Brazilian documentaries (or foreign docs about Brazil) - excluded the very bad ones
by guisreis | created - 04 Sep 2013 | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicBrazilian fiction movies in these lists:
Great movies about/in Rio de Janeiro
Movies about Northeastern Brazil
Some nice Brazilian movies
See also my list Brazilian movies: up to three films for each state.
There is also the list of my favorite documentaries, including the ones not from Brasil.
Add: "Preto contra branco" (https://youtu.be/r_xkDHHGWx8 ), "A linha imaginária" (https://youtu.be/uY4CN1H7z0g ), "Elas da Favela" (https://youtu.be/Re8DQ0t1BbA ), ""Feminino cangaço", and "Retomada", documentary about Brazilian cinema by Karim Akadiri Soumaïla, "Trem, trilhos, Trump" - I tive it a 7 (https://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/marcelo-rubens-paiva/trem-trilhos-trump/).
I would also like to add "De um Fernando para o Brasil", from [link=]Luccas Soares[/link] - a short film which is well filmed but has chosen a quite stupid and boring hippie guy who just repeat a supposedly rebel contentional wisdom as if it were the smartest view (I give it a 6).
Also add: "Pacto para a liberdade: uma breve história de Pedro Aleixo"
To be added: Adriana Sager's doc "Central"
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1. Isle of Flowers (1989)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Paulo José, Ciça Reckziegel, Douglas Trainini, Júlia Barth
Votes: 6,521
2. Maracaná (2014)
75 min | Documentary, Sport
Maracaná football stadium was built to the World Cup finals in 1950, when everyone in Brazil was certain they would win. They lost 1-2 to Uruguay and went into a national depression. Then ... See full summary »
Directors: Sebastián Bednarik, Andrés Varela | Stars: Milton Barreto, Luis Batlle Berres, Rafael Bayce, Gerardo Caetano
Votes: 132
3. Satellites (2013)
61 min | Documentary, Sport
SATELLITES is a documentary about the passion for soccer told through the points-of-view of characters who were following somehow the final match of the Brazilian Soccer Cup. The film moves... See full summary »
Director: Leo Bittencourt
4. Flamengo: Um Século de Paixão (1995)
69 min | Documentary, Sport
Director: Carlos Gomes | Stars: Helvídio Mattos, Maurício Azedo, Dirceu Marinho, Alberto Quadros
5. Edifício Master (2002)
110 min | Documentary
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Star: Fernando José
Votes: 1,683
6. Martírio (2016)
162 min | Documentary
A analysis about the violence and the struggle suffered by the Guarani Kaiowá group, one of the biggest Indian populations of Brazil.
Directors: Vincent Carelli, Tatiana Almeida, Ernesto de Carvalho | Stars: Celso Aoki, Myriam Medina Aoki, Oriel Benites, Vincent Carelli
Votes: 205
7. Memória em Verde e Rosa (2016)
80 min | Documentary
The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.
Director: Pedro von Krüger | Star: Tantinho da Mangueira
Votes: 18
8. The Trial (2018)
140 min | Documentary, History
The Trial documents the trial of Dilma Rousseff, focusing on the defense team, who struggles to prove her innocence against a majority vote by a Congress riddled with corruption. A tale of ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Ramos | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Jair Bolsonaro, José Eduardo Cardozo, Eduardo Cunha
Votes: 1,476
9. The Foreign Eye (2006)
70 min | Documentary
Fantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors... See full summary »
Director: Lúcia Murat | Stars: Philippe de Broca, Michael Caine, Philippe Clair, Greydon Clark
Votes: 200
10. News from a Personal War (1999)
57 min | Documentary
Documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped into a daily war that knows no winners.
Directors: Kátia Lund, João Moreira Salles | Stars: Nilton Cerqueira, Carlos Luis Gregório, Paulo Lins, Hélio Luz
Votes: 847
11. O Mercado de Notícias (2014)
94 min | Documentary, Drama
Discussion about journalism today in Brazil, inspired by the play "The Staple of News" (by Ben Jonson, published in 1631)
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Eduardo Cardoso, Ursula Collischonn, José Roberto de Toledo, Geneton Moraes Neto
Votes: 153
12. Dossiê Jango (2013)
102 min | Documentary, History
An account of the mysterious death of a former president of Brazil whose deposition led to the Military Revolution in Brazil in 1964, seeking to clarify obscure facts in the country's history at that time.
