Best Portuguese Language Movies by Director
2783
46
1985
Suzana Amaral
Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Comedy
Brazil
Portuguese
2647
27
2019
Karim Aïnouz
Julia Stockler, Carol Duarte, Flávia Gusmão, António Fonseca
Drama
Brazil / Germany
Portuguese
2043
11
1976
Bruno Barreto
Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Brazil
Portuguese
2607
20
1997
Bruno Barreto
Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres
Drama / Thriller
Brazil / USA
Portuguese
2607
20
1995
Fábio Barreto
Fábio Barreto, Mariana Pellegrino Barreto
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Brazil
Portuguese
2630
22
1953
Lima Barreto
Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico, Adoniran Barbosa
Action / Drama / Crime / Romance
Brazil
Portuguese
2702
35
2005
João Botelho
Rogério Samora, André Gomes, Rita Blanco
Drama
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2702
35
2001
João Botelho
Suzana Borges, Francisco D'Orey, Patrícia Guerreiro
War / Action / Drama / Romance
Portugal
Portuguese
2702
35
1998
João Botelho
Joaquim Oliveira, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Branca de Camargo
Comedy / Drama
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
776
4
1959
Marcel Camus
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Brazil / France / Italy
Portuguese
2706
36
2023
João Canijo
Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida, Cleia Almeida, Vera Barreto
Drama
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2722
39
1976
Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis
Albino S. Pedro, Carlos Margarido, Mariana Margarido, Luis Ferreira, Armando Manuel
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2636
24
2019
Pedro Costa
Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2639
26
2000
Pedro Costa
Vanda Duarte, Lena Duarte, Zita Duarte, Manuel Gomes Miranda, Diogo Pires Miranda
Drama
Portugal / Germany / Switzerland
Portuguese
2702
35
1997
Pedro Costa
Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Drama / Comedy
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
2757
42
2006
Pedro Costa
Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta, Cila Cardoso, Isabel Cardoso
Drama / Documentary
Portugal / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2654
28
1984
Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Documentary / History
Brazil
Portuguese
2552
19
2003
Manoel de Oliveira
Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Drama / Comedy
Portugal / France / Italy
Portuguese
2690
30
1991
Manoel de Oliveira
Maria de Medeiros, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Miguel Cintra, Mário Viegas
Drama
Portugal / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2691
31
1979
Manoel de Oliveira
António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser
Drama / Romance
Portugal
Portuguese
2702
35
2000
Manoel de Oliveira
Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trepa
Biography / Drama / History / Religion / Period Film
Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
Portuguese
2702
35
1996
Manoel de Oliveira
Michel Piccoli, Irene Papas, Leonor Silveira, Rogério Samora
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2758
43
1975
Manoel de Oliveira
Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2758
43
1998
Manoel de Oliveira
Jose Pinto, Luis Miguel Cintra, Isabel Ruth, Leonor Silveira
Drama
Portugal / France / Spain / Switzerland
Portuguese
2758
43
1990
Manoel de Oliveira
Luis Miguel Cintra, Diogo Doria, Miguel Guilherme, Luis Lucas
Drama / History
Portugal / Spain / France
Portuguese
2772
45
1993
Manoel de Oliveira
Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Drama / Romance
France / Portugal / Switzerland
Portuguese
2783
46
1981
Manoel de Oliveira
Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mario Barroso, Silvia Rato
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Portugal
Portuguese
2173
12
1979
Carlos Diegues
José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Júnior, Zaira Zambelli
Drama / Comedy
France / Brazil / Argentina
Portuguese
2637
25
1984
Carlos Diegues
Jonas Bloch, Zózimo Bulbul, Emmanuel Cavalcanti, Arduíno Colassanti
Drama / History / Epic
Brazil / France
Portuguese
2260
14
2019
Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima, Rubens Santos
Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Western
Brazil / France
Portuguese
1943
9
1963
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2758
43
1971
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Arduíno Colessanti, Manfredo Colassanti
Drama / Comedy / History / Adventure
Brazil
Portuguese
1693
8
1962
Anselmo Duarte
Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo
Drama / Religion
Brazil / Portugal
Portuguese
NR
-
2012
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, Dida Maia
Drama / Thriller / Action
Brazil
Portuguese
2762
44
2004
Zézé Gamboa
Makena Diop, Milton 'Santo' Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Patrícia Bull
Drama / War
Angola / France / Portugal
Portuguese
2187
13
2012
Miguel Gomes
Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo
Drama / Romance
Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France
Portuguese
2702
35
2019
Tiago Guedes
Albano Jerónimo, Sandra Faleiro, Miguel Borges, Ana Vilela da Costa
Drama
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2700
34
1978
Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier
Leonidas Bayer, Carlos Alberto Baía, Hugo Carvana, Murilo de Lima
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2690
30
1981
Leon Hirszman
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Fernanda Montenegro, Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Bete Mendes
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2710
37
1973
Arnaldo Jabor
Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2702
35
1997
Walter Lima Jr.
