My 20 favorite Portuguese Movies
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- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsTeresa MadrugaMário BarrosoLuís Miguel CintraPortrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsJoão Rui Guerra da MataEduardo SobralChico wakes up on his 30th birthday to the sound of his girlfriend singing "Happy Birthday" to him on his answering machine. When sexy boy Joao wakes up in bed next to him, he realizes that this is not his typical birthday.
- DirectorTeresa VillaverdeStarsAna MoreiraAlexandre PintoNelson VarelaThree homeless teenagers rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
- DirectorPaulo RochaStarsIsabel RuthLima DuarteJoana BárciaA look at jealousy in its many shapes through romances, riches and murders.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsLuís Miguel CintraLeonor SilveiraDiogo DóriaA drama following stories of characters from the Portuguese High Society.
- DirectorJosé NascimentoStarsVítor NorteAdriano LuzNuno MeloTragic real life story about a group of Portuguese fishermen who get caught in the middle of a storm in the Tejo river (Lisbon) and struggle to survive.
- DirectorMarco MartinsStarsNuno LopesBeatriz BatardaMiguel GuilhermeIn the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
- DirectorTiago GuedesFrederico SerraStarsAdriano LuzManuela CoutoSara CarinhasA prominent and respected family inherits a beautiful home in the country, nestled deep inside a tiny village.
- DirectorMaria de MedeirosStarsStefano AccorsiMaria de MedeirosJoaquim de AlmeidaStory of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVanda DuarteNuno VazMariya LipkinaA suicidal young woman gives her newborn child up to his deadbeat father in the Fontainhas slums of Lisbon.
- DirectorJoão César MonteiroStarsJoão César MonteiroRita Pereira MarquesJoaquina ChicauJoão Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.
- DirectorMário BarrosoStarsNicolau BreynerAna BandeiraRicardo PereiraAn alternative, almost heretical, explanation for the Fátima apparition of Our Lady and related miracles.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsRicardo TrêpaCatarina WallensteinDiogo DóriaA young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blonde woman who turns his life upside down.
- DirectorJoaquim LeitãoStarsMarco D'AlmeidaAdriano CarvalhoCarla ChambelMozambique, 24th of December 1969, a Portuguese army patrol return to headquarters bringing in a prisoner. A few hours later, he is found dead in his cell. Who killed him? and why? tensions grow, while an attack to the headquarters is under way...
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsAna Cristina de OliveiraNuno GilJoão CarreiraPedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner; Pedro drives home, dying en route in a crash. Another pair of lovers, Odete and Alberto, split over her desire to have a child. Pedro lived in Odete's building. She attends the wake, stealing a ring, a last gift from Rui, from Pedro's finger. She behaves hysterically at the graveside, and later, wearing Pedro's ring, she insists she's carrying Pedro's child. Rui grieves as well, drinking too much and seeing Pedro's apparition. Odete's obsession intrudes on Rui, whose grief makes him vulnerable to her hysteria. Can this end well?
- DirectorLeonel VieiraStarsVítor NorteDiogo InfanteJosé EduardoTwo simple, unassuming, apolitical men have their lives changed forever when they find themselves hunted by agents of the ruling dictatorship.
- DirectorAntónio-Pedro VasconcelosStarsSoraia ChavesIvo CanelasNicolau BreynerMaria (Soraia Chaves) a sensual call girl, is hired by Mouros (Joaquim de Almeida) to seduce Meireles (Nicolau Breyner), the Mayor of Vilanova, so that he can authorize a multinational to build a high quality resort. However, Madeira (Ivo Canelas) and Neves (Jose Raposo), PJ police detectives, discover the evidence of corruption and begin to investigate Meireles. Everything becomes even more complex when Madeira finds out that Maria, the passion of his life, is the bait that will force the politician to give way.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsAna BustorffVítor NorteJoão ReisIn today's Alentejo, a story of love and death based in a real criminal case.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsSónia BandeiraFábio OliveiraJoaquim CarvalhoDocu-drama about Portuguese social life in the countryside during the busy month of August
- DirectorJoão Mário GriloStarsCanto e CastroFrancisco NascimentoHenrique VianaA 64-year-old prison inmate writes letter to a Portuguese-American truck driver from Boston, pretending to be a woman in order for him to send money.