Tony Manero (2008)

Director: Pablo Larrain

Starring: Alfredo Castro, Paola Lattus, Hector Morales, Amparo Noguera, Elsa Poblete

As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, Raul, a 50-year-old man obsessed with John Travolta's character from 'Saturday Night Feve... Read more

Black God, White Devil (1964)

Director: Glauber Rocha

Starring: Joao Gama, Geraldo Del Rey

A masterwork, 'Black God, White Devil' blends mysticism, religion, and popular culture, into a powerful, bleak and cruel epic, that unashamedly expres... Read more

Send a Bullet ( Manda Bala ) (2007)

Director: Jason Kohn

Brazil is rife with crime and corruption at all levels of society; Jason Kohn's award-winning documentary examines several of the more imaginative way... Read more

Blindness (2008)

Director: Fernando Meirelles

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McK...

A big city falls prey to a mysterious plague of blindness in Fernando Meirelles' ('City of God'; 'The Constant Gardener') adaptation of Jose Saramago'... Read more

Elite Squad (2007)

Director: Jose Padilha

Starring: Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, Andre Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Machado, Fer...

For decades Rio de Janeiro has ranked as one of the most violent cities in the world. Brutal drug lords patrol the favelas, and gun battles with polic... Read more

The House of Sand (2005)

Director: Andrucha Waddington

Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres

In 1910 Aurea and her mother arrive in the Brazilian town of Maranhao where her husband believes he'll find prosperity in the barren desert. As the fa... Read more

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

Director: Hector Babenco

Starring: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga

Two prisoners in a Latin American jail, one a Spartan revolutionary leader (Raul Julia), the other a movie-obsessed homosexual (Best Actor Academy Awa... Read more

City of Men (2007)

Director: Paulo Morelli

Starring: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha

Adapted from the Brazilian TV series created by the producers of the film "City of God," this engrossing drama relates the story of Acerola and Laranj... Read more

Two Sons of Francisco (2005)

Director: Breno Silvera

Starring: Dira Paes, Angelo Antonio, Marcio Kieling

The incredible true story of Brazil's leading country music duo. Starting out a very long way from stardom, their father was not the first to pressure... Read more

Lower City (2005)

Director: Sergio Machado

Starring: Lazaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga

In the poorer part of Brazilian coastal town, Salvador de Bahia, two friends make a living running goods up and down the river. But their brotherly b... Read more