Director: Paulo Henrique Fontenelle | Stars: Carlos Diegues, João Goulart, Paula Moreno, Flavio Tavares
Votes: 154
13. The Day That Lasted 21 Years (2012)
77 min | Documentary, History, Thriller
Provides evidence of manipulation and investment funding from the U.S. government to carry out the Brazilian military coup that occurred in 1964.
Director: Camilo Tavares | Stars: Auro de Moura Andrade, Robert Bentley, Júlio de Sá Bierrenbach, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Votes: 468
14. Bus 174 (2002)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Crime
On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda | Stars: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Anonymous
Votes: 8,618 | Gross: $0.22M
15. Senta a Pua! (1999)
112 min | Documentary
The saga of the First Group of Fighter Aviation of Brazil, which took part in the Second World War in the Italian skies, told by their own pilots. There are 23 interviews with veterans and ... See full summary »
Director: Erik de Castro
Votes: 112
16. Rio de Jano (2003)
73 min | Documentary
Meet Rio de Janeiro... through the eyes of Jano!
Directors: Anna Azevedo, Renata Baldi, Eduardo Souza Lima | Stars: Jano, Zuenir Ventura
Votes: 46
17. Cidadão Boilesen (2009)
92 min | Documentary
A documentary about the controversial businessman Henning Boilesen Jr. and his involvement with the military regime as one of its most enthusiastic supporters, financing it and ... See full summary »
Director: Chaim Litewski | Stars: Hennig Boilesen Jr., Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jarbas Passarinho, Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns
Votes: 154
18. Histories of Hunger in Brazil (2018 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History | Completed
Histories of Hunger in Brazil is a documentary that sets a timeline of hunger in the country. From Colonial Brazil, where the seeds of social inequalities were planted, to the recent public... See full summary »
Director: Camilo Tavares
Votes: 11
19. Nós Que Aqui Estamos por Vós Esperamos (1999)
73 min | Documentary
A fascinating and poetical collage of countless images from the 20th century with the purpose of revealing matters of life and death during the era and its many social, cultural and ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Masagão | Star: Franz Reichelt
Votes: 766
20. Loki: Arnaldo Baptista (2008)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The biography of Arnaldo Baptista, founder of Mutantes, has his narrative sewn by emotional testimonies by the artist. Packed with songs that marked the epoch, the film reveals the trajectory of one of the biggest names in Brazilian rock.
Director: Paulo Henrique Fontenelle | Stars: Devendra Banhart, Arnaldo Baptista, Lucinha Barbosa, Bill Bartell
Votes: 274
21. Ex-Shaman (2018)
81 min | Documentary
Ever since their first contact with the Western world in 1969 the Paiter Suruí, an indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, have been exposed to sweeping social changes. Smartphones, ... See full summary »
Director: Luiz Bolognesi | Star: Perpera Suruí
Votes: 304
22. Torre das Donzelas (2018)
97 min | Documentary
"The Virgin's Tower" - Memoires of a group of rebel women that were imprisioned by the Brazilian dictatorship in the 60's.
Director: Susanna Lira | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Ana Bursztyn-Miranda, Maria Aparecida Costa, Rita Sipahi
Votes: 108
23. Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio (2012)
128 min | Documentary, Music
The film tells the story of Raul Seixas, a Brazilian rock legend. The documentary unveils by rare archival images, meeting with family, conversations with artists, producers and friends, the trajectory of the artist, who died in 1989.
Directors: Walter Carvalho, Leonardo Gudel | Stars: Roberto Carlos, Paulo Coelho, Daniel de Oliveira, Tárik de Souza
Votes: 871
24. Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos (2013 TV Movie)
81 min | Documentary
Journalist Geneton Moraes Neto interviews Brazilian international players who lost to Uruguayan national team in the finals of the World Cup 1950 in Maracanã stadium.
Director: Geneton Moraes Neto | Stars: Ademir, Amarildo, Augusto, Barbosa
Votes: 9
25. Campo de Jogo (2015)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary
In the shadow of Rio's Maracana Stadium, a "favela league" of 14 teams compete in soccer. The film shows the importance of soccer in Brazilian culture.
