mdblist.com logo Movie Search


Ratings
Between
and
Between
and
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Additional filters
m
Lists, Streaming Services, Cast and more
Create List (41 items)

Login to create Trakt list


poster
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
83
7.6
/2269/
77
/131/
80
/55/
3.9
/34577/
100
/34/
88
/8/

Pictures of Ghosts (2023)
Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.
poster
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
79
7.1
/9332/
72
/321/
71
/231/
3.8
/31474/
90
/42/
76
/45/
77
/9/

Neighboring Sounds (2012)
An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.
poster
79
70
7.2
/1831/
75
/53/
73
/31/
3.7
/27770/
100
/24/
83
/7/

The Blue Trail (2025)
In the name of economic recovery, the Brazilian Government created a perennial system of compulsory vertical isolation for seniors over 80 to be confined in a colony. Teca is 77 and lives in the village of Muriti, in the Amazon, when she is surprised by the announcement of the age reduction, including her age group. Cornered, Teca makes an intriguing journey hidden from the officers amidst rivers, boats and the underworld to clandestinely try to fulfill her last dream, to take a plane ride.
poster
77
55
7.3
/3283/
75
/98/
69
/108/
3.8
/7278/
86
/7/
85
/6/

Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005)
1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.
poster
62
49
6.7
/2618/
70
/80/
66
/78/
3.7
/11264/
60
/5/
61
/21/
40
/5/

Mango Yellow (2002)
The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil.
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
76
42
7.8
/943/
75
/60/
74
/27/
3.9
/13558/

Cold Tropics (2009)
In tropical Recife, in northeastern Brazil, temperatures drop to impossible lows and the inhabitants have to adapt. This 'mockumentary' gradually turns critical, looking at the climate, urban development and social interaction from every angle. Does a ray of sun pierce the clouds, after all?
poster
68
40
6.9
/992/
67
/70/
65
/33/
3.6
/17473/

Green Vinyl (2004)
A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one.
poster
60
34
6.2
/1409/
66
/47/
60
/45/
3.4
/2799/
47
/7/

Bog of Beasts (2006)
A man falls in love with 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.
poster
74
31
7.4
/265/
73
/23/
79
/19/
3.6
/2046/

Critic (2008)
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
poster
69
30
6.9
/496/
72
/30/
64
/16/
3.6
/6356/

Eletrodoméstica (2005)
A middle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-set.
poster
69
26
7.3
/541/
63
/11/
73
/20/
3.5
/1209/

Perfumed Ball (1997)
A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit.
poster
57
20
5.8
/157/
58
/13/
52
/9/
3.1
/2518/

Sleep with Your Eyes Open (2024)
A coastal city in Brazil. Kai arrives from Taiwan for holidays with a broken heart. A broken air conditioner sends her into Fu Ang’s umbrella store. He could become a friend, but the rainy season doesn't arrive and his shop disappears. While looking for Fu Ang, Kai discovers the story of Xiaoxin and a group of Chinese workers in a posh skyscraper. Kai finds herself strangely mirrored in Xiaoxin’s tale.
poster
74
20
7.1
/133/
76
/10/
80
/13/
3.6
/1053/

Bacurau no Mapa (2019)
Behind the scenes of Bacurau (2019)'s shooting and pre-production. With exclusive images, directors Kléber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles show how they made the film an audience and critical success.
poster
60
19
6.0
/132/
64
/16/
54
/7/
3.1
/3150/

Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2007)
A small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kyiv. On one side is dark, on the other light, but both experience the same emotions and hence feel nearness and contact.
poster
47
18
4.6
/276/
50
/26/
53
/15/
2.1
/2970/

Partiu América (2024)
Matheus is the owner of a very simple amusement park and has the dream of visiting the famous parks in the USA. But when his family finally gets the opportunity to travel abroad for the first time, things don't go as expected.
poster
62
18
6.6
/251/
65
/12/
57
/12/
3.1
/1329/

Party Over (2019)
Returning early from his vacation after the Carnival period to investigate the murder of a young French tourist, Breno Wanderley is faced with possible reflections of his own history from which he cannot escape. Between Ash Wednesday and post-Carnival Sunday, Breno tries to unravel the crime and sees in his son, also called Breno, a chance to reinvent himself in a broken and sullen city.​
poster
64
18
6.8
/594/
70
/18/
65
/15/
3.4
/922/
50
/7/

Dry Movie (2005)
Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.
poster
65
17
6.6
/361/
69
/19/
62
/12/
3.3
/950/

The Daytime Doorman (2016)
After exchanging glances between "good mornings" and "good afternoons", Marcelo realizes it's time to try to go further with Márcio, the doorman in his building. Two worlds will collide through these men's bodies.
poster
57
13
6.2
/113/
51
/10/
52
/7/
3.3
/985/

Follow the Protocol (2022)
After 10 months of a self imposed lockdown, Francisco wants to have sex.
poster
47
11
5.1
/133/
50
/7/
33
/3/
2.8
/1241/

The Little Cotton Girl (2002)
The urban legend of 'cotton girl'. The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children.
poster
65
11
6.6
/148/
57
/9/
66
/5/
3.5
/750/

Azougue Nazareth (2019)
No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.
poster
57
10
5.0
/154/
64
/20/
66
/8/
2.5
/656/

Lucicreide Goes to Mars (2021)
Lucidreide's home becomes a hell after the arrival of her mother-in-law, who evicted, decides to live there. Abandoned by her husband Dermirréi and unable to lead her home in front of her five children, she only has the desire to go away. Without understanding the size of a space voyage, Lucidreide accepts to participate in a mission that will take the first man to the Red Planet and is signed uo by the son of her bosses, Tavinho. He recalls that his father was selecting a person to integrate a training that would take a Brazilian to Mars. Believing that she is going to make her children happy, she leaves for training at Cape Canaveral in the United States.
poster
60
9
6.0
/117/
71
/7/
48
/9/
3.1
/533/

Açúcar (2017)
Bethânia returns to her land, where the family’s old sugar mill was built, the Wanderley Mill. Between photographs, fantastic creatures, bills to pay and workers claiming their rights to the land, Bethânia faces herself in a present where both the past and the future look menacing.
poster
?
8.0
/11/
70
/2/
50
/3/

Danado de Bom (2016)
Born in Arcoverde, in the backlands of Pernambuco, the lonely boy who was raised by his father after his mother left, João Silva soon discovered a passion for the northeastern rhythms, such as the baião, xote and forró. He went to Rio de Janeiro when he was still a little boy to meet the idol Luiz Gonzaga. Both men, who were not very fond of each other when they first met, became not only great friends but also partners in many hits like “Doutor do Baião”, “Nem se Despediu de Mim” and “Pagode Russo”.
poster
?
7.4
/25/
90
/1/
45
/2/

Cícero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso (2016)
The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and Joan Miró, he marked the history of Brazilian art.
poster
59
?
5.5
/10/
50
/4/
70
/1/
3.4
/207/

Casa de Imagem (1992)
N/A
poster
?
6.6
/5/
50
/1/

Super Orquestra Arcoverdense de Ritmos Americanos (2016)
N/A
poster
55
?
5.7
/39/
51
/7/
52
/4/
3.4
/311/

Caged In (1997)
Middle class man surrounded by fear and paranoia become prisoner of his own world.
poster
?
7.6
/75/
46
/3/

The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls (2000)
A documentary that focuses on two young male inhabitants of Recife (statistically, the fourth worst city in the world to live in) who have both reacted strongly to their situation. One has become a drummer in a rap/rock band. The other has killed forty-four people and is now in jail. Both use the term "Wicked Souls" to describe their enemies.
poster
68
?
6.2
/171/
100
/1/
52
/4/
60
/1/

Happy Desert (2007)
Jéssica is a teenager from Brazilian Northeast. After being abused by her stepfather, she runs away to Recife, where starts to work with sexual tourism. Then, she meets Mark, a German tourist, and falls in love with him.
poster
58
?
6.5
/20/
35
/4/
80
/1/
3.3
/386/

Peace to This House (1994)
A film photo-montage about an old house that belonged to a traditional local family that was later demolished.
poster
?
6.4
/9/
43
/3/

Lixo nos Canais (1995)
A mix of documentary and compilation, this work is the result of extensive archival research whose mission was to find the most absurd commercials on TV in Pernambuco, memorable VTs in the 80s and 90s marked by aesthetic rudeness and sometimes naive communication. This film became a champion of pirated copies in rental stores across the country, still on VHS.
poster
63
?
5.2
/15/
56
/3/
85
/2/
3.2
/206/

Jogo Sem Gandula (2011)
A not very good little digital still camera, our little neighbours and a football. Home movie.
poster
?
6.4
/67/
52
/7/

Aitaré from the Beach (1925)
The fisherman Aitaré courts Cora, an innocent girl from a small village. Several disagreements separate the heroes, until the expected happy ending. The film shows both the beautiful beaches of the region and the sophisticated milieu of the aristocracy in Recife. The clash between tradition and modernity can been seen in an obvious way in the film.
poster
48
?
6.3
/25/
43
/3/
20
/3/
3.3
/236/

The King Crab (2019)
Eduardo has a mysterious disease in his body. The appearance of crabs everywhere in the tropical city of Recife may have something to do with it.
poster
61
?
6.9
/137/
56
/8/
60
/9/

Song of the Sea (1953)
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.
poster
?

Something about me
After a relationship ends, a writer decides to write about a young man of personal double in his personal life in his characters, but while lighting a cigarette and imagining a finished work, he ends up discovering some things about himself.


mdblist.com © 2020 | Contact | Reddit | Discord | API