Brazilian movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant brazilian movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, humorous, feel good, serious and realistic films and TV shows about / with family relations, youth, friendship, male nudity, love, husband wife relationship, murder, death, society and rivalry plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Brazil, France, Argentina and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as brazilian: A Wolf at the Door (2013), Love Strange Love (1982), Madame Satã (2002), Blue Eyes (2009), All the Women in the World (2020), Wandering Heart (2021), The Second Mother (2015), Berenice Seeks (2017), Kill Me Please (2015), Antonia (2006).

List of brazilian movies

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Stronger Than The World: The Story of José Aldo (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.
Style: inspirational, touching, exciting, heartbreaking, uplifting
Plot: rivalry, rise and fall, determination, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rags to riches, ambition, follow your dream, motivation, martial arts, family relations, character study ...
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A Wolf at the Door (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on real events, and set in Rio de Janeiro, A Wolf at the Door is the nerve-rattling tale of a kidnapped child and the terror of the parents left behind. When Sylvia discovers her six-year-old daughter has been picked up at school by an unknown ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: missing child, infidelity, mistress, kidnapping, couples, family problems, destructive relationship, dishonesty, true crime, mafia, woman, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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Love Strange Love (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he ...
Style: erotic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: incest, mother son incest, boy, female nudity, mother son relationship, male nudity, older woman teenage boy sex, sex, coming of age, erotica, voyeur, sex with a minor ...
Time: 1930s, year 1937, 70s, year 1982
Place: brazil
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 7.0
 3K
Madame Satã (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos ...
Style: serious, rough, emotional, lgbt cinema, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, nightclub, transvestism, performer's life, gender bending, rise and fall, social misfits, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, society, female warrior ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place: brazil, china, arabia, rio de janeiro
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 6.9
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Blue Eyes (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot: redemption, haunted by the past, prostitute, introspection, society, police, racism, xenophobia, murder, journey, released from prison, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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All the Women in the World (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: In this contemporary romantic comedy about love in all its forms, All the Women in the World tells the story of Paulo, a bohemian dreamer that lives his relationships intensively, falling deeply for all the women he meets. Never able to forget Maria ...
Style: romantic, talky, psychological, humorous, emotional ...
Plot: sex scene, obsession, cheating girlfriend, cheating wife, fall in love, poet, infidelity, love, friendship, cheating fiancee, love and romance, husband wife relationship ...
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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Wandering Heart (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style: romantic, emotional, talky, touching, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay father, lgbt, gay interest, homosexuality, father daughter relationship, gay sex, male nudity, gay subtext, gay lead character, self destructing, father daughter conflict ...
Time: 21st century
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The Second Mother (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, melancholic, touching, political ...
Plot: class differences, family drama, depression, loneliness, family relations, character study, nanny, family problems, parent child relationship, coming of age, twists and turns, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil, south america, latin america
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 5.8
 145
Berenice Seeks (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: strip club, murder, taxi driver, infidelity, stripper, husband wife relationship, police investigation, murder investigation, youth, law enforcer, revenge, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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 5.8
 746
Kill Me Please (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Argentina, Portugal
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderers plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a fifteen year old girl. After an ...
Style: surreal, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: teenage girl, murder, youth, reincarnation, life is a bitch, danger, escapades, serial killer, minimalism, lesbian, sport team, church ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
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 7.0
 62
Antonia (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: A miniseries and a continuation of the film of the same name, it goes on to tell the story of four friends: Preta (Negra Li), Barbarah (Leilah Moreno), Mayah (Quelyna) and Lena (Cindy Mendes), who live in Vila Brasilândia, on the periphery of São ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: hip hop, friendship, dream, music band, musician's life, girlfriend, desire for fame, music, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, women, ambitious woman, musician ...
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Gonzaga: From Father to Son (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Western
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's ...
Style: captivating, sincere
Plot: singer, father son relationship, life, rising to stardom, musician's life, music, lifestyle, longing, historical figure, direction and purpose, price of fame, musician ...
Place: brazil, northeast brazil
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Captains of the Sands (2011)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 96 min.
Story: About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
Style: psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, light, independent film
Plot: poverty, homeless teenager, teenage boy, orphan, homelessness, street urchin, boy, infection, young boy, outcast, death, gang ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: brazil, northeast brazil
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 8.2
 195
The Aspones (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story: Moira, Anete and Caio are employees of a public office who do nothing in the office, which has lost some government attention over the years. Until a new boss arrives, Tales, with his intern Leda, and makes the old employees suffer with new and many ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, witty, sitcom
Plot: workplace, boss and employee, power relations, civil servant, politics, office, workplace situations, disorder, male protagonist, male female relationship, joke, office work ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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S.O.S.: Women to the Sea (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Recently divorced Adriana tries to get revenge on the woman who took her husband away from her by going on a European cruze along with them.
