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Best Movies from Brazil (45) Most Notable
Sorted by Rank
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RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
City of God
2002
Meirelles, Fernando
/
Lund, Kátia
Brazil /
France
/
USA
BD
Pixote
1981
Babenco, Hector
Brazil
Y
Central Station
1998
Salles, Walter
Brazil /
France
Y
Black Orpheus
1959
Camus, Marcel
Brazil /
France
/
Italy
BD
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
Babenco, Hector
Brazil /
USA
BD
Call Me by Your Name
2017
Guadagnino, Luca
Italy
/
France
/ Brazil /
USA
BDS
Black God, White Devil
1964
Rocha, Glauber
Brazil
Behind the Sun
2001
Salles, Walter
Brazil /
France
/
Switzerland
Y
Keeper of Promises
1962
Duarte, Anselmo
Brazil /
Portugal
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
Barreto, Bruno
Brazil
D
Vidas Secas
1963
dos Santos, Nelson Pereira
Brazil
D
Bye Bye Brazil
1979
Diegues, Carlos
France
/ Brazil /
Argentina
D
Terra em Transe
1967
Rocha, Glauber
Brazil
Bacurau
2019
Dornelles, Juliano
/
Filho, Kleber Mendonça
Brazil /
France
BDS
The Second Mother
2015
Muylaert, Anna
Brazil
D
Waste Land
2010
Walker, Lucy
/
Harley, Karen
/
Jardim, João
Brazil /
UK
D
The Salt of the Earth
2014
Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro
/
Wenders, Wim
France
/ Brazil /
Italy
BDS
Tabu
2012
Gomes, Miguel
Portugal
/
Germany
/ Brazil /
France
D
Antonio das Mortes
1969
Rocha, Glauber
France
/ Brazil /
West Germany
Ganga Bruta
1933
Mauro, Humberto
Brazil
O Cangaceiro
1953
Barreto, Lima
Brazil
Quilombo
1984
Diegues, Carlos
Brazil /
France
D
Four Days in September
1997
Barreto, Bruno
Brazil /
USA
Y
O Quatrilho
1995
Barreto, Fábio
Brazil
BirdWatchers
2008
Bechis, Marco
Italy
/ Brazil
Y
Dangkou
2008
Yu, Nelson Lik-wai
Brazil /
China
/
Hong Kong
/
Japan
A Ostra e o Vento
1997
Lima, Walter Jr.
Brazil
Palavra e Utopia
2000
de Oliveira, Manoel
Spain
/
Italy
/
France
/ Brazil /
Portugal
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010
Padilha, José
Brazil
BD
Invisible Life
2019
Aïnouz, Karim
Brazil /
Germany
Trash
2014
Daldry, Stephen
UK
/ Brazil
BD
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
dos Santos, Nelson Pereira
Brazil
D
Zama
2017
Martel, Lucrecia
Argentina
/ Brazil /
Spain
/
Dominican Republic
/
France
/
Netherlands
/
Mexico
/
Switzerland
/
USA
/
Portugal
/
Lebanon
BD
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
2007
Kohn, Jason
Brazil /
USA
D
Violeta Went to Heaven
2011
Wood, Andrés
Chile
/
Argentina
/ Brazil
D
The Traitor
2019
Bellocchio, Marco
Italy
/
France
/
Germany
/ Brazil
D
Anaconda
1997
Llosa, Luis
USA
/ Brazil /
Peru
DS
Bus 174
2002
Padilha, José
/
Lacerda, Felipe
Brazil
D
Armageddon Time
2022
Gray, James
USA
/ Brazil
T
City of Men
2007
Morelli, Paulo
Brazil
BDS
House of Sand
2005
Waddington, Andrucha
Brazil
D
Lower City
2005
Machado, Sérgio
Brazil
D
The Witch
2015
Eggers, Robert
USA
/
UK
/
Canada
/ Brazil
BDS
Hour of the Star
1985
Amaral, Suzana
Brazil
Y
NR
Neighboring Sounds
2012
Filho, Kleber Mendonça
Brazil
BD
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T Theaters (US)
B
Blu-ray Disc
D DVD
V VHS
Y Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S Soundtrack