Lima Duarte, Fernando Torres, Leandra Leal, Floriano Peixoto
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Brazil
Portuguese
2710
37
1969
Walter Lima Jr.
Anecy Rocha, Ênio Gonçalves, Hélio Fernando, Iracema de Alencar
Drama / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Brazil
Portuguese
2725
40
2005
Sérgio Machado
Lázaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga, José Dumont
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2509
18
1972
Sarah Maldoror
Elisa Andrade, Domingos de Oliveira, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino
Drama
Angola / France
Portuguese
2696
33
2025
Gabriel Mascaro
Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Brazil / Mexico / Netherlands / Chile
Portuguese
2630
22
1933
Humberto Mauro
Durval Bellini, Dea Selva, Lu Marival, Décio Murilo, Andréa Duarte
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
109
1
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
2690
30
1995
João César Monteiro
Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro
Comedy / Drama
Portugal / France / Italy / Denmark
Portuguese
2725
40
2007
Paulo Morelli
Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos
Crime / Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2278
15
2015
Anna Muylaert
Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2647
27
2010
José Padilha
Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Ribeiro
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action
Brazil
Portuguese
2692
32
2007
José Padilha
Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
Brazil / Argentina
Portuguese
2718
38
2002
José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel
Documentary / Crime / Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2669
29
1931
Mario Peixoto
Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira, Iolanda Bernardes
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese (Silent)
1180
5
1964
Glauber Rocha
Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Geraldo Del Rey,
Drama / Crime
Brazil
Portuguese
1996
10
1967
Glauber Rocha
Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha, Paulo Gracindo
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2625
21
1969
Glauber Rocha
Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos
Drama / Western / Adventure
France / Brazil / West Germany
Portuguese
2752
41
1980
Glauber Rocha
Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira
Drama / Fantasy / History / Sci-Fi / War / Religion / Epic / Experimental
Brazil
Portuguese
2635
23
2000
João Pedro Rodrigues
Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Drama / Adult
Portugal
Portuguese
2458
17
2010
Raoul Ruiz
Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme
Drama / Mystery / Epic / Period Film
Portugal / France
Portuguese
392
2
1998
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
1212
6
2024
Walter Salles
Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Otavio Linhares, Selton Mello
Biography / Drama / History
Brazil / France
Portuguese
1542
7
2001
Walter Salles
José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany
Drama
Brazil / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2702
35
1999
Alberto Seixas Santos
Pauline Cadell, Rui Morrison, Alexandre Pinto
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
2702
35
2012
Valeria Sarmiento
Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich, Carloto Cotta
Drama / War
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2783
46
1991
Teresa Villaverde
Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida, Vincent Gallo
Drama
Portugal / Germany
Portuguese
2725
40
2005
Andrucha Waddington
Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Stênio Garcia
Drama / Period Film
Brazil
Portuguese
2424
16
2010
Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim
Vik Muniz, Fabio Ghivelder, Sebastiao Carlos Dos Santos
Documentary / Biography
Brazil / UK
Portuguese
2702
35
2008
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jô Odagiri, Yi Huang, Milhem Cortaz
Thriller / Gangster
Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
Portuguese
