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Best Portuguese Language Movies by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars
137
1
City of God
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
5 Stars
451
2
Central Station
1998
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
5 Stars
471
3
Pixote
1981
Hector Babenco
Fernando Ramos Da Silva, Jorge Juliao
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
4.5 Stars
773
4
Black Orpheus
1959
Marcel Camus
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Brazil / France / Italy
Portuguese
4 Stars
1150
5
Black God, White Devil
1964
Glauber Rocha
Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Geraldo Del Rey,
Drama / Crime
Brazil
Portuguese
3.5 Stars
1700
6
Behind the Sun
2001
Walter Salles
José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany
Drama
Brazil / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
3.5 Stars
1753
7
Keeper of Promises
1962
Anselmo Duarte
Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo
Drama / Religion
Brazil / Portugal
Portuguese
3.5 Stars
1916
8
Vidas Secas
1963
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
3 Stars
2027
9
Terra em Transe
1967
Glauber Rocha
Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha, Paulo Gracindo
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
3 Stars
2032
10
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
Bruno Barreto
Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Brazil
Portuguese
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2199
11
Bye Bye Brazil
1979
Carlos Diegues
José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Júnior, Zaira Zambelli
Drama / Comedy
France / Brazil / Argentina
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2401
12
The Second Mother
2015
Anna Muylaert
Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2441
13
Bacurau
2019
Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima, Rubens Santos
Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Western
Brazil / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2539
14
Waste Land
2010
Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim
Vik Muniz, Fabio Ghivelder, Sebastiao Carlos Dos Santos
Documentary / Biography
Brazil / UK
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2561
15
Tabu
2012
Miguel Gomes
Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo
Drama / Romance
Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2572
16
Mysteries of Lisbon
2010
Raoul Ruiz
Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme
Drama / Mystery / Epic / Period Film
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2651
17
Sambizanga
1972
Sarah Maldoror
Elisa Andrade, Domingos de Oliveira, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino
Drama
Angola / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2660
18
A Talking Picture
2003
Manoel de Oliveira
Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Drama / Comedy
Portugal / France / Italy
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2682
19
Antonio das Mortes
1969
Glauber Rocha
Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos
Drama / Western / Adventure
France / Brazil / West Germany
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2689
20
Ganga Bruta
1933
Humberto Mauro
Durval Bellini, Dea Selva, Lu Marival, Décio Murilo, Andréa Duarte
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2689
20
O Cangaceiro
1953
Lima Barreto
Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico, Adoniran Barbosa
Action / Drama / Crime / Romance
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2691
21
Quilombo
1984
Carlos Diegues
Jonas Bloch, Zózimo Bulbul, Emmanuel Cavalcanti, Arduíno Colassanti
Drama / History / Epic
Brazil / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2709
22
Four Days in September
1997
Bruno Barreto
Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres
Drama / Thriller
Brazil / USA
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2709
22
O Quatrilho
1995
Fábio Barreto
Fábio Barreto, Mariana Pellegrino Barreto
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2736
23
O Fantasma
2000
João Pedro Rodrigues
Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Drama / Adult
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2739
24
Vitalina Varela
2019
Pedro Costa
Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2740
25
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010
José Padilha
Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Ribeiro
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2740
25
Invisible Life
2019
Karim Aïnouz
Julia Stockler, Carol Duarte, Flávia Gusmão, António Fonseca
Drama
Brazil / Germany
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2742
26
Doomed Love
1979
Manoel de Oliveira
António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser
Drama / Romance
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2748
27
In Vanda's Room
2000
Pedro Costa
Vanda Duarte, Lena Duarte, Zita Duarte, Manuel Gomes Miranda, Diogo Pires Miranda
Drama
Portugal / Germany / Switzerland
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2761
28
Twenty Years Later
1984
Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Documentary / History
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2772
29
Limite
1931
Mario Peixoto
Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira, Iolanda Bernardes
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Dangkou
2008
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jô Odagiri, Yi Huang, Milhem Cortaz
Thriller / Gangster
Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
A Divina Comédia
1991
Manoel de Oliveira
Maria de Medeiros, Luís Miguel Cintra, Mário Viegas
Drama / Religion
Portugal / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
The Domain
2019
Tiago Guedes
Albano Jerónimo, Sandra Faleiro, Miguel Borges, Ana Vilela da Costa
Drama
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
God's Comedy
1995
João César Monteiro
Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro
Comedy / Drama
Portugal / France / Italy / Denmark
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Lines of Wellington
2012
Valeria Sarmiento
Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich, Carloto Cotta
Drama / War
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Mal
1999
Alberto Seixas Santos
Pauline Cadell, Rui Morrison, Alexandre Pinto
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
O Fatalista
2005
João Botelho
Rogério Samora, André Gomes, Rita Blanco
Drama
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Ossos
1997
Pedro Costa
Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Drama / Comedy
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
A Ostra e o Vento
1997
Walter Lima Jr.