Director: Eryk Rocha
Votes: 65
26. Window of the Soul (2001)
73 min | Documentary
A sensitive statement about the importance of vision and our dependency on it, and on how malleable and adaptive is our soul.
Directors: João Jardim, Walter Carvalho | Stars: Evgen Bavcar, Raimunda da Conceição Filha, Felipe, Gabriel
Votes: 694
27. Beyond Citizen Kane (1993 TV Movie)
93 min | Documentary
Details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group, the largest in Brazil, and discusses its influence, power and political connections.
Director: Simon Hartog | Stars: Leonel Brizola, Chico Buarque, Walter Clark, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Votes: 601
28. Peões (2004)
85 min | Documentary
The Story of the workers who had participated of the striker movement in the Brazil with President Lula when he was a syndical leader
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Maria Socorro Morais Alves, José Alves Bezerra, Zacarias Feitosa de Morais
Votes: 241
29. Marighella (2012)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about the member of the brazilian Communist Party, Congressman elected by vote, and later on enemy number one of the brazilian dictatorship of 1964, Carlos Marighella.
Director: Isa Grinspum Ferraz | Stars: Carlos Augusto Marighella, Lázaro Ramos, Miguel Arraes, Hennig Boilesen Jr.
Votes: 3,483
30. Clementina (2019)
75 min | Documentary
A glance over the trajectory of the samba singer Clementina de Jesus (1901-1987). Revealed late, at the age 63, she became one of the biggest voices in samba and was considered the link between the Brazilian culture and the African roots.
Director: Ana Rieper
Votes: 15
31. Pastor Claúdio (2018)
76 min | Documentary
A historic meeting between two personally antagonistic figures: Evangelical Bishop Claudio Guerra, responsible for murdering and incinerating opponents of the Brazilian military ... See full summary »
Director: Beth Formaggini | Stars: Claudio Guerra, Eduardo Passos, Ivanilda Veloso
Votes: 28
32. Secrets of the Tribe (2010)
TV-14 | 98 min | Documentary
The field of anthropology goes under the magnifying glass in this fiery investigation of the seminal research on Yanomami Indians. In the 1960s and '70s, a steady stream of anthropologists ... See full summary »
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Robert Borofsky, Jesus Cardozo, Napoleon A. Chagnon, Marie Isabel Eguillor
Votes: 517
A real war between anthropologists who studies Yanomami native people, with an extremely serious exchange of accusations of pedophily, genocide, fake data and harm against the investigated Indians.
33. Quem é Primavera das Neves (2017)
75 min | Documentary
Primavera das Neves, full name Primavera Ácrata Saiz das Neves was a Portuguese translator, journalist and writer, who worked and lived a good part of her life in Brazil, having signed most of her works as Vera Neves Pedroso.
Directors: Ana Luiza Azevedo, Jorge Furtado | Stars: Jorge Furtado, Anna Bella Geiger, Eulalie Ligneul, Mariana Lima
Votes: 21
34. O Fim e o Princípio (2006)
110 min | Documentary
A film starting from naught. With no prior research, no characters, no sites, nor specific themes, a film team arrive to the hinterland of Paraíba state in northeastern Brazil in search of ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Marília Pêra, Fernanda Torres
Votes: 193
35. Que tal a vida, camaradas? (2017)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Luis Felipe Labaki | Stars: Gamlet, Aleksandr Karbyshev, Vasily Khorokhordin, Luis Felipe Labaki
36. City of God: 10 Years Later (2013)
PG-13 | 70 min | Documentary
A film documentary about the fate of the young actors of the award winning film City of God by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. It shows how their lives unfolded after the film's worldwide success.
Directors: Cavi Borges, Luciano Vidigal | Stars: Alice Braga, Darlan Cunha, Renato de Souza, Leandro Firmino
Votes: 1,489
37. Che, memories of a secret year (2019)
79 min | Documentary, Biography, History
December 1965, in the heyday of the Cold War. Ernesto Che Guevara disappears from the international public scene. Under a fake identity and with a transformed face, the Argentinian ... See full summary »
Director: Margarita Hernandez Pascual
Votes: 12
38. Justiça (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
The daily routine at a Brazilian court, including the people who work there: lawyers, judges and accused.
