New Brazilian movies in 2024 in Cinema & on VOD
Top movies up for release in 2024 in cinema and on VODLevante
Things are looking up for the 17-year-old volleyball player, Sofia, as an athletic scholarship seems to be on the horizon. Those dreams may be dashed, however, when she discovers that she’s pregnant. Her only hope is to get an abortion, but that won’t be easy amid the heated political tensions of Brazil, making her abortion the toughest challenge of her young life. This drama with themes of the rights of women and the LGBTQ community comes from writer and director Lillah Halla (Rule 34) with a cast that includes Ayomi Domenica Dias, Loro Bardot, Grace Passô, Gláucia Vandeveld, and Rômulo Braga. Read more
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Greice
DIRECTOR: Leonardo Mouramateus CAST: Amandyra, Mauro Soares & Luara Learth The 21 year old Brazilian girl, Greice, attends the university in Lisbon for a degree in Fine Arts. While there, she forms a summer bond with Afonso. Their romance may not last long as an incident at the welcoming night party for students places them right within the crosshairs of the community. The accident forces Greice to flee back to Fortaleza to renew her residency, but she soon finds herself hiding in a hotel. Can she make it back and will she avoid this major issue she has concealed from her mom? This Brazilian romantic comedy comes from writer and director Leonardo Mouramateus and stars Amandyra, Felipe De Paula, Luara Raio, Bruna Pessoa, Lucas Galvino, and Gui Pimentel. Read more
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Uma Família Feliz
DIRECTOR: José Eduardo Belmonte CAST: Grazi Massafera, Reynaldo Gianecchini & Luiza Antunes Eva is a mother with twin daughters and has just birthed her third child. She’s looking forward to caring for another offspring given her peaceful life thus far as a mom. But all of that is about to change when weird stuff starts happening around the house. Even stranger, the two daughters are mysteriously injured and the one accused of this assault is Eva herself. Is she losing her mind or is there some darker force at play within her household? This dramatic thriller is from Brazil and was directed by José Eduardo Belmonte with a screenplay by Raphael Montes, with a cast that includes Reynaldo Gianecchini and Grazi Massafera. Read more
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Best Brazilian movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ or DVD in 2024
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and the 2010's best rated Brazilian movies out on DVD, Bluray or streaming on VOD (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ & More).Pronto, Falei
DIRECTOR: Michel Tikhomiroff CAST: Nicolas Prattes, Rômulo Arantes Neto & Duda Santos A young man finds it difficult to communicate with the rest of the world. He remains in contact with his family and friends through the mediums of letters and emails, finding it is the best route for expressing his true emotions. The emails, however, are ones that he merely saves as drafts instead of sending them. Unfortunately, he finds that he has sent out all the ones that he never intended to be seen. Realizing he may have said to much compared to his shy self, the quiet man finds himself having to meet with his friends, family, and even girlfriend face to face in the most awkward of exchanges. This sweet comedy comes from director Michel Tikhomiroff (Trust Me, Julie and the Phantoms) and writers Fabio Danesi, Camila Raffanti, and Alexandre Soares Silva. The cast includes Nicolas Prattes, Kéfera Buchmann, Romulo Arantes Neto, and Fábio Herford. Read more
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Private Desert
DIRECTOR: Aly Muritiba CAST: Antonio Saboia, Pedro Fasanaro & Luthero Almeida A policeman is fired after he commits atrocious violence in the line of duty. Having been sacked from the force, he seeks comfort in his online lover. But when she goes missing, the policeman sets off on a quest to find her and reaffirm that love does exist outside of the internet. Co-written and directed by Aly Muritiba (Jesus Kid, Nós por Nóis), this thrilling Brazilian drama stars Antonio Saboia, Pedro Fasanaro, and Thomas Aquino. Read more
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Medusa
DIRECTOR: Anita Rocha da Silveira CAST: Lara Tremouroux, Mari Oliveira & Bruna Linzmeyer Mariana, a 21-year-old living in modern day Brazil, is trying to manage her temptations. Her desires to become the perfect woman leads to her being highly critical and controlling of everything in her life. One of those things just happens to be sinners. Seeking to wipe out all distractions, she proceeds down a dark path of masking up with her squad of girls and beat up those who have diverged from her path to greatness. Written and directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira, this horror fantasy stars Mari Oliveira, Bruna Linzmeyer, and Thiago Fragoso. Read more
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Double Dad
