Popular from Brazil
Friendly Beast
(O Animal Cordial)
When a restaurant owner is the victim of an attempted armed robbery, he takes everyone hostage – the criminals, but also his staff and his customers.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Gabriela Amaral Almeida
- Cast Murilo Benício, Luciana Paes, Irandhir Santos, Camila Morgado, Jiddú Pinheiro, Ernani Moraes
- Genre Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Laerte-se
A beloved cartoonist's story behind her coming out as transgender.
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- Brazil • 2017
- Director Lygia Barbosa da Silva
- Cast Laerte Coutinho, Eliane Brum, Rita Lee, Glamour Garcia, Angeli
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Pink Cloud
(A Nuvem Rosa)
When a deadly pink cloud mysteriously appears, Giovana and Yago are confined in an apartment together after a one-night stand.
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- Brazil • 2021
- Director Iuli Gerbase
- Cast Renata de Lélis, Eduardo Mendonça, Kaya Rodrigues, Helena Becker, Girley Paes
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Freevee, Hoopla
Aquarius
Sometimes staying put is the greatest challenge.
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- Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, Fernando Teixeira, Zoraide Coleto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Mars One
(Marte Um)
A middle class Black family in Brazil adjusts to life under a far-right extremist president.
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- Brazil • 2022
- Director Gabriel Martins
- Cast Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Cícero Lucas, Ana Hilário, Russo Apr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
New from Brazil
Central Airport THF
(Zentralflughafen THF)
A portrait of Berlin’s famed Tempelhof airport. Once glorified by Nazis, today it houses refugees and asylum seekers.
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- Germany, France, Brazil • 2018
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Araby
(Arábia)
A collection of life experiences. A road movie for Brazil's underclass.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director João Dumans
- Cast Aristides de Sousa, Murilo Caliari, Gláucia Vandeveld, Renata Cabral, Renan Rovida
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Angela
Ângela Diniz was a Brazillian socialite whose shocking murder in 1976 held the nation in its grip. This biopic tells the story of her life and tragic death.
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- Brazil • 2023
- Director Hugo Prata
- Cast Isis Valverde, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Alice Carvalho, Emílio Orciollo Netto, Gustavo Machado, Carolina Mânica
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Shine Your Eyes
(Cidade Pássaro)
A Nigerian musician searches for his missing brother in this familiar but unique immigration narrative.
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- Brazil • 2020
- Director Matias Mariani
- Cast OC Ukeje, Chukwudi Iwuji, Indira Nascimento, Paulo André, Ike Barry
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Pictures of Ghosts
(Retratos Fantasmas)
Step into the past life of downtown Recife - where lost memories reside and forgotten stories unfold.
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- Brazil • 2023
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Kleber Mendonça Filho, Rubens Santos, Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Lucrecia Martel, Alexandre Moura
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Coffee with Cinnamon
(Café com Canela)
Five friends tell stories of love, loss, and grief.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Ary Rosa, Glenda Nicácio
- Cast Aline Brune, Valdineia Soriano, Babu Santana, Aldri Anunciação, Arlete Dias, Antônio Fábio
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Plex, Plex Channel
Aquarius
Sometimes staying put is the greatest challenge.
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- Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, Fernando Teixeira, Zoraide Coleto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Behind the Sun
(Abril Despedaçado)
They killed his brother. His father wants revenge. But if he takes it, they will come for him next.
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- Brazil, France, Switzerland • 2001
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Rodrigo Santoro, José Dumont, Rita Assemany, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Flavia Marco Antonio
- Genre Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla
Two Irenes
(As Duas Irenes)
Two young girls, both named Irene, discover they are tied together by a dark, shocking secret.
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- Brazil • 2017
- Director Fabio Meira
- Cast Priscila Bittencourt, Isabela Torres, Marco Ricca, Susana Ribeiro, Inês Peixoto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Telescope Recommends
Waste Land
What lies at the heart of the world's largest trash city?
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- Brazil, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Lucy Walker
- Cast Vik Muniz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
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- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
City of God
(Cidade de Deus)
Three young men embark on different yet intertwined paths as they try to survive in the dangerous favelas of Rio.
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- Brazil, France • 2002
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Boy & the World
(O Menino e o Mundo)
A boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic, surreal world.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Alê Abreu
- Cast Vinicius Garcia, Lu Horta, Marco Aurélio Campos, Felipe Zilse, Alê Abreu, Cassius Romero
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mars One
(Marte Um)
A middle class Black family in Brazil adjusts to life under a far-right extremist president.
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- Brazil • 2022
- Director Gabriel Martins
- Cast Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Cícero Lucas, Ana Hilário, Russo Apr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Loveling
(Benzinho)
There's nothing more bittersweet than letting your kids grow up.
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- Brazil, Uruguay, Germany • 2018
- Director Gustavo Pizzi
- Cast Karine Teles, Otávio Müller, Adriana Esteves, César Troncoso, Mateus Solano, Camilo Pellegrini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Pluto TV, Kanopy
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
(Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo)
A geologist is sent on a solitary expedition to the wilds of northeastern Brazil to survey routes for a canal.