Director: Maria Ramos | Stars: Fátima Maria Clemente, Carlos Eduardo, Maria Ignez Kato, Elma Lusitano
Votes: 288
39. GIG: A Uberização do Trabalho (2019)
60 min | Documentary
The work mediated by digital apps and platforms is growing worldwide. But the advance of the "gig economy", called in Brazil "uberization", has aroused debates about the precariousness and intensification of work.
Directors: Caue Angeli, Carlos Juliano Barros, Mauricio Monteiro Filho
Votes: 19
40. Mussum, Um filme do Cacildis (2019)
75 min | Documentary
The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.
Director: Susanna Lira | Stars: Mussum, Alcione, Renato Aragão, Joel Zito Araújo
Votes: 401
41. Un passeport Hongrois (2001 Video)
74 min | Documentary
Speaking on the telephone with the Hungarian Consulate, the filmmaker asks: "Does someone whose grandfather is Hungarian have the right to obtain a Hungarian passport?" The question ... See full summary »
Director: Sandra Kogut | Stars: László Bodroghközy, Mária Bodroghközy, György Fábri, Éva Fábri
Votes: 113
42. Viva São João! (2002)
82 min | Documentary
Documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John in Brazil, in this case, in the Northeast part of the country, where the celebrations are more traditional and widespread.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Gilberto Gil, Dominguinhos, Targino Gondim, Chiquinha Gonzaga
Votes: 51
43. Condor (2007)
103 min | Documentary
Operation Condor was a secret agreement between the military dictatorships of the Southern Cone in the 1970s, with the knowledge of the CIA. These governments to shared information and violently repressed suspected left-wing subversives.
Director: Roberto Mader
Votes: 35
44. Two Billion Hearts (1995)
106 min | Documentary, Sport
A movie about the 1994 FIFA World Cup, played in the USA for the first time in history.
Director: Murilo Salles | Stars: Roberto Baggio, Bebeto, Dennis Bergkamp, Dunga
Votes: 355
45. Dancing with the Devil (2009)
105 min | Documentary
Rio de Janeiro. September, 2008. Three men stalk the gloomy back-alleys of the city's notorious slums. Spiderman, a 28-year-old drug lord, embarks on a routine patrol through the shadowy ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Blair | Stars: Leonardo Torres, Dione Dos Santos, Marcio da Silva Lima, Carlos Cordeiro
Votes: 182
46. Simonal: Ninguém Sabe o Duro que Dei (2009)
98 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life, controversial career, and decline of one of the greatest Brazilian singers and showmen, Wilson Simonal.
Directors: Micael Langer, Calvito Leal, Cláudio Manoel | Stars: Ricardo Cravo Albin, Chico Anysio, Boninho, Sérgio Cabral
Votes: 415
47. Divine Divas (2016)
110 min | Documentary, Musical
The Divine Divas are the icons of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists in the 1960's. One of the first stages to host men dressed as women was the Rival Theatre, ran by ... See full summary »
Director: Leandra Leal | Stars: Rogéria, Jane di Castro, Divina Valéria, Camille K.
Votes: 395
48. Soldados do Araguaia (2017)
74 min | Documentary
Between 1972 and 1975, the Brazilian Army sent thousands of soldiers on a secret mission to the heart of the Amazon Forest to exterminate the Araguaia Guerilla, Brazil's most radical opposition movement to the dictatorial Military Govt.
Director: Belisario Franca
Votes: 59
49. Clara Estrela (2017)
71 min | Documentary
This first-person-narrated film explores the trajectory of the singer Clara Nunes, who conquered Brazil and several countries across the world.