DIRECTOR: Cris D'Amato CAST: Maisa Silva, Eduardo Moscovis & Marcelo Médici Teenager Vicenza (Maisa Silva) has grown up within the confines of a hippie commune for her entire life, having only known her mother. But when her mom travels abroad, Vicenza takes this as an opportunity to find out the truth about her biological father. In order to learn more, however, she’ll have to sneak out of her commune and find herself as a fish out of water in trying to get used to the world she only knew from a distance. Read more
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Turvo
CAST: Naomi Nero, Vinicius Teixeira & Gabriel Hipollyto The 20-year-old João resides in the small town of Turvo and is finding himself torn about his future. It’s the weekend where he expects to receive his college application results and learn if he’ll be heading off to college. Should he be accepted, it’ll mean leaving so much of his life behind him, including his family and friends. And he may not be ready to venture out of such a zone of comfort. Written and directed by Murillo Sued, this coming-of-age drama stars Naomi Nero, Vinicius Teixeira, and Pri Helena. Read more
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Bacurau
DIRECTOR: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho CAST: Bárbara Colen, Udo Kier & Sônia Braga The small Brazillian village of Bacurau tries to keep to itself and away from the corrupt hands of politicians. But their most docile community is disrupted when a mysterious group of mercenaries targets the people and their village, threatening to literally wipe them off the map. It won’t be long before the eclectic residents find themselves banding together to take out the attacking forces in the most vicious and bloodiest way possible. Loaded with heavy societal commentary and grindhouse gore, Bacurau throws so much wild intensity at the screen that it’s no wonder it was such a hit in South America. Read more
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Invisible Life
DIRECTOR: Karim Aïnouz CAST: Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler & Fernanda Montenegro A beautiful Brazilian epic about about two sisters from Rio de Janeiro growing up in the 1950's. Both women are determined to live life to the fullest and by a twist of faith they become separated for years. Read more
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Dead Volume
DIRECTOR: Kauê Telloli CAST: Fernanda Vasconcellos, Júlia Rabello & Fernanda Viacava Made with a micro-budget of only a few thousand dollar and almost taking place entirely within a single class room, this intriguing film tells the story of a teacher's conflict with the parents of a socially awkward boy. Read more
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No coração do mundo
DIRECTOR: Gabriel Martins, Maurílio Martins CAST: Bárbara Colen, Kelly Crifer & Rute Jeremias 'No coração do mundo' centres around the lives of 6 inhabitants of one of the poorest neighborhoods of Brazil. Colorful and full of life, the films sheds a light on people who dream of a better future. Read more
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Loveling
DIRECTOR: Gustavo Pizzi CAST: Karine Teles, Otávio Müller, Adriana Esteves 'Loveling' ('Bebzinho') is a beautiful slice of life about a 38 year old mother dealing with mundane things. Her son is about to leave to Germany to join a handball team, her husband takes a financial risk and her sister is clearly in an abusive relationship. Writer/director Gustavo Pizzi clearly has an eye for portraying the poetry of people's everyday problems. Read more
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RATING: 80/100
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Vazante
DIRECTOR: Daniela Thomas CAST: Adriano Carvalho Luana Nastas Sandra Corveloni 'Vazante' has been described as a 'Greek tragedy for colonial Brazil, which is about right. Atmospheric and shot in pristine black and white, this 1821-set story evolves around a slave trader who remarries his teenage niece. Being lonely at this huge plantation, the girl tries to make the most out it. With tragic results. Read more
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RATING: 80/100
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Mãe Só Há Uma (Don’t Call Me Son
DIRECTOR: Anna Muylaert CAST: Naomi Nero Daniel Botelho Dani Nefussi Only a year after her international art house hit 'The Second Mother', Brazil's leading talent Anna Muyleart returns with a new gem. A touching coming-of-drama about a transgender teenager who finds out he's been stolen as a baby and return sto his biological parents. Read more
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RATING: 70/100
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Boi Neon (Neon Bull)
DIRECTOR: Gabriel Mascaro CAST: Juliano Cazarré Maeve Jinkings Josinaldo Alves Director Gabriel Mascaro's focus shifted from documentary to film during his career, but it's still easy to the see the documentarymaker at work in this terrific, raw feature. The story of Iremar, a guys who works for traveling rodeo show, a tough macho world. He discovers a new passion though; fashion design. Read more
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RATING: 69/100
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The Way He Looks
DIRECTOR: Daniel Ribeiro CAST: Ghilherme Lobo Fabio Audi Tess Amorim A blind lad, Leonardo has his own perception of the world with his best friend Giovani but when Gabriel comes into his life everything including his perspective of life,... Read more
