Best Portuguese Films (Language)   (56) Most Notable
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 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 Portuguese, # 159 Overall City of God 2002 Meirelles, Fernando / Lund, Kátia Brazil / France / USA BD
# 2 Portuguese, # 419 Overall Pixote 1981 Babenco, Hector Brazil Y
# 3 Portuguese, # 572 Overall Central Station 1998 Salles, Walter Brazil / France Y
# 4 Portuguese, # 784 Overall Black Orpheus 1959 Camus, Marcel Brazil / France / Italy BD
# 5 Portuguese, # 1226 Overall Black God, White Devil 1964 Rocha, Glauber Brazil
# 6 Portuguese, # 1718 Overall Behind the Sun 2001 Salles, Walter Brazil / France / Switzerland Y
# 7 Portuguese, # 1831 Overall Keeper of Promises 1962 Duarte, Anselmo Brazil / Portugal
# 8 Portuguese, # 1932 Overall Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands 1976 Barreto, Bruno Brazil D
# 9 Portuguese, # 1944 Overall Vidas Secas 1963 dos Santos, Nelson Pereira Brazil D
# 10 Portuguese, # 2104 Overall Bye Bye Brazil 1979 Diegues, Carlos France / Brazil / Argentina D
# 11 Portuguese, # 2274 Overall Terra em Transe 1967 Rocha, Glauber Brazil
# 12 Portuguese, # 2343 Overall Bacurau 2019 Dornelles, Juliano / Filho, Kleber Mendonça Brazil / France BDS
# 13 Portuguese, # 2372 Overall The Second Mother 2015 Muylaert, Anna Brazil D
# 14 Portuguese, # 2436 Overall Waste Land 2010 Walker, Lucy / Harley, Karen / Jardim, João Brazil / UK D
# 15 Portuguese, # 2525 Overall Mysteries of Lisbon 2010 Ruiz, Raoul Portugal / France BD
# 16 Portuguese, # 2567 Overall Tabu 2012 Gomes, Miguel Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France D
# 17 Portuguese, # 2582 Overall Antonio das Mortes 1969 Rocha, Glauber France / Brazil / West Germany
# 18 Portuguese, # 2590 Overall Ganga Bruta 1933 Mauro, Humberto Brazil
# 18 Portuguese, # 2590 Overall O Cangaceiro 1953 Barreto, Lima Brazil
# 19 Portuguese, # 2592 Overall Quilombo 1984 Diegues, Carlos Brazil / France D
# 20 Portuguese, # 2638 Overall A Talking Picture 2003 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / France / Italy D
# 21 Portuguese, # 2650 Overall Four Days in September 1997 Barreto, Bruno Brazil / USA Y
# 21 Portuguese, # 2650 Overall O Quatrilho 1995 Barreto, Fábio Brazil
# 22 Portuguese, # 2679 Overall Elite Squad: The Enemy Within 2010 Padilha, José Brazil BD
# 22 Portuguese, # 2679 Overall Invisible Life 2019 Aïnouz, Karim Brazil / Germany
# 23 Portuguese, # 2691 Overall Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe 1975 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
# 23 Portuguese, # 2691 Overall Doomed Love 1979 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
# 23 Portuguese, # 2691 Overall How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman 1971 dos Santos, Nelson Pereira Brazil D
# 23 Portuguese, # 2691 Overall Inquietude 1998 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / France / Spain / Switzerland
# 23 Portuguese, # 2691 Overall No, or the Vain Glory of Command 1990 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / Spain / France
# 24 Portuguese, # 2700 Overall Bus 174 2002 Padilha, José / Lacerda, Felipe Brazil D
# 25 Portuguese, # 2704 Overall Vitalina Varela 2019 Costa, Pedro Portugal BD
# 26 Portuguese, # 2707 Overall City of Men 2007 Morelli, Paulo Brazil BDS
# 26 Portuguese, # 2707 Overall House of Sand 2005 Waddington, Andrucha Brazil D
# 26 Portuguese, # 2707 Overall Lower City 2005 Machado, Sérgio Brazil D
# 27 Portuguese, # 2728 Overall The Hero 2004 Gamboa, Zézé Angola / France / Portugal
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Dangkou 2008 Yu, Nelson Lik-wai Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall A Divina Comédia 1991 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / France / Switzerland
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall The Domain 2019 Guedes, Tiago Portugal / France
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall God's Comedy 1995 Monteiro, João César Portugal / France / Italy / Denmark Y
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Lines of Wellington 2012 Sarmiento, Valeria Portugal / France D
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Mal 1999 Santos, Alberto Seixas Portugal
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall O Fantasma 2000 Rodrigues, João Pedro Portugal Y
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall O Fatalista 2005 Botelho, João Portugal / France
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Ossos 1997 Costa, Pedro Portugal / France / Denmark
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall A Ostra e o Vento 1997 Lima, Walter Jr. Brazil
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Palavra e Utopia 2000 de Oliveira, Manoel Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Party 1996 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / France Y
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Quem És Tu? 2001 Botelho, João Portugal
# 28 Portuguese, # 2730 Overall Tráfico 1998 Botelho, João Portugal / France / Denmark
# 29 Portuguese, # 2732 Overall Colossal Youth 2006 Costa, Pedro Portugal / France / Switzerland D
# 30 Portuguese, # 2743 Overall In Vanda's Room 2000 Costa, Pedro Portugal / Germany / Switzerland D
# 31 Portuguese, # 2749 Overall Francisca 1981 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
# 31 Portuguese, # 2749 Overall Hour of the Star 1985 Amaral, Suzana Brazil Y
# 31 Portuguese, # 2749 Overall A Idade Maior 1991 Villaverde, Teresa Portugal / Germany
NR Neighboring Sounds 2012 Filho, Kleber Mendonça Brazil BD
 RATING   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
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T   Theaters (US)
B   Blu-ray Disc
D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S   Soundtrack