Lima Duarte, Fernando Torres, Leandra Leal, Floriano Peixoto
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Palavra e Utopia
2000
Manoel de Oliveira
Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trepa
Biography / Drama / History / Religion / Period Film
Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Party
1996
Manoel de Oliveira
Michel Piccoli, Irene Papas, Leonor Silveira, Rogério Samora
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Quem És Tu?
2001
João Botelho
Suzana Borges, Francisco D'Orey, Patrícia Guerreiro
War / Action / Drama / Romance
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2788
30
Tráfico
1998
João Botelho
Joaquim Oliveira, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Branca de Camargo
Comedy / Drama
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe
1975
Manoel de Oliveira
Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2792
31
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Arduíno Colessanti, Manfredo Colassanti
Drama / Comedy / History / Adventure
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2792
31
Inquietude
1998
Manoel de Oliveira
Jose Pinto, Luis Miguel Cintra, Isabel Ruth, Leonor Silveira
Drama
Portugal / France / Spain / Switzerland
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2792
31
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990
Manoel de Oliveira
Luis Miguel Cintra, Diogo Doria, Miguel Guilherme, Luis Lucas
Drama / History
Portugal / Spain / France
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2801
32
Bus 174
2002
José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel
Documentary / Crime / Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2807
33
City of Men
2007
Paulo Morelli
Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos
Crime / Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2807
33
House of Sand
2005
Andrucha Waddington
Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Stênio Garcia
Drama / Period Film
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2807
33
Lower City
2005
Sérgio Machado
Lázaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga, José Dumont
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2816
34
Trás-os-Montes
1976
Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis
Albino S. Pedro, Carlos Margarido, Mariana Margarido, Luis Ferreira, Armando Manuel
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2832
35
The Age of the Earth
1980
Glauber Rocha
Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira
Drama / Fantasy / History / Sci-Fi / War / Religion / Epic / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2833
36
Colossal Youth
2006
Pedro Costa
Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta, Cila Cardoso, Isabel Cardoso
Drama / Documentary
Portugal / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2840
37
The Hero
2004
Zézé Gamboa
Makena Diop, Milton 'Santo' Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Patrícia Bull
Drama / War
Angola / France / Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2851
38
Abraham's Valley
1993
Manoel de Oliveira
Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Drama / Romance
France / Portugal / Switzerland
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2860
39
Francisca
1981
Manoel de Oliveira
Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mario Barroso, Silvia Rato
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Portugal
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2860
39
Hour of the Star
1985
Suzana Amaral
Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Comedy
Brazil
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2860
39
A Idade Maior
1991
Teresa Villaverde
Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida, Vincent Gallo
Drama
Portugal / Germany
Portuguese
NR
-
Neighboring Sounds
2012
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, Dida Maia
Drama / Thriller / Action
Brazil
Portuguese
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Year
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