Directors: Rodrigo Alzuguir, Susanna Lira, Muriel Alves | Star: Clara Nunes
Votes: 24
50. Alô, Alô, Terezinha! (2009)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Nelson Hoineff | Stars: Jerry Adriani, Alcione, Cristina Azul, Sandra Bolota
Votes: 80
51. Rio de Janeiro 'City of Splendour' (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalks short showcases the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, emphasizing its Portuguese influence.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 130
52. Privatizações: a Distopia do Capital (2014)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Silvio Tendler | Stars: Vagner Freitas de Moraes, Eduardo Fagnani, Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães II, Carlos Lessa
Votes: 15
Very important content! Brazil has been stolen, that is the truth. The film brings many brilliant testimonies that challenge conventional wisdom wisdespread in media. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/A8As8mFaRGU
53. Francisco Brennand (2012)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
Francisco Brennand is an eighty-five year odl, painter, sculptor and ceramist from Brazil. He lives and works isolated in an open-air museum set in an old ceramic roofing tile factory that ... See full summary »
Director: Marianna Brennand Fortes | Star: Hermila Guedes
Votes: 25
55. Coração do Samba (2011)
72 min | Documentary
A walk behind the scenes of the drums of a samba school, an orchestra that conducts one of the greatest shows in the world. Centered on the battery of Mangueira, and narrated by Elmo dos ... See full summary »
Director: Theresa Jessouroun
56. Memória Cubana (2010)
70 min | Documentary
Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half of the 20th century as seen by the ... See full summary »
Director: Alice de Andrade | Stars: Alfredo Guevara, Julia Yip, Santiago Álvarez
Votes: 7
57. A Copa do Mundo no Recife (2015– )
15 min | Documentary, Short
Recife, the hometown of football legend Rivaldo, is overrun by the 2014 World Cup, but also faces enormous social problems. This documentary provides a fascinating insight into the events and inhabitants of the town during the tournament.
Votes: 47
58. Geraldinos (2015)
76 min | Documentary
Maracanã was built for the first World Cup in Brazil in 1950. Initially, it had a democratic space called General. The record analyzes the recent works in the stadium and shows classic fans.
Directors: Pedro Asbeg, Renato Martins
Votes: 47
59. Geral (2010)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a roller-coaster of ecstasy and drama, violence and passion. A theater performance. Football supporters christened 'geraldinos'.
Directors: Anna Azevedo, Anna Azevedo
Votes: 9
60. Vinicius (2005)
121 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about Brazilian songwriter and poet Vinicius de Moraes, showing his life, work, family, friends, and love-affairs.
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Ricardo Blat, M.S. Bom, Renato Braz
Votes: 526
61. Rondon: Amor, Ordem e Progresso (2003 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Marco Altberg | Stars: Egon Heick, Aílton Krenak, Marcos Terena
62. Entreatos (2004)
117 min | Documentary
Director João Moreira Salles and a small crew followed Presidential candidate Luís Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign in meetings, rallies, planes, TV debates, with his family, political ... See full summary »
Director: João Moreira Salles | Stars: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, José Dirceu, Luís Gushiken, José Aparecido
Votes: 402
63. Doce Brasil Holandês (2010 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Monica Schmiedt | Stars: Daniel Breda, Marcos Galindo, Evaldo Cabral de Mello, José Luiz Mota Menezes
Votes: 8
64. A Luta do Século (2016)
78 min | Documentary, Sport
Brazilian documentary about the history of Brazil's biggest boxing rivalry between boxers Todo Duro and Holyfield.
Director: Sergio Machado
Votes: 64
66. República Guarani (1981)
100 min | Documentary
The story of the so called Christian-Communist Republic of the Guaranis. Formed by jesuit missions in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, between 1610/1767, it congregated about ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvio Back | Star: Carlos Pussineri Scala
Votes: 38
This documentary is "old school", perhaps too conventional, but the information it provides is fantastic. High quality data and interviews. Deep historical, political, societal, anthropological, religious, urbanistic and economic analysis of Jesuit missions in South America.
67. Betinho - A Esperança Equilibrista (2015)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the sociologist and activist Herbert de Souza (1935-1997), the Betinho, who had fragile health, but the strength of the great idealists. He fought permanently against injustice and for life.
