Best Brazilian Crime Movies

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Best Brazilian Crime Movies
Best Brazilian Crime Movies
TOP Movies: 7 Prisoners (2021), Elite Squad (2007), Fast Five (2011), Brazilian Western (2013), Rio (2011), The Man of the Year (2003), The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021), Get the Grift (2021), Chronically Unfeasible (2000), Get the Goat (2021), Lucio Flavio (1977), Up Against Them All (2004), Veronica (2008), The Angel Was Born (1969), The Division (2020), Carandiru (2003), Pra Frente, Brasil (1982), Beckett (2021), 492: A Man Called Death (2017), Time of Fear (2009).

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 7.1
 9K
7 Prisoners (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, existential, hood
Plot: prison, moral dilemma, poverty, slavery, trap, struggle for survival, life is a bitch, life risking, slave trader, realism, survival, existentialism ...
Place: sao paulo, brazil, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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 8.0
 110K
Elite Squad (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Style: disturbing, bleak, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police brutality, drug traffic, slum, drug lord, favela, squad, law enforcement, torture, poverty, police, organized crime ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1997 ...
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, south america
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 7.3
 405K
Fast Five (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de ...
Style: exciting, action packed, suspense, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, manly, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: heist, car chase, chase, car race, car, on the run, racing, organized crime, street racing, tough heroes, freedom, classic car ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: brazil, iran, latin america, south america, rio de janeiro ...
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Brazilian Western (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An adaptation of the eponymous song by Renato Russo, a famous Brazilian singer and composer who in the style of Bob Dylan knew how to delight crowds by telling stories and singing with his lyrics. Focusing on the love story of outlaw João do Santo ...
Style: tense, realistic, rough, serious, emotional ...
Plot: forbidden love, love affair, drug dealing, love and romance, fall in love, on the run, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, prison, violence, mobster ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: brazil
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Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human ...
Style: political, realistic, unusual plot structure, stylized, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: corruption, politics, gangster, police corruption, favela, political corruption, gunfight, poverty, swat team, police investigation, justice, criminal ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, south america
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 6.9
 247K
Rio (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a ...
Style: touching, humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: bird, parrot, kids and family, jungle, animal, happy ending, friendship, good versus evil, fantasy world, childhood, talking animal, animal life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, minnesota, brazil, south america, iran ...
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The Man of the Year (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jobless and insecure to the point where he can't even face himself in the mirror, a terrified Máiquel enters a salon to have his hair died platinum blond after losing a soccer bet to a friend. His new look supplying an unexpected jolt of ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, bleak, spectacular ...
Plot: murder, pregnancy, bet, vigilantism, life turned upside down, couple relations, love and romance, nothing goes right, disorder, couples, vigilante, mobster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A psychological thriller surrounding the real murders of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen orchestrated by their own daughter, Suzane, along with her boyfriend and brother-in-law, the Cravinhos brothers.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: murder of parents, planned murder, bad influence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, courtroom, father daughter relationship, evil man, murder trial, family problems, parents and children, murderer ...
Time: 2000s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: true crime, murder of parents, murder, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murderer, dysfunctional family, killings, parents and children, criminal, parent child relationship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
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 5.3
 859
Get the Grift (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a botched scam, Clóvis bumps into Lohane, his estranged foster sister. In a bind, they soon realize the only way out is to band together.
Style: captivating, light, feel good, humorous
Plot: con woman, embezzler, cons and scams, brother sister relationship, corrupt politician, sister, money, escapades, fraud, adventuress, opportunist, con men ...
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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Chronically Unfeasible (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, biting, realistic ...
Plot: politics, social decay, rich and poor, social differences, fighting the system, injustice, working class, society, life is a bitch, downfall, juvenile delinquency, state affairs ...
Time: 90s
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo brazil, rio de janeiro
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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, touching ...
Plot: political corruption, police, politics, government corruption, investigation, organized crime, justice, election campaign, arrest, prison, judge, legal ...
Place: brazil, switzerland
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 6.0
 2K
Get the Goat (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Bruceuilis, a policeman from the countryside, is assigned to rescue Celestina, a goat considered heritage of his small city, and travels to São Paulo. There, he meets police clerk Trindade, who decides to venture out into the field, even though it ...
Style: funny, humorous, captivating, feel good, light
Plot: criminal, goat, investigation, police detective, police officer, teamwork, fighting crime, silly humor, escapades, police, friendship, city life ...
Place: sao paulo brazil, northeast brazil
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 7.4
 859
Lucio Flavio (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 118 min.
Story: History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, rough, suspenseful
Plot: alienation, legal, mobster, nudity, female pubic hair, male pubic hair, male nudity, fugitive, dirty cop, bank robbery, violent content, police corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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Up Against Them All (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately to change their lives, but are unable to escape their destiny.
