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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
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 Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
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
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 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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bus 174
(Ônibus 174)
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- Brazil • 2002
- Director José Padilha
- Cast Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
Diamantino
A delirious comedy about a disgraced footballer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, France, Brazil • 2018
- Director Daniel Schmidt
- Cast Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira, Carla Maciel
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
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
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, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
Sócrates
After his mother’s death, 15-year-old Sócrates must survive on his own in the São Paulo favelas while wrestling with his grief.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Alexandre Moratto
- Cast Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji, Caio Martinez Pacheco, Rosane Paulo, Jayme Rodrigues
- Genre Drama
- Available on FlixFling, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
Invisible Life
(A Vida Invisível)
Two estranged sisters struggle to make lives for themselves despite the restrictive expectations of 1950s Brazil.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Montenegro, Gregório Duvivier, Bárbara Santos, Flávia Gusmão
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
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
Black Orpheus
(Orfeu Negro)
A retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice that introduced Bossa Nova to the world.
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- Brazil, France, Italy • 1959
- Director Marcel Camus
- Cast Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
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
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
Central Station
(Central do Brasil)
He was looking for the father he never knew. She was looking for a second chance.
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- Brazil, France • 1998
- Director Walter Salles
- Cast Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Othon Bastos, Otávio Augusto, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
Nossa Chape
This is bigger than the game.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Michael Zimbalist
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
In a South American prison, a gay man imprisoned for immoral behavior and a political prisoner come to understand and respect one another.
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- Brazil, United States • 1985
- Director Hector Babenco
- Cast William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Miriam Pires, Milton Gonçalves
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
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
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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Sunday Ball
(Campo de Jogo)
A documentary following the annual championship game among neighborhood soccer teams in Rio de Janeiro.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Eryk Rocha
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
Tabu
When Pilar's befriended neighbour Aurora dies, he starts to dig into her past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, Germany, Brazil • 2012
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Henrique Espírito Santo, Carloto Cotta, Isabel Muñoz Cardoso, Ivo Müller
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kino Film Collection, Kanopy
August Winds
(Ventos de Agosto)
Where things change, nature remains.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Neighboring Sounds
(O Som ao Redor)
Life in a neighbourhood in Recife, Brazil takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm.
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- Brazil • 2012
- Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, W.J. Solha, Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Don't Call Me Son
(Mãe Só Há Uma)
Ever since his father’s death, Pierre's mother has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both, but when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically.
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- Brazil • 2016
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Naomi Nero, Daniel Botelho, Dani Nefussi, Matheus Nachtergaele, Lais Dias
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Rojo
When everyone becomes silent, no one is innocent.
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- Argentina, Brazil, France • 2018
- Director Benjamín Naishtat
- Cast Darío Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Laura Grandinetti, Claudio Martínez Bel
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla
Paulina
(La patota)
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- Argentina, Brazil, France • 2015
- Director Santiago Mitre
- Cast Dolores Fonzi, Oscar Martínez, Esteban Lamothe, Cristian Salguero, Verónica Llinás, Laura López Moyano
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Elite Squad
(Tropa de Elite)
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
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- Brazil, United States, Argentina • 2007
- Director José Padilha
- Cast Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro
- Genre Drama, Action, Crime
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
The Given Word
(O Pagador de Promessas)
The story of a vow that a woman broke and a man kept
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- Brazil • 1962
- Director Anselmo Duarte
- Cast Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey, Roberto Ferreira, Othon Bastos
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Pixote
(Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco)
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- Brazil • 1980
- Director Héctor Babenco
- Cast Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos, Claudio Bernardo
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
The Guns
(Os Fuzis)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil, Argentina • 1964
- Director Ruy Guerra
- Cast Átila Iório, Nelson Xavier, Paulo César Peréio, Hugo Carvana, Ivan Cândido, Antônio Pitanga
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Four Days in September
(O Que é Isso, Companheiro?)
Their goal: freedom. Their only hope: an international incident. Their target: the American ambassador.
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- Brazil, United States • 1997
- Director Bruno Barreto
- Cast Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Cláudia Abreu, Luiz Fernando Guimarães, Matheus Nachtergaele
- Genre Thriller, Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cinema Novo
A movie-essay about the most important movement of Latin American cinema.
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- Brazil • 2016
- Director Eryk Rocha
- Cast Glauber Rocha, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Leon Hirszman, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Ruy Guerra
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Limite
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 1931
- Director Mário Peixoto
- Cast Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira, Carmen Santos, Mário Peixoto
- Genre Drama, Adventure
- Available on Criterion Channel
All Nudity Shall Be Punished
(Toda Nudez Será Castigada)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 1973
- Director Arnaldo Jabor
- Cast Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Paulo César Peréio, Paulo Sacks, Elza Gomes, Henriqueta Brieba
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Quartet
(O Quatrilho)
A game of fascination and seduction.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 1995
- Director Fábio Barreto
- Cast Glória Pires, Patricia Pillar, Bruno Campos, Alexandre Paternost, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, José Lewgoy
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Brazil Year 2000
(Brasil Ano 2000)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 1969
- Director Walter Lima Jr.
- Cast Anecy Rocha, Ênio Gonçalves, Iracema de Alencar, Zbigniew Ziembinski, Hélio Fernando, Manfredo Colassanti
- Genre Science Fiction, Music, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Green Magic
(Magia verde)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Brazil • 1953
- Director Gian Gaspare Napolitano
- Cast Solano Trindade
- Genre
- Available on Cultpix
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