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I’m Going Home
(Je rentre à la maison)
An aging Parisian actor must take care of his orphaned grandson after his parents die in a car crash.
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- France, Portugal • 2001
- Director Manoel de Oliveira
- Cast Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Baldaque, Sylvie Testud
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Metrograph
What Now? Remind Me
(E Agora? Lembra-me)
A documentary about director Joaquim Pinto’s experience living with HIV.
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- Portugal, Spain • 2014
- Director Joaquim Pinto
- Cast Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel, Rita Gomes, Serge Daney, Raúl Ruiz
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Topic, Kanopy, YouTube
Milla
Companionship can define a life.
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- France, Portugal • 2018
- Director Valérie Massadian
- Cast Severine Jonckeere, Luc Chessel, Ethan Jonckeere, Élisabeth Cabart, Franck Williams
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, Kanopy, Apple TV
Vitalina Varela
A Cape Verdean woman travels to Lisbon to reunite with her husband after two decades, but arrives soon after his funeral.
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- Portugal • 2019
- Director Pedro Costa
- Cast Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Lina Varela, Manuel Tavares Almeida
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Metrograph, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV
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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Tsugua Diaries
(Diários de Otsoga)
Three friends live in rural Portugal during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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- Portugal, France • 2021
- Director Miguel Gomes, Maureen Fazendeiro
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta, João Nunes Monteiro, Isabel Cardoso, Joaquim Carvalho
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Horse Money
(Cavalo Dinheiro)
As the young people lead a revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas struggle to find Ventura, lost in the woods.
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- Portugal • 2014
- Director Pedro Costa
- Cast Ventura, Vitalina Varela, Tito Furtado, Antonio Santos, Gustavo Sumpta, André Guiomar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, Topic, Kanopy, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Diamantino
A delirious comedy about a disgraced footballer.
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- 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 Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Dekkoo, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI, Amazon Prime Video
Our Beloved Month of August
(Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto)
During the month of August, a town in the heart of Portugal is abuzz with people and activity.
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- Portugal, France • 2008
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Manuel Soares, Joaquim Carvalho, Andreia Santos, Miguel Gomes
- Genre Music, Romance
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
Mysteries of Lisbon
(Mistérios de Lisboa)
A Whirling Tale of Want, Adventure, and Love.
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- Portugal, France • 2010
- Director Raúl Ruiz
- Cast Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Clotilde Hesme, Afonso Pimentel, João Arrais, Albano Jerónimo
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Change Nothing
(Ne change rien)
A documentary portrait of French singer Jeanne Balibar, focusing on her creative process and rehearsal routines.
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- Portugal, France • 2009
- Director Pedro Costa
- Cast Jeanne Balibar, Rodolphe Burger, Hervé Loos, Arnaud Dieterlen, Joël Theux, François Loriquet
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado)
In this second installment of Gomes’ trilogy, Scheherazade tells three tales of a Portugal in crisis
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- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Pedro Caldas, Gonçalo Waddington, Margarida Carpinteiro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto)
To avoid being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales of modern Portugal each night.
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- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Carloto Cotta, Adriano Luz, Rogério Samora, Maria Rueff
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Apple TV
Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado)
In the trilogy’s final installment, Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King.
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- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Bernardo Alves, Carloto Cotta, Américo Silva
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV
Tabu
When Pilar's befriended neighbour Aurora dies, he starts to dig into her past.
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- 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 Kino Now, Kanopy
The Death of Louis XIV
(La mort de Louis XIV)
King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg and slowly begins to die surrounded by his loyal followers.
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- France, Spain, Portugal • 2016
- Director Albert Serra
- Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick d'Assumçao, Marc Susini, Bernard Belin, Irène Silvagni, Vicenç Altaió
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
The Strange Case of Angelica
(O Estranho Caso de Angélica)
A magical tale about a young photographer who falls madly in love with a woman he can never have, except in his dreams.
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- Portugal, Spain, France • 2010
- Director Manoel de Oliveira
- Cast Pilar López de Ayala, Leonor Silveira, Filipe Vargas, Ricardo Trêpa, Paulo Matos, Luís Miguel Cintra
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
A Talking Picture
(Um Filme Falado)
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- Portugal, France, Italy • 2003
- Director Manoel de Oliveira
- Cast Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandrelli
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Time Regained
(Le Temps Retrouvé)
For Marcel Proust, to live is to remember and to capture memories is to create a great work of art.
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- France, Italy, Portugal • 1999
- Director Raúl Ruiz
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Pérez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Marcello Mazzarella
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, OVID, Kanopy
Cosmos
Two men find their peace disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.
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- France, Portugal • 2015
- Director Andrzej Żuławski
- Cast Jonathan Genet, Victória Guerra, Sabine Azéma, Andy Gillet, Clémentine Pons, Jean-François Balmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Gebo and the Shadow
(Gebo et l'ombre)
Gebo is an accountant whose son has been missing for years, but is evasive about the topic, possibly hiding something.
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- France, Portugal • 2012
- Director Manoel de Oliveira
- Cast Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau, Leonor Silveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
Witness the unique friendship of filmmakers James Benning and Richard Linklater over the course of a few days in Texas.
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- France, Portugal, United States • 2013
- Director Gabe Klinger
- Cast Richard Linklater, James Benning, Sandra Adair
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
Only Human
(Seres queridos)
A mismatched couple is faced with one obstacle after another in this dysfunctional yet warm screwball comedy.
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- Spain, Argentina, Portugal • 2004
- Director Dominic Harari
- Cast Norma Aleandro, Guillermo Toledo, Marián Aguilera, Fernando Ramallo, María Botto, Alba Molinero
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Fados
A fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers, Fados explores Portugal's most emblematic musical genre.
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- Portugal, Spain • 2007
- Director Carlos Saura
- Cast Carlos do Carmo, Mariza, Camané, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso
- Genre Music, Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
The Last Time I Saw Macao
(A Última Vez Que Vi Macau)
Guerra da Mata must enter the alluring world of Macao to help an old friend escape the threat of murder.
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- Portugal, France, Macao • 2012
- Director João Rui Guerra da Mata
- Cast Cindy Scrash, João Rui Guerra da Mata, João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria João Guerra da Mata, Lydie Barbara, Raphaël Lefèvre
- Genre Documentary, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
To Die Like a Man
(Morrer Como Um Homem)
A transgender woman tries to appease the increasing demands of her younger boyfriend.
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- Portugal, France • 2009
- Director João Pedro Rodrigues
- Cast Fernando Santos, Alexander David, Gonçalo Ferreira De Almeida, Chandra Malatitch, Jenni La Rue, Fernando Gomes
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Amazon Video
Vazante
A tale of slavery in early 19th century Brazil
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- Brazil, Portugal • 2017
- Director Daniela Thomas
- Cast Adriano Carvalho, Luana Nastas, Sandra Corveloni, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, Roberto Audio
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
The New Eve
(La Nouvelle Ève)
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- France, Portugal • 1999
- Director Catherine Corsini
- Cast Karin Viard, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Catherine Frot, Sergi López, Mireille Roussel, Nozha Khouadra
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Color Out of Space
A meteorite crashes in a family’s front yard and infects both the land and the family with a terrifying, otherworldly color.
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- Portugal, United States, Malaysia • 2020
- Director Richard Stanley
- Cast Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong, Brendan Meyer
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Shudder, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, YouTube, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, Apple TV
Bonsai
(Bonsái)
A writer turns to his own past for inspiration in this examination of art, love, and life.
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- Chile, Argentina, Portugal • 2011
- Director Cristián Jiménez
- Cast Diego Noguera, Nathalia Galgani, Gabriela Arancibia, Cristóbal Briceño, Julio Carrasco, Paola Lattus
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, YouTube, Apple TV
Sex Is Comedy
(Sex is Comedy)
A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another.
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- France, Portugal • 2002
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger, Dominique Colladant, Bart Binnema
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV
The Forest of the Lost Souls
(A Floresta das Almas Perdidas)
A pair of strangers, one with sinister intentions, meet in Portugal's remote "suicide forest."
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- Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Russia • 2017
- Director José Pedro Lopes
- Cast Daniela Love, Jorge Mota, Mafalda Banquart, Lília Lopes
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV
Love for Sale
(O Céu de Suely)
Abandoned by her husband, a restless Brazilian woman raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself.
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- Brazil, Germany, Portugal • 2006
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast Hermila Guedes, João Miguel, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, Claudio Jaborandy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
The Portuguese Nun
(A Religiosa Portuguesa)
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- Portugal, France • 2009
- Director Eugène Green
- Cast Leonor Baldaque, Ana Moreira, Adrien Michaux, Beatriz Batarda, Diogo Dória, Carloto Cotta
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Private Desert
(Deserto Particular)
A policeman, suspended from work for violence, decides to drive north and find his online girlfriend.
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- Brazil, Portugal • 2021
- Director Aly Muritiba
- Cast Antonio Saboia, Pedro Fasanaro, Thomas Aquino, Laila Garin, Zezita Matos, Luthero Almeida
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
In Paris
(Dans Paris)
After a breakup, a young man sinks into the same kind of depression that led his sister to kill herself.
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- France, Portugal • 2006
- Director Christophe Honoré
- Cast Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Joana Preiss, Guy Marchand, Marie-France Pisier, Alice Butaud
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
L'ennui
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- France, Portugal • 1998
- Director Cédric Kahn
- Cast Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin, Arielle Dombasle, Robert Kramer, Alice Grey, Maurice Antoni
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Nothing Factory
(A Fábrica de Nada)
Worker's weigh their options as they worry about layoffs in their factory.
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- Portugal • 2017
- Director Pedro Pinho
- Cast José Smith Vargas, Carla Galvão, Njamy Sebastião, Joaquim Bichana Martins, Danièle Incalcaterra, Dinis Gomes
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cosmopolis
How far can he go before he goes too far?
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- Canada, France, Portugal • 2012
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Gadon, Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, , YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Plex Player, Amazon Prime Video
The Human Surge
(El auge del humano)
A disparate group of characters forms a mesmerizing portrait of our connected world.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Portugal • 2016
- Director Eduardo Williams
- Cast Chai Fonacier, Sergio Morosini, Shine Marx
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, Metrograph, Apple TV
Mad Love
(Juana la Loca)
The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad".
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- Spain, Italy, Portugal • 2001
- Director Vicente Aranda
- Cast Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma, Roberto Álvarez, Manuela Arcuri
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Facing Windows
(La finestra di fronte)
Desire knows no bounds.
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- Italy, Turkey, Portugal • 2003
- Director Ferzan Özpetek
- Cast Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Serra Yılmaz, Maria Grazia Bon
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Frankie
A family confronts a life-altering crisis while vacationing in Portugal.
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- France, Portugal • 2019
- Director Ira Sachs
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier, Pascal Greggory
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Liberte
(Liberté)
A group of libertine French aristocrats participate in a night of sexual debauchery in the woods.
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- France, Portugal, Spain • 2019
- Director Albert Serra
- Cast Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Laura Poulvet, Alexander García Düttmann, Lluís Serrat
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Porto
Years after a brief but intimate romantic encounter, two lonely people are still haunted by the connection they shared.
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- Portugal, France, Poland • 2017
- Director Gabe Klinger
- Cast Lucie Lucas, Anton Yelchin, Paulo Calatré, Françoise Lebrun, Chantal Akerman, Rita Pinheiro
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex, YouTube, Apple TV, Plex Player
Two Drifters
(Odete)
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- Portugal • 2005
- Director João Pedro Rodrigues
- Cast Ana Cristina Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira, Teresa Madruga, Carloto Cotta, Filipa Gordo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
O Fantasma
No one can live without love.
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- Portugal • 2000
- Director João Pedro Rodrigues
- Cast Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, André Barbosa, Eurico Vieira, Joaquim Oliveira, Florindo Lourenço
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
Ma mère
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- France, Portugal, Austria • 2004
- Director Christophe Honoré
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Joana Preiss, Emma de Caunes, Jean-Baptiste Montagut, Dominique Reymond
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
(Les beaux jours d’Aranjuez)
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- France, Germany, Portugal • 2016
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer, Nick Cave, Peter Handke
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Night Train to Lisbon
Only when you are lost can you truly find yourself
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- Germany, Switzerland, Portugal • 2013
- Director Bille August
- Cast Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck, Tom Courtenay, August Diehl
- Genre Mystery, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Plex Player, Amazon Prime Video
Anatomy of Hell
(Anatomie de l'enfer)
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- France, Portugal • 2004
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Jacques Monge, Catherine Breillat, Alexandre Belin, Manuel Taglang
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lisbon Story
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- Germany, Portugal • 1994
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Teresa Salgueiro, Manoel de Oliveira, Vasco Sequeira, Joel Cunha Ferreira
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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