Brazilian Cinema

Delve into a collection that celebrates the richness, diversity and global impact of Brazilian cinema.

The Fever

Justino is a security guard at the Port of Manaus. As his daughter prepares for medical school in Brasilia, he begins to develop a mysterious fever.

Thriller
2019
98 mins
Maya Werneck Da-Rin

Medusa

Electrifying genre-bending horror about a gang of marauding vigilantes who target women they deem to be sinful.

Horror
Fantasy
2021
128 mins
Anita Rocha da Silveira

Black Orpheus

Academy Award and Palme d'Or-winning adaption of the Orpheus myth, incorporating the music, costume and dance of Brazil’s Rio Festival.

Romance
1959
107 mins
Marcel Camus

Macunaíma

An anarchic 60s comedy that mixes ancient myths, racial burlesque, and urban guerillas into a hallucinatory experience.

Comedy
Fantasy
1969
104 mins
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Black God, White Devil

Wanted for murder, Manuel and his wife are on the run in Glauber Rocha's masterpiece and banner film of Brazil's Cinema Novo movement.

Drama
Crime
1964
119 mins
Glauber Rocha

Hard Paint

A socially withdrawn young Brazilian man makes money performing erotic dances in chat rooms before beginning a passionate relationship with a rival.

Drama
2018
117 mins
Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon

Night Stage

Neo-noir in which a young actor begins an affair with a closeted Brazilian politician - only to discover a shared fetish for having sex in public.

Drama
Thriller
2025
119 mins
Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon

Motel Destino

Acclaimed filmmaker Karim Aïnouz’s Brazilian erotic noir sees an escaped young hustler flee to a roadside sex motel run by a hot-headed couple.

Thriller
2024
115 mins
Karim Aïnouz

Baby

São Paulo’s streets can offer danger or opportunity, and for Baby, a young gay man carving out his own existence, they deliver both.

Drama
2024
106 mins
Marcelo Caetano

I'm Still Here

Fernanda Torres ignites this Oscar-winning drama from Walter Salles, a triumph of hope over tyranny.

Drama
Biopic
2024
138 mins
Walter Salles

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

A moving, sumptuous tale of two sisters cruelly separated by family and fate in 1950s Rio.

Drama
2019
140 mins
Karim Aïnouz

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

'Brazil’s Freddy Krueger’ Coffin Joe returns to terrorize the locals as he searches for the perfect mate.

Horror
1966
109 mins
José Mojica Marins