Director: Victor Lopes
Votes: 20
68. Tropicália (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as tropicália, and the struggle its artists ... See full summary »
Director: Marcelo Machado | Stars: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso
Votes: 651
69. Abaixando a Máquina: Ética e Dor no Fotojornalismo Carioca (2007)
65 min | Documentary
Director: Guillermo Planel | Stars: Ana Branco, Alexandre Brum Santos, Custódio Coimbra, Alex Ferro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkzP4-UqNB8
70. Crônica da demolição (2015)
90 min | Documentary, History
At the heart of Rio de Janeiro's downtown, an empty square with a dry fountain and an underground parking. There was located the Monroe Palace, that once housed the Senate, and was ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Ades | Stars: Alex Nicolaeff, Alfredo Luiz Porto de Britto, Antônio Souza Aguiar, Augusto Ivan Pinheiro
Votes: 45
71. Memória (1990)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Memory is an important part of our conscience and what makes us humans, living beings capable of remembering things, feelings, situations, good or bad, and evolve from that or keep some ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Henkin | Stars: Fernando Collor de Mello, Catherine Lestre de Rey, Maria Verbena de Souza, João Batista Diemer
Votes: 17
72. The First Time of Brazilian Cinema (2013)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn movie. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema... See full summary »
Directors: Denise Godinho Costa, Bruno Graziano, Hugo Moura | Stars: André Barcinski, Kid Bengala, Pamela Butt, Rita Cadillac
Votes: 54
73. Revolução de 30 (1980)
118 min | Documentary
Collage of more than 30 documentaries and fiction films, photographs and some sound recordings about the 1930 Brazilian Revolution, its origins and consequences.
Director: Sylvio Back
Votes: 32
74. Chico: Artista Brasileiro (2015)
70 min | Documentary
Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Chico Buarque, Maria Bethânia, Lia Buarque, Adriana Calcanhotto
Votes: 429
75. Do Luto à Luta (2005)
75 min | Documentary
A documentary on Down Syndrome patients
Director: Evaldo Mocarzel | Stars: Carlos Ebert, Ariel Goldenberg
Votes: 63
76. Twenty Years Later (1984)
119 min | Documentary, History
A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Votes: 1,694
77. Abaixando a Máquina 2: No Limite da Linha (2016)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Guillermo Planel
78. Missão 115 (2018)
77 min | Documentary
Rio de Janeiro, May 1981. DOI-CODI, the body responsible for the repression during the days of Brazilian military dictatorship, organized the "Mission 115", which aimed to "observe" closely... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Da-Rin | Star: Breno Augusto Guimarães
Votes: 16
79. Junho: O Mês que Abalou o Brasil (2014)
72 min | Documentary, Sport
In the month of the Brazil World Cup, the documentary shows how the demonstrations against an increase in public transportation fares in São Paulo in June of 2013, evolved to national scale... See full summary »
Director: João Wainer | Stars: Contardo Calligaris, Demétrio Magnolli, Clóvis Rossi, Dilma Rousseff
Votes: 124
80. Bahêa Minha Vida: O Filme (2011)
100 min | Documentary, Sport
Director: Marcio Cavalcante | Stars: Dani Alves, Armandinho, Rubem Bahia, Baiaco
Votes: 38
Beautiful images and emotive testimonies.
81. Quebrando a Cara (1986)
77 min | Documentary
A documentary about the life of the greatest Brazilian boxer ever, Eder Jofre, who has been Bantamweight and Featherweight world champion. The film mixes footage of his fights and testimonies.
Director: Ugo Giorgetti | Stars: Walter Abrahão, Flávio Araújo, Johnny Caldwell, Ely Coimbra
Votes: 8
Documentary about boxer Eder Jofre.
82. Cidades Fantasmas (2017)
71 min | Documentary
Chilean desert, Brazilian Amazon, Colombian Andes and Argentine Pampa. Four destinations in Latin America revisited through fragments of memories, reconstructed from rubble.
Director: Tyrell Spencer
Votes: 27
83. Histórias que nosso Cinema (não) Contava (2017)
80 min | Documentary
A historical review of the military dictatorship in Brazil only trough images and sounds from films that belong to the pornochanchada genre, a kind of erotic film that was the most seen and most produced during that period.
Director: Fernanda Pessoa | Stars: Neuza Amaral, Arlindo Barreto, Mário Benvenutti, Roberto Bonfim
Votes: 243
84. Uma Noite em 67 (2010)
85 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary which shows the greatness in the Festival de Música Popular Brasileira of 1967.
