
70
/277/
66
/180/
2.7
/4427/
44
/53/

From Beginning to End (2009)
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
poster
55
6.1
/765/
58
/19/
54
/19/
3.5
/1898/
50
/1/

I Love You (1981)
After the collapse of their relationships with other people, Maria and Paulo embark in an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.
poster
Kanopy
72
53
7.0
/2125/
70
/100/
68
/80/
3.5
/8540/
91
/34/
70
/8/
66
/8/

Private Desert (2021)
40-year-old Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation for violence. When Sara, his internet love affair, stops answering his texts he decides to drive north in search of her, starting on what is apparently a fool's errand. He shows Sara's picture around, but nobody seems to recognize the woman. Until eventually one guy pops up, saying he can put the two in touch under very specific conditions.
poster
74
53
7.2
/2398/
73
/136/
71
/99/
3.4
/8499/
100
/8/
65
/2/

Just Like Our Parents (2017)
Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the expectations of three generations, she tries to discover who she really is.
poster
65
53
6.5
/2640/
70
/209/
67
/163/
2.9
/10456/

We're So Young (2013)
The life of Renato Russo, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the Brasília rock scene of 1970s and 1980s.
poster
70
51
6.6
/2658/
69
/197/
69
/115/
3.2
/21266/
88
/17/
64
/1/

Executive Order (2022)
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
poster
63
51
6.3
/2654/
70
/192/
69
/195/
3.8
/21962/
39
/21/

Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007)
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
poster
70
50
7.1
/1075/
68
/44/
74
/18/
3.5
/18180/

Baby (2025)
After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion, oscillating between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity.
poster
69
48
6.3
/1508/
67
/41/
64
/30/
3.3
/4197/
89
/9/

Dry Wind (2020)
The area around Catalan in Brazil’s state of Goiás is dry, very dry. Sandro’s life here is somewhat monotonous. He works in a fertiliser factory, goes swimming and spends his evenings doing jigsaw puzzles of landscapes. When Maicon, a man straight out of a Tom of Finland illustration, shows up in their small town and flirts with Ricardo, Sandro’s burgeoning feelings of jealousy set a change in motion.
poster
50
48
5.0
/3625/
62
/365/
55
/129/
2.7
/5153/
30
/46/

The First Temptation of Christ (2019)
Jesus, who's hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family. A Christmas special so wrong it must be from comedians Porta dos Fundos.
poster
77
48
7.3
/2323/
81
/130/
75
/81/
3.8
/15561/
83
/5/

Tattoo (2013)
Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictatorship.
poster
70
47
7.2
/1705/
71
/91/
63
/55/
3.3
/4317/
82
/22/

The Best Things in the World (2010)
Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries to make his way through life, with its first sexual experiences, his depressed brother and his self-centered parents. It’s a humorous homage to the pitfalls of daily life and the diversity of life.
poster
77
46
7.2
/741/
75
/41/
70
/15/
3.6
/9530/
100
/17/

Toll (2023)
Suellen is a toll booth attendant who starts using her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches from people driving to the coast. But only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop.
poster
67
46
6.3
/701/
76
/186/
71
/174/
3.0
/13709/

Ana e Vitória (2018)
Two girls have a chance encounter and instantly befriend. While trying to find themselves, they decide to pursue music together.
poster
64
46
6.1
/1397/
69
/152/
67
/170/
3.0
/15688/

Men Are from Mars... And That's Where I'm Going! (2014)
Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she finds herself struggling to find a husband. Like other women of her generation, Fernanda put her personal life on hold to devote herself to her career and now suddenly feels her love life situation has become an emergency. Being single at 39 is quite different from being single at 29, after all "the fertile egg has an expiration date"!
poster
71
45
6.9
/642/
70
/38/
64
/35/
3.8
/7878/
75
/538/

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1969)
A man living with his parents in a low middle-class apartment in Rio de Janeiro coldly stabs them with a razor and then goes to the movies. Marcia, a rich and dissatisfied young woman, takes advantage of a trip from her husband to go to her home in Petrópolis, where she receives a visit from an old friend, Regina.
poster
78
44
7.6
/457/
84
/58/
76
/43/
3.8
/2953/

The Seamstress (2017)
In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the distance, they know that they can only count on each other and both of them will assert themselves in their own and surprising way.
poster
62
44
5.5
/861/
69
/192/
63
/139/
3.1
/16893/

Tô Ryca! (2016)
Selminha is a lower-class woman who receives a family inheritance, but only if she meets the challenge of spending 30 million reais in 30 days, without accumulating anything. However, in this marathon, she will find out that there are things that money does not buy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
43
8.4
/487/
91
/67/
74
/31/
4.0
/5569/

Son of a Mother (2022)
This film is for those who really miss Paulo Gustavo! 'SON OF A MOTHER' shows the delightful complicity between the actor and Dona Déa, his inspiration to create Dona Hermínia. With never-before-seen footage, the film follows the funny and exciting backstage of the artist's last tour. Get ready to laugh, cry and remember why Paulo Gustavo is unforgettable.
poster
69
43
6.3
/749/
63
/56/
66
/29/
3.0
/19042/
75
/8/
89
/18/

Meu Nome é Gal (2023)
Film about the Bahian singer dives into the moment when shy Gracinha becomes Gal Costa, during the violent, innovative and mind-blowing years that helped shape Brazil's greatest singer.


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