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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
87
8.6
/20980/
88
/1271/
84
/1193/
4.2
/113842/
94
/106/

A Dog's Will (2000)
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
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
71
7.0
/1980/
72
/30/
69
/43/
3.5
/1359/
75
/56/
72
/25/
66
/21/

Me, You, Them (2000)
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.8
/3656/
66
/167/
67
/101/
3.5
/10492/
88
/51/
67
/17/
80
/15/

Neon Bull (2016)
Iremar works at the rodeo in North East of Brazil. From his home, the truck he uses to transport the animals, he dreams of a future in the region's booming clothing industry.
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
72
61
7.1
/56697/
75
/260/
75
/130/
3.8
/29296/
90
/10/
50
/2/

Marighella (2021)
Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.
poster
85
59
8.3
/4498/
80
/151/
81
/122/
4.2
/17001/
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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70
57
7.1
/2354/
74
/87/
73
/64/
3.8
/19416/
75
/20/
62
/31/
62
/6/

Love for Sale (2006)
In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.
poster
77
56
7.2
/1283/
68
/49/
71
/41/
3.8
/13385/
100
/8/
71
/11/
87
/7/

I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2010)
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.
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Kanopy
67
56
6.9
/3919/
67
/128/
68
/141/
3.7
/14331/
78
/9/
63
/20/
52
/4/

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
55
6.2
/3435/
61
/242/
66
/117/
3.0
/56650/

The Rogue's Trial (2024)
After 20 years missing, João Grilo returns to Taperoá to join his old friend Chicó and, after his story of resurrection spreads, he is disputed as an electoral candidate by the two most powerful politicians in the city.
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
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.
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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
68
51
6.9
/1287/
70
/129/
64
/66/
3.3
/4371/
71

Cine Holliúdy (2013)
During the seventies, the massive arrival of television in the Brazilian countryside puts in jeopardy the business of running small movie theaters. Francisgleydisson is the owner of Cine Holliudy, and he must be extremely creative to keep his passion for cinema alive.
poster
81
50
7.8
/946/
83
/74/
83
/41/
4.0
/8025/

Waiting for the Carnival (2019)
A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.
poster
73
50
7.5
/1578/
77
/106/
72
/99/
3.5
/5293/

Gonzaga: From Father to Son (2012)
Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's health complications, he decides to return to the road to ensure a better future for his son. He has a friend in Rio de Janeiro and with him leaves the little one and heads to Brazil. He didn't imagine that this distance between them would develop into a complicated relationship, enhanced by the strong personalities of both. Based on conversations between father and son, this is the story of Luiz Gonzaga, a singer and accordion player known as Rei do Baião or Gonzagão.
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68
45
6.6
/1135/
71
/119/
69
/87/
3.3
/4136/

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.
poster
Netflix
64
44
6.0
/2153/
65
/256/
68
/208/
3.0
/6533/
69
/5/
cc age 13+

Get the Goat (2021)
Bruceuilis, a policeman from the countryside, is assigned to rescue Celestina, a goat considered heritage of his small city, and travels to São Paulo. There, he meets police clerk Trindade, who decides to venture out into the field, even though it is not his specialty.
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
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.
poster
Netflix
59
42
6.0
/3034/
62
/222/
61
/139/
2.8
/1759/
60
/8/
cc age 17+

The Killer (2017)
In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grows to be a feared assassin himself.
poster
66
42
6.5
/813/
69
/103/
68
/51/
3.2
/2632/

O Shaolin do Sertão (2016)
Aluízio Li is a martial arts fan who lives with his head in the world of fights from dreaming and watching Chinese films. He believes he is a Shaolin monk, dressing and behaving just like his cinematic references. However, he is the subject of mocking jokes in his hometown, Quixadá, in the backlands of Ceará. His days of peace will end when retired MMA fighter Toni Tora Pleura announces a "tour" of challenges to bullies in several cities in the interior of Ceará, including Quixadá.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
60
38
5.6
/1162/
59
/106/
54
/49/
3.0
/3315/
69
/16/
67
/3/

The Cannibal Club (2019)
Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.
poster
64
36
6.3
/506/
62
/57/
74
/35/
3.0
/4902/

Bem-Vinda a Quixeramobim (2022)
Aimée is a millionaire influencer who has all her family's assets blocked, except for a farm in the countryside of Ceará that she inherited from her grandfather. She leaves for the hinterland in an attempt to sell the property, but ashamed of the new reality, she invents that she will take a "sabbatical period" for a year. Thus, she will have to deal with her new life and sustain the lie on social media.
poster
78
35
7.8
/177/
79
/34/
77
/23/
3.9
/6249/

Ai que Vida! (2008)
In the fictional Poço Fundo, politics and affection mingle in saga against corruption. Cleonice decides to run for mayor while her son, Valdir, pays his respects to a philanthropic institution and ends up falling in love with a girl.
poster
70
34
6.3
/1184/
71
/66/
66
/33/
3.6
/18309/
82
/2/