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RATING: 80/100
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Praia Do Futuro
DIRECTOR: Karim Aïnouz CAST: Wagner Moura Clemens Schick Jesuíta Barbosa Not all of of the Globo guys turned their backs completely on arthouse. It seems that Brazilian actor Wagner Moura, being featured in much of the atrocity above and on Globo, tried to change the course of his career a bit. In 2014, he collaborates with Karim Aïnouz, who already cooperated a couple of times with Marcelo Gomes, whose film Era Uma Vez Eu, Verônica (2012) is featured below in our top list. A flashy, experimental and promising looking Praia do Futuro tells the LGBT story of a life saver who rescues only one half of a gay couple to replace the other half in the end. We follow the two main characters and lovers move from Brazil to Berlin and how things play out at the other side of the ocean. Comparisons have been made with Audiard, Antonioni and Denis, which makes me even more longing to see it. Read more
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RATING: 61/100
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Xingu
DIRECTOR: Cao Hamburger CAST: João Miguel Felipe Camargo Caio Blat The story follows the real life events in the life of the Villas brothers who took an adventurous expedition to tame the central Brazil thereby bringing into shape the... Read more
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RATING: 71/100
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Tropicalia
DIRECTOR: Marcelo Machado CAST: Gilberto Gil Caetano Veloso This film documents an important part of Brazilian music history in the 60’s when traditional Afro-Brazilian rhythms of Samba and Bossa Nova intermingled with the psychedelic electric guitars of British Invasion acts like The Beatles and Rolling Stones. Because of censorship, the ‘tropicalista’s’ had to be creative in the writing of their material which often resulted in absurd lyrics. Famous bands of this new artistic movement were Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, etc. Fernando Meirelles, known for his critically acclaimed City of God (2002), produced this lovely and highly informative documentary. Read more
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RATING: 73/100
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Raul – O Início, o Fim e o Meio
DIRECTOR: Walter Carvalho, Leonardo Gudel CAST: Paulo Coelho Daniel de Oliveira Tárik de Souza One of the best musical artists and lyricists Brazil has ever known is sadly enough only little known outside of the country. His songs are so full of absurd and inventive imagination, showing off the creative brilliance of him and his co-writer Paulo Coelho, who went on to become a bestselling author later on. Comparable to Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, Raul’s lyrics are chock full of intriguing words, mostly even more confusing for the censuring authorities than Tropicália. And during singing them on concert, he usually has got still extra stories to tell in-between. The documentary tracks his life, his successes and his problems with drugs (as usual) and has some really impressive images of the hero in action. If you’re in for some art rock, definitely make sure you listen to his masterpiece classic album Krig-ha, Bandolo! (1973). Read more
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RATING: 80/100
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Como Nossos Pais (Just Like Our Parents)
DIRECTOR: Laís Bodanzky CAST: Clarisse Abujamra Jorge Mautner Annalara Prates A beautiful character study of a young mother from Sao Paulo who feels trapped inside her family. Her husband is often abroad so she has to take care of their preteen daughters, while at the same time her aging and divorced parents demand a lot from her. As her mother unravels a secret, her life is turned upside down. Read more
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RATING: 85/100
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Entebbe
DIRECTOR: José Padilha CAST: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan In 1976, four hijackers took over an airplane in an effort to release Palestinian terrorists. Read more
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RATING: 77/100
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Be attentive, don’t think all Brazilian films guarantee quality. Some are horrendously bad and most of those are produced by commercial television station Globo. They suffer from ‘telenovela’ actors delivering unrealistic, melodramatic and poor performances, unsuccessfully copying acclaimed indie films, too much unnecessary and unattractivily done sex scenes, superficial cultural references and lack of depth in characters. Avoid the following ‘Globo Filmes’: Faroeste Caboclo (René Sampaio, 2013), Flores Raras (Bruno Barreto, 2013), Paraísos Artificiais (Marcos Prado, 2012), Xingu (Cao Hamburger, 2012), A Busca (Luciano Moura, 2012) and off course big box office hit of a couple of years ago: Tropa de Elite 2 (José Padilha, 2010). Filmmaker Padilha went remarkably from the lovely honest little documentary Ônibus 174 (2002) to directing Hollywood blockbuster and moneymaker RoboCop (2014).
