Best Portuguese Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Portuguese Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, suspense, tense, emotional, melancholic and serious. Plot: death, husband wife relationship, violence, blood, flashback, female nudity, father daughter relationship, grief, love and family relations. Genre: Drama, Thriller and Comedy. Country: Portugal, USA and UK.
Best Portuguese Movies
TOP Movies: Cats Don't Have Vertigo (2014), Blood of My Blood (2011), Belle Epoque (1992), The Head Hunter (2018), Night Train to Lisbon (2013), Adelaide (2018), Adrift (2017), Facing Windows (2003), On Falling (2024), Listen (2020), Fatima (2020), Color Out of Space (2019), Backlight (2010), Alice (2005), 100 Meters (2016), Manas (2024), Angel Has Fallen (2019), Amelia's Children (2023), Florbela (2012), Blood Curse (2006).
List of Best Movies
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, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anal rape, female pubic hair, family relations, family life, single parent, juvenile delinquency, family problems, hopes, life is a bitch, working class, aunt nephew relationship, mother daughter conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Portugal, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to ...
Style:
sexy, rom com, eros, humorous, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
spanish civil war, love, lesbian, polyamory, libertine, dead husband, sensuality, marriage, seductive, farm, soldier, obsession ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1992
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, madrid, rome italy
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of a kingdom, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters and the occult. His gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Driven by a thirst for ...
Style:
dark fantasy, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, warrior, brutality, murder, monster, violence, danger, viking, death of daughter, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, intense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
book, dictatorship, writers, chess, friendship, self discovery, suicide attempt, teacher, train travel, amateur detective, poet, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, 21st century
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal, europe, spain, switzerland ...
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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: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
boat, man versus nature, survival, stranded, isolation, sea, dehydration, danger, endurance, fear, friendship, desperation ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
Style:
emotional, psychological, sincere, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, fall in love, self discovery, love affair, family problems, memory loss, haunted by the past, memory, relationships, illicit affair ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Portugal
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
female protagonist, character study, alienation, warehouse, isolation, migrant worker, loneliness, workplace situations, life is a bitch, workplace, identity crisis, social realism ...
Place:
edinburgh scotland, portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, social
Plot:
deaf child, money problems, parents and children, father daughter relationship, life is a bitch, social issues, family problems, family relations, social problems, kids and family, society, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist ...
Style:
christian film, touching, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
mysticism, catholic, faith, children, church, miraculous event, father daughter relationship, priest, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, flash forward, nun ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1989, year 1948, edwardian era, year 1918 ...
Place:
portugal
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land ...
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cosmic horror, mutation, farm, husband wife relationship, meteorite, farmhouse, alien invasion, mind control, brother brother relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, contamination ...
Time:
future
Place:
new england, arizona, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Portugal, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an uncharted lake in the middle of the desert where they all have the opportunity to save each other.
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
desert, introspection, mysterious place, group of strangers, dealing with death, supernatural, down on your luck, destiny, saving a life, teenage boy, planet, drowning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
Style:
intense, melancholic, emotional, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
depression, surveillance camera, missing daughter, missing child, grief, obsession, father daughter relationship, loss, bereavement, investigation, routine, small town ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the incredibly true story of a Spanish man with Multiple Esclorosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man: 3,8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42 running. And he was told that he could not make 100 meters.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
multiple sclerosis, swimming, optimism, suicide attempt, memories, disability, passion, treatment, husband wife relationship, marriage, prank, diagnosis ...
Place:
iberian peninsula
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Marcielle lives on Marajó Island in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. To break a terrible cycle that imprisons the women around her in an isolated region, she must do the impossible to liberate herself and her younger sister ...
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, patricide, domestic violence, young girl, abuse, 13 year old, school, sexual abuse, menstruation, police officer, book ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother. Finally, he will ...
Style:
psychological horror
Plot:
incest, corpse, baby, telephone call, witch, twin brother, bird, locked door, tea, painting, falling from height, drawing ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, sensual, art house, costume drama ...
Plot:
art, biopic, female protagonist, poet, eroticism, feminism, literary, relationships, creative process, heartbreak, divorce, solitude ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An urban family inherits an old country house located in a small village. Upon their arrival they try to adapt to the new lifestyle, but they soon learn that the village is overshadowed by superstition and mysterious folklore. As they are plagued by ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, scary, suspense
Plot:
family in crisis, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, family problems, danger, clergy, village, curses spells and rituals, hallucination, husband wife relationship, haunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman named Odete (Ana Cristina De Oliveira) descends into madness and claims to be pregnant with the child of Rui's (Nuno Gil) late lover, Pedro (João Carreira). As grief-stricken Rui mourns ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, psychological, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, male nudity, male pubic hair, love and romance, breakup, lgbt, obsession, loss of lover, couples, gender, solace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, France, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden, Portugal
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his housekeeper’s daughter is kidnapped, Rambo crosses the U.S.-Mexican border to bring her home but finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most ruthless cartels.
Style:
sexy, tense, serious, action adventure, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilante, fight scenes, violence, lone hero, final battle, justice, one man army, human trafficking, prostitution, mexican american border, violent ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, arizona, south america, sonora, usa ...
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750
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Suellen is a toll booth attendant who starts using her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches from people driving to the coast. But only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop.
Style:
whimsical, gay cinema
Plot:
conversion therapy, lgbt, gay subtext, gay lead character, male pubic hair, violence, job, robbery, death, gay, gay son, church ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Portugal, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, isolation, desert, haunting, trauma, grief, macabre, investigation, survival, memory, lone ranger, secrets ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Portugal
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bruno Aleixo was invited to write a biopic about his own life. Lacking ideas, he decided to ask his closest friends for inspiration. Reunited in a cafe, each of his friends suggests a different idea, more or less biographical.
Style:
meta, mockumentary, absurd, surreal, indie film ...
Plot:
biopic, autobiography, satire, irreverent, identity, creative block, friendship, internet culture, cinema, dark humor, cafe, flashback ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Denmark, Portugal, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, costume drama, family saga ...
Plot:
coup d'etat, farm, politics, civil war, dictatorship, magic realism, sexualized violence, justice, rape, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1993, 1930s, 1920s, 60s ...
Place:
latin america, south america, chile
Is relevant?
780
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reality show on an inhabited island where eight contestants must fight for their survival becomes more than it appears to be. Solum is not just a game -- it's a test, a selection process, and a mirror that confronts the truth of Nature, with ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, remote island, social experiment, game of death, stranded on an island, mortal combat, death match, competitor, struggle for survival, most dangerous game, isolation, human nature ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense, exciting, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear explosion, survival horror, transformation, violence, killing, peril, graphic violence, heroes, walking dead, chase, plague, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Portugal
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In a world of darkness and fear, ruled by mercenary's and savages, the search for the ring of INFINITIUM, has led a girl and her friends to a forsaken land, after discovering the secret of the ring, she must travel to end of the forest, to ...
Style:
dark
Plot:
distopia, entity, mutant, friend, girl, blood, power, savage, helicopter, mercenary, forest, army ...
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