Plot: escape, nudity, female pubic hair, girl man relationship, extramarital affair, sex, infidelity, male nudity, female nudity, older man younger woman relationship, family relations, coitus ...
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
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 6.5
 420
Veronica (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teacher takes a student to his house in the slum, but on arrival discovered that drug traffickers killed his parents and now are at your demand.
Plot: children, slum, girl, education, feminism, organized crime, teacher, police, murder, witness, violence, female protagonist ...
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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The Angel Was Born (1969)
Genre: Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who ...
Plot: gay, gay subtext, violence, blood, murder, criminal, surrealism, angel, gay sex, religion, homosexuality, hiding place ...
Place: brazil
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 6.2
 751
The Division (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the 90s, Rio de Janeiro was shaken by a wave of kidnappings. Security forces call controversial agents to help save the city from thugs and also from the police itself.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, political thriller
Plot: kidnapping, police, abduction, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, crime solving, attempted kidnapping, forensics, uncover truth, social criticism, city
Place: rio de janeiro
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 7.6
 22K
Carandiru (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Carandiru, a story based on real facts and on the book written by the doctor Drauzio Varella, starts when he decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo, Carandiru, ...
Style: bleak, compassionate, captivating, touching, rough ...
Plot: prison, aids, doctor, prison life, fighting the system, gay, life is a bitch, fighting illness, protest, regret, lgbt, solitary ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 90s
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Pra Frente, Brasil (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The film is set on mid-1970, when the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian national football team on the FIFA World Cup serves as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the ...
Style: political
Plot: dictatorship, dictator, torture, legal, reflection, violent, soccer, bare chested male, cruelty, operation condor, military dictatorship, hung upside down ...
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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 5.7
 28K
Beckett (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: While vacationing in Greece, Beckett, becomes the target of a manhunt after a devastating car accident forces him to run for his life across the country to clear his name but tensions escalate as the authorities close in and political unrest mounts ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: political conspiracy, tourist, tragic event, car accident, conspiracy, government conspiracy, anxiety, runaway, life risking, political unrest, escape attempt, evil plot ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: greece, athens greece
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492: A Man Called Death (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of Júlio Santana, a professional killer who was responsible for almost 500 hundred murders in Brazil.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: serial killer, killings, serial murder, criminal, life is a bitch, conscience, murderer, murder, political unrest, violence, time
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 6.3
 540
Time of Fear (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Lúcia sonha em tirar o filho Rafael, de 18 anos, da prisão. Em suas frequentes visitas à penitenciária ela conhece Ruiva, advogada do Professor, líder do Comando. As duas ficam amigas e logo Lúcia é usada em missões ligadas à organização ...
Plot: hardship, legal, suitcase of money, raid, juvenile delinquency, piano, only son, crime boss, car chase, prison, reformatory, financial difficulty ...
Place: sao paulo, brazil, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema (1987)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: cinema, mobster, jazz, actress, cigarette smoking, murder, false accusation, femme fatale, big city, gangster, mob, tv news ...
Place: sao paulo brazil
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A Bunch of Bastards (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An isolated villa, a family just like the others. Michele has remarried beautiful Damiana, and lives with her and her daughter Fiore, a seductive teen with whom he has an intricate relationship. In the middle of the night, Sergio, an ex-con, bursts ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: armed robbery, bandit, ex convict, mission, threat, criminal, male female relationship, problem, escapades, released from prison, assignment, female nudity ...
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Federal Bank Heist (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story: "The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 ...
Style: captivating, tense, humorous
Plot: bank robber, heist, robbery, criminal, stealing money, burglar, theft, escapades, criminal gang, organized crime, gang of thieves, partners in crime ...
Place: brazil
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Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Film about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: heist, train, slum, railway, social injustice, mobster, danger, criminal heroes, gang, chases and races, crime gone awry, disorder ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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 6.8
 19K
Skin (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Brazil, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, tense, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: skinhead, racism, tattooed man, death threat, protest, alienation, gang, starting over, family relations, subculture, couples, danger ...
Time: year 2019
Place: palestine, nashville tennessee, columbus ohio
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 5.4
 548
Angela (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In this biopic about the life and death of Ângela Diniz, Angela meets Raul and believes she has found someone who loves her free spirit as much as she does. The overwhelming attraction makes the couple drop everything and live the dream of ...
Plot: beach house, jealousy, murder, simulated cunilingus, horny woman, boyfriend girlfriend conflict, true crime, unfaithful husband, socialite, seductress, male nudity, female nudity ...
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 6.2
 1K
The Awakener (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Miguel is a federal agent, highly trained and skilled in weapons. After experiencing trauma in his personal life, he sets out on a journey of revenge, assuming the identity of a masked vigilante. The Awakener decides to do justice with his own hands ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot: masked vigilante, government corruption, vengeance, vigilantism, political corruption, corruption, avenger, battles, organized crime, masked hero, revenge, lynching ...
Place: brazil
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