brazilian history movies

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (2013)
7.3 / 10

Animation, Drama, History, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy

“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been...

Letter Beyond the Walls (2019)
8.2 / 10

Documentary

Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and...

Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar (2021)
6 / 10

Documentary

Tower (2017)
9 / 10

Documentary, Animation

Four siblings, whose their father disappeared during Brazilian Military Dictatorship, report their childhood during the regime.

Milton Santos, Pensador do Brasil (2001)
8 / 10

History, Documentary

The interview, held on January 4, 2001, was the last given by Professor Milton Santos, who died from cancer on June 24 of the same year. The...

O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2 (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

With confidential and unpublished documentation, the film shows the background and behind-the-scenes of the coup in Chile that took place on...

O Retorno da Terra Tupinambá (2015)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Entrelinhas (2023)
0 / 10

Thriller

1970. Beatriz is an 18-year-old student. She is detained by the military dictatorship in Curitiba, Brazil, and tortured for ten days accused of...

Agnus Gay (1997)
1 / 10

Documentary

Footage from the first ever São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade, which took place on the 28th of June 1997 on Avenida Paulista. The annual event would go...

The Battle (2023)
0 / 10

Drama, History

21 sequence shots depict moments in a defining night of the Battle of Rua Maria Antônia, in October 1968, from the point of view of the students and...

Holding Up The Sky (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

"When the shamans stop dancing and life in the rainforest loses its balance, the sky will collapse and come to crush everything." This wisdom is...

Documentário Brasil Tupinambá (2021)
10 / 10

Documentary

De okända utvandrarna (1991)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary about Swedish emigration to Argentina via Brazil.

God and Devil on Top of the Wall (2006)
7 / 10

Documentary

Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these...

AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu (2001)
0 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5),...

Revolta dos Malês (2023)
0 / 10

Drama, History

Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Muslim origin, finally gets the resources to buy...

Assassino na Pista de Dança (2022)
0 / 10

Drama, Thriller, Mystery, History

Nem Tudo se Desfaz (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

How twenty cents began a conservative revolution.

I Seek Your Help to Bury a Man (2023)
0 / 10

Drama, History, Fantasy, Mystery

Empire of Brazil, 1870. A queer indigenous body slowly dies on the cross while a transgender gypsy woman is banned by her people. A half-breed...

Luis Humberto: O Olhar Possível (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

A poetic and intimate look at the life and work of photographer Luis Humberto.