Style: funny, light, romantic, humorous, scenic ...
Plot: sea voyage, breakup, friendship, cruise, disorder, pursuit, ship, love story, female protagonist, bare chested male, vacation, female friendship ...
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 6.2
 11K
Sergio (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
Style: political, sexy, psychological thriller
Plot: female nudity, diplomacy, international relations, new world, history lesson, reflection, world war two, al qaeda, brazilian abroad, boobs, nudity, bare butt ...
Time: 2020s
Place: indonesia, rio de janeiro, cambodia, baghdad iraq
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Brazilian Aquarelle (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Style: dramatic, tense, thought provoking, captivating, serious ...
Plot: singer, dictatorship, artist, love, nurse, male female relationship, relationships, performer's life, love affair, glory, youth, captain ...
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The Great Gonzalez (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: During a children's party, the magical Gonzalez dies after an unsuccessful trick. Drowning, poisoning, accident, murder: all research lines will be followed by the police and everyone is a suspect.
Style: suspenseful, tense, humorous, suspense
Plot: police, police investigation, murder investigation, investigator, police officer, mysterious man, murder, rivalry, death, uncover truth, partners against crime, name calling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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The Fifth of Hell (2002)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: O Quinto dos Infernos was a 2002 mini Brazilian historical comedy television series. It was written by Carlos Lombardi, and directed by Wolf Maya and 48 episodes were produced. The protagonist was Marcos Pasquim.
Style: erotic, parody, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: erotica, seduction, seductive woman, satire, male female relationship, relationships, seductress, female nudity, sex, attempted seduction, woman undressing for a man
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Till Luck Do Us Part 3 (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After waking from a coma, Tino learns his future in-laws have given him a high-powered financial job, for which he is woefully unqualified.
Style: semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical
Plot: lifestyle change, family relations, family life, husband wife relationship, money, money falling through the air, satire, changing lives, son
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 4.7
 471
I Go Crazy (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The biography of the Brazilian YouTuber Christian Figueiredo.
Style: ironic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: adolescence, vlogger, social media, teenage life, slice of life, social satire, satire, teenager
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Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After all the trouble in the first film, Tino and Jane have more fun adventures. Still tasting bitter failure, they see a light at the end of the tunnel with uncle Olavinho’s unexpected inheritance. However, the will carries an unusual request: ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good
Plot: bad luck, luxury, overnight success, inheritance, money, husband wife relationship, family relations, encounter, fortune, luck, chase, mafioso
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S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 2 (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Afraid her husband will fall back with his ex girlfriend after they're assigned to work together, Adriana and her sister set sail to the U.S. to go after him to stop this from happening.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: friends, love and romance, girlfriend, love, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, disorder, friendship, rivalry, destiny, youth
Place: usa
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Till Luck Do Us Part (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, feel good, captivating
Plot: bad luck, bankrupt, luck, lottery, money, fortune, winning, husband wife relationship, bankruptcy, pregnancy, family relations, overnight success ...
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Santa Monica (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A young man is warned by his boyfriend that he is leaving. Melancholia becomes part of his life until his friends take him to parties, amid these adventures, he can finally rediscover happiness.
Style: psychological, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, love and romance, gay relationship, gay couple, gay, nude, gay lead character, fall in love, gays and lesbians, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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 5.6
 416
America (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: América is a Brazilian telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and ...
Style: novela, soap opera, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: immigration, illegal immigration, lolita, dream, illegal immigrant, changing lives, social problems, emigrant, countryside, aspiration, emigration, female protagonist ...
Place: mexico, brazil, miami, rio de janeiro
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It's Going to Work (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 5 friends have a plan to rob a transporter that can change their lives.
Style: funny, semi serious, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: heist, burglar, problem, attempted robbery, satire, heist gone wrong, friends, robbery, escapades, criminal, party, plan ...
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
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 7.7
 6K
Brainstorm (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The maconha cigarrete is just the final drop ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug addiction, youth, mental institution, unsupportive parent, dysfunctional family, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, family problems, parents and children, coming of age, society, misfit ...
Time: 20th century
Place: latin america, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Behind the Sun (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he ...
Style: bleak, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: family feud, coming of age, circus, rivalry, family problems, uninhibited rivalry, youth, parents and children, family values, family in crisis, murder, death of brother ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 2001
Place: brazil, latin america
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 8.6
 17K
A Dog's Will (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary, before they are ...
Style: talky, semi serious, humorous, exciting, light ...
Plot: priest, religion, poverty, hopes, clergy, race against time, social differences, unfulfilled love, buddies, society, odd couple, righting the wronged ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: brazil, latin america, south america, northeast brazil
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