Directors: Ricardo Calil, Renato Terra | Stars: Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Edu Lobo
Votes: 403
85. Partido Alto (1976)
22 min | Documentary, Short
The history of Partido-Alto, a musical subgenre derived from Samba, with roots in the batucada of Bahia.
Director: Leon Hirszman | Stars: Candeia, Casquinha da Portela, Paulinho da Viola, Manaceia
Votes: 75
86. 1932: A Medalha Esquecida (2016 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Ernesto Rodrigues | Stars: Matthew Llewellyn, Tiago Petrik
Votes: 10
1932: A Medalha Esquecida
87. Paysandú - 100 anos de payxão (2015)
97 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary about the 100 years of the Paysandú Sport Club.
Directors: Eduardo Albergaria, Marco André, Leonardo Edde, Gustavo Godinho
Votes: 39
88. Wrestlers (2015)
87 min | Documentary
The documentary tells the story of telecatch -or wrestling- in Brazil. With archive material, the movie rescues stories and characters from the sport's glory days, such as Achilles, Belo ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Dourdin
Votes: 9
89. A Treat of Coutinho (2019)
74 min | Documentary
From a meeting with the director filmed in 2012 and vast archival material, A Treat of Coutinho proposes to look at the work of Eduardo Coutinho as a great whole. Would have one of the masters of Brazilian cinema always made the same film?
Director: Josafá Veloso | Star: Eduardo Coutinho
Votes: 106
90. No Intenso Agora (2017)
127 min | Documentary, History
A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring.
Director: João Moreira Salles
Votes: 609 | Gross: $0.02M
91. Jogo de Cena (2007)
100 min | Documentary, Drama
Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Marília Pêra, Andrea Beltrão, Fernanda Torres, Aleta Gomes Vieira
Votes: 1,310
92. O Relógio do Meu Avô (2013)
72 min | Documentary
The director goes on a journey to his grandfather's homeland, Transylvania, in search of an old watch his grandpa hid before the Nazis came to take the family to Auschwitz. The 70-minute ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Levy-Heller | Stars: Gucia Fiszman, Josef Kleiman, Aleksandr Laks, Alex Levy-Heller
93. Triunfo (2014)
84 min | Documentary
Directors: Caue Angeli, Hernani Ramos | Stars: Carlinhos de Jesus, Osgemeos, Nelson Triunfo
Votes: 7
95. Jorge Mautner: O Filho do Holocausto (2012)
93 min | Documentary
The documentary narrates the trajectory of Jorge Mautner after his parents - a Catholic Austrian from Yugoslavian origin and an Austrian Jew - flee Nazism in Germany during World War II and... See full summary »
Directors: Pedro Bial, Heitor D'Alincourt | Stars: José Roberto Aguilar, Susanne Bial, Elizabeth de Fiore, Ottaviano de Fiore
Votes: 60
96. Titãs: A Vida Até Parece uma Festa (2008)
100 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary on rock band Titãs covering more than 20 years of their successful career. The film is composed by videos made by the band itself during several different tours and Tv footage... See full summary »
Directors: Oscar Rodrigues Alves, Branco Mello | Stars: Arnaldo Antunes, Tony Bellotto, Sérgio Britto, Hebe Camargo
Votes: 155
97. As Hiper Mulheres (2012)
80 min | Documentary
A important female ritual approaches and a woman Indian rehearses the songs and dances.
Directors: Carlos Fausto, Takumã Kuikuro, Leonardo Sette
Votes: 87
98. The Samba Within Me (2010)
72 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the life in the slum Mangueira, where the famous samba school is located.
Director: Georgia Guerra-Peixe
Votes: 24
99. Cauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez (2015)
90 min | Documentary
History of the singer Cauby Peixoto, an iconic figure in Brazilian music, who performed great successes from Bossa Nova to Rock'n Roll in the second half of the 20th century.
Director: Nelson Hoineff | Stars: Cauby Peixoto, Maria Bethânia, Agnaldo Rayol, Emílio Santiago
Votes: 30
100. O Fio da Memória (1991)
115 min | Documentary
An essay on the imagination, cultural identity and prejudice against black people, focusing on the work of Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos, salt mine worker and semi-illiterate black artist who ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Benedita da Silva, Milton Gonçalves, Ferreira Gullar
Votes: 81
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