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- Brazil • 2009
- Director Marcelo Gomes
- Cast Irandhir Santos
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
Too Late to Die Young
(Tarde para morir joven)
In a very dry summer in an isolated community far from the city, Sofia, Clara and Lucas face their first loves and fears.
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- Chile, Brazil, Argentina • 2019
- Director Dominga Sotomayor
- Cast Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro, Matías Oviedo, Andrés Aliaga
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Neon Bull
(Boi Neon)
An intimate depiction of a rodeo troupe touring the Brazilian Northeast.
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- Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands • 2016
- Director Gabriel Mascaro
- Cast Juliano Cazarré, Maeve Jinkings, Aline Santana, Vinícius de Oliveira, Carlos Pessoa, Josinaldo Alves
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Documentaries from Brazil
Central Airport THF
(Zentralflughafen THF)
A portrait of Berlin’s famed Tempelhof airport. Once glorified by Nazis, today it houses refugees and asylum seekers.
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- Germany, France, Brazil • 2018
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Tranny Fag
(Bixa Travesty)
Linn da Quebrada pushes back on the labels society tries to place on queer people of color.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Claudia Priscilla
- Cast Linn da Quebrada, Jup do Bairro, Liniker, Assucena Assucena, Raquel Virgínia, Ney Matogrosso
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, True Story, Apple TV, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
The Edge of Democracy
(Democracia em Vertigem)
A disturbing exploration into the complex truths behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel Temer, Eduardo Cunha, Jair Bolsonaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis
While Covid-19 exacerbates vulnerabilities worldwide, unsung heroes at all levels of society help turn the tide toward a brighter future.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2021
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Wenhua Lin, Sara Khaki, Mohammad Rezi Eyni
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Elena
Elena — who spent her childhood in Brazil fearing an authoritarian regime — moves to New York and pursues a lifelong dream shared with her mother: to be a movie actress.
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- Brazil, United States • 2013
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, GuideDoc, OVID, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Pictures of Ghosts
(Retratos Fantasmas)
Step into the past life of downtown Recife - where lost memories reside and forgotten stories unfold.
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- Brazil • 2023
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Kleber Mendonça Filho, Rubens Santos, Sônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Lucrecia Martel, Alexandre Moura
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
In the Intense Now
(No Intenso Agora)
A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s.
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- Brazil • 2017
- Director João Moreira Salles
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV
The Territory
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people fight back against deforestation and illegal settling on their land.
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- Brazil, Denmark, United States • 2022
- Director Alex Pritz
- Cast Neidinha Bandeira, Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Disney Plus
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas
An exploration of the many incarnations of democracy across the Americas
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- Venezuela, Brazil, United States • 2008
- Director Michael Fox, Silvia Leindecker
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
(Jia Zhangke, Um Homem de Fenyang)
Acclaimed filmmaker Zia Zhangke returns to the shootings locations of his films.
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- Brazil, France • 2014
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Jia Zhangke, Wang Hongwei, Zhao Tao, Han Sanming, Nelson Yu Lik-wai
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
August Winds
(Ventos de Agosto)
Where things change, nature remains.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Gabriel Mascaro
- Cast Dandara de Morais, Geová Manoel do Santos, Gabriel Mascaro, Maria Salvino dos Santos, Antônio José dos Santos
- Genre Documentary, Mystery
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Waste Land
What lies at the heart of the world's largest trash city?
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- Brazil, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Lucy Walker
- Cast Vik Muniz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Salt of the Earth
(Le sel de la terre)
A journey through the Earth's wrath and beauty with Sebastião Salgado.
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- France, Brazil, Italy • 2014
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, Hugo Barbier
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Festival Favorites
Bacurau
A Brazilian village is targeted by a group of armed mercenaries… who may have met their match.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
- Cast Bárbara Colen, Udo Kier, Sônia Braga, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Wilson Rabelo
- Genre Mystery, Thriller, Western
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Elena
Elena — who spent her childhood in Brazil fearing an authoritarian regime — moves to New York and pursues a lifelong dream shared with her mother: to be a movie actress.
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- Brazil, United States • 2013
- Director Petra Costa
- Cast Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, GuideDoc, OVID, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Prayers for the Stolen
(Noche de fuego)
Three young girls come of age in a small and war-torn town in Mexico.
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- Mexico, Germany, Brazil • 2021
- Director Tatiana Huezo
- Cast Mayra Batalla, Norma Pablo, Olivia Lagunas, Teresa Sánchez, Guillermo Villegas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Ornithologist
(O Ornitólogo)
A lone ornithologist is swept away by rapids while looking for black storks along a river, waking to an unfamiliar world.
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- Portugal, France, Brazil • 2016
- Director João Pedro Rodrigues
- Cast Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Jules Elting, Flora Bulcão, Isabelle Puntel, Chan Suan
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Second Mother
(Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Unspoken class barriers within a home come crashing down when the live-in housekeeper's daughter suddenly appears.
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- Brazil • 2015
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel