Movies and TV shows set in portugal – page 4
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List of movies set in portugal
343
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A school inspector travels to the baron’s fiefdom to write a report on a heathen teacher. Having arrived, he is invited to stay with the baron, who makes predictions about women, horses and politics while the mysterious Idalina serves food and ...
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, tense, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
vampire, killing, escapades, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, supernatural ability, murder, society, rescue, rivalry, supernatural, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story:
Ana Margarida Rosa Lobo, a 70-year-old actress at the end of her career, discovers she has Alzheimer's and without explaining to anyone, she decides to end her five-decade marriage with Sérgio and move to another house to enjoy her lucidity ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, memory loss, family drama, aging, elderly man, alzheimer's disease, husband wife relationship, family life, parent child relationship, problem, relationships, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Romeu, a corrupt cop, hires the services of Cid and Alex, to catch a notorious criminal, who left Mexico and is on his way to Galicia, Spain to find the killer of his brother, also trying to catch the same criminal is an FBI agent.
Style:
tense, suspense, humorous, entertaining, exciting
Plot:
criminal, revenge, murder investigation, violence, heroes, investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery, investigator, death, testimony, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
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414
Genre: Crime
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story:
The series develops around cases of homicides that occurred during the summer, at the time of the economic and social crisis that affected Portugal.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
police investigation, murder investigation, partner, uncover truth, law enforcer, who done it, partners against crime, murder mystery, law enforcement, society, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story:
Filha da Lei, a criminal series on a Chief Inspector, Isabel Garcia, and the investigation of the most important police case in Portugal in the last 20 years. Garcia is faced with the greatest challenge of her career when she is assigned to lead the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
police, sex maniac, serial killer, partner, crime investigation, manhunt, murder of a woman, maniac, criminal, serial murder, murder investigation, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Portugal
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Kingdom Of Shadows is a mystical cinematic experience which stirs from the darkness the spirits of our ancestors and reawakens the horror of unresolved crimes and denied desires.
Style:
mystical, bleak, scary, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
dream, tarot card, alchemy, surrealism, ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, killing, loss, curses spells and rituals, characters in danger, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
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153
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young cape-verdean fighter will have to enter a dangerous boxing match to try to save his father.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tension, intense, independent film
Plot:
boxing, boxing match, father son relationship, coming of age, underdog, redemption, poverty, urban, determination, decision, sacrifice, identity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Director Jorge Silva Melo has developed a viable, though highly intellectual mystery story about the world of art and culture and murder in this somewhat theatrical presentation. When German artist Bernd Hoffmann (Michael König) arrives in Lisbon ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, psychological, intellectual, dark ...
Plot:
painter, theater, artist, murder, gallery, investigation, obsession, missing person, slow burn, identity, memory, literary ...
Time:
80s
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Welcome to Lisbon: there are mermaids by the Tagus and birds flying over the old city; there are mad scientists and singing fish; lost tourist guides and lost tourists; fado and sad guitars. What a weird city you may think - but no. Lisbon is about ...
Style:
art house, anthology, surreal, satirical, melancholic ...
Plot:
city life, economic crisis, slice of life, identity, resilience, mermaid, intimate, bird, migration, mad scientist, ensemble
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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241
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
Style:
religious drama, historical drama, emotional, inspirational, tension ...
Plot:
miraculous event, faith, catholicism, apparition, spiritual awakening, hopes, devotional, pilgrimage, loyalty, innocence, supernatural, childhood ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dina (Maria Santiago) is a teenager brought up by her grandmother, employed as a housekeeper for a fairly well-off family. Since Dina only has her grandmother, she spends her time fantasizing about her life and reading comic-book love stories -- ...
Style:
crime drama, art house, factual, period drama
Plot:
moral ambiguity, coming of age, loss of innocence, housekeeper, murder, naivete, desperation, manipulation, social realism, working class, class conflict, poverty ...
Time:
70s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
George, an agoraphobic young woman, cannot go more than 522 steps away from her home. One day, a personal tragedy forces her to embark on a journey from Spain to her native Portugal. Along the way, George's whole world begins to widen…
Style:
captivating, touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
road trip, agoraphobia, pet cat, mental illness, cat, friendship, female protagonist, fear, self discovery, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, coping ...
Place:
spain, portugal
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
adultery, family drama, dysfunctional family, prostitution, white slavery, mafia, murder, nightlife, sister sister relationship, dying, moral dilemma, sex trafficking ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the most anticipated interview of the year, sisters Adelaide, Carolina and Julia Paixão come together with their mother Anita - to recount the events that led to one of the most controversial crimes ever committed in Portugal.
Style:
dramatic, psychological, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
interview, sisters, true crime, family drama, mother, criminal, crime investigation, three sisters, mother and daughter, sister, crime victim, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When English Mark surprises his American bride Holly with her dream honeymoon to Portugal she cant believe her luck. Mark goes to great trouble to organise everything for her. They arrive in Portugal to discover that the country is hosting a major ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, ambition, rivalry, against the odds, couples, love and romance, follow your dream, contests and competitions, underdog, hopes, working class, football ...
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal, europe, england
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The start of Luís Rovisco’s old age isn’t exactly cheerful. Already in his sixties, he’s still roaming the country by himself, carrying out his tasks — increasingly less real — as sales director for the company SegurVale. Sadness, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, road movie, melancholic ...
Plot:
old age, singing, senior citizen, male protagonist, problem, elderly man, life is a bitch, retirement, loneliness, bittersweet, aging, isolation ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. ...
Style:
anthology, thrilling, psychological, captivating, life affirming ...
Plot:
love story, multiple storylines, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, love interest, intimate, urban, survival, friendship, bittersweet ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
In each episode, an apparently lost cause goes to court. However, the various stages of the case show us that not everything is as it seems and that no case is solved until the sentence is read.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, clever, captivating
Plot:
lawyer, justice, false accusation, ambition, workplace, employer employee relationship, witness, friendship, professional rivalry, testimony, female lawyer, dark secret ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
Style:
spy comedy
Plot:
spy, agent, fistfight, coincidence, jealousy, fire, lie, police arrest, false accusation, prostitute, murder, impersonation ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
sex club, sex, female nudity, photographer, rape, male nudity, baby, chicken, love, prison, controversy, tragic romance ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Portugal
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In "7 Pecados Rurais", Quim and Zé go to Lisbon to collect two distant cousins who want to revive a crazy last summer in Curral de Moinas. Along the way they bump into a flock of sheep and die.
Style:
feel good, psychological, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
seven deadly sins, heaven, satire, sin, lifestyle change, changing lives, festival, party, relationships, absolution, second chance, afterlife ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Job is kicked out of home by his father on his birthday. Having no place to go, he takes refuge in the terrace of Rose, who just lost her husband.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
boy, loneliness, grief, intergenerational friendship, coming of age, loss, tenderness, elderly man, urban, character study, redemption, social issues ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will ...
Style:
art house, masterpiece
Plot:
misery, economic crisis, dog, killer, running from police, female nudity, police arrest, sign language, female judge, genie, female pubic hair, lawyer ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter ...
Style:
talky, humorous, clever, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, cruise, ship, greek, self discovery, love and romance, couple relations, introspection, couples, parents and children, cruise ship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2003, middle ages, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
mediterranean sea, jerusalem, middle east, israel, istanbul turkey ...
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686
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France, Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, witty, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
revolution, feminism, rebellion, society, on the road, memory loss, language barrier, scoop, womanizer, radio dj, countryside, female pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france, switzerland, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A trip to Lisbon helps a nerdy guy who is quickly approaching 30 finally get his mojo back.
Style:
melancholic, existential, humorous
Plot:
self discovery, job seeking, slice of life, personal growth, coming of age, bittersweet, millennial, young adult, social anxiety, identity, unemployment, intimate ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal, budapest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Depiction of the life of St. Anthony, beginning with his initial calling to the priesthood as a young Portugese nobleman, and following him as he becomes a Franciscan monk and preaches across Africa and Europe.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, period piece ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, religious, faith, religion, franciscan, priest, medieval, catholicism, biopic, loyalty, christianity ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
italy, portugal, europe, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
The story begins in 1789 in Congo, in Africa, where a tribe celebrates the marriage of Luena and Kamau. The natives, trapped and sold as slaves.
Style:
novela, historical drama, captivating, period piece, poignant ...
Plot:
slavery, colonialism, racial injustice, enslavement, slave trade, oppression, motherhood, abuse, plantation, romantic relationship, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
portugal, brazil, congo
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Portugal
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a serial killer in Lisbon is disrupted when an unusual incident suddenly turns him into a social media star.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, social media, dark humor, murder, humour, criminal, murderer, serial murder, social activism, celebrity, social satire, social network ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Angola, Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, cynical, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
rebellion, forbidden love, revolution, fighting the system, state affairs, love and romance, against the rules, interracial relations, political unrest, dishonesty, society, colonialism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
angola, portugal, africa
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