Captains of the Sands (2011)
About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
poster
71
31
7.1
/311/
70
/27/
77
/33/
3.4
/1206/

Irmã Dulce (2014)
Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church. Contemplating from the 1940s to the 1980s, the film shows how the Catholic nun faced an incurable respiratory disease, machismo, the indifference of politicians and even the dogmas of the Church to dedicate her life to the care of the miserable, leaving a legacy that continues today.
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
29
6.8
/375/
72
/22/
66
/16/
3.6
/5063/

My Own Private Hell (2019)
Deusimar is the owner of Inferninho, a dark and run-down bar that is refuge of dreams and fantasies. Her dream is to leave everything behind and go away to any distant land, as far as possible from that place. Falling in love with Jarbas, the handsome sailor that arrives at the bar, dreaming of finding home, will completely change her life and the lives of the bar employees: Luizianne, the singer; Rabbit, the waiter; and Caixa-Preta, the cleaning lady.
poster
76
29
7.5
/225/
76
/11/
73
/12/
4.1
/2806/

Guaxuma (2019)
Tayra and I grew up on a beach in the north east of Brazil. We were inseparable. The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.
poster
Kanopy
74
26
7.5
/263/
76
/20/
72
/10/
3.7
/3167/

A Bruddah's Mind (2021)
Leader of the student union, Saulo is the target of racist curses inside the classroom. When he retaliates, he is called to the principal's office, but refuses to suffer the consequences of the attack alone, since the aggressor is not responsible for his speech. Inspired by readings about the Black Panthers, the boy decides to stay in school until justice is done. Meanwhile, he exposes the neglect of the establishment's structure with his cell phone. Gradually, colleagues, teachers, directors and even politicians get involved in the conflict that is highlighted in the media.
poster
79
26
7.9
/307/
85
/21/
79
/14/
3.7
/1519/

Axé: Music of a People (2017)
Originally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the world, Axé is a musical rhythm that carries in its essence a good part of all the musical and cultural syncretism of Bahia. The documentary brings together interviews and archive images outlining the birth of Axé.
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
69
24
6.6
/410/
64
/14/
74
/7/
3.6
/2552/

Sideral (2021)
In Natal, on the Brazilian north coast, the country is preparing to launch its first manned space rocket into space. A couple lives with their two children near the space centre, she is a cleaner and he is a mechanic, but she dreams of other horizons.
poster
71
24
7.4
/235/
71
/10/
67
/13/
3.7
/1711/

Maranhão 66 (1966)
A report on Sarney's inauguration as the governor of the Maranhão state. His promises are heard alongside images of the grim reality.
poster
62
23
6.1
/276/
64
/36/
61
/27/
3.1
/985/

Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral (2019)
With the arrival of the VCR in people's homes, Francisgleydisson is forced to close his beloved Cine Holliudy. This jeopardizes your son's college tuition, now 18 years old. To salvage his situation, he decides to produce an alien movie using the ugliest people in the local population.
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
Amazon Prime Video
55
19
5.4
/206/
55
/26/
49
/9/
3.1
/1875/

The Yellow Night (2019)
A group of friends travels to a beach house on an island on the brazilian seaside to celebrate the end of high school, a place virtually no one else inhabits and which is almost always dark. However, their drollery and parties are cut short by the feeling that the place shelters an unfathomable horror.
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
54
18
5.3
/278/
51
/17/
49
/17/
3.2
/1165/

Sol Alegria (2018)
While the country is under the yoke of a military junta and corrupt priests preach the apocalypse, a lawless, eccentric family – a kind of Bonnie & Clyde with kids – trek through the Brazilian interior. Their first aim is to deliver a consignment of weapons to a group of militant nuns who have withdrawn to the jungle, living off the income from their cannabis plantation. As gay , bi, trans, the converts so organized to make revolution.
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
66
14
6.7
/158/
61
/6/
70
/10/
3.4
/773/

Curral (2021)
Curral is a political drama set in the rural Brazilian city of Gravatá. During the mayoral elections, the population is divided between the Blue and Red parties, two political oligarchies fighting each other for power. A recent severe drought means water is the main bargaining chip when it comes to securing a majority of people's votes. Chico Caixa is a former city employee. He lost his job trying to take water supplies to a poor neighborhood which had been abandoned for political reasons. Caixa is invited by a childhood partner, Joel, to work on his councilor campaign. Joel presents himself as a new alternative to the older candidates, who have been in power for decades. But as the campaign progresses, Chico Caixa soon realizes that breaking apart from the established political game is not always as easy as it may seem
poster
80
12
8.7
/101/
80
/9/
69
/5/
3.8
/760/

The Death and Life of a Severino: In Cartoon (2011)
The Brazilian poem 'Morte e Vida Severina', a masterpiece of João Cabral de Melo Neto, comes to life in an animated version directed by Afonso